Nonprofit Capacity Building Grants
Funding Amount
Approximately US $15,000
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
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Required status
- 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status
Other requirements
- Organizations seeking to strengthen organizational capacity and demonstrate program impact
Overview
Grants supporting nonprofits in building organizational capacity, such as external evaluations to measure program effectiveness and impact.
Geographic Scope: Greater Memphis and Mid-South region
Focus Areas:
- External evaluations to measure program effectiveness
- Organizational assessment and capacity building
- Program impact measurement
- Supporting nonprofits in demonstrating outcomes to external stakeholders
Funding Source: FOREVER Funds
Example Award:
- Hooks Academic Achievement and Mentoring Initiative (HAAMI) - external evaluation grant (February 2025)
Eligibility:
- 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations
- Organizations seeking to strengthen organizational capacity and demonstrate program impact
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.
Example grants
The Works Inc · Memphis, TN
General operational support
$13.36M
University of Memphis Foundation · Memphis, TN
General operational support
$11.61M
Church Health Center of Memphis Inc · Memphis, TN
General operational support
$8.64M
Fidelity Charitable · Cincinnati, OH
General operational support
$8.1M
Urban Renaissance Partners Inc · Memphis, TN
General operational support
$2.73M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Nonprofits
- Capacity building
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