The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee is thrilled to announce $2,426,677 in grants to 350 local nonprofit organizations as part of the 2020 annual grantmaking process.
The grants will benefit nonprofit organizations in 29 area counties: Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson, Fentress, Franklin, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lincoln, Maury, Montgomery, Moore, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Warren, White, Williamson and Wilson counties.
Grants will serve a wide range of causes, including: food security, arts and humanities, conservation and preservation, environment, education, employment and training, health and human services, housing, economic welfare, and community development.
The average grant size was $6,933.
In January 2020, The Community Foundation marked $1 billion in giving to nonprofits across the 40 counties of Middle Tennessee and beyond since its inception in 1991.
“The Community Foundation is honored to connect generosity with need through these annual grants and through other avenues throughout the year, but we couldn’t have the impact we do without the many nonprofits offering solutions to our community’s needs and vital services to our neighbors,” said Ellen Lehman, president of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. “Thanks to the generous support of our donors, and the work of dedicated and talented nonprofits, we are able to fund solutions which address Middle Tennessee’s emerging needs and opportunities.”
The Community Foundation awards discretionary grants annually from its unrestricted and field-of-interest funds to Middle Tennessee nonprofits. Grants are awarded through an open application process for organizations addressing community needs and benefiting the well-being of citizens through valuable programs and innovative services.
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| PROGRAM | ORGANIZATION | BRIEF DESCRIPTION | COUNTY |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Agape Animal Rescue | To prepare 80 abandoned dogs for adoption through the provision of vaccinations, preventative medications and spay/neuter surgery. | Davidson |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Best Friends Sanctuary, Inc. | To provide the low income citizens (less than $36.000.00/ year income) the opportunity to have their pets spayed neutered, | Fentress |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Cannon Co Community for Animals | To provide low cost spay and neuter to companion dogs/cats to eliminate animal neglect, cruelty, and abuse in Cannon County. | Dekalb |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Coffee County Humane Society | To help low income families with the expense of veterinary care when their pet encounters a severe illness or injury | Coffee |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Fix Trousdale | Fix Trousdale provides low cost spay/neuter services area cats and dogs to improving the lives of pets and owners. | Trousdale |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Franklin County Humane Society/Animal Harbor | To provide complete veterinary and emotional care for rescued homeless pets and find these animals new homes. | Franklin |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Heaven Can Wait Animal Rescue and Sanctuary | Provide 1/2 of the medical/vet and medication costs to care for 12 sanctuary dogs | Williamson |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Hickman Humane Society Inc | to provide spay/neuter services for 100 dogs and 100 cats owned by citizens in Hickman County with limited financial means. | Hickman |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Humane Association of Wilson County, Inc./ New Leash on Life | Provide spay/neuter services for owned dogs & cats and feral cats in counties with limited animal welfare resources | Wilson |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Humane Society of Dickson County | To provide spay/neuter services for animals found by or owned by the citizens of Dickson County | Dickson |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Humane Society of Dover-Stewart County | To spay or neuter 150 or more stray, feral, or abandoned felines in Stewart County, TN. | Stewart |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Humane Society of Lincoln County | To provide reduced spay/neuter cost for Lincoln County residents and reduce the number of unwanted pets in the county. | Lincoln |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Humane Society of Putnam County | To provide spay and neuter assistance for a minimum of 1,800 animals throughout the Upper Cumberland region of middle Tennessee. | Putnam |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Humphreys County Humane Society | Provide spay or neuter services and rabies vaccinations for pets owned by Senior Citizens and low income families. | Humphreys |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Jesse C Beesley Animal Humane Foundation | To promote care and kindness to animals through affordable spay/neuter services, preventative care and education about responsible pet ownership. | Rutherford |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Middle Tennessee Spay and Neuter Clinic Inc | To reduce the feline overpopulation in Middle Tennessee counties by providing free spay/neuter surgeries for 400 community and feral cats. | Bedford |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Nashville Cat Rescue | To spay or neuter 1,200 cats so that they may be put up for adoption. | Davidson |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Noah's Ark Society Inc. | To rescue 20 senior pets in animal shelters from likely euthanasia by placing and supporting them in forever foster homes. | Davidson |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Pauls Clinic, Inc. | To sterilize 200 pets residing in low-income households. | Warren |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | PAWS of Dale Hollow | To provide a public outreach spay/neuter program to help reduce the incidence of unwanted cats and dogs. | Pickett |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | People For Animals | To provide financial assistance to petowners in need for 6,000 spay/neuter surgeries for cats/dogs in 2021. | Williamson |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Pet Community Center | The Community Cat Program will trap-neuter-return (TNR) 2,000 community cats in Davidson County. | Davidson |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue | To provide medication and vaccines for rescued dogs and cats prior to adoption. | Davidson |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Retrieving Independence | Enabling and supporting the training and placement of life changing animals through the Retrieving Independence Training Academy in 2021. | Williamson |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Rural Animal Rescue Effort (RARE) | Transport preparation costs for animals from kill shelters in TN to go on life saving transports to Northern no-kill organizations. | Maury |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Shelbyville-Bedford County Humane Association | Provide rehoming of 50 pets from low income, elderly and disabled persons no longer able to keep their animals | Bedford |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Southern Alliance for Animal Welfare Lincoln Co. | To provide spay/neuter services for dogs and cats belonging to low income residents of Middle Tennessee | Lincoln |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Southern Alliance for People and Animal Welfare | Continuing on with our weekly life saving spay/neuter transport for pet owners who are struggling with poverty, homeless or housed. | Davidson |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Sumner Spay Neuter Alliance | To provide spay/neuter to 400 families in need with a goal of keeping pets in homes and out of shelters. | Sumner |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Wags and Whiskers Pet Rescue, Inc | To provide financial assistance for spay/neuter of community dogs and cats | Cumberland |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Walden's Puddle | To provide care/treatment to native TN wildlife in need, with the goal of returning the rehabilitated animals to the wild. | Davidson |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | White County Humane Society | To provide financial assistance to 233 pet owners who could otherwise not afford to have their pets spayed or neutered. | White |
