The Community Foundation of West Tennessee awarded $75,000 in Community Impact Grants to eight organizations at a celebration on June 27, 2024.

“Today marks our largest amount of grant dollars awarded since we started the program in 2016,” said Beth Koffman, Chief Operating Officer for the Community Foundation. “It has been incredible and rewarding to see how a small passion project of our staff has grown to a competitive grant cycle with 47 proposals submitted this year.”

The 2024-2025 grant recipients are:

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All Saints Immigration Services - $5,000
To fund its childcare project, which provides legal representation for immigrant children in West Tennessee.

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Boys and Girls Club of Jackson - $10,000
To address the critical need for improved water safety and swimming skills for youth in Madison County.

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Habitat for Humanity Jackson - $10,000
To aid in the building of two new construction, affordably-mortgaged homes for first-time home buyers.

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Jackson International Food and Art Festival – $15,000
To commission a mural in honor of the festival that will illustrate the cultural unity and diversity in West Tennessee.

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Jackson Symphony Association - $10,000
To fund its Music Academy (JSMA) and provide classical and performance instruction to youth across West Tennessee.

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Regional Inter-Faith Association (RIFA) – $10,000
To purchase food for its Snack Backpack Program, which feeds hungry elementary school children on the weekends.

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United Way of West Tennessee - $10,000
To fund its Rockabilly Readers and Skyhawk Scholar programs, which are reading incentive programs for elementary school children.

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WRAP (Wo/Men’s Resource and Rape Assistance Program) - $5,000
To support families experiencing trauma in the home through its Caterpillar Promises program.

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 “We are excited about this year’s range of recipients and the different aspects of our county service area we are able to touch through the grants,” said Haley Fortune, Community Outreach Associate for the Community Foundation. “These projects impact the arts, education, health and well-being, food insecurity, housing, and legal services in West Tennessee, and we are proud of the diverse impact we can help achieve.”

Community Impact Grants were created in 2016 to serve as funding opportunities for local nonprofits and funds of the Community Foundation to make an impact in the area. Since inception, the Community Foundation has awarded $336,444 back into the community through this program.

The next cycle of grants will open in February 2025. For more information about the Community Foundation’s grants, visit https://www.cfwtn.org/grants or contact Haley Fortune at haley@cfwtn.org.  

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