The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee announces grants totaling over $2.6 million
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee announced grants totaling over $2.6 million to organizations in Middle Tennessee in a Monday news release.
The foundation, as part of the 2021 annual grantmaking process, will provide grants to 439 local organizations, according to the release.
"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, in a statement. “Thanks to the generous support of our donors, and the work of dedicated and talented nonprofits, we are able to fund solutions that address Middle Tennessee’s emerging needs and opportunities.”
The process’s top award categories are human services, arts and humanities, education and animal welfare, according to the release.
The nonprofits spanned 32 counties in Middle Tennessee.
Those awarded grants in Davidson County include:
100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee Inc.
A Step Ahead Foundation of Middle Tennessee
abrasiveMedia
Actors Bridge Ensemble
Advocates for Women's and Kids' Equality (AWAKE) Tennessee
AGAPE
Agape Animal Rescue
AgeWell Middle TN
ALIAS Chamber Ensemble
Alive Hospice
ALS Association Tennessee Chapter
American Red Cross
Amputee Blade Runners
AN Sports Club d/b/a Achilles International – Nashville
Andrew Jackson Police Youth Camp: Provide 6 weeks free camp for at-risk youth 8-12 years (summer) Shopping at Christmas for same.
Aphesis House, Inc.
Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville
Ascension Saint Thomas Health Foundation
Assistance League of Nashville
Autism Tennessee
Backfield in Motion
Bellevue Middle School Edible Learning Lab, Inc.
Belmont University
Bethany Christian Services
Bethlehem Centers of Nashville
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee
Blind and Charity Fund Downtown Nashville Lions Club
Book’em
Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee
Bridges for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Building Lives Foundation
CASA Nashville
Catholic Charities of Tennessee
Centennial Park Conservancy
Centerstone
Charis Ministries, Inc.
Christian Cooperative Ministry
Christian Womens Job Corps Of Middle Tennessee dba Begin Anew
Communities In Schools of Tennessee
Community Resource Center
Conexion Americas
Corner to Corner
Country Music Foundation, Inc.
CreatiVets
Crossroads Campus
Cumberland Region Tomorrow
Cumberland River Compact
Day 7 Inc.
Dismas House of Nashville
Diverse Learners Cooperative
East Nashville Hope Exchange, Inc.
Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee (DBA "Renewed”)
Edgehill Neighborhood Partnership
Education Equal Opportunity Group
Elmahaba Center
End Slavery Tennessee
Faith Family Medical Center
Family & Children's Service
Family Reconciliation Center, Inc.
Fannie Battle Day Home
First Steps
Foundation for Tennessee Chess
Friends Life Community
Friends of Metro Dance
Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms
Frist Art Museum
From Your Father Inc.
Galaxy Star Drug Awareness/Nashville Peacemakers
Gilda's Club Middle Tennessee
Girls on the Run Middle TN
Girls Write Nashville
Global Education Center
GOAL Collective
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, Inc
Guardianship And Trusts
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Nashville
Hands On Nashville
Healing Arts Project Inc – HAPI
HEAR Nashville
Homework Hotline
Hope Clinic for Women
Hope for Justice
HopeKids Middle Tennessee
Horizons at USN
Humanities Tennessee
Insight Counseling Centers
Inspiritus, Inc.
International Outreach Ministries, Inc.
Intersection
Jazz Empowers
JDRF Tennessee
Jewish Family Service of Nashville and Middle TN
Jordan Thomas Foundation Inc.
Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee
Justice Industries
Kings Daughters Child Development Center
Learning Matters, Inc.
Les Dames D'Escoffier Nashville
Love Helps, Inc.
Luke 14:12
Make Music Nashville
MDHA Housing Trust Corporation
Medical Foundation of Nashville
Meharry Medical College
Mending Hearts, Inc.