| ANIMAL WELFARE | Ziggy's Tree Wildlife Rehabilitation Center | To provide care for Tennessee's orphaned and injured native wildlife with the goal of returning them to their natural habitats. | Franklin |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Adventure Science Center | ASC's Underserved Communities Programs provide access to the museum to many families and children in need, breaking cost barriers. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | ALIAS Chamber Ensemble | To fund the ALIAS in the Community program (AIC), which presents classical music and educational programming to schools/community organizations. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | ARC of Williamson County | Provide participants with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to discuss relevant topics and express their feelings about them through art. | Williamson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Art Guild at Fairfield Glade | To provide art classes at Fair Park Senior Center, Good Samaritan Society and other venues in Crossville, TN | Cumberland |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville | To support education offerings which provide artists and creative organizations with critical entrepreneurial skills needed to build thriving, sustainable businesses. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Battle of Franklin Trust | To restore an historic floor covering in 19th century home a to keep intact the immersive experience for better learning. | Williamson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Borderless Arts Tennessee | To support a digital guitar program | Sumner |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Centennial Park Conservancy | To support equitable free artist performances at Musicians Corner's established family-friendly concert series in Nashville's historical Centennial Park. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Center for the Arts Inc | The Center for the Arts (CFTA) provides year-round performing arts programs and performance opportunities to youth in Rutherford County. | Rutherford |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | chatterbird | To fund meaningful, locally-focused virtual concert series curated and presented by chatterbird musicians. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art | Destination Cheekwood provides enriching, multi-generational outings – with all expenses covered – for low-income Tennessee students and their family members. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Choral Arts Link, Inc. | Weekly choral music program for students grades 2-12, culminating in at least two concert events. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Country Music Foundation | Words & Music is a curriculum-based lyric-writing program that creates opportunities for teachers and students to collaborate with Nashville songwriters. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Discovery Center at Murfree Spring /Children's Museum Corp of Rutherford Co | To provide a 4-month Artist-in-Residence program for a Tennessee artist and corresponding public programming for Discovery Center visitors. | Rutherford |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Ethos Youth Ensembles | Ethos provides musically enriching opportunities for student musicians (grades 2-12), the community, and area schools through weekly instruction and concerts. | Rutherford |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Franklin County Educational Foundation for Excellence | To provide resources to the Franklin County High School recently formed Choral program and its enrolled students. | Franklin |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Frist Art Museum | Frist Art Museum will offer teen programs to Middle Tennessee youth that nurture creativity, develop leadership skills, and promote community. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Gateway Chamber Orchestra | To create digital streaming concerts to both serve our patrons and to provide paid work for musicians during the pandemic. | Montgomery |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Inspiritus, Inc. | To empower 150 at-risk youth to thrive through virtual & small-group after-school enrichment, including community-based art therapy and healthy coping-skills. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Intersection | To engage artists, community leaders, students, and audiences in contemporary classical music and issues of equity and social justice. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Metro Nashville Chorus / Sweet Adelines International | Share the joy of 4-part a cappella harmony in the barbershop style_x000D_ with young women in Middle Tennessee. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Middle Tennessee Guitar Alliance, Inc. | To provide four free concerts presented by world-renowned classical guitarists, either online or at the First Unitarian Church of Nashville. | Williamson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center | EC:CO (Exhibition Connect: Community Outreach) Program support, offering FREE year-round art-making activities benefiting 2000+ underserved Middle TN youth and families. | Sumner |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Music for Seniors | 160 outreach and educational music programs for seniors, including on-location live programs with under-resourced groups, and on-demand e-delivered virtual programs. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Musicians On Call | To provide emotional support and social engagement, through virtual live-music programs, to 5,000 hospitalized individuals across Middle Tennessee. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Nashville Ballet | To provide arts education and community engagement programming for children and adults in diverse communities across Middle Tennessee. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Nashville Film Festival | To provide positive creative and professional development opportunities for 15 of Nashville's at-risk youth of young girls. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Nashville Jazz Workshop | Develop and implement JAZZ A.M., a Saturday morning jazz education and performance program for families with children ages 2-10. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Nashville Repertory Theatre, Inc | Provide professional theatre arts education for youth ages 7-23 through youth impact programs in schools and throughout the community. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Nashville Shakespeare Festival | CAN Summer Festival 2021: WHAT YOU WILL by Shakespeare, and JITNEY, by August Wilson. Free, with additional educational outreach programs. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Nashville Symphony Association | To provide free, high-quality instrument instruction and music education experiences to 2,224 students in Nashville. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | National Museum of African American Music | To connect up to 1,500 Nashville youth and ~350 seniors with_x000D_ professional musician teaching artists to learn, perform, and engage. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Notes for Notes, Inc. | To provide music and social emotional education to youth so music may become a profoundly positive influence in their lives. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | OZ Arts Nashville | To engage a diverse cross-section of Nashville artists and affiliated communities with a fully staged contemporary opera celebrating African-American heritage. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Poverty and the Arts | Provide 30+ adults impacted by homelessness access to artistic resources and a platform to earn income and increase financial independence. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Preserve Lindsley Avenue Now Inc | The Lindsley Avenue entry doors are deteriorating from exposure and do not keep the elements out of this historic building. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Rejoice School of Ballet | Rejoice Ballet empowers youth by training, nurturing and celebrating dancers from diverse racial, socioeconomic, cultural, and developmental backgrounds. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Roxy Productions, Inc. | To support artistic salaries for the musical FREEDOM TRAIN at the Roxy Regional Theatre in February 2021. | Montgomery |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Southern Word, Inc | Southern Word (SW) develops powerful communicators, thinkers, and leaders through the vehicles of spoken word, creative writing, and music production. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Tennessee Arts Academy Foundation | TAAF aids and assists the Tennessee Arts Academy annually in training over 325 TN arts educators, impacting 200,000 TN students. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Tennessee Craft | To provide hands-on arts activities to children/families at free community Kids' Tent for the spring and fall Tennessee Craft fairs. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Tennessee Performing Arts Center | To bring professional artist residencies to Pre-K classrooms: 30-minute sessions offered 2x/week for 6-7 weeks, during the spring semester. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Tennessee Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra Association Inc | To educate students in the art of symphonic music through school visits and free concerts with professional musicians. | Rutherford |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Tennessee Tech Craft Center | Empower high school art educators to teach advanced techniques students and/or peers and provide materials and tools to do so. | Dekalb |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Tennessee Youth Symphony | Tennessee Youth Symphony is an established 501(c)(3) dedicated to providing quality musical training and educational opportunities for young musicians. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | The IBMA Foundation, Inc. | To host an "American Roots Music--Bluegrass, in the Classroom" workshop for teachers in Bedford and Coffee counties | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | The Porch Writers' Collective | Offer online creative writing workshops, taught by professional authors, to students in grades 3-12, with post-workshop social gathering time included. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | The Quest Center for Art & Community Development, Inc. | Accessible, year-round, music education & youth development programs serving children and teens ages 10-18 living in rural, lower-income communities. | Dickson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | W.O. Smith Community Music School | To provide music education to 450 children from low-income families. | Davidson |
