Community Foundation of Greater Memphis

A large community foundation founded in 1969 that helps people give with purpose across Memphis and the Mid South, running data platforms, giving circles, and FOREVER Funds, and distributing 148 million dollars in a single recent year.

Financial profile

Community Foundation of Greater Memphis · EIN 58-1723645 · 501(c)(3)

Fiscal yearTotal revenueContributionsProgram servicesTotal expensesNet assetsYear end
FY2023$114,399,155$100,022,057$4,643,473$124,638,033$842,306,740Apr 2023
FY2022$204,591,687$146,206,963$4,921,837$145,105,093$857,148,495Apr 2022
FY2021$239,424,580$204,938,297$4,395,306$163,571,542$923,354,816Apr 2021
FY2020$514,967,342$485,890,619$3,692,204$163,008,169$618,090,425Apr 2020
FY2019$160,585,711$144,306,803$3,495,983$175,944,573$362,653,281Apr 2019
FY2018$236,615,020$218,261,891$414,222$210,726,023$379,822,231Apr 2018

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Peer societies

Five societies Community Foundation of Greater Memphis is read alongside.

Who backs CFGM

No public supporter list found as of September 2026.

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The outside view

A large community foundation founded in 1969 that helps people give with purpose across Memphis and the Mid South, running data platforms, giving circles, and FOREVER Funds, and distributing 148 million dollars in a single recent year.

  • Consensus
  • Build
  • Outward
  • Operational

Their shape

The Republic

Run by its members, built to outlast them.

The Republic runs like a well-built institution, professional and stable, under the guidance of its members. Its gift is scale and continuity, its challenge is staying close to the grassroots as it grows.

Also reads toward The League, The Legacy and The Citadel.

Strengths

→Member voice and public mission stay in healthy balance.
→Open to reform without losing its footing.
→Speaks credibly on behalf of a whole field.

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