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Grant Recipients & Impact
Grant Recipients by Focus Areas
Date | Agency | Purpose | Amount | Focus Area |
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2022 | Room in the Inn, Inc. | Support for Phase 1 of a capital campaign to expand services | $500,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2022 | YWCA of Nashville/Middle TN | Capital support for the Weaver Center | $1,000,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2022 | Matthew 25, Inc. | Installation of video surveillance for increased visibility in the building to protect residents | $11,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2022 | Mary Parrish Center | Capital improvements to administrative offices | $150,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2022 | Open Table Nashville | To support a strategic planning process | $10,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2022 | Rebuilding Together Nashville | To purchase a data mapping tool to select the next area of Nashville to target home repair support | $2,400 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2022 | Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville | Toward a $4.4 million project to redevelop historic African American ballfields, build out a new Metro park, and set aside 26 lots for new Habitat homes. | $250,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2022 | Westminster Home Connection | Support for the implementation of the strategic plan and gap funding | $170,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2021 | Nashville Rescue Mission | Supplemental grant for capital campaign due to increase in construction costs | $1,000,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2021 | Westminster Home Connection | Strategic Planning Support | $15,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2021 | United Way of Greater Nashville | Landlord Mitigation Fund in partnership with the Metro Homeless Impact Division. | $225,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2021 | Community Care Fellowship | To design and implement improvements in the agency's Homeless Information Management System | $25,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2020 | Salvation Army | To help address an anticipated $150,000 shortall in the Army's traditional kettle drive due to COVID-19. The drive supports outreach to encampments and efforts to move clients into permanent housing. | $25,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2020 | Shower the People | Toward a mobile laundry program and trailer. | $10,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2020 | Nashville Rescue Mission | Toward a $16 million campaign to double the size of the women and children's shelter. -- from 45,000 square feet to 92,000 square feet. The number of beds would rise from 274 to 349. | $52,330 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2020 | Nashville Rescue Mission | Toward a $16 million campaign to double the size of the women and children's shelter. -- from 45,000 square feet to 92,000 square feet. The number of beds would rise from 274 to 349. | $2,447,670 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2020 | Community Care Fellowship | Emergency housing for 15-20 homeless people that are medically vulnerable and at-risk to obtain and spread COVID-19 | $40,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2020 | Neighborhood Health | To help provide medical care to homeless encampments | $100,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2020 | Community Care Fellowship | Emergency housing for 15-20 homeless people that are medically vulnerable and at-risk to obtain and spread COVID-19 | $40,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2020 | Nashville Rescue Mission | Deep cleaning of both shelters for one month to guard against COVID outbreak. (We supported this for two successive months, for a total of $50,000.) | $25,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2020 | Lee Chapel AME Church | To work with Affordable Housing Resources to help North Nashville homeowners head off foreclosure of homes that were damaged or destroyed by the March 3, 2020, tornado. | $25,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2020 | Nashville Rescue Mission | Deep cleaning of both shelters for one month to guard against COVID outbreak. (We supported this for two successive months, for a total of $50,000, then discontinued when the Mission reconfigured its accommodations to separate those who might be sick.) | $25,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2019 | Mary Parrish Center | To help renovate 10 transitional housing units. | $130,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2019 | AGAPE | Capital support for renovations and repairs to the three homes acquired as a result of the merger of Agape and Morning Star Sanctuary. | $25,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2019 | Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville | To build out infrastructure for 26 townhomes to serve as prototypes for new Habitat projects amid rising real estate prices. | $250,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2019 | United Way of Greater Nashville | Strategic planning aimed at developing shared measurements for progress in addressing homelessness and a comprehensive system to track it. | $25,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2018 | Salvation Army | Additional support for the capital campaign including renovations on the headquarters building and initial improvements to the nearby Magness Potter community center. | $150,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2018 | Mary Parrish Center | Capital expenditures for transitional housing complex and administrative offices in East Nashville. | $25,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2018 | Progress, Inc. | Additional support for a capital campaign that has expanded from $1 million to $1.3 million to due construction cost increases along with poor soil conditions discovered after groundbreaking. | $100,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2018 | AGAPE | To help facilitate the merger of Morning Star Sanctuary, a 16-bed domestic violence shelter in Madison, into AGAPE, a counseling and adoption agency. | $13,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2018 | Open Table Nashville | Capital support for the construction of a commercial kitchen, community room and tiny village for the medically vulnerable homeless after discharge from area hospitals. | $250,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2018 | Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter | Expanding Nashville's Coordinated Entry System | $25,000 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2018 | YWCA of Nashville/Middle TN | Support to send a six-person team to three domestic violence shelters nationwide to learn how best to expand the Nashville shelter. | $12,500 | Unhoused Neighbors |
2022 | Young Leaders Council | General support for 2022 | $15,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2022 | United Way of Greater Nashville | General support for the 2021 campaign. One-half comes from the Ansley Fund. | $50,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2022 | Hands On Nashville | Support for Geek Cause in 2022 ($75,000) and operational support ($50,000) | $125,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2022 | Community Resource Center | General support for 2022 | $50,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2022 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for Nashville's Agenda in 2022 | $5,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2022 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for Giving Matters in 2022 | $25,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2022 | Center for Nonprofit Management | Support for the Middle Tennessee Donors Forum in 2022 | $10,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2022 | Center for Nonprofit Management | 2022 General Operating Support of $225,000, Salute to Excellence Awards support of $15,000, Innovation Catalyst support of $35,000, and MatchGrant support of $25,000. | $290,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Hands On Nashville | To build out a database that matches volunteer opportunities with the skills and interests of potential volunteers. | $50,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Center for Nonprofit Management | Support for Innovation Catalyst 2021 | $35,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Toward construction of a new headquarters for the organization, projected to open in spring 2022. | $1,000,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Community Resource Center | Toward consulting expenses to help develop a new strategic plan. | $12,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Center for Nonprofit Management | MatchGrant funding for 2021. | $25,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Toward expenses involving training of up to 500 agency participants for the annual Big Payback day of fundraising on May 5, 2021. | $21,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | United Way of Greater Nashville | General support for the 2020 campaign. One-half comes from the Ansley Fund. | $50,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Hands On Nashville | To support operations, including GeekCause, in 2021, while also providing $25,000 to help with the Nashville VOAD group (Volunteer