Invest in your Community
With over 40 years of heartfelt service, the Community Foundation of East Mississippi is dedicated to fostering charitable giving that connects generous individuals, families, and businesses to meaningful opportunities. We bridge resources and needs to uplift the dynamic communities we serve.
The Community Foundation of East Mississippi provides comprehensive management support for each endowment, investing it as part of our larger, professionally managed pool of funds. Our affiliates benefit from a diversified investment portfolio, cost-effective fees, administrative and technical expertise, and access to marketing resources, allowing local leaders to focus on growing assets and addressing community priorities.
Since 1984
2020-2025 Funding at work by purpose areas
$58,443
Animals
$289,561
Arts
$1,022,946
Community and Economic Development
$403,380
Disaster Relief
$1,327,731
Education
$1,262,415
Health and Social Services
$430,705
Historic Preservation
$696,183
Youth and Children
Give to the Foundation
When you give to the Community Foundation of East Mississippi (CFEM), you help address a broad range of local needs, including future challenges that cannot be foreseen. Your unrestricted gifts provide CFEM with the flexibility to collaborate with other organizations and respond to the community’s most pressing needs today, and in the years ahead. Together, we work to strengthen all aspects of community well-being: arts and culture, economic development, education, health and human services, and more.