CFMT awards more than $2.8m in grants to organizations across Middle Tennessee

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CFMT awarded more than $2.8 million in grants to organizations across Middle Tennessee.
CFMT awarded more than $2.8 million in grants to organizations across Middle Tennessee.

The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT), a charitable organization dedicated to enriching the quality of life in Middle Tennessee and beyond, announces $2,803,840 in grants to 435 local nonprofit organizations as part of its 2022 annual grantmaking process.

The grants will benefit nonprofits in 34 area counties: Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson, Fentress, Franklin, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Lawrence, Lincoln, Macon, Maury, Montgomery, Moore, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Rutherford, Smith, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Warren, Wayne, White, Williamson and Wilson counties.

The average grant size is $6,431.

Grantees in Montgomery County are:

  • Clarksville Area Urban Ministries. To provide emergency hotel rooms  for homeless individuals with health concerns and during extreme weather conditions.

  • Gateway Chamber Orchestra. To stage a performance of Osvaldo Golijov's composition La Pasión según San Marcos for chamber orchestra, chorus, and soloists.

  • Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery County. To build affordable housing for qualified low-income families and individuals.

  • Imagination Library of Montgomery County. To mail one high-quality, age-appropriate book monthly to the homes of children (birth to age 5) enrolled with Imagination Library.

  • Loaves and Fishes. To expand current human services program to twice monthly and to take the lead in organizing event in place of acting as host.

  • Manna Cafe Ministries. To provide at-risk children and low-income families access to nourishing food and nutrition education through experiential learning.

  • Mt. Olive Cemetery Historical Preservation Society. To install seven signposts, 13 trail signs, and two commercial waste receptacles at Mt Olive Cemetery, honoring and preserving African American history.

  • Roxy Productions. To support production costs for the play "Tomas and the Library Lady" at the Roxy Regional Theatre in January-February 2023.

  • SAFE Soldiers and Families Embraced. To provide free and confidential mental health counseling to Active Duty Service members, Veterans, First Responders and their families.

The largest grant allocations were made in the following categories: Human Services made up 26% of grants for a total of $736,860; Arts & Humanities made up 18% of grants for $508,170; Education made up 13% of grants for $368,851, and; Health made up 11% of grants for $318,175.

“Grantmaking is the heart and soul of The Community Foundation,” said Laundrea Lewis, CFMT Vice President of Grants. “Good work happens every day in our community through the efforts of dedicated and talented staff and volunteers of nonprofit organizations, and we are happy to support that work.

“We also want to say ‘thank you’ to the generous donors who make it possible for The Community Foundation to support our Middle Tennessee communities by connecting generosity with need,” Lewis said.

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 residents through valuable programs and innovative services.

For more information on the grant process and for a complete list of 2022 grant recipients, go to www.CFMT.org/grants. And to learn about more than 2,000 of Middle Tennessee’s nonprofits and the wonderful work they do, go to the CFMT initiative GivingMatters.com.

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