Organizations Active in Disasters). | $125,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Community Resource Center | General support for 2021 | $50,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Center for Nonprofit Management | General support of $225,000 for 2021 and $15,000 in administrative support of the Awards of Achievement | $240,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Hands On Nashville | Tech Assessments via GeekCause for HON partners with small (under $500k) and medium (up to $2M) budgets | $4,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Young Leaders Council | General support for 2021 | $15,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for Nashville's Agenda for 2021 | $5,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for Giving Matters in 2021. | $25,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2021 | Center for Nonprofit Management | Support in 2021 for the Middle Tennessee Donors Forum. | $10,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2020 | Center for Nonprofit Management | Support for the Innovation Catalyst in 2020. | $25,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2020 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Additional support for the Big Payback day of online fundraising scheduled for May 6, 2020, bringing our total support for the event this year to $45,000. | $25,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2020 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for training nonprofit agencies and promoting the Big Payback fundraising effort scheduled for May 6, 2020. | $20,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2020 | United Way of Greater Nashville | General support for the 2019 campaign. One-half comes from the Ansley Fund. | $50,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2020 | Hands On Nashville | Support for GeekCause and general operational funding for 2020. | $125,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2020 | Community Resource Center | General support for 2020 | $35,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2020 | Center for Nonprofit Management | General support of $125,000 for 2020, along with MatchGrant funding of $25,000, and $15,000 for administrative support for the Awards of Achievement. | $165,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2020 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for Giving Matters for 2020. | $25,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2020 | Center for Nonprofit Management | Operating support for the Middle Tennessee Donors' Forum during 2020 | $10,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2020 | Young Leaders Council | General support for 2020 | $15,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2019 | United Way of Greater Nashville | To support a fund aimed at getting an accurate Nashville population count in the 2020 census. | $100,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2019 | Center for Nonprofit Management | Continued support for a multi-faceted effort to advance collective impact efforts in Nashville. | $150,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2019 | United Way of Greater Nashville | General support for the 2018 campaign, with one half of the grant coming from the Ansley Fund. | $50,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2019 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for nonprofit training workshops and production of marketing materials in connection with the Big Payback scheduled for May 2, 2019. | $25,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2019 | Center for Nonprofit Management | Administrative support totaling $15,000 for the annual Awards of Achievement. | $15,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2019 | Hands On Nashville | General support for 2019 totaling $50,000 and $100,000 in continued support for GeekCause, a program matching skilled technology volunteers with IT projects at Nashville nonprofit agencies. | $150,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2019 | Community Resource Center | General support for 2019 | $35,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2019 | Center for Nonprofit Management | General support of $125,000 for 2019, along with MatchGrant funding of $25,000. and administrative support for the 2019 Awards of Achievement. | $150,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2019 | Young Leaders Council | General support for 2019 | $15,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2019 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for Giving Matters for 2019 | $20,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2019 | Center for Nonprofit Management | Support for the Middle Tennessee Donors Forum, for which CNM acts as fiscal agent. | $10,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2018 | Center for Nonprofit Management | Support for the 2019 Innovation Catalyst, a program to help nonprofits develop mission-driven initiatives that are financially sustainable. The work would be done in concert with the National Center for Social Entrepreneurship. | $32,500 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2018 | Hands On Nashville | To establish a new program matching skilled technology volunteers with IT projects at Nashville nonprofit agencies. | $110,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2018 | Center for Nonprofit Management | Support for a multi-faceted effort to advance collective impact efforts in the Nashville community. | $150,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2018 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Training and promotional expenses involving the 2018 Big Payback fundraising event for nonprofit agencies. | $20,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2018 | Young Leaders Council | General support for 2018 | $10,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2018 | United Way of Greater Nashville | Support for the 2017 United Way campaign | $50,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2018 | Hands On Nashville | General support for 2018. | $75,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2018 | Community Resource Center | General support for 2018 | $35,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2018 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for Giving Matters in 2018 | $20,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2018 | Center for Nonprofit Management | General support of $110,000 for 2018, MatchGrant funding of $25,000, and administrative support totaling $15,000 for the annual Awards of Achievement. | $150,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2017 | Center for Nonprofit Management | Support for the 2018 Innovation Catalyst, a program to help nonprofits develop mission-drive initiatives that are financially sustainable. The work would be done in concert with the National Center for Social Entrepreneurship. | $25,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2017 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for Giving Matters in 2017. | $20,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2017 | Center for Nonprofit Management | To pay professional fees in the search for a director of collective impact. | $9,500 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2017 | Center for Nonprofit Management | To establish a Collective Impact Resource Center within CNM to assist agencies in creating and sustaining collaborative projects. | $150,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2017 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | For training and communications assistance for Middle Tennessee nonprofits participating in the 2017 Big Payback fundraising marathon on May 3. | $23,080 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2017 | Young Leaders Council | Support for the 2017 program to train young professionals for service on nonprofit boards. | $10,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2017 | United Way of Greater Nashville | Support for the 2016 United Way campaign, with $25,000 coming from the Ansley Fund and $25,000 from The Frist Foundation. | $25,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2017 | United Way of Greater Nashville | Support for the 2016 United Way campaign, with $25,000 coming from the Ansley Fund and $25,000 from The Frist Foundation. | $25,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2017 | Hands On Nashville | General operating support for 2017 and support for transition to new organizational structure. | $150,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2017 | Community Resource Center | General support for 2017. | $35,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2017 | Center for Nonprofit Management | General support of $110,000, MatchGrant funding of $25,000, and administrative support totaling $15,000 for the annual Awards of Achievement. | $150,000 | Nonprofit Infrastructure |
