Community Solutions Grants

Geographic Scope: Greater Memphis and Mid-South region

Focus Areas:

• Community safety and well-being
• Safe and resilient places
• Community-driven strategies to tackle systemic issues
• Organizations empowering communities through ground-level, innovative solutions
• Public safety
• Justice system reform
• Housing reform

Program Description:
This multi-year initiative supports nonprofits executing ground-level, community-driven strategies to tackle systemic issues and empower communities. Priority focus: creating innovative, tangible solutions to address critical challenges related to community safety and well-being.

Funding Amount: $450,000 awarded in first round (May 2025) across five organizations. Individual awards ranged from $50,000 to $150,000.

Funding Source: FOREVER Funds

Decision-Making: Community Initiatives Committee (volunteer)

Diversity: Eighty percent of funded agencies are led by executive directors/CEOs of color

Recent Grant Recipients (May 2025):

• Decarcerate Memphis - $50,000
• Heal 901 - $100,000
• Memphis Artists for Change - $150,000
• Playback Memphis - $81,250
• Stand for Children Tennessee - $68,750

Eligibility Priorities:

• Organizations deeply connected to the communities they serve
• Active collaboration with communities to design and implement transformative solutions
• Focus on addressing community safety and reducing incarceration

Contact Information:

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