Julia McDonald

As year-end approaches, we often get questions about making charitable gifts using Qualified Charitable Distributions, or QCDs. A QCD allows individuals aged 70½ or older to donate directly from their IRA to a charity, avoiding taxes on the donated amount.

With fall fully underway, it's a good time to start thinking about year-end financial planning, including your charitable giving. Here's a strategy worth knowing about: it's called "bunching."

If you're going through a divorce, you might not be thinking about your charitable giving—but maybe you should be.

This October 19 through 25 marks National Estate Planning Awareness Week, and here's something worth thinking about: estate planning isn't only for people with extensive assets or complicated finances. It's for anyone who wants a say in what happens to what they've built, no matter the size.

As we approach year-end financial planning, the Community Foundation encourages you to take a thoughtful, strategic approach to your charitable giving.

As we approach Election Day in Tennessee, it's essential to be prepared and support our community in doing the same. Here are some valuable tools to help navigate the voting process, especially for those who may need assistance.

National Hispanic Heritage Month runs September 15 through October 15, and the Community Foundation, is honoring the Latinx leaders strengthening our community—including five Responsive Grant recipients led by Latinx executive directors.

We have some exciting news from the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis: we're home.

For the third year, the Community Foundation of Greater Memphis championed Give 8/28—a national day of giving during Black Philanthropy Month that supports Black-led and Black-benefiting nonprofits. This year, Memphis showed up in a big way: the campaign raised more than $1.8 million for 90 local nonprofits.

Nonprofits across our region are stretched thin right now—facing funding cuts, rising costs, and growing demand for services. The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis wants to help.