2022 | United Way of Greater Nashville | Welcoming Nashville Fund | $250,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2022 | Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition | Support for an outsourced CFO | $25,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2022 | The Branch of Nashville | Afghani refugees food support and ESL programming. | $25,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2022 | Justice for Our Neighbors | Technology grant to increase JFON’s capacity to assist Afghan parolees with complicated filings related to their legal status to enable them to stay in the US. | $25,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2021 | Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition | To match as much as $75,000 in donations from others toward completing TIRRC's capital campaign. | $75,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2021 | Justice for Our Neighbors | Additional seed money for an immigration law clinic undertaken in partnership with Vanderbilt Law School. | $25,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2021 | Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition | To help underwrite a strategic planning process taking place from May through November 2021. | $5,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2020 | Justice for Our Neighbors | To support a partnership with Vanderbilt Law School that would engage at least eight students during the 2020-21 school year and extend legal services to at least 30 more clients. | $15,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2019 | Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition | Toward a $2.4 million campaign for a new building to house TIRRC offices and event space for immigrants. (Half of our $500,000 grant was contingent on the organization's securing matching funds.) | $250,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2019 | Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition | Toward a $2.4 million campaign for a new building to house TIRRC offices and event space for immigrants. (Half of our $500,000 grant was contingent on the organization's securing matching funds.) | $250,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2019 | Nations Ministry Center | Emergency funding to help bridge the gap for a delay in funding expected from the Tennessee Office for Refugees. | $24,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2018 | Temple Congregation Ohabai Sholom | To train volunteers from multiple congregations to serve as mentors to Nashville immigrants and refugees in hopes of helping them maximize the earning power of their professional skills. | $5,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2018 | Justice for Our Neighbors | Completion of ceiling installation for attorney/client meetings. | $4,500 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2018 | Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition | The Immigration Strategic Messaging Project | $15,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2018 | Workers' Dignity Project | Support for an organizational redevelopment consultation due to rapid growth. Consultant is Roadmap Consulting out of Los Angeles. | $5,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2018 | Nations Ministry Center | To buy and renovate a bulding in the Nolensville Road corridor to serve as a permanent home for this agency that serves refugees. | $100,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2017 | Conexion Americas | For safety and security improvements to an adjacent parking lot used primarily for staff. Grading work on the lot will also add at least seven parking spaces. | $25,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2017 | Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition | Communication and engagement with the Latino community to educate them on their rights. | $25,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2017 | Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition | For immigrant and refugee services following the recent executive orders that have created an additional operational burden. | $25,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2017 | Siloam Health | For refugee services following the recent executive orders that have created an additional operational burden. | $25,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2017 | Nations Ministry Center | For refugee services following the recent executive orders that have created an additional operational burden. | $25,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2017 | Nashville International Center for Empowerment | For refugee services following the recent executive orders that have created an additional operational burden. | $25,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2017 | Justice for Our Neighbors | For immigrant services following the recent executive orders that have created an additional operational burden. | $25,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2017 | Conexion Americas | For immigrant services following the recent executive orders that have created an additional operational burden. | $25,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2017 | Catholic Charities of Tennessee | For immigrant and refugee services following the recent executive orders that have created an additional operational burden. | $25,000 | Immigrants and Refugees |
2022 | The Heimerdinger Foundation | Capital support to renovate and expand space in Berry Hill | $250,000 | Human Services |
2022 | Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | To build out a studio equipped to make videos for social media and website to best serve and communicate with the Deaf community | $2,200 | Human Services |
2022 | Day 7 | Scholarship support for nonprofit partners in Day 7 services, including executive coaching, mental health and nutritional counseling | $10,000 | Human Services |
2022 | Fannie Battle Day Home | Capital improvements to the Fannie Battle daycare | $290,000 | Human Services |
2022 | YMCA of Middle Tennessee | Cabin Expansion of Camp Widjiwagan | $1,000,000 | Human Services |
2022 | Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands | To purchase LegalServer Case Management Software, the leader in technology solutions for those who provide legal assistance to low income and vulnerable populations. | $200,000 | Human Services |
2022 | St. Luke's Community House | Support for building renovations and other capacity building needs | $370,000 | Human Services |
2022 | Fannie Battle Day Home | General support through the Ansley Fund for 2022 | $10,000 | Human Services |
2022 | Fifty Forward | Capital support to build a new 10,000-square-foot center for FiftyForward Bordeaux, Creative Girls Rock, Nashville Adult Literacy Council and Senior Ride Nashville. | $1,000,000 | Human Services |
2022 | BeWell in School | To transition curriculum to an online library for requested expansion of services | $25,000 | Human Services |
2022 | The Sexual Assault Center | Capital for surface renovations and a planning process to expand outreach efforts | $190,000 | Human Services |
2022 | Project Return, Inc. | Capital campaign to purchase the property on Lafayette | $28,990 | Human Services |
2022 | Project Return, Inc. | Capital campaign to purchase the property on Lafayette | $2,000,000 | Human Services |
2022 | YMCA of Middle Tennessee | YMCA/HBCU Alliance master planning process to sustain the Northwest Family YMCA as a permanent community resource. | $200,000 | Human Services |
2022 | YMCA of Middle Tennessee | Support for Camp Widjiwagan scholarships in the summer of 2022 | $10,000 | Human Services |
2022 | Raphah Institute | Capacity building support | $25,000 | Human Services |
2022 | Book'em | Refurbishing a donated Book Bus to expand programming and further the organization’s mission. | $25,000 | Human Services |
2022 | Boys and Girls Club of Middle Tennessee | Strategic Planning | $14,000 | Human Services |
2022 | NeedLink Nashville | General support for 2022-23 at agency addressing emergency needs of struggling Nashvillians. | $50,000 | Human Services |
2022 | Alive Hospice, Inc. | Funding for $10 million capital campaign to fund facilities improvements, long-term debt pay off, EMR system upgrades, and the addition of web-based client-facing technology to enhance the experience and improve communication with patients and families. | $500,000 | Human Services |
2022 | Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee | Support for construction of a multipurpose building at Camp Sycamore | $250,000.00 | Human Services |
2022 | Thistle Farms | Capital request to fund a portion of the buildout of a larger production facility for Thistle Farms' Body and Home products division. The new facility will allow TF to grow revenues 56% over two years and realize economies of scale in supply procurement. | $250,000 | Human Services |
2022 | Family & Children's Service | Support for Technology Improvements | $110,000 | Human Services |
2021 | Nashville Adult Literacy Council | Technology support for the GOAL Collective | $200,000 | Human Services |
2021 | Fannie Battle Day Home | General support through the Ansley Fund for 2021. | $10,000 | Human Services |
2021 | Equal Chance for Education | Support for a web development project that will add applicant, member, and admin portals to streamline internal and external communications | $8,149 | Human Services |
2021 | Transitional Housing & Work Programs | Support for a technology assessment. VENDOR: Atiba | $2,850 | Human Services |
2021 | Edgehill Neighborhood Partnership | Strategic Planning Support | $16,000 | Human Services |
2021 | Corner to Corner | Support to establish the 37208 Fund | $25,000 | Human Services |
2021 | Martha O'Bryan Center | Additional support for campus expansion and improvements as part of the "So All Shall Rise" capital campaign. | $400,000 | Human Services |
2021 | Operation Stand Down Tennessee | Support for “Operation Commissary” to address veterans' food insecurity through a partnership with Second Harvest Food Bank and Hands On Nashville. | $150,000 | Human Services |