| ARTS & HUMANITIES | Watershed Public Theatre | To provide virtual performances of original Historic Maury Plays, create archival/educational videos and provide employment for local artists. | Maury |
| COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | Les Dames d'Escoffier Nashville | Career Support and Advancement: Giving women in food, beverage, hospitality and farming the tools to survive and thrive in adversity. | Davidson |
| COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | Nashville Civic Design Center | To provide support and promote community development through visioning, artistic expression, socially conscious design and action within North Nashville. | Davidson |
| COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | Neighbor 2 Neighbor/Neighborhoods Resource Center | To provide neighborhood leadership development training for 250 residents across Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County. | Davidson |
| COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT | Walk/Bike Nashville | A program to develop community advocate leaders for active transportation along Murfreesboro Pike. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Backfield in Motion, Inc. | Providing literacy, tutoring, and remedial programs for 60 male elementary, students afterschool at Bellshire Elementary and McKissack Middle School. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Backlight Productions | To provide quality arts education and integrated performance opportunities to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities | Williamson |
| EDUCATION | Begin Anew of Middle Tennessee | To provide a minimum of 300 adult learners hard and digital curriculum and graduation supplies for up to 75 graduates. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Bel-Aire Elementary School | Bel-Aire wishes to provide fifth graders with Junior Achievement's free-enterprise educational program, culminating with participation in JA BizTown | Coffee |
| EDUCATION | Book'em | At-risk elementary students will participate in book clubs to build literacy skills and home libraries. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Boys & Girls Clubs of Maury County | Provide tutoring by certified teachers and intensive academic mentoring to 100 high drop-out risk youth to ensure high school graduation. | Maury |
| EDUCATION | Clarksville-Montgomery County Adult Literacy Council | The Clarksville-Montgomery County Adult Literacy Council provides free year-round tutorial services to adult learners to improve levels of literacy. | Montgomery |
| EDUCATION | Coffee County Raider Academy-General Store | To provide free to all students in need Food, Clothing, School Supplies and Hygiene items. | Coffee |
| EDUCATION | Coffee County Schools Family Resource Center | The purpose shall be to supply and help with basic needs for the students in our school district | Coffee |
| EDUCATION | Deerfield Elementary | To provide food for our Deerfield Backpack Program, coats for winter, shoes, and school supplies for Deerfield students. | Coffee |
| EDUCATION | Dickson County Sheriff's Office | Host Junior Sheriff's Academy for 25 middle-school students focusing on educating and encouraging strong relationships between youth and law enforcement. | Dickson |
| EDUCATION | East Middle School | East Middle School purpose is to offer a program which will help meet the basic needs of economically disadvantaged students. | Coffee |
| EDUCATION | First Steps, Inc. | To provide skilled nursing expertise for teachers, families, and children with special needs in the First Steps Child Development Center. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Foundation for Tennessee Chess | To fund the cost of Chess for Children classes at Carter Lawrence Magnet School from January 2021 to May 2021 | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Free for Life International | To equip vulnerable populations with critical knowledge about human trafficking and how to protect themselves and their communities. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Inc. | To provide an authentic and comprehensive Girl Scout experience for homeless girls and girls in unstable housing in Davidson County. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Global Education Center | To continue and expand our multicultural school outreach programming and teacher training for early learning centers in Middle Tennessee | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Heritage Foundation of Williamson County | To provide history education and foster civic engagement to 8000 Williamson High School students and educators. | Williamson |
| EDUCATION | Hickman County Economic & Community Development Association | Hickman County Imagination Library is a book gifting program that mails free books to children from birth to age five. | Hickman |
| EDUCATION | Homework Hotline | Funding will provide 770 free, one-on-one tutoring sessions to about 400 students/parents from the 40 counties that Community Foundation supports. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Horizons at University School of Nashville | To provide 110 rising first through eighth-grade students access to high-quality academics in an engaging six-week experiential summer learning program. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee | To prepare and inspire 2,300 MNPS middle schoolers with the skills and confidence to lead healthy, financial lives. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Learning Matters, Inc | To purchase curriculum used in providing intervention for students with learning disabilities to increase reading comprehension and literacy skills. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Manchester City Schools | Provide vision screenings to all students in Manchester City Schools using accurate, time efficient vision screener. | Coffee |
| EDUCATION | Motlow College Foundation | To provide emergency funds for allied health students needing financial assistance with course materials, certification exam fees, uniforms, transportation, etc. | Moore |
| EDUCATION | Nashville Public Library Foundation | Nashville Public Library's STUDIO NPL is a workforce development program for teens emphasizing hands-on, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, math). | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Pegram Elementary Fine Arts Magnet School | To provide enriching fine art experiences for elementary school students in an low funded rural school district. | Cheatham |
| EDUCATION | Project Transformation Tennessee Inc | To provide an eight-week summer literacy program for more than 400 children in low-income neighborhoods across Middle Tennessee. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Read To Succeed | To provide contemporary and relevant books in the hands, hearts and minds of adolescent Rutherford County Mid/High School students. | Rutherford |
| EDUCATION | Robert E. Lee Elementary | Allow Students the opportunity to attend BizTown. | Coffee |
| EDUCATION | Salama Urban Ministries Inc | To provide academic and arts education support for children age kindergarten through eighth grade. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Stewart County Friends of the Public Library | To provide free books to all Children in Stewart County who are registered in the Imagination Library Database to age | Stewart |
| EDUCATION | Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance | To provide leadership development for 12 teachers from diverse backgrounds in Middle Tennessee to address systemic inequities for vulnerable students | Montgomery |
