Community Funds
African Methodist Episcopal Church Endowment Fund
Established 1999As support for the African Methodist Episcopal Church’s commitment to education, this Endowment Fund will provide financial assistance to young men and women who are training for the ministry in the A.M.E. Church.
The Fund for Administrative Collaboration
Established 1999Nonprofit leaders work diligently to maximize the services they offer to the community, and one of the ways that they can accomplish this, and increase their efficiency, is to partner with other nonprofits to pool their administrative and backoffice operations. The Fund for Administrative Collaboration, established by United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, provides one-time grant support for organizations entering into partnerships ranging from simple collaborations to more complex and lasting consolidations. The goal is to reduce duplication of effort and expense, thereby focusing resources on the clients served.
Lillian Ashley Field-of-Interest Fund
Established 2002Lillian Ashley was born in Manchester, Tennessee, attended Ward Belmont in Nashville and graduated from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville with a degree in elementary education. Following a wonderful life filled with extensive travel, Lillian wanted to give back to her community. She specified that her estate be used to benefit the children, animals and environment of Coffee County.
The Bellevue Community Fund
Established 2007The Franklin Brooks Philanthropic Fund
Established 1995The Brooks Fund’s mission is to encourage the inclusion, acceptance and recognition of Middle Tennessee’s lesbian and gay citizens, to protect their dignity, their safety and their health. By supporting and encouraging the development of programs to enhance the quality of life for lesbians and gays in Middle Tennessee, the Brooks Fund hopes to raise philanthropic awareness within the LGBT community. For 25 years, Franklin Brooks was one of the most beloved figures on the Vanderbilt University campus. As an associate professor in the Departments of French and Italian, he was repeatedly recognized for his work in the classroom — as much for his creative teaching technique as for his natural bonhomie and his personal integrity. The Brooks Fund was created to perpetuate another avenue of Franklin’s work, his forthright championing of human rights.
Brooks Fund Advisory Board:
Officers
Suzanne Bradford, Chair
Chris Chamberlain, Vice Chair
Roger Moore, Secretary
Members
Doug Alexander
Kathy Austin
Tom Bailey
Stephanie Barger
Erik Cole
Bryan Curtis
Elaine Fahrner
Beth Fortune
Amos Gott
Dwayne Jenkins
Janie Kleiman
Jill Martin
Michelle Mazzara
Brent Meredith
Pat Patrick
Ellen Pryor
Van Pond, Jr.
Steve Powers
Scott Ridgway
Pam Sheffer
Rob Sikorski
David Taylor
Michael Valentine
Beth Vincent
Cynthia Weil
Amy Williams
LaRhonda Williams
Ex Officio Members
John Bridges
Iris Buhl
Hal Cato
Keith Merrill
Mike Smith
Robyn Smith
Bill Walker
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Endowment
Established 1995Through The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, each of us can be empowered to help define and realize our own unique vision of the opportunities which will shape the next century of life in our community. The Community Foundation brings good people and good causes together to help ensure both the excellent stewardship of donor Funds and the wise investment of grants in the counties it serves.
Wauline A. Duggin Memorial Fund to Benefit Woodbury Church of Christ
Established 2004Wauline A. Duggin was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and greatgrandmother. Wauline’s love for her family, and her church family, prompted her husband of almost 59 years and her daughters to set up this Fund. The Fund is designed to support a range of religious, educational and charitable programs serving the youth at the Woodbury Church of Christ.
Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Fund to Benefit Congregation Micah
Established 1997Congregation Micah was founded in 1992 as an addition to the three other synagogues serving Middle Tennessee. Since then, it has welcomed some 600 families as members, built a permanent home, created a cemetery, and begun an endowment to help ensure its ability to serve the generations to come.
The Tomorrow Fund
Established 1999The Tomorrow Fund was formed by young professionals in the Middle Tennessee community to foster civic leadership and community awareness among their peers, ages 22 to 32. Through both hands-on charitable service and committee-based grant-making, the organization provides a training ground for Middle Tennessee’s future community outreach leaders. Anyone who wishes to be a part of The Tomorrow Fund is welcome.
http://www.thetomorrowfund.org
Executive Committee:
Oliver Banks - President
Caitlin Doty - Art Show Vice-Chair
Allison Koch - Member at Large
Brianna Morant - Art Show Chair
Katie Pickens - Silent Auction Chair
Annie Smart - Social Chair
Katie Summers - Service Chair
Amy Atcheson
Allison Bates
Emily Banks
Jane Lynch Crain
Brandon Keane
Mary Katherine Martin
Nicholas May
Brandon Miller
Katherine Pace
Brook Sutton
Addison Thompson
Patrick Walsh
Project Safe Neighborhood Program
Established 2003Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) is a comprehensive, strategic approach to reducing gun crime in America. By linking together federal, state, and local law enforcement, prosecutors, and community leaders, PSN provides a multifaceted approach to deterring and punishing gun crime throughout the United States. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee partners with local law enforcement to ensure the stewardship of these funds.
The Women’s Fund
Established 1994Begun in 1994 with the vision of improving the lives of women and girls in need throughout Middle Tennessee, The Women’s Fund has surpassed the $1 million mark as it builds an endowment to support nonprofits working to: encourage the achievement of self-sufficiency for women; promote the health and physical well-being of women and girls; and prevent violence against women and girls. Over the last 12 years, The Women’s Fund has awarded more than $350,000 in grants to more than 50 different nonprofits serving women and girls in Middle Tennessee.
The Women’s Fund Board:
Jeannie Hastings, Chair
Denise Alper, Vice Chair for Development
Jennifer Bottorff, Vice Chair for Programming
Irwin Fisher, Vice Chair for Communication
Barbara Mayden, Secretary
Honey Alexander
Cristina Oakeley Allen
Sallie Bailey
Sybril Bennett, Ph.D.
Julie Boehm
Betty Brown
Cathy Brown
Rosalyn Carpenter
Laura Chadwick
Barbara Chazen
Agenia Clark
Robin Costa
Sondra Cruickshanks
Donna Dalton
Gwen S. Davis
Patricia Davis
Suann Davis
Laura Lee Dobie
Trisha Elcan
Jane Eskind
Kate Ezell
Julie Frist
Priscilla Partridge de Garcia
Tammy Genovese
Tipper Gore
Carolyn Hannon
Kerry Hansen
Ruth Ann Harnisch
Lucy Haynes
Sandra Hecklin
Sherry Howell
Susan Huggins
Elizabeth Jacobs
Peggy Kinnard
Ellen Lehman
Delorse Lewis
Sandra Lipman
Lethia Swett Mann
Ellen Martin
Deb McDermott
Gwen McFarland
Dianne Neal
Jeanie Nelson
Elizabeth Papel
Linde Pflaum
Mary Rolando
Joyce Searcy
Leah Sohr
Perian Strang