2021 | The Crossroads Campus | Supplemental grant for capital campaign due to increase in construction costs | $100,000 | Human Services |
2021 | High Hopes, Inc. | To help establish a Nashville satellite clinic for children and youth with special needs. | $50,000 | Human Services |
2021 | Fountain of Life Ministries | Bishop Cambell's Summer Program | $5,000 | Human Services |
2021 | Fifty Forward | Additional support for consulting and meeting facilitation with potential partners in Fifty Forward's plans for community space in Bordeaux. | $5,000 | Human Services |
2021 | Fifty Forward | For consulting and meeting facilitation with potential partners in Fifty Forward's plans for community space in North Nashville. | $3,000 | Human Services |
2021 | YMCA of Middle Tennessee | Support for Camp Widjiwagan scholarships in the summer of 2021 | $10,000 | Human Services |
2021 | The Crossroads Campus | Support for a campaign to build a new building in North Nashville | $200,000 | Human Services |
2021 | Men of Valor | Toward the purchase of an additional 15-passenger van to transport the agency's growing number of program participants to work sites in the Nashville area.The number of residents in the MOV complex has more than doubled in the last year to 93. | $25,000 | Human Services |
2021 | The Sexual Assault Center | Toward production of a book featuring photos of sexual assault survivors, as they want to be depicted. The agency hopes that the project will building awareness of the agency and its services. | $10,000 | Human Services |
2021 | Family & Children's Service | Completion of a technology assessment, moving the phone system to the cloud and transitioning to an IT service provider | $5,000 | Human Services |
2021 | NeedLink Nashville | General support for 2021-22 at agency addressing emergency needs of struggling Nashvillians. | $150,000 | Human Services |
2021 | Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee | Support for implementing telehealth into the cancer support program | $70,000 | Human Services |
2020 | Project Return, Inc. | To renovate space that the agency plans to lease and later purchase. | $250,000 | Human Services |
2020 | Vanderbilt University | To gauge the technology needs of Nashville children, immigrants, the elderly and others subject to racial, ethnic and digital inequities. The survey would be a joint project involving Metro Government and Peabody College at Vanderbilt. | $128,000 | Human Services |
2020 | STARS Nashville | Capital improvements at the Youth Opportunity Center | $250,000 | Human Services |
2020 | Mental Health America of Middle TN | Support to buy "Occumetrics," a workplace wellness program that offers strategies to address employee mental health needs. The program includes tools for assessment, facilitation of focus groups and identification of weaknesses in corporate culture. | $25,000 | Human Services |
2020 | Fannie Battle Day Home | General support through the Ansley Fund for 2020. | $10,000 | Human Services |
2020 | Nashville Business Incubation Center | To expand support for small businesses led by minorities, women and veterans at a time when COVID-19 is disproportionately hurting those businesses. | $150,000 | Human Services |
2020 | The Arc of Tennessee | Support for a technology assessment. VENDOR: Nonprofit Software Specialist / Southern Made Digital Lab | $2,500 | Human Services |
2020 | Project Return, Inc. | To launch a new business doing deep cleaning and disinfecting for customers dealing with the COVID-19 virus. | $25,000 | Human Services |
2020 | Cottage Cove | Capital support towards ADA compliance at the Cottage Cove Tusculum facility | $15,000 | Human Services |
2020 | NeedLink Nashville | General support for 2020-2021 at agency addressing emergency needs of struggling Nashvillians. | $50,000 | Human Services |
2020 | YMCA of Middle Tennessee | Support for Camp Widjiwagan scholarships in the summer of 2020. | $10,000 | Human Services |
2019 | YMCA of Middle Tennessee | Toward a $1.2 million renovation of the 24-year-old Frist Teen Center at the Green Hills YMCA. | $500,000 | Human Services |
2019 | Nurture the Next | Staff support devoted to data merging and relationship building for the ACE Nashville collaborative. | $150,000 | Human Services |
2019 | Nashville Adult Literacy Council | To implement a shared data system among 19 agencies serving adults in need of literacy services. | $50,000 | Human Services |
2019 | Raphah Institute | Support for a salesforce database that would prepare the agency to serve as a broader resource in the community. | $20,000 | Human Services |
2019 | Fannie Battle Day Home | General support from the Ansley Fund for 2019. | $10,000 | Human Services |
2019 | Thistle Farms | To help develop a 12 month curriculum designed to teach women survivors how to have healthy intimate relationships. | $25,000 | Human Services |
2019 | Valor Collegiate Academies | To manage a cohort of seven high-performing charter organizations interested in sharing curriculum and promoting academic and managerial excellence. | $150,000 | Human Services |
2019 | Fannie Battle Day Home | For various capital improvements at this East Nashville daycare. | $100,000 | Human Services |
2019 | Tennesseans for Quality Early Education Policy and Research | Support for a statewide study to demonstrate the impact the childcare crisis is having on employers and the broader workforce. | $5,000 | Human Services |
2019 | Fifty Forward | Consulting services to coordinate senior programs in North Nashville as part of FiftyForward's planning for new facility. | $1,500 | Human Services |
2019 | Project Return, Inc. | Equipment for a new lawn care business called PROPS (Project Return Opportunities for Property Services). It will be the agency's third social enterprise. | $60,000 | Human Services |
2019 | Men of Valor | To purchase a 15-passenger van to transport clients to and from work. The agency provides transitional living for men leaving prison. | $55,000 | Human Services |
2019 | YMCA of Middle Tennessee | Support from the Ansley Fund for YMCA Camp Widjiwagan scholarships | $10,000 | Human Services |
2019 | NeedLink Nashville | General support for 2019-2020 at agency addressing emergency needs of struggling Nashvillians. | $50,000 | Human Services |
2019 | Martha O'Bryan Center | Support for a $15 million campaign to build out a new center and charter school amid the massive redevelopment of Cayce Homes. | $400,000 | Human Services |
2018 | Martha O'Bryan Center | Support for a $15 million campaign to build out a new center and charter school amid the massive redevelopment of Cayce Homes. | $600,000 | Human Services |
2018 | Cumberland Heights Foundation | This was a successful challenge grant for a new adolescent treatment center run by Cumberland Heights. This brings our total giving to this project to $500,000. | $250,000 | Human Services |
2018 | 18th Avenue Family Enrichment Center | Support for a new roof, which is old and leaking in two classrooms. | $15,000 | Human Services |
2018 | St. Luke's Community House | Planning process for Promise Zone work in Nashville. | $2,500 | Human Services |
2018 | Fannie Battle Day Home | General support through the Ansley Fund for 2018 | $10,000 | Human Services |
2018 | Operation Stand Down Tennessee | To help complete a $3.5 million capital campaign. The effort has already raised enough to buy their current property but still lacks about $1 million to renovate their offices and client space. | $250,000 | Human Services |
2018 | YMCA of Middle Tennessee | Support for Camp Widjiwagan scholarships. | $10,000 | Human Services |
2018 | Native American Indian Association | Capital support for the Circle of Life Native American Indian Center, which will be located on six acres on Bell Road in the Cane Ridge community. | $25,000 | Human Services |
2018 | Renewed/Eating Disorders Coalition | Funding for a consultation to evaluate the organization's current accounting system, make improvements and create a plan for the future. | $2,500 | Human Services |
2018 | Nashville Children's Alliance | Capital grant to upgrade and expand equipment in connection with move to a multi-agency Family Safety Center in late 2018. | $72,000 | Human Services |
2018 | Family & Children's Service | Additional support for a $12 million capital campaign for new offices off Charlotte Avenue. Management has suggested this be a challenge grant to other potential major donors. | $500,000 | Human Services |
2018 | Grace M. Eaton Day Home | To help defray costs to relocate the childcare center from North Nashville to an office park off Murfreesboro Road. The 123-slot center is opening in April 2018. | $100,000 | Human Services |
2018 | Cumberland Heights Foundation | To establish a 30-bed treatment facility in Kingston Springs for adolescent boys. | $250,000 | Human Services |
2018 | St. Luke's Community House | For one-time expenses associated with capacity building at this agency, which is evolving as a multi-agency hub for service delivery in West Nashville. | $150,000 | Human Services |
2018 | NeedLink Nashville | General support for fiscal year 2018-2019 | $50,000 | Human Services |
2018 | Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands | To relocate from downtown to larger space near the airport, thus saving $400,000 over the next seven years in rent. | $175,000 | Human Services |
2017 | The Sexual Assault Center | Support for community education efforts in support of rape survivors | $2,000 | Human Services |
