Community Solutions Grants
Funding Amount
$50,000 - $150,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
Overview
Multi-year initiative that invests in nonprofits leading community-driven strategies to strengthen safety, resilience, and well-being through innovative, ground-level solutions.
Geographic Scope: Greater Memphis and Mid-South region
Focus Areas:
- Community safety and public safety
- Well-being and resilience
- Creating innovative, tangible solutions to address critical challenges
- Community-driven strategies executed by organizations deeply connected to the communities they serve
- Addressing systemic issues related to justice system, policing practices, youth incarceration alternatives, community healing, and violence prevention
Funding Source: FOREVER Funds
Total Awarded (First Round - May 2025): $450,000 to five organizations
Diversity: Eighty percent of funded agencies are led by executive directors/CEOs of color
Decision Making: Volunteer Community Initiatives Committee
2025 Funded Organizations:
- Decarcerate Memphis ($50,000)
- Heal 901 ($100,000)
- Memphis Artists for Change ($150,000)
- Playback Memphis ($81,250)
- Stand for Children Tennessee ($68,750)
Contact Information:
- Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
- 1350 Concourse Avenue, Suite 458
- Memphis, TN 38104
- Phone: (901) 728-4600
- Website: cfgm.org
What Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 761
- Total given
- $134.27M
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $5,001–$13.36M
- By dollars: Tennessee 80%, Ohio 6%, Idaho 2%. Top recipient cities: Memphis, TN; Washington, DC; Germantown, TN.
- 100% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 20% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
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General operational support
$2.73M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Community development
- Criminal justice
- Gun violence prevention
- Youth programs
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