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One of my most enjoyable moments at the Community Foundation was watching a Sotheby's auction featuring a flawless 10-carat diamond. As bids soared past half a million dollars, we eagerly anticipated the outcome. The proceeds from this sale were directed into a fund at the Community Foundation for the donor to allocate to their chosen nonprofits, benefiting local youth development and social justice initiatives.

October 28 is National Immigrants Day. We acknowledge the local nonprofits including Advocates for Immigrant Rights that help immigrants assimilate into the U.S. and into Greater Memphis.

August 17 is National Nonprofit Day! Did you know that the Community Foundation offers a free database of Mid-South nonprofit organizations? LIVEGIVEmidsouth.org includes profiles of 480 area nonprofits and counting.

The U.S. has seen major trends in philanthropy since our founding, and a notable one is Giving as Social Reform, or to solve social problems. This kind of giving became more prevalent in the 20th century, and it continues in many powerful forms.

National Hispanic Heritage Month kicks off annually on Sept. 15. With Greater Memphis's Latinx population growth, there’s been a growth in nonprofits uniquely positioned to promote wider representation and address the needs of the Latino/Hispanic community.

A fund at the Community Foundation enables a piece of Memphis’s Jewish history to help sustain its community for the future.

At the Community Foundation, we’re grateful that so many donors chose to create scholarship funds to honor a different person, profession, school, or educational goal. The deadline for most scholarships is March 31.

One of the last and most significant grants from the Community Foundation’s Mid-South COVID-19 Regional Response Fund was a million-dollar investment in creating a palliative care program at Regional One Health.

You may remember driving through Midtown Memphis and seeing Paul Penczner’s studio near Poplar and Watkins. Perhaps you took an art class from him or saw an exhibition of his paintings over his six decades as one of the city’s most prominent artists and art instructors.

This month, the Community Foundation will once again support local efforts to responsibly control our local pitbull and pitbull mix breed dog population. And it’s happening because of the forethought of one animal lover: Margarette Sather.