2017 | Fannie Battle Day Home | Support through the Ansley Fund for 2017. | $10,000 | Human Services |
2017 | High Hopes, Inc. | Support for a $4 million campaign to double the agency's service capacity. | $100,000 | Human Services |
2017 | The Sexual Assault Center | Toward a $2.5 million campaign to reconfigure the agency's building to add a clinic for sexual assault victims, as well as additional smaller offices to do confidential work. | $250,000 | Human Services |
2017 | Thistle Farms | Specialized equipment to manufacture and package products sold by Thistle Farms in its new warehouse. | $95,000 | Human Services |
2017 | Fifty Forward | To implement a VoIP phone system that would vastly improve communications at eight Midstate facilities while saving $1,500 to $2,000 a month in phone charges. | $50,000 | Human Services |
2017 | St. Luke's Community House | To acquire various software for accounting, customer relationship management, and fundraising. | $105,000 | Human Services |
2017 | NeedLink Nashville | General support for fiscal year 2017 - 2018. | $50,000 | Human Services |
2017 | Fannie Battle Day Home | General operating support through the Ansley Fund. | $10,000 | Human Services |
2022 | Faith Family Medical Center | Support for a social enterprise called HealthPass | $200,000 | Health Disparties |
2022 | Interfaith Dental Clinic | To purchase technology to support a new online patient portal and website, case management and fundraising software | $25,000 | Health Disparties |
2021 | Tennessee Justice Center, Inc. | Toward a $4.3 million campaign to buy and build out new offices near J.C. Napier Homes. | $250,000 | Health Disparties |
2021 | Nashville CARES | To replace outdated technology used by employees and move most data and client services to the cloud to streamline operations and save money in maintenance. | $300,000 | Health Disparties |
2021 | Tennessee Health Care Campaign, Inc. | Support for technology updates | $15,000 | Health Disparties |
2020 | Street Works | To renovate new space to house the agency, whose previous offices were damaged by tornadoes earlier this year. | $25,000 | Health Disparties |
2020 | Tennessee Primary Care Assn. | To buy software to address operational and compliance gaps while streamlining data management. | $3,500 | Health Disparties |
2020 | Urban Housing Solutions | Build out for a medical clinic at 26th and Clarksville | $225,000 | Health Disparties |
2020 | NashvilleHealth | Research project to examine Nashville's response to COVID | $25,000 | Health Disparties |
2020 | Siloam Health | Toward Phase One of a $6.5 million campaign to expand Siloam's service area through satellite clinics. The first phase aims to raise $2.5 million to open a clinic in southeast Nashville. | $1,000,000 | Health Disparties |
2019 | NashvilleHealth | For strategic planning involving the health of Nashvillians and harnessing partnerships to address them collectively. | $60,000 | Health Disparties |
2019 | American Cancer Society of Nashville | Renovation of the Hope Lodge, where patients can stay while undergoing active cancer treatment in Nashville. | $50,000 | Health Disparties |
2018 | Faith Family Medical Center | Support for a $6 million capital campaign to build a larger facility. | $1,000,000 | Health Disparties |
2018 | Interfaith Dental Clinic | Toward a $3.3 million campaign to relocate the clinic to the old Aladdin Industries complex to handle a growing patient load. | $500,000 | Health Disparties |
2017 | Tennessee Justice Center, Inc. | For final adjustments and testing of the agency's AskJane TennCare screening software. | $20,000 | Health Disparties |
2017 | Siloam Health | To purchase DonorSearch, a wealth prospecting software to increase donor base due to recent Executive Orders regarding immigration. | $5,500 | Health Disparties |
2022 | Nashville Food Project | Support for a strategic plan | $17,000 | Food insecurity |
2022 | Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee | To install hardware and software at 188 partner agencies to better track food distribution. | $100,000 | Food insecurity |
2021 | Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee | To install hardware and software at 188 partner agencies to better track food distribution. | $115,000 | Food insecurity |
2018 | Nashville Food Project | Capital Campaign | $500,000 | Food insecurity |
2018 | Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee | Support for a $20 million capital campaign to expand capacity at the MetroCenter warehouse and to establish distribution centers in Murfreesboro and Camden. | $250,000 | Food insecurity |
2017 | Nashville Food Project | Support for a capital campaign to build out a new headquarters in West Nashville, relocating from the Woodmont Christian Church facility that has served that purpose since it began. | $500,000 | Food insecurity |
2017 | Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee | Support for a $20 million capital campaign to expand capacity at the MetroCenter warehouse and to establish distribution centers in Murfreesboro and Camden. | $250,000 | Food insecurity |
2021 | Civic Tennessee | Matching funds to conduct COVID vaccine clinics and outreach in Middle Tennessee. | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2021 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Initial staffing support and other expenses for the Nashville VOAD (Volunteer Organizations Assisting in Disaster). | $150,000 | Emergency Response |
2021 | Nashville Food Project | To provide after-school meals for YMCA's childcare program for the month of June. | $15,000 | Emergency Response |
2021 | MDHA Housing Trust Corp. | Covid Vaccine Coordination for MDHA residents | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2021 | Conexion Americas | Toward a $100,000 effort over the next year to deliver vaccine education, as well as vaccines, to the Latinx community. | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2021 | Conexion Americas | To free up operational funds at a challenging time by covering expenses of the Casa Azafran building for one year. | $300,000 | Emergency Response |
2021 | St. Luke's Community House | Support for the early learning center | $200,000 | Emergency Response |
2021 | Coach Approach, Inc. | Support for work with nonprofit agencies to address employee self-care. | $10,000 | Emergency Response |
2021 | Hands On Nashville | For extraordinary expenses in connection with the community response to the Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville. | $15,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | End Slavery Tennessee | To help reinforce operating support as partner agencies struggle with the impact of COVID-19 on their budgets. | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Community Resource Center | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $1,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | YWCA of Nashville/Middle TN | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | YMCA of Middle Tennessee | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | United Way of Greater Nashville | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | The Sexual Assault Center | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $20,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Tennessee Justice Center, Inc. | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $15,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $15,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | St. Luke's Community House | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $15,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Siloam Health | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $20,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Rooftop Foundation | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $2,500 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Project Return, Inc. | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $15,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Oasis Center | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Neighborhood Health | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | NeedLink Nashville | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $2,500 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $15,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Nashville Rescue Mission | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Nashville Food Project | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $15,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Martha O'Bryan Center | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Land Trust for Tennessee, Inc. | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $15,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Interfaith Dental Clinic | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $15,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Hands On Nashville | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $10,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Fifty Forward | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Family & Children's Service | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Faith Family Medical Center | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $15,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Conexion Americas | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $20,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Center for Nonprofit Management | To help employees deal with the prolonged stress of work under trying conditions