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Community Solutions Grants

GILLILAND FAMILY FUND INC

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Funding Amount

$50,000 - $150,000

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Overview

Community Solutions Grants

Status: Active; launched May 2025, multi-year initiative

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

    • How to Apply

    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

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    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    nonprofitscriminal-justice

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