Annual Report details record year

The Community Foundation's FY 2016 Annual Report shows giving trends among donors, with 48 percent of all grants going to support education, and 84 percent of all grants staying local.

(Photo by Justin Fox Burks)
Scholarships awarded to 78 students

In 2016 to date, 26 different scholarship funds held at the Community Foundation made 79 scholarship awards to 78 students, totaling $ 118,365.

Pictured is scholarship recipient Kamryn Vaulx, who will study dance at Manhattan Marymount College.

Mike Warr of grantee Porter-Leath
(Photo by Andrew J. Breig) 
Foundation sees incredible growth

The Daily News  published a front-page article on the explosive growth of giving at the Community Foundation. The Giving USA Report announced a record year for national philanthropy, too, with Americans donating $373 billion in 2015. 
 
St. Louis Fed touts community information sites

In its Bridges e-newsletter , the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis included an article on the community information resources launched by area funders, including the Community Foundation. 
 
Members  Peter Raccasi & Bill Burtch

GiVE 365 goes behind the scenes 

GiVE 365 has given members the opportunity to get sneak peeks at two quintessential Memphis locales this summer with an all-access look at the newly renovated Levitt Shell and tours of the new Crosstown Concourse led by Church Health Center CEO Dr. Scott Morris.
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