GIVING OPPORTUNITIES

Hope for Memphis Fund

The Hope for Memphis Fund was established by the Hope Christian Community Foundation to invest strategically in Christian organizations seeking City transformation: spiritually, educationally, economically, and relationally.  The Fund makes grants or loans from the surplus and earnings of Hope and from donations made to the Fund by others.  As a result of our continued growth and financial strength, all surplus funds earned from operations and fees from new donor advised funds are added to our Hope For Memphis Fund.

The initial two areas of focus for this fund are (1) to empower and strengthen existing Christian ministries in Memphis and (2) to promote and encourage servant leadership.  Both of these areas are traditional areas of involvement for Hope.  Servant Leadership has been promoted and encouraged through our annual Servant Leader Banquet and periodic Half Time seminars.

 

Areas of Interest Funds

Areas of Interest Funds allow donors to support Memphis area, inner-city Christian ministries in a particular area of interest. The eight Hope Foundation Areas of Interest Funds are listed below:

• Youth Ministries
• Family Ministries
• Affordable Housing Ministries
• Economic Development Ministries
• Education Ministries
• Health Care Ministries
• Sports Ministries
• Juvenile Offenders & Prison Ministries

A committee of the Hope Board of Directors administers these funds which are typically distributed over a 1-3 year time period.  Based on research done by this committee and the Hope staff, grants are made to those ministries which are deemed to be effective, well-managed and strategic in the building of the Kingdom in a particular area of focus in the inner-city of Memphis.