Memphis nonprofits encouraged to apply for Gannett Foundation grant program

Organizations and nonprofits in Memphis and throughout the nation were impacted by the pandemic, limiting the services they were able to provide. Organizations struggled to keep up with the demand, and many people began to quit their jobs, part of what has been labeled the Great Resignation.

More than two years into the pandemic, groups are starting to recover, but need assistance.to deliver critical services. 

Enter the 2022 A Community Thrives program, a $2 million initiative created by the Gannett Foundation. The program will award grants to groups looking to improve their communities. A Community Thrives is a grantmaking and crowdfunding program sponsored by Gannett, the parent company of the USA TODAY Network.

Since the program’s inception in 2017, more than $17 million has been donated through crowdfunding efforts which have been dispersed to more than 500 organizations across the country.

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In an effort that started June 1,  A Community Thrives began accepting applications for organizations looking to bring awareness to a specific project that focuses on community building with an emphasis on impacting historically underserved individuals and groups.