Daughters Of Zion

Daughters of Zion, a Memphis-based nonprofit organization, serves as a prime grant recipient and fiscal agent for federal health, workforce, and small-business support programs, with the majority of recent federal activity routed through state and federal grant programs rather than prime contract vehicles.

Daughters of Zion is a tax-exempt corporate entity headquartered at 4400 Hickory Hill Road, Memphis, Tennessee. The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient and fiscal agent; it holds no federal prime contract awards and does not sit on federal contract vehicles. All five awards in the source footprint are federal grants or grant sub-awards, split across two prime grants (40% of activity) and three sub-grants under the Tennessee Department of Human Services (60% of activity).

The organization's prime grant portfolio centers on community health and economic development. In July 2026, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention awarded Daughters of Zion $250,000 under the Drug-Free Communities Support Program Grants (CFDA 93.276) for a five-year engagement through June 2031. Under this award, Daughters of Zion serves as fiscal agent for the Memphis Youth Drug Free Coalition, implementing evidence-based strategies to reduce youth substance use — specifically alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and prescription drug misuse — and building protective factors within defined Memphis zip code areas. In its prior major prime award, Daughters of Zion received $1 million from the Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development under the Community Navigator Pilot Program (CFDA 59.077) from December 2021 through November 2023, providing one-on-one counseling and group training to small businesses and entrepreneurs from historically underserved populations on pandemic relief programs and SBA assistance initiatives.

Daughters of Zion also operates as a sub-recipient under three Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) sub-grants from the Tennessee Department of Human Services, awarded annually from 2022 through 2024. Customer concentration sits with the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (three awards), the Small Business Administration Office of Entrepreneurial Development (one award), and the CDC (one award). Combined federal dollars obligated across all awards total $1.9 million, with activity concentrated in community health promotion and small-business workforce development serving low-income and underserved populations in the Memphis area.