Past Contributions
Circle Contributions 1936 through 2010
Since 1984, Madonna Circle has chosen a charitable organization to be the primary recipient of the profit from the show, receiving 50%. The balance of the show’s profit is distributed to other charities and charitable organizations in Memphis and the Mid-South. All gifts are non-denominational.
Past Primary recipients organizations are as follows:
- 1984 Elvis Presley Trauma Center
- 1985-1987 Alzheimer’s Association
- 1988-1989 VCP Life Enrichment Center
- 1990 Church Health Center
- 1991 VCP Life Enrichment Center
- 1992 Memphis Day Shelter
- 1993 Martha’s Manor & Special Olympics
- 1994 Habitat for Humanity & Genesis House
- 1995 Shelby Residential & Vocational Services
- 1996 Memphis Child Advocacy Center
- 1996 St. Peter’s Village ChapeVActivity Center
- 1997 Madonna Learning Center
- 1998 Exchange Club Family Center
- 1999 Special Kids
- 2000 Memphis Family Shelter
- 2001 Memphis Jubilee Schools
- 2002 Porter Leath Children’s Center
- 2003 Church Health Center
- 2004 Youth Villages
- 2005 St. Peter Villa & Ave Maria Foundation
- 2006 MIFA Housing Opportunities & DeNeuville Learning Center
- 2007 Porter Leath Early Head Start Program & Catholic High School
- 2008 First Works, Inc.
- 2009 Ava Maria Home Foundation & The Exchange Club Family Center
- 2010 SRVS
- 2011 Page Robbins Adult Day Center
Alliance for the Mentally Ill; Midtown Mental Health Center; MIFA, Dismas House; Newman Center of U of M; Ruth Carolyn Mackey Cancer Foundation; St. Peter Home for Children; Brooks Museum; LeBonheur Children’s Hospital; Orange Mound Day Care Center; Catholic High; Mid-South Transplant Foundation; Theater Memphis; Cenacle Retreat League; Memphis Family Shelter; Hospice; Crisis Center; Associated Catholic Charities; Elder Med Reach; Historic Heritage Pres. Corp.; Int’l Children’s Heart Foundation; Assoc. for Preservation of Tennessee Antiquities; Memphis Child Advocacy Center; St. Mary’s Soup Kitchen; Mid-South ARC; SCl Nehemiah Housing Inst.; Kids on the Block; Missionary of Charities; Learning Disabled Assoc.; Girls, Inc; Ave Maria Home; Interpreting Services for the Deaf, Harwood Center.