Who We Are  ))  Our Funders

The Leadership Academy relies on the financial support of corporations and foundations committed to improving Memphis through empowered leaders with a desire for community action.  Our current funders include:

Philanthropist

  • AutoZone
  • Dunavant Enterprises
  • FedEx
  • First Horizon
  • The Hyde Family Foundation
  • The Plough Foundation

Benefactor

  • Baptist Memorial Health Care
  • CB Richard Ellis
  • Community Foundation of Greater Memphis
  • Duncan - Williams, Inc.
  • Grizzlies Charitable Foundation
  • Kemmons Wilson Foundation
  • Regions Bank

Guarantor

  • Boyle Investment Company
  • International Paper
  • Lyndhurst Foundation
  • Methodist Healthcare
  • Mid-America Apartment Communities
  • Nike
  • Pinnacle Airlines/Northwest Airlink
  • Rose Family Foundation
  • Rudi Scheidt, Sr.
  • SunTrust Bank
  • Team Trek
  • Waddell & Associates

Sustainer

  • Clark & Clark
  • Jim and Lucia Gilliland
  • Hnedak Bobo
  • Independent Bank
  • Looney Ricks Kiss Architects
  • New South Capital Management
  • Poag & McEwen
  • ServiceMaster
  • Thomas & Betts
  • Kerr Tigrett
  • Wachovia