Community Solutions Grants

Geographic Scope: Greater Memphis and Mid-South region

Focus Areas:

• Community safety and well-being
• Creating innovative, tangible solutions for safer, more resilient communities
• Addressing critical challenges related to community safety
• Justice reform and police accountability
• Youth violence prevention and alternatives to incarceration
• Community-driven strategies led by residents
• Healing and support services in high-risk neighborhoods

Program Details:

• Multi-year funding initiative
• Total awarded: $450,000 in first round (May 2025)
• Funds organizations executing ground-level, community-driven strategies
• 80% of funded agencies led by executive directors/CEOs of color
• Funded through the FOREVER Funds
• Decisions made by volunteer Community Initiatives Committee

Eligible Organizations:

• Nonprofits deeply connected to communities they serve
• Organizations that actively collaborate with communities to design and implement solutions
• Focus on creating Safe and Resilient Places

Sample Funded Organizations (2025):

• Decarcerate Memphis: $50,000 (police transparency and rights)
• Heal 901: $100,000 (teen/young adult justice system alternatives)
• Memphis Artists for Change: $150,000 (community safety training)
• Playback Memphis: $81,250 (theater for community healing)
• Stand for Children Tennessee: $68,750 (youth incarceration alternatives)

Contact:

• Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
• 1350 Concourse Avenue, Suite 458
• Memphis, TN 38104
• (901) 728-4600
• Website: cfgm.org

Application Process

Specific application details not provided in source material. Organizations interested in Community Solutions funding should contact the Community Foundation directly.

Contact:

• Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
• (901) 728-4600
• cfgm.org