due to COVID-19 | $10,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Elmington Elevates | Support for COVID response related needs for Carter Lawrence students | $15,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Tennessee Justice Center, Inc. | To support the organization's rising caseload involving healthcare and nutrition benefits lost due to COVID-19 shutdowns. | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Tennessee Foreign Language Institute Fund | Translation services for nonprofits distributing health information related to COVID-19 | $15,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Mother to Mother | To support COVID-response expenses, including the purchase of more health and safety items for small children to meet increased demand. | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Community Resource Center | To distribute 1,500 COVID-19 relief kits to low-income seniors and disabled residents of MDHA properties. The residents are at high risk of contracting COVID-19. They have an average annual income of $8,000 and are 97 percent black. | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | YMCA of Middle Tennessee | To help operate an emergency childcare for children of first responders in the wake of COVID-19. | $250,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Coach Approach, Inc. | To provide self-care and wellness services free of charge to front-line workers. | $10,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Fifty Forward | To address client needs ranging from food to technology, all exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Nashville Diaper Connection | Support for diaper purchases to meet increased demand in the face of COVID-19. | $20,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Purchase of new software in response to COVID-19 that allows Bridges to more efficiently provide HIPAA compliant VRI to their deaf and hard of hearing communities. | $10,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Benevolent Healthcare Foundation | Support for Project CURE's effort to provide medical supplies to local hospitals, clinics, senior living facilities and the Nashville Office of Emergency Management. | $20,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Community Resource Center | To support efforts to provide supplies to people and agencies hurt by the COVID-19 crisis. Supplies range from diapers and formula to personal hygiene items and detergent. | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | The HCA Hope Fund | Support in connection with the COVID-19 disaster. | $1,000,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | United Way of Greater Nashville | Support for the COVID-19 Response Fund to help those affected by the COVID-19 virus, both economically and medically. | $1,000,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | NeedLink Nashville | Emergency grant for COVID-19 and Tornado Response | $100,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Catholic Charities of Tennessee | Support for the McGruder Center tornado response, especially in the immediate North Nashville neighborhood. | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Gideon's Army | Support for tornado relief efforts in North Nashville | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Northwest Family YMCA | Support for tornado relief efforts | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Lee Chapel AME Church | Support for tornado relief efforts | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Rebuilding Together Nashville | Support for tornado relief efforts | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Nashville Food Project | Support for tornado relief efforts | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Hands On Nashville | To address emergency needs resulting from tornadoes and the COVID-19 virus. (Originally intend solely for tornado victims, this grant was expanded to include COVID-19 impact in late March at the request of the agency.) | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2020 | Community Resource Center | Support for tornado relief efforts | $25,000 | Emergency Response |
2018 | Nashville Diaper Connection | Expenses to move and build out additional storage space. | $12,000 | Emergency Response |
2017 | The HCA Hope Fund | For HCA employee relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. | $500,000 | Emergency Response |
2022 | Supreme Court of Tennessee | General support through the Ansley Fund for the SCALES program educating children about the Tennessee justice system | $5,000 | Civic |
2022 | Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park | Capital support to build out a cafe to generate earned revenue for the park | $800,000 | Civic |
2022 | Mosaic Institute DBA Mosaic Changemakers | To support the purchase of Salesforce database | $88,000 | Civic |
2022 | Nashville Conflict Resolution Center | Support for the strategic design of a fundraising infrastructure with Thrivence over a 90-120 engagement period | $25,000 | Civic |
2022 | Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation | To support the charitable work embedded in the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce's Partnership 2030 plan. | $5,000 | Civic |
2022 | Teach for America | Support of $150,000 for TFA's teacher education program for the fiscal year beginning June 1, 2022. | $150,000 | Civic |
2022 | Belmont University | Capital and community engagement staff for the Belmont University Frist College of Medicine | $28,943 | Civic |
2022 | Belmont University | Capital and community engagement staff for the Belmont University Frist College of Medicine | $2,000,000 | Civic |
2022 | PENCIL Foundation | Capacity Building With Senior Leaders in Preparation for Management Succession | $15,000 | Civic |
2022 | Leadership Nashville Foundation | Operating support for Leadership Nashville in 2022 | $10,000 | Civic |
2022 | Leadership Nashville Foundation | Support for Leadership Nashville's DEI Day | $1,000 | Civic |
2022 | Friends of Warner Parks, Inc. | Support towards park improvements including: invasive plant removal, gate restoration and trail refurbishment | $1,200,000 | Civic |
2021 | Meharry Medical College | Support for Lloyd C. Elam Mental Health Center's Digital Transformation Assessment. VENDOR: ATIBA | $2,500 | Civic |
2021 | Supreme Court of Tennessee | General support through the Ansley Fund for the SCALES program educating children about the Tennessee justice system. | $5,000 | Civic |
2021 | Belmont University | Toward startup expenses of the Thomas F. Frist Jr. College of Medicine. | $2,300,000 | Civic |
2021 | Gordon Jewish Community Center | Additional support toward capital needs that have grown by $500,000 percent since a $6 million capital campaign began in 2020. | $100,000 | Civic |
2021 | Friends of Warner Parks, Inc. | Support for a $15 million capital campaign to restore and preserve Warner Parks. Full funding of our $2.5 million grant is contingent on Metro's active participation in ongoing maintenance. | $750,000 | Civic |
2021 | Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation | To support the charitable work embedded in the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce's Partnership 2030 plan. | $5,000 | Civic |
2021 | Teach for America | Support of $150,000 for TFA's teacher education program for the fiscal year beginning June 1, 2021, plus $50,000 for a summer remediation program to address student learning loss during the pandemic. | $200,000 | Civic |
2021 | Tennessee Environmental Council | Support for a technology assessment by data analyst John Carr. | $2,500 | Civic |
2021 | Nashville Civic Design Center | Support for design work and community engagement in the rebuilding of Second Avenue. | $25,000 | Civic |
2021 | Land Trust for Tennessee, Inc. | Towards a master plan for Glen Leven Farm, which serves as both office space and environmental showcase for the organization. | $210,000 | Civic |
2021 | Gordon Jewish Community Center | Toward a $6 million campaign to refurbish and expand the JCC's 52-year-old building that serves as both community center and fitness facility. | $250,000 | Civic |
2021 | Leadership Nashville Foundation | General support for 2021. | $10,000 | Civic |
2020 | Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park | To install WiFi at the Parthenon, allowing for synchronous learning opportunities, national and international opportunities moving forward and use of an app to aid in tours of the Parthenon. | $15,000 | Civic |
2020 | Supreme Court of Tennessee | General support through the Ansley Fund for the SCALES program educating children about the Tennessee justice system. | $5,000 | Civic |
2020 | Nashville Parks Foundation | At a time when COVID-19 restrictions have cut off NPF's only income stream, this grant would retain a consultant to explore ways that NPF can work with Centennial Park and others to better coordinate efforts to support Metro's park system. | $5,000 | Civic |
2020 | Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation | Support for the economic and community development initiative, Partnership 2020. | $5,000 | Civic |
2020 | Friends of Warner Parks, Inc. | Support for a $15 million capital campaign to restore and preserve Warner Parks. Full funding of our $2.5 million grant is contingent on Metro's active participation in ongoing maintenance. | $750,000 | Civic |
2020 | Teach for America | Support for TFA's teacher education program for the fiscal year beginning June 1, 2020. | $150,000 | Civic |