| EDUCATION | Tennessee Historical Society | Tennessee History Day provides the opportunity for students and educators to participate in project-based learning in the humanities. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Tennessee History for Kids | To provide free social studies/history booklets to teachers who cannot afford supplemental resources for their students. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Tennessee State Parks Conservancy | To provide an immersive educational experience in nature to underserved youth in our State Parks through Jr. Ranger Camps. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Tennessee Voices for Victims | To distribute 40 videos on the impact of acquaintance rape to public schools in Middle Tennessee. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | The Educators' Cooperative | Provide Professional Development for K-12 teachers on Antiracist Teaching, Learning and Leading practices for implementation in virtual and in-person classrooms. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | The Friends of the Clarksville Montgomery County Public Library | To mail one high-quality, age-appropriate book to the homes of children enrolled from birth to age 5. | Montgomery |
| EDUCATION | Time to Rise, Inc. | To provide at-risk youth with proper guidance and summer structure to improve their life chances through academic excellence grades 4-6. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | Tullahoma City Schools | Provide virtual students with the tools needed to fully participate in their art classes and receive a better educational experience | Coffee |
| EDUCATION | United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc. | Provide children, birth to five, with age-appropriate books to build a strong foundation for literacy proficiency and academic success. | Davidson |
| EDUCATION | United Way of Rutherford County | Provide books to children under age 5 each month to build a foundation for learning in Rutherford and Cannon counties. | Rutherford |
| EDUCATION | Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council/WCTE-TV | To encourage lifelong learning by providing quality educational programming to the most vulnerable citizens throughout our region via antenna. | Putnam |
| EDUCATION | White County Library Foundation | To encourage reading and provide educational opportunities for children, teens, and adults to prevent "Summer Slide" during the Summer months. | White |
| EDUCATION | Wilson Books from Birth | To provide free Imagination Library books to Wilson County's preschool children to foster a love of learning and reading. | Wilson |
| EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING | 4:13 Strong, Inc. | To provide social-emotional education for up to 75 men during the vocational and life skills training period of program. | Davidson |
| EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING | American Baptist Theological Seminary | To provide 30 American Baptist College students with the requisite competencies for a successful transition into the workplace. | Davidson |
| EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING | Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, Inc. | To provide IT skills training and support services to students in Middle Tennessee | Davidson |
| EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING | MDHA Housing Trust Corporation | To improve equity for 100 low-income individuals by removing barriers to the workforce and providing scholarships to increase earnings potential. | Davidson |
| EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING | Operation Stand Down Tennessee | To provide career services and transition assistance to Veterans, empowering and equipping them to gain and sustain purposeful employment. | Davidson |
| EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING | Pathway Lending | Provide classes to 300+ entrepreneurs to help strengthen and expand businesses and access capital in troubled economic times. | Davidson |
| EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING | UpRise Nashville | To provide career coaching leading to employable skills and careers for 30 Nashvillians ready to lift themselves out of poverty. | Davidson |
| EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING | WAVES Inc. | Create simulation workstations at Fairview Day Program to quip individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities with life and employment skills. | Williamson |
| ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION | Andrew Jackson Foundation | The Andrew Jackson Foundation endeavors to receive Level II-accreditation as an arboretum from the Tennessee Urban Forestry Council. | Davidson |
| ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION | Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms | Engage the community in volunteerism to enhance park amenities and create a lasting commitment to and appreciation of the park. | Davidson |
| ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION | Harpeth Conservancy | Water quality sampling in the Greater Nashville area to inform and protect recreational users of our waterways. | Williamson |
| ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION | Nashville Tree Foundation | Develop a comprehensive educational curriculum related to the benefits of trees to pilot in North Nashville schools and youth programs. | Davidson |
| ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION | Owl's Hill Nature Sanctuary | To provide an alternative educational resource containing materials and instructions for a self-guided educational experience at Owl's Hill Nature Sanctuary. | Williamson |
| ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION | Tennessee Environmental Council | To engage 10,000 volunteers in planting 55,000 native tree seedlings statewide, half of these in Middle TN. | Davidson |
| ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION | Turnip Green Creative Reuse | To divert 200,000 lbs of materials from Nashville's landfill and redirect them to 15,000 reusers. | Davidson |
| ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION | Urban Green Lab Inc. | Our goal is to grow a culture of environmental justice learning in Nashville so all of us can thrive. | Davidson |
| FOOD SECURITY | Ark Community Resource and Assistance Center | To enable seniors to age in place by providing 5 meals per week to 30+ homebound seniors. | Cheatham |
| FOOD SECURITY | BELL Garden Bellevue Middle School Edible Learning Lab | To provide signage for the BELL Garden. | Davidson |
| FOOD SECURITY | Bethlehem Centers of Nashville | To provide healthy produce to 40 Seniors participating in the Active Seniors Club, as well as meals at session activities. | Davidson |
| FOOD SECURITY | Charis Ministries, Inc. | To deliver a three-day supply of provisions to 3,000 people unable to buy food or access a food bank. | Davidson |
| FOOD SECURITY | Christian Cooperative Ministry | To provide healthy and nutritional food, water and hygiene products for an average of 325 homeless people per month. | Davidson |
| FOOD SECURITY | Coffee County Middle School Backpack Program | To provide supplemental food to students most in need of additional nutrition on the weekends | Coffee |
| FOOD SECURITY | DeKalb County Board of Education-Coordinated School Health | To provide nonperishable food items on weekends and holiday breaks to approximately 200 DeKalb County students. | Dekalb |
| FOOD SECURITY | Good Samaritan Ministries of Franklin County, Inc. | Our primary mission is to provide food boxes and utility assistance for needy families in Franklin County. | Franklin |
| FOOD SECURITY | Greater Faith Community Action Corporation | To support and expand the feeding capacity of The Master's Table Soup Kitchen in Springfield, TN | Robertson |
| FOOD SECURITY | Greenhouse Ministries | Greenhouse Ministries is requesting partial funding for four mobile food banks to be held in Rutherford County in 2021. | Rutherford |
| FOOD SECURITY | Home Bound Meals Program | To provide friendship and hot nutritious meals to people over 60 and those under 60 suffering with long term illness. | Sumner |
| FOOD SECURITY | Loaves and Fishes | Support families with children during lunch service daily with child appropriate foods, utensils, seating and activities. | Montgomery |
| FOOD SECURITY | Luke 14:12 | To provide 11,360 free, hot, nutritional, dinner-style meals to Nashville's hungry, homeless and working poor. | Davidson |
| FOOD SECURITY | One Generation Away | To provide food resources for the community of Middle Tennessee to those who lack access. | Williamson |
| FOOD SECURITY | Renewed Life Ministries Outreach | To provide fresh, nutritious food for 25 men transitioning from homelessness and addictions to restored life. | Rutherford |
| FOOD SECURITY | Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee | To provide essential meals and nutrition education for underserved children in Middle Tennessee. | Davidson |
| FOOD SECURITY | Society of Saint Andrew, Inc. | To collect excess food from farms and farmers markets and distribute it to feed our hungry neighbors. | Davidson |
| FOOD SECURITY | Tennessee Kidney Foundation, Inc. | To provide fresh renal-friendly meals for 20 low-income dialysis patients at high-risk for COVID-19, reducing food insecurity and virus exposure. | Davidson |
| FOOD SECURITY | The Bridge Ministry, Inc | The Bridge to Kids Program provides approximately 3000-5000 meals each week to food insecure children and low income families. | Davidson |
| FOOD SECURITY | The Journey Home | To strengthen our volunteer recruitment and management system for more than 1,500 volunteers annually. | Rutherford |
