Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Geographic Scope: Memphis and Mid-South region
Grants that support nonprofits in strengthening their organizational capacity and effectiveness. Examples include funding for external evaluations to measure program impact and demonstrate outcomes to external stakeholders.
Funding Source: FOREVER Funds
Example Award:
- Hooks Academic Achievement and Mentoring Initiative (HAAMI): Grant awarded February 2025 to support an external evaluation measuring program effectiveness and impact outcomes
Contact:
- Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
- 1350 Concourse Avenue, Suite 458
- Memphis, TN 38104
- Phone: (901) 728-4600
- Website: cfgm.org
What The Canale Foundation Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 10
- Total given
- $9.27M
- Median grant
- $40K
- Range
- $5,000–$8.69M
- By dollars: Tennessee 100%. Top recipient cities: Memphis, TN.
- 90% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 40% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis Inc · Memphis, TN
Elonged note receivable
$8.69M
Emmanuel Center Inc · Memphis, TN
General operating support
$250K
Memphis Botanic Garden Foundation Inc · Memphis, TN
General operating support
$127K
Memphis University School · Memphis, TN
General operating support
$101K
St Peter Literary Society · Memphis, TN
General operating support
$50K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Capacity building
Categories
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