Mental Health America of the MidSouth
Metro Nashville Chorus/Sweet Adelines International
Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency
Middle Tennessee Council, Boy Scouts of America
Middle Tennessee Guitar Alliance
Monroe Harding, Inc
Mother to Mother
Moves & Grooves
Music for Seniors
Musicians On Call
Nashville Adult Literacy Council
Nashville Ballet
Nashville Cat Rescue
Nashville Children's Alliance Inc.
Nashville Civic Design Center
Nashville Coaching Coalition
Nashville Conflict Resolution Center
Nashville Diaper Connection
Nashville Film Festival
Nashville General Hospital Foundation
Nashville Humane Association
Nashville In Harmony
Nashville Jazz Workshop
Nashville Launch Pad
Nashville Opera Association
Nashville Public Education Foundation
Nashville Public Library Foundation
Nashville Public Radio
Nashville Public Television
Nashville Repertory Theatre, Inc.
Nashville Shakespeare Festival
Nashville Steam Preservation Society
Nashville Symphony Association
Nashville Teacher Residency
Nashville Tools for Schools
Nashville Tree Foundation
National Museum of African American Music
Nations Ministry Center
Native American Indian Association of Tennessee
NeedLink Nashville
Neighbor 2 Neighbor
Neighborhood Health
New Horizons Corporation
New Level CDC
Notes for Notes, Inc.
Nurses for Newborns of Tennessee
Nurture the Next
Oasis Center, Inc.
Old School Farm:
Open Table Nashville
Operation Stand Down Tennessee
Our Place Nashville
OZ Arts
Palmer Home Family Care
Park Center, Inc.
Pass The Beauty
PENCIL
People Loving Nashville
Pet Community Center
Priest Lake Community Baptist Church
Project Return, Inc.
Project Transformation Tennessee
Proverbs 12:10 Animal Rescue
Rebuilding Together Nashville
Rejoice School of Ballet
Renewal House, Inc.
Rocketown of Middle Tennessee, Inc.
Safe Haven Family Shelter
Salama Urban Ministries
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee
Senior Ride Nashville
Sexual Assault Center
Shower The People
Siloam Health
Small World Yoga
Society of St. Andrew
Soles4Souls
Southeast Community Capital dba Pathway Lending
Southern Alliance for People and Animal Welfare
Southern Word Inc.
Special Olympics Tennessee
St. Luke's Community House
Starlings Nashville
STEM Preparatory Academy
Street Theatre Company
Strick's Gift
Stronger Than My Father, Inc.
Survivor Fitness Foundation
Teach for America
Tennessee Arts Academy Foundation
Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition
Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence
Tennessee Craft
Tennessee Educators of Color Alliance
Tennessee Environmental Council
Tennessee Foreign Language Institute Fund, Inc.
Tennessee Higher Education Initiative
Tennessee Historical Society
Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition.
Tennessee Innocence Project
Tennessee Justice for Our neighbors
Tennessee Kidney Foundation
Tennessee Lions Charities, Inc
Tennessee Performing Arts Center
Tennessee Poison Center
Tennessee Voices for Victims
Tennessee Youth Courts, Inc.
The Branch of Nashville
The Bridge Ministry, Inc
The Build Up Foundation
The Contributor, Inc.
The Educators’ Cooperative
The F.I.N.D. Design
The Family Center, Inc.
The Healing NET Foundation
The HELP Center
The Nashville Food Project, Inc.
The New Beginnings Center
The Next Door
The Onsite Foundation
The Porch Writers’ Collective
The Theater Bug
Thistle Farms
TN State Parks Conservancy
Travellers Rest Historic House Museum
Turnip Green Creative Reuse
United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc.
UpRise Nashville
Urban Green Lab
Vanderbilt University
W.O. Smith/Nashville Community Music School
Walden's Puddle
Walk/Bike Nashville Inc.
Water Walkers
Wayne Reed Christian Childcare Center
Welcome Home Ministries
Westminster Home Connection
YMCA of Middle Tennessee
You Have The Power...Know How to Use It, Inc.
Young Leaders Council, Inc.
Youth Empowerment through Arts and Humanities
Youth Villages
YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee
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