| FOOD SECURITY | The Little Pantry That Could | We provide food assistance to anyone in need, no questions asked. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | A Step Ahead Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc. | To provide free long-acting reversible contraception to 120 mothers age 30 and younger by partnering with local health clinics. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Achilles International Inc. | To cover the cost for five Achilles Athletes and their Volunteer Guides to participate in local and out-of-town races. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | ALS Association Tennessee Chapter | Quality of Life Grants to clients to use for varied ALS related expenses: ie home modification, transportation, care, equipment, etc. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | BrightStone, Inc. | To provide the best healthcare possible for adults with special needs through educational programs and comprehensive wellness and fitness activities. | Williamson |
| HEALTH | CareNet Pregnancy Medical Center | To provide medical supplies for pregnancy testing and limited ultrasounds. | Dickson |
| HEALTH | Centerstone Foundation, Inc. | Expanding existing therapeutic support groups focused on suicide prevention to care for 40 adolescent and 20 LGBTQI clients. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Charis Health Center | Charis provides health care to the medically vulnerable and uninsured out of two clinic locations and a mobile health unit. | Wilson |
| HEALTH | Community Clinic of Shelbyville & Bedford County | To provide 50 CCSBC diabetic patients with FREE A1C screenings four times per year. | Bedford |
| HEALTH | Community Homeless Outreach & Support/The Brooks House | To provide mental health counseling and preventative and corrective physical/dental/vision exams and medications for residents preparing for independent living. | Wilson |
| HEALTH | Dickson Community Clinic | To provide primary medical care to the uninsured patients of Dickson and surrounding counties | Dickson |
| HEALTH | Domestic Violence Program, Inc. | Provide Sexual Assault Forensic Exams and free supportive services to assist adult victims of sexual assault find hope, healing, recovery | Rutherford |
| HEALTH | Faith Family Medical Center | To address health disparities facing low-income people of color, by providing medical and wellness services for 1,300 patients. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee | To provide free mental health support and counseling for those impacted by cancer in Middle Tennessee. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Hope Clinic for Women | Provide well-women, STD testing/Pap exams, birth control for 400 uninsured, underserved women who would otherwise not have access to care. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Insight Counseling Centers | Provide nine free educational webinars for the public on depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, issues around aging, and Adverse Childhood Experiences. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Interfaith Dental Clinic | To provide emergency oral healthcare for 300 uninsured, low-income Middle Tennesseans in financial crisis. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Maury Regional Healthcare Foundation | To bridge the gap for at-risk women battling breast cancer by providing the support and resources needed during treatment. | Maury |
| HEALTH | Meharry Medical College | To provide free, high quality healthcare tot he underserved of Nashville and train the next generation of healthcare providers. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Nashville General Hospital Foundation | To develop oncology patients' and caregivers' ability to manage health challenges during/after the pandemic and provide improved health outcomes. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Neighborhood Health | To purchase nicotine replacement patches for 100 uninsured patients at risk of negative health outcomes from uncontrolled hypertension and diabetes | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Nurses for Newborns of Tennessee | To prevent infant mortality, child abuse and neglect through home visitation by registered nurses. | Williamson |
| HEALTH | Park Center Inc. | Provide bi-weekly art therapy sessions for 30 persons dealing with chronic mental illness, homelessness, and/or addiction, | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Partners for Healing | To improve mental health of uninsured by ensuring access to appropriate, quality mental health services . | Coffee |
| HEALTH | Refuge Center for Counseling | To provide 312 affordable counseling sessions and care to women affected by domestic violence. | Williamson |
| HEALTH | Renewal House | To provide trauma-informed, gender-specific intensive outpatient addiction treatment for 60 low-income women, including specialized programming for pregnant and postpartum mothers. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Renewed Eating Disorders Support | To continue to provide life-changing programs and support groups for those who are affected by eating disorders in our community. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Saint Thomas Health Foundations | To bring lifesaving screening mammography to 90 uninsured/underserved women in Bedford, Macon, and Davidson Counties through a mobile mammography outreach. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Saint Thomas Rutherford Foundation | To provide the Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital Pediatric Unit with gaming carts to facilitate healing for children and adolescents. | Rutherford |
| HEALTH | Salvus Center, Inc. | To provide funding for medical procedures for low income patients with life-threatening illnesses who cannot afford the cost of care | Sumner |
| HEALTH | Sexual Assault Center | To provide specialized therapy, advocacy, and support to 30 low-income girls and women who have been sexually assaulted. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Shade Tree Family Clinic | To provide vaccines for patients without access to health insurance in Middle Tennessee. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Siloam Family Health Center | To provide 83 culturally-sensitive, whole-person health care visits to uninsured, low-income refugees and immigrants in Middle Tennessee | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Small World Yoga, Inc. | Small World Yoga will bring virtual yoga and meditation to both the inmates and officers of Davidson County Sheriff's Office. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Special Olympics Tennessee | To provide personal protective equipment and health training to Special Olympics Tennessee athletes in middle Tennessee in response to COVID-19. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Survivor Fitness Foundation | Provide 200 rehabilitation sessions for cancer survivors through one-on-one training with exercise specialists, addressing side effects of diagnosis and treatments. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Tennessee Lions Charities Inc | Our goal is to provide free vision screenings and follow-up to children (12-72 months) in the Middle Tennessee area. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Tennessee Medical Foundation | To offer a confidential, free way for Tennessee health professionals to gauge their mental health and connect to needed help. | Williamson |
| HEALTH | Tennessee Poison Center | To educate residents about safe use and safe handling of cleaners, sanitizers, disinfectants, and medicines to prevent Coronavirus-19 related poisonings. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | Tennessee Respite Coalition | To give 8 family caregivers in Dickson County respite time and_x000D_ educate 20 caregivers and community members about respite. | Dickson |
| HEALTH | The Healing NET Foundation | Create and distribute a Patient Navigation Guide for Neuroendocrine Patients in Middle Tennessee to improve outcomes and quality of life. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | The New Beginnings Center | To provide 150 women with the materials and equipment needed for New Beginnings' year long program. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | The Next Door | To provide a safe, comfortable environment where women can detox from substances | Davidson |
| HEALTH | United Cerebral Palsy of Middle TN | To provide a minimum 1,500 medical equipment and essential healthcare supplies individuals with all types of severe disabilities. | Davidson |
