The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis seeks to address the organizational strength and overall health of nonprofits in the Mid-South by supporting their capacity building efforts through financial grants.
Donor Name: Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
States: Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline (mm/dd/yyyy): 09/23/2022
Size of the Grant: $15,000
Details:
Funding Information
The average Nonprofit Capacity Building grant is around $15,000, and there is approximately $210,000 available this year.
Types of Projects that Nonprofit Capacity Building Grant support:
Project examples include but are not limited to:
- Evaluation of core programs
- Staff or board training
- Assessment of technology systems or implementation of technology upgrades
- Human resources planning, succession planning, or fundraising planning
- Merger or formal collaboration between organizations
The following projects are NOT eligible for grant support:
- Operating costs, including salaries, other than those related to the capacity building project
- Project requests from organizations with many branches or departments (YMCA, public libraries, etc.) that do not come through the office of the president/executive director
- Expansion of existing programs or creation of new ones
- Brick-and-mortar projects or endowment campaigns
- Pass-through grants to other nonprofits
- Nonprofit religious activities
- Grants to supplant lost funding or eliminate budget deficits
- Development of a new or updated strategic plan
Eligibility Criteria
The LIVEGIVEmidsouth.org profile of eligible applicants demonstrates that the organization:
- Has operated as a 501(c)(3) agency for the last two consecutive years or longer
- Operates in the Community Foundation’s service area: west Tennessee, northern Mississippi, and/or eastern Arkansas
- Is permitted by the Tennessee Secretary of State to solicit funds
- Has the last two years of 990’s
- Has at least one paid staff member and stable, demonstrated board leadership
- Operates under sound financial management and is financially stable
- Provides significant community impact in, has solid relationships with, and reflects the makeup of the communities it serves
The following organizations are NOT eligible to apply for funding:
- Individuals, for-profit entities, private foundations, and religious organizations
- Organizations that received a Nonprofit Capacity Building grant from the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis in the previous fiscal year
For more information, visit Community Foundation of Greater Memphis.