2020 | Leadership Nashville Foundation | General support for 2020 | $10,000 | Civic |
2020 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for Nashville's Agenda for 2020 | $5,000 | Civic |
2019 | Better Angels | Seed money for the Nashville efforts of Better Angels, a program aimed at building bridges among people with different backgrounds and points of view. | $5,000 | Civic |
2019 | Supreme Court of Tennessee | General support through the Ansley Fund in 2019 for the SCALES program educating children about the Tennessee justice system. | $5,000 | Civic |
2019 | Transit Alliance of Middle Tennessee | For strategic planning involving mass transit. | $10,000 | Civic |
2019 | Walk/Bike Nashville | Strategic planning for this organization that promotes walking and biking as viable transportation options in a fast-growing city. | $6,300 | Civic |
2019 | Tennessee Environmental Council | Support for strategic planning | $5,500 | Civic |
2019 | Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation | Support for the economic and community development initiative, Partnership 2020, for the year beginning July 1, 2019. | $5,000 | Civic |
2019 | 100 Club of Nashville | Support for dependents of police officers and firefighters who lose their lives in the line of duty. | $1,000 | Civic |
2019 | Friends of Warner Parks, Inc. | Support for a $15 million capital campaign to restore and preserve Warner Parks. Full funding of our $2.5 million grant is contingent on Metro's active participation in ongoing maintenance. | $1,000,000 | Civic |
2019 | Nashville Public Education Foundation | Support, along with other local donors, toward Metro's Trauma Informed Schools Partnership. | $25,000 | Civic |
2019 | Boy Scouts/Middle Tennessee Council | Toward a $12 million campaign for major improvements at the 60-year-old Camp Boxwell, the local council's main camping facility. | $250,000 | Civic |
2019 | Nashville Civic Design Center | Office renovation and reconfiguration to add work stations and update community meeting space. | $25,000 | Civic |
2019 | Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville | Toward the inaugural Open Streets Arts Festival in North Nashville | $10,000 | Civic |
2019 | Teach for America | Support for this teacher training program for the fiscal year beginning June 1, 2019. | $150,000 | Civic |
2019 | Miracle League of Music City | To build a baseball field and playground at Edwin Warner Park that is accessible for individuals with disabilities. | $10,000 | Civic |
2019 | Leadership Nashville Foundation | General operating support for 2019 | $10,000 | Civic |
2019 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for Nashville's Agenda in 2019. | $5,000 | Civic |
2018 | Greenways for Nashville | For an engineering study of a Rails and Trails project in North Nashville and to explore a possible capital campaign to build out Nashville's entire greenway system. | $150,000 | Civic |
2018 | Supreme Court of Tennessee | General operating support for SCALES program for 2018 | $5,000 | Civic |
2018 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for the Growing the Circle Fund to promote and expand high-level philanthropy in the Nashville area. | $10,000 | Civic |
2018 | Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation | Support for the Chamber's Partnership 2020 economic and community development effort. | $5,000 | Civic |
2018 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support in 2018 for the Middle Tennessee Donors Forum Fund, designed to advance thoughtful local philanthropy through collegial interaction, informational programs, and professional development opportunities. | $10,000 | Civic |
2018 | Teach for America | Support for the fiscal year beginning June 1, 2018. | $150,000 | Civic |
2018 | The Sycamore Institute | General support for this non-partisan organization that produces research involving Tennessee public policy. | $25,000 | Civic |
2018 | Nashville Civic Design Center | Strategic planning process | $15,000 | Civic |
2018 | Nashville Tools for Schools | Support for the building out of new space donated to the organization by MNPS for its work related to renovations needed by the various public schools. | $9,000 | Civic |
2018 | Leadership Nashville Foundation | General support for 2018 | $10,000 | Civic |
2018 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Support for Nashville's Agenda in 2018 | $5,000 | Civic |
2017 | Cumberland River Compact | Toward a pilot project aimed at cleaning up creeks flowing into the Nashville segment of the Cumberland River. (Some 52 miles of the 688-mile river flow through Nashville.) | $76,500 | Civic |
2017 | Supreme Court of Tennessee | General support through the Ansley Fund for the SCALES program educating children about the Tennessee justice system. | $5,000 | Civic |
2017 | Land Trust for Tennessee, Inc. | To relocate the administrative offices from Cummins Station to the Glen Leven historic farm. | $125,000 | Civic |
2017 | Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation | Support for the charitable aspect of the Chamber's Partnership 2020 economic development effort. | $5,000 | Civic |
2017 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | To establish a "Growing the Circle" fund to encourage high level philanthropy in the Nashville area among wealthy individuals and corporations. | $5,000 | Civic |
2017 | Land Trust for Tennessee, Inc. | To relocate the administrative offices from Cummins Station to the Glen Leven historic farm. | $100,000 | Civic |
2017 | Leadership Nashville Foundation | General support for 2017. | $10,000 | Civic |
2017 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | Seed funding to support Mayor Barry's youth workforce development effort, Opportunity NOW. | $100,000 | Civic |
2017 | Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee | General support for Nashville's Agenda for 2017. | $5,000 | Civic |
2017 | Teach for America | Support for the fiscal year starting June 1, 2017. | $150,000 | Civic |
2022 | Nashville Zoo, Inc. | Additional support for the Zoo's Grow Wild campaign, which includes the buildout of a major exhibit featuring the animals of Africa. This concludes our commitment to the Zoo. | $4,500,000 | Arts and Culture |
2022 | Nashville Zoo, Inc. | Additional support for the Zoo's Grow Wild campaign, which includes the buildout of a major exhibit featuring the animals of Africa. | $273,014 | Arts and Culture |
2022 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support for 2022 (Because the Frist Foundation corpus grew in 2021, 7% will be added to the $5,509,463 owed last year, reflecting inflation in 2021, in figuring the grant for 2022.) | $1,035,325 | Arts and Culture |
2022 | Frist Art Museum | To support capital and maintenance needs in 2022 | $1,000,000 | Arts and Culture |
2022 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support for 2022 (Because the Frist Foundation corpus grew in 2021, 7% will be added to the $5,509,463 owed last year, reflecting inflation in 2021, in figuring the grant for 2022.) | $4,914,560 | Arts and Culture |
2022 | Gospel Music Association | Technology support to build a software database in preparation for a new museum | $100,000 | Arts and Culture |
2022 | Nashville Zoo, Inc. | Formal set-aside in 2017 toward the buildout of Africa as part of a $160 million capital campaign aimed at making the institution one of the top 10 zoos in the country. Payment anticipated around February 2022. | $5,000,000 | Arts and Culture |
2022 | Tennessee State Museum Foundation | General support for 2022 | $2,500 | Arts and Culture |
2022 | Nashville Symphony Association | One-time operational support grant | $50,000 | Arts and Culture |
2021 | Nashville Zoo, Inc. | Additional support for the Zoo's Grow Wild campaign, which includes the buildout of a major exhibit featuring the animals of Africa. | $1,226,986 | Arts and Culture |
2021 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support for 2021 (Because Frist Foundation corpus grew in 2020, 1.4 percent will be added to the $5,433,395 owed last year, reflecting inflation in 2020, in figuring the grant for 2021.) | $267,132 | Arts and Culture |
2021 | Nashville Zoo, Inc. | Continuing support for the "Grow Wild" capital campaign. | $4,000,000 | Arts and Culture |
2021 | Frist Art Museum | To support capital and maintenance needs in 2021. | $1,000,000 | Arts and Culture |
2021 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support for 2021 (Because Frist Foundation corpus grew in 2020, 1.4 percent will be added to the $5,433,395 owed last year, reflecting inflation in 2020, in figuring the grant for 2021.) | $3,867,331 | Arts and Culture |
2021 | Nashville Repertory Theatre | Toward buying a sound system and 36 microphones for everyone in the biggest casts the Rep has had in over a decade. | $25,000 | Arts and Culture |
2021 | National Museum of African American Music | Toward an unmet gap of $1 million in the final push to complete construction of the new museum. | $200,000 | Arts and Culture |
2021 | Nashville Symphony Association | Technology equipment for streaming capabilities and content library | $125,000 | Arts and Culture |
2021 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support for 2021 (Because Frist Foundation corpus grew in 2020, 1.4 percent will be added to the $5,433,395 owed last year, reflecting inflation in 2020, in figuring the grant for 2021.) | $1,375,000 | Arts and Culture |
2021 | Nashville Zoo, Inc. | Support for the "Grow Wild" capital campaign. | $2,300,210 | Arts and Culture |