| HEALTH | YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee | Provide safe shelter and comprehensive support to over 500 victims of domestic violence at the Weaver Domestic Violence Center. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | AGAPE/Association for Guidance Aid Placement & Empathy | To provide funds for emergency expenses for residents at the shelter | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | American Red Cross Nashville Area Chapter | To provide Home Fire Financial Assistance to those displaced by home fire in Cheatham, Clay. Davidson, Jackson, Macon, Robertson, Smith, and Sumner counties. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Aphesis House, Inc. | To provide emergency support for 22 ex-offenders returning to the community and assist them on their crime-free path to self-sufficiency. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Broken Restored Redeemed Ministries | To provide housing and shelter while clients received on-the-job training and employment placement. | Sumner |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Building Lives Foundation, Inc. | To provide housing and rehabilitation to 17 veterans suffering from or at-risk of homelessness due to addiction or mental illness | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Compassionate Hands, Inc. | To provide basic resources that enable unhoused Wilson County neighbors to stay safe and to secure stable housing and income. | Wilson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Crossroads Campus | High-pressure laminate cabinets for 18 affordable housing units for young adults working to overcome inequity, social injustice, and other traumas. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Dismas House | Provide Welcome Backpacks and meals for 140 new residents upon arrival which contain an initial supply of clothing and toiletries. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Gideon's Army: Grassroots Army for Children | To reduce homelessness through the expansion of rapid rehousing opportunities and other services for youth & young adults. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Habitat for Humanity of Sumner County | To provide home repairs to vulnerable communities in Sumner County. | Sumner |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Habitat for Humanity Williamson-Maury | To provide critical home repairs to the vulnerable in our community, with an emphasis on serving the elderly and disabled. | Williamson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Hard Bargain Mt. Hope Redevelopment Inc. | To provide high quality affordable housing to low to moderate income families, rehab homes, and enrich lives. | Williamson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Haven of Hope, Inc | To provide enhanced domestic and sexual violence victim services in undeserved rural counties through case management, counseling, and emergency assistance. | Coffee |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Hope Station, Inc | To provide rental and utility assistance to single working mothers with minor children in Davidson and Rutherford Counties. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Manna Cafe Ministries | The Emergency Warming Center Program will provide refuge for the homeless and those without sufficient heat during freezing temperatures. | Montgomery |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Mission Discovery | To help and encourage families/organizations in need by providing manpower, building supplies, and supervision to complete various repair/service projects. | Sumner |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Murfreesboro Cold Patrol | To support individuals transitioning from homelessness to housing through mentorship, community support, and social engagement. | Rutherford |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Nashville Launch Pad, Inc. | Launch Pad is an LGBTQ-affirming shelter for young adults experiencing homelessness utilizing a motel due to COVID-19. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | New Horizons Corporation | Living Expense Support for five individuals with disabilities living in supported living houses overseen by New Horizons Life Skills. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | New Level Community Development Corporation | To provide housing counseling to more than 200 families seeking to own a home in Nashville. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Open Table of Nashville, Inc. | To provide food, household goods, and rental assistance to individuals who are experiencing homelessness or are precariously-housed | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Project Connect, Inc. | To provide housing assistance to 5 individuals in the Davidson County area to assist them with becoming long-term stable. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Rebuilding Together Nashville | To preserve affordable housing for low-income homeowners in Bordeaux through repairing and renovating their homes. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Salvation Army of Nashville | Provides Supportive Housing for Men, Women and Families while moving them towards permanent housing within 90 days. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | ShowerUp/The Shower Truck | To provide mobile showers, personal care, and hygiene to Nashville's homeless camps that are under-served or not served at all. | Williamson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Stepping Stones Safe Haven Inc. | Provide shelter and wrap-around services to approximately 100 women and their children. | Rutherford |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | The Barnabas Vision, Inc. | To provide emergency financial assistance given to over 400 residents of Middle Tennessee. | Rutherford |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | The Contributor Inc. | To provide Rapid Rehousing for 40 homeless individuals in the Middle Tennessee area | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | The Joe Beretta Foundation | To provide emergency housing for heart failure patients and families. | Wilson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | The Mary Parrish Center | To provide emergency financial assistance to survivors of_x000D_ interpersonal violence and their children. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | The Salvation Army of Rutherford County | Providing Supportive Housing to men, women and families as we strive to help them into permanent housing within 90 days. | Rutherford |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Tucker's House | To create safer, more accessible homes and environments for children and young adults with disabilities. | Williamson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | United Methodist Urban Ministries | Provide 125 total nights of hotel vouchers to homeless persons during extremely inclement weather. | Montgomery |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Urban Housing Solutions | To provide financial assistance to 10 low-income seniors - allowing them to access stable, affordable, and supportive housing. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Westminster Home Connection | To reengage and recruit volunteers during or post-COVID to support aging-in-place. | Davidson |
| HOUSING & SHELTER | Women Are Safe, Inc. | To provide shelter to 75 victims of domestic violence, including adults and children, in rural Tennessee. | Hickman |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | 100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee Inc. | Preparing underserved black male youth for college and career through academic enrichment, experiential learning opportunities, social skills development and mentorship | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | A.B.L.E. Youth, Inc. | To provide partial funding for six youth in wheelchairs to participate in the Endeavor Games in Fort Wayne, Indiana. | Williamson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Advocates for Women's and Kids' Equality (AWAKE) Tennessee | To provide evidence-based education to youth and at-risk women on self-advocacy and how to create change in their own communities. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Clarksville | To lessen the harmful effects of COVID-19 isolation on at-risk youth by enabling virtual mentoring opportunities. | Montgomery |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee | Our youth mentoring programs will provide social, emotional, academic and behavioral support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee | To develop healthy attitudes and skills for adolescents (8-18) through Boys & Girls Clubs' SMARTGirls and Passport to Manhood programs. