Program Partner
Co-develop initiatives aligned with leadership, heritage, health and wellness, or faith formation.
Get Involved
Bring your capacity to the work.
The Foundation is building a table broad enough for residents, institutions, funders, faith communities and skilled professionals—while keeping mission, history and community benefit at the center.
Ways to Engage
Partnership with purpose.
Funding Partner
Invest in durable community infrastructure, responsible growth and measurable public benefit.
Knowledge Partner
Bring research, technical expertise, evaluation, archives, training or professional services.
Community Collaborator
Help us listen, identify needs, strengthen trust and design work that reflects lived experience.
Volunteer Leader
Support events, service projects, learning experiences and intergenerational engagement.
Legacy Contributor
Preserve stories, materials, oral histories and resources connected to Memphis’s civil-rights witness.
Our Partnership Standard
Shared work requires shared clarity.
- Mission alignment and a defined community benefit
- Written roles, deliverables and decision rights
- Historical accuracy and responsible public representation
- Accessibility, ethics, stewardship and measurable follow-through
Begin the Conversation
What can we build together?
Tell us what you bring, what you hope to accomplish and where your work connects with the Foundation’s four pillars.