2021 | Adventure Science Center | To underwrite The Tinkering Garage exhibit from April 1 to July 31, 2021, aimed at bringing families back to the center to undertake small building projects. | $50,000 | Arts and Culture |
2021 | Tennessee State Museum Foundation | General support for Tennessee Waltz in 2021 | $2,500 | Arts and Culture |
2020 | Nashville Zoo, Inc. | Support for the "Grow Wild" capital campaign. | $2,699,790 | Arts and Culture |
2020 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support totaling $5,433,395 for 2020 (base $5 million plus 2.1% inflation in 2016, 2.1% in 2017, 1.9% in 2018, and 2.3% in 2019, as measured by CPI. Plus $1 million for capital needs. | $2,259,900 | Arts and Culture |
2020 | Bravo Creative Arts Center | To purchase the costume collection of Performance Studios, which is going out of business. | $25,000 | Arts and Culture |
2020 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support totaling $5,433,395 for 2020 (base $5 million plus 2.1% inflation in 2016, 2.1% in 2017, 1.9% in 2018, and 2.3% in 2019, as measured by CPI. Plus $1 million for capital needs. | $1,600,000 | Arts and Culture |
2020 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support totaling $5,433,395 for 2020 (base $5 million plus 2.1% inflation in 2016, 2.1% in 2017, 1.9% in 2018, and 2.3% in 2019, as measured by CPI. Plus $1 million for capital needs. | $1,600,000 | Arts and Culture |
2020 | Tennessee State Museum Foundation | General support for 2020 | $2,500 | Arts and Culture |
2019 | Nashville Zoo, Inc. | Support toward the zoo's $195 million "Grow Wild" capital campaign. (This $5 million grant was paid mostly with HCA stock, the balance in cash.) | $29,342 | Arts and Culture |
2019 | Nashville Zoo, Inc. | Support toward the zoo's $195 million "Grow Wild" capital campaign. (This $5 million grant was paid mostly with HCA stock, the balance in cash.) | $4,970,658 | Arts and Culture |
2019 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support for 2019 (base is $5 million plus 2.1% inflation in 2016, 2.1% more in 2017 and 1.9% in 2018, as measured by CPI.The inflation bonuses were added because of growth in the foundation's investment portfolio.) | $1,200,000 | Arts and Culture |
2019 | National Museum of African American Music | To help close a $5.5 million gap in capital funding as the museum prepares to open in summer 2020.. | $500,000 | Arts and Culture |
2019 | Frist Art Museum | Support for various capital expenditures at the museum. | $1,000,000 | Arts and Culture |
2019 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support for 2019 (base is $5 million plus 2.1% inflation in 2016, 2.1% more in 2017 and 1.9% in 2018, as measured by CPI.The inflation bonuses were added because of growth in the foundation's investment portfolio.) | $1,209,576 | Arts and Culture |
2019 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support for 2019 (base is $5 million plus 2.1% inflation in 2016, 2.1% more in 2017 and 1.9% in 2018, as measured by CPI.The inflation bonuses were added because of growth in the foundation's investment portfolio.) | $1,565,424 | Arts and Culture |
2019 | Adventure Science Center | Toward a new sound and music exhibit that opened in summer 2019. | $500,000 | Arts and Culture |
2019 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support for 2019 (base is $5 million plus 2.1% inflation in 2016, 2.1% more in 2017 and 1.9% in 2018, as measured by CPI.The inflation bonuses were added because of growth in the foundation's investment portfolio.) | $1,336,237 | Arts and Culture |
2019 | Tennessee State Museum Foundation | General support for 2019 | $2,500 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Nashville Public Radio | General support, understanding that a $4.5 million capital campaign is near completion, and this grant may put the station over the top. | $25,000 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Nashville Symphony Association | To buy new software to manage the orchestra's music collection and its building. The on-line technology would replace two separate software programs that do not mesh with each other. | $78,000 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support for 2018 -- baseline of $5 million plus 2.1 percent inflation in 2016 and 2.1 percent more in 2017, as measured by the Consumer Price Index.The inflation bonus was triggered by growth in the foundation's investment portfolio. | $1,303,000 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Adventure Science Center | Toward a new sound and music exhibit that opened in summer 2019. | $500,000 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support for 2018 -- baseline of $5 million plus 2.1 percent inflation in 2016 and 2.1 percent more in 2017, as measured by the Consumer Price Index.The inflation bonus was triggered by growth in the foundation's investment portfolio. | $1,303,000 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Frist Art Museum | To support capital needs in 2018. | $500,000 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Nashville Public Library Foundation | For direct expenses associated with merging Friends of the Library into the Nashville Public Library Foundation. | $72,000 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Cheekwood | To refurbish the Frist Learning Center, add a cafe, and toward a fund for future maintenance needs. | $1,000,000 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support for 2018 -- baseline of $5 million plus 2.1 percent inflation in 2016 and 2.1 percent more in 2017, as measured by the Consumer Price Index.The inflation bonus was triggered by growth in the foundation's investment portfolio. | $1,303,000 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Tennessee State Museum Foundation | Toward a new $160 million Tennessee State Museum on the Bicentennial Mall. Our $1.25 million grant was matched by HCA to constitute the first major gifts. The project received $120 million in state money. It opened on time and on budget in October 2018. | $400,000 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Cheekwood | To refurbish the Frist Learning Center, add a cafe, and toward a fund for future maintenance needs. | $1,500,000 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Frist Art Museum | Operating support for 2018 -- baseline of $5 million plus 2.1 percent inflation in 2016 and 2.1 percent more in 2017, as measured by the Consumer Price Index.The inflation bonus was triggered by growth in the foundation's investment portfolio. | $1,303,205 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Frist Art Museum | To support capital needs in 2018. | $500,000 | Arts and Culture |
2018 | Tennessee State Museum Foundation | General support for 2018 | $2,500 | Arts and Culture |
2017 | Cheekwood | To refurbish the Frist Learning Center, add a cafe, and toward a fund for future maintenance needs. | $1,500,000 | Arts and Culture |
2017 | Frist Art Museum | For capital expenditures in 2017 including $600,000 to repair windows and $400,000 toward renovating the Martin ArtQuest. | $400,000 | Arts and Culture |
2017 | Frist Art Museum | General operating support for 2017 -- a base $5 million plus 2.1 percent inflation in 2016, as measured by the Consumer Price Index. (The inflation bonus was triggered by growth in the foundation's investment portfolio.) | $1,250,000 | Arts and Culture |
2017 | Frist Art Museum | For capital expenditures in 2017 including $600,000 to repair windows and $400,000 toward renovating the Martin ArtQuest. | $600,000 | Arts and Culture |
2017 | Frist Art Museum | General operating support for 2017 -- a base $5 million plus 2.1 percent inflation in 2016, as measured by the Consumer Price Index. (The inflation bonus was triggered by growth in the foundation's investment portfolio.) | $1,250,000 | Arts and Culture |
2017 | Tennessee State Museum Foundation | Toward a new $160 million Tennessee State Museum on the Bicentennial Mall. Our $1.25 million grant was matched by HCA to constitute the first major gifts. The project received $120 million in state money. It opened on time and on budget in October 2018. | $400,000 | Arts and Culture |
2017 | Frist Art Museum | General operating support for 2017 -- a base $5 million plus 2.1 percent inflation in 2016, as measured by the Consumer Price Index. (The inflation bonus was triggered by growth in the foundation's investment portfolio.) | $1,355,000 | Arts and Culture |
2017 | Nashville Public Television Council | General support in response to the station's request for $100,000 to upgrade its technology to add a third broadcast channel devoted to children's programming. The content would be generated by Corporation for Public Broadcasting. | $25,000 | Arts and Culture |
2017 | Frist Art Museum | General operating support for 2017 -- a base $5 million plus 2.1 percent inflation in 2016, as measured by the Consumer Price Index. (The inflation bonus was triggered by growth in the foundation's investment portfolio.) | $1,250,000 | Arts and Culture |
2017 | Tennessee State Museum Foundation | General support for 2017. | $2,500 | Arts and Culture |
2017 | Nashville Public Radio | General support, understanding that a major capital campaign is still under way, and the funding would likely go to that purpose. | $25,000 | Arts and Culture |
Impact
More than $340 million donated
More than 9,500 grants funded
40 years of service
Over $3 million in nonprofit excellence awards through CNM’s Awards of Achievement