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Boys & Girls Clubs of Rutherford County | Project Learn: An Educational Enhancement Program | Rutherford |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | CASA of Cannon County | The mission of CASA is to recruit,train,and support volunteers to advocate for children who are abused&neglected in Cannon County. | Cannon |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | CASA of Dickson County | To provide quality training for our Advocate Supervisor whom supervises volunteers that advocate on behalf of children in foster care. | Dickson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | CASA Of Rutherford County, Inc. | To provide Christmas gifts to foster children and at risk children who may be eventually coming into foster care. | Rutherford |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | CASA Works, Inc. | To train 10 volunteers using National CASA approved curriculum to advocate for 20 youth. | Coffee |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | CASA, Inc. | To recruit, train, and supervise volunteers to advocate in court for the safe, permanent placement of abused and neglected children._x000D_ | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Coffee County Children's Advocacy Center | To provide child abuse prevention and awareness training and activities to 1,500 children and 150 adults in Coffee County. | Coffee |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Communities In Schools of Tennessee | Providing wrap-around/integrated students supports to ensure that students at-risk of failure can be successful in school | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | East Lincoln Elementary School | To provide our Students of poverty attending East Lincoln Elementary School with basic essentials to meet their individual needs. | Coffee |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Empower Me Day Camp | EMC provides services for individuals with disabilities in Middle Tennessee though Year-Round Activities, Summer Camp and our Adult Day Program. | Wilson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Endure Athletics Foundation | To provide 50 homeless children and youth a fee-free 9-week summer camp. | Rutherford |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | EPIC Girl Inc. | To use screening and case management to recruit, retain and link 200 at risk girls to EPIC Girl's programs. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Family and Children's Service | The Relative Caregiver Program provides support to relatives caring for children of parents unable or unwilling to care for them. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Family Foundation Fund | To establish father and son partnerships for underserved youth, ages 10 - 18, through a multi-year educational and mentoring programs | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Galaxy Star Drug Awareness/Nashville Peacemakers | To provide trauma release focused therapy for 10 girls in Back to Basics youth mentoring program. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Girls on the Run Middle TN | Designed to enhance the social, psychological and behavioral skills of girls, GOTRMT will implement a positive youth development program. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Imagination Library of Coffee County | To provide one high quality, age appropriate, Imagination Library book each month to 700 children birth-5 in Coffee County. | Coffee |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Jewish Family Service of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, Inc. | Operating support for conducting adoption home studies, assisting with child placement and conducting post-placement supervision visits for the LGBTQ+ community | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Kid's Place Child Advocacy Center | Kid's Place provides trauma focused, specialized services to severely abused children and their non-offending families free of charge. | Lawrence |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | LETS Play | To provide two aftercare programs leveling the playing field for Nashville's youth by teaching language through sports to underprivileged youth. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Love In A Big World | MusiCity Kids is an online educational show for students ages 6-12 that features STEAM and health. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Mercy Health Services Inc | To provide access to social-emotional learning groups to students in Williamson and Marshall Counties each summer. | Williamson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Mother to Mother | Project Car Seat will provide a car seat to to low-income families without a car seat | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Nashville Children's Alliance Inc. | To reduce the trauma of child abuse by facilitating a multidisciplinary team to detect, investigate, prosecute and treat child abuse. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Nashville Coaching Coalition | The Coaches' Leadership Academy equips coaches to be better mentors/leaders and improve the mental/emotional health of kids. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Nashville Diaper Connection | The "No Child Wet Behind" program provides baby diapers to moms that otherwise might not have them. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Nashville Dolphins (Dolphin Aquatics) | To provide Free water safety & learn to swim programs for individuals with special needs. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Nashville in Harmony | To provide a safe space to build community among LGBTQ teens through music. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Nurture the Next | Virtual and in-person evidence based home visiting to 200 vulnerable Davidson County families. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Oasis Center, Inc. | To provide a spectrum of virtual based programming and telehealth mental healthcare to LGBTQ young people in response to COVID-19 | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Preston Taylor Ministries | To instill healthy habits in 80 children/youth through sports programming that emphasizes perseverance, team-work, self-regulation, and a sense of purpose. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Safe Haven Family Shelter | To provide academic and social-emotional supports to children experiencing homelessness, reducing the negative impact of housing instability. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Special Kids Therapy and Nursing Center | Provide life skills and field trips for youth with special needs, ages 6 to 25 years, through Camp Ability. | Rutherford |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Sportsmen and Professional Men of Coffee County Inc. | To provide basic need services and items such as vision, dental, healthcare, hygiene, clothing, shoes and food services for children. | Coffee |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Starlings Nashville | The guiding concept of providing an opportunity for girls (ages 5 to 18) to participate regardless of their socioeconomic background. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Sumner County CASA | To recruit, train, and support 30 community volunteers to become Court Appointed Special Advocates in Sumner County. | Sumner |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Tennessee Alliance for Kids Inc. | To provide emergent and ongoing needs of children in foster care. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | The F.I.N.D. Design | To improve support/development for 75 black and brown girls to lessen the harm of adverse childhood experiences including Covid-19. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | The Family Center Inc | Increase positive parenting and healthy parent/child connection for 250 families via parenting groups or individualized coaching; develop Parent Advisory Council. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Tullahoma Day Care Center | To bring the playground for Tullahoma Day Care Center to meet the code and standards according to state guidelines. | Coffee |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Water Walkers | Through adventure sports, Water Walkers will enable 50 vulnerable youth to explore their world, challenge themselves, and discover their strengths. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Williamson County CASA, Inc. | Develop a community awareness and volunteer recruitment initiative taking people through a child's journey to finding a safe, permanent home. | Williamson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Williamson County Child Advocacy Center | To provide support for child abuse awareness and community education training throughout our service region. | Williamson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | YMCA of Middle Tennessee | To purchase and implement a national, data-driven measurement tool to promote the social-emotional development of youth participating in Y-CAP programs. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Youth Empowerment through Arts and Humanities | To provide transformative, collaborative music and arts education programming to diverse groups of community members through in-person and virtual methods. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-CHILDREN & YOUTH | Youth Villages | To provide critical needs and services for 20-25 youth aging out of foster care participating in Youth Villages' LifeSet program. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Bethesda Community Mission, Inc. | To provide emergency assistance with food, utilities, rent or mortgage payments and other housing options for struggling families. | Houston |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Caregiver Relief Program of Bedford County | To provide funding for the family respite reimbursement program of the Caregiver Relief Program of Bedford County. | Bedford |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Catholic Charities of Tennessee | To provide in-home management services for low income senior citizens who reside in North and West Nashville. