Who We Are  ))  Our Partners

In addition to the Academy’s fundraising partners, we collaborate with more than 80 organizations across the city to help the Fellows design and execute Community Action Projects.  These partners serve as project hosts, advisors and mentors to the Academy Fellows.

These partners include:

  • 100 Black Men

  • Alliance For Nonprofit Excellence

  • Associated Catholic Charities

  • Binghamton Development Corporation

  • Black MBA Association

  • Blues Foundation of Memphis

  • Boys and Girls Club

  • BRIDGES

  • Center for Creative Leadership

  • Charter School Resource Center

  • Child Advocacy Center

  • Christ Community Health Services

  • Christian Brothers University

  • Church Health Center

  • Circles of Success School

  • City of Memphis

  • Clear Channel

  • Memphis Leadership Foundation

  • Commercial Appeal

  • Cordova Leadership Council

  • Eikon Ministries

  • Exchange Club

  • First Tee

  • For the Kingdom Camp and Retreat Center

  • Girls, Inc.

  • Greater Memphis Arts Council

  • Grizzlies Academy

  • Healthy Memphis Common Table

  • Henry Turley and Co

  • Hickory Hill Community Center

  • Highland Oaks Elementary School

  • Hilton Hotels

  • Imagination Library

  • Junior League of Memphis

  • Kipp Diamond Academy

  • Latino Memphis

  • Leadership Crittenden County

  • Leadership Memphis

  • Memphis Academy of Science and Engineering

  • Memphis Athletic Ministries

  • Memphis Chamber Foundation

  • Memphis City Schools

  • Memphis Community Development Partnership

  • Memphis Food Bank

  • Memphis Housing Authority

  • Memphis Humane Society

  • Memphis Redbirds

  • Memphis Regional Chamber of Commerce

  • Memphis Tomorrow

  • MIFA

  • Millsaps College

  • MPACT Memphis

  • NAACP

  • National College Access Network

  • New Hope Christian Academy

  • New Ballet Ensemble

  • New Leaders for New Schools

  • New Path

  • New Pathways Community Development Corporation

  • NikeGo

  • Oasis of Hope

  • Partners for the Homeless

  • Planned Parenthood Greater Memphis Region

  • Promise Academy

  • Rhodes College

  • Rise Foundation

  • St. George's Independent School

  • Service Over Self

  • Shelby County

  • Shelby County Books from Birth

  • Shelby Farms Park Conservancy

  • Southwest Tennessee Community College

  • STAR Academy

  • Stax Academy

  • Streets Ministries

  • T.O. Fuller State Park

  • Teacher Induction Task Force - University of Memphis

  • The Restoration Project

  • True Story Pictures

  • University of Memphis

  • Uptown Square & Uptown Memphis

  • Urban Child Institute

  • Urban League of Memphis

  • Urban Youth Initiative