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Cedar Seniors, Inc. | To provide the elderly in Wilson and surrounding counties with a cost effective nutritious lunch. A safe place to gather. | Wilson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Community Helpers of Rutherford County | Community Helpers provides emergency assistance for shelter, warmth, and health to low-income Rutherford County residents during financial crisis of | Rutherford |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Council on Aging of Greater Nashville | To provide information, care navigation and support for 20,000 older adults and caregivers through our Helpline and Directory of Services. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | GraceWorks Ministries | The GraceWorks Emergency Shelter program will provide rent or utility emergency assistance to help families avoid eviction or utility disconnection. | Williamson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Helping Hands of Putnam County | Provide rental assistance to families who have been impacted by Covid 19. | Putnam |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Maury County Senior Citizens, Inc. | To address food insecurity for low-income older adults at the Maury County Senior Centers in Columbia and Mt Pleasant | Maury |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency | AniMeals provides pet food, treats, cat litter, and other pet related needs to the pets of seniors who receive Meals-on-Wheels. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Mt. Juliet West Wilson County Senior Citizens Service Center | Funds to continue Ballroom Dance Therapy Program | Wilson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Murfreesboro Muslim Youth Inc. | To engage youth in meeting the temporary, urgent, food and housing needs of 40 or more Murfreesboro residents. | Rutherford |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Nashville Conflict Resolution Center | To prevent eviction and homelessness for Nashvillians by providing free mediation intervention for tenants and landlords to resolve disputes. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Nashville Public Television Council Inc. | To fund production expenses related to "NPT Reports: Aging Matters," focusing on issues affecting seniors and our community. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Senior Ride Nashville Inc. | To provide over 1,500 trips via contract drivers, ensuring older adults have access transportation regardless of volunteer availability. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Smyrna Senior Citizens, Inc. | To provide programs that enhance the well-being of Senior Citizens through exercise and art. | Rutherford |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | St. Luke's Community House | To deliver healthy meals to 80 seniors who are aging in place in our community. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition | To provide financial support for breast cancer patients and their families. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | The HELP Center | To provide financial assistance to Davidson county residents that have been affected by COVID 19. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-SENIORS | Wings of Courage | To provide emergency financial assistance and items needed for escape for victims of domestic violence. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | ASMT, Inc. | To provide social skills training and support to adults with autism spectrum disorder. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Branches Recovery Centers | Provide a free support group for women dealing with low self-esteem | Rutherford |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Bridges of Williamson County | Bridges' Domestic Violence Shelter's Specific Assistance Program includes provision of prescriptions, mental/physical healthcare provider needs, transportation and minor car repairs. | Williamson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Center of Hope | To provide therapeutic counseling to victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault to heal from trauma. | Maury |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Doors of Hope | To provide wrap around program services for up to 35 clients in our transitional housing program. | Rutherford |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Edgehill Neighborhood Partnership | To meet immediate, basic needs not covered by government assistance programs, and provide supplemental food for low-income Edgehill residents. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Educare | To provide behavioral health services to 100 individuals that do not have access to care while engaged in diversionary courts. | Williamson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | End Slavery Tennessee | To provide intensive and full spectrum services for 15 human trafficking survivors living in End Slavery Tennessee's safe house. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Healing Housing, Inc. | To create 20 Welcome Packets of essentials that help residents succeed in their sobriety after entering the Healing Housing program. | Williamson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Mending Hearts, Inc. | To provide individual/group therapy, skill building and real-world experience for 125 indigent women in recovery in the Intensive Outpatient Program | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Palmer Home Family Care | To provide personal and baby essentials for 10 mothers reentering the community after prison release and/or reunifying with their child. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Possibility Place | To provide social opportunities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities | Rutherford |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Progress Inc. | To provide 26 people who have intellectual disabilities with 1 week of Day Program services. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Project Return, Inc. | To support the successful new beginnings of people returning from incarceration by providing employment opportunities and wraparound services. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Prospect Inc. | To provide funds to partially cover the cost of activities for participants in our Adult Day Services Program. | Wilson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Rest Stop Ministries, Inc | To provide long-term, trauma-informed, survivor-centered residential restoration care to adult female survivors of sex trafficking | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Shower The People | To provide 500 mobile showers and hygiene supplies to individuals experiencing homelessness in Nashville. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence | Funds will assist with providing legal services/referrals to wraparound services for 15 immigrant sexual assault, domestic violence, and trafficking survivors | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Thistle Farms, Inc. | To provide housing, healthcare, and job training to women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Welcome Home Ministries | To provide supported employment services for 100 clients seeking recovery in Welcome Home Ministries' alcohol and drug recovery support program. | Davidson |
| HUMAN SERVICES-WOMEN & MEN | Workers' Dignity Project / Dignidad Obrera | To establish a hotline for low-wage workers to receive information about their workplace rights, immigration rights, and community resources. | Davidson |
| NEW AMERICANS | Conexion Americas | To provide English as a Second Language classes to 170 immigrant and refugee adults. | Davidson |
| NEW AMERICANS | Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee (MHA) | To obtain legal services for vulnerable youth in MHA's Multi-Cultural Outreach Program to prevent forced returns which jeopardize youth safety. | Davidson |
| NEW AMERICANS | Tennessee Immigrant & Refugee Rights Coalition | English Innovations: beginner and intermediate english language classes for immigrants and refugees advancing conversational fluency, digital literacy, and community engagement. | Davidson |
| NEW AMERICANS | Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors | TNJFON provides humanitarian immigration legal services to survivors of violence, persecution, and poverty and informs the public about immigration matters. | Davidson |
To learn about more than 1,900 of Middle Tennessee’s nonprofits and the wonderful work they do, go to CFMT initiative GivingMatters.com and its website at www.GivingMatters.com.
About The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
The Community Foundation exists to promote and facilitate giving in the 40 counties of Middle Tennessee and beyond. It does this by accepting gifts of any size from anyone at any time and by empowering individuals, families, companies, nonprofits, and communities to respond to needs and opportunities that matter. The Community Foundation works with people who have great hearts, whether or not they have great wealth, to craft solutions that reflect the intentions and goals of their charitable endeavors. For more information, call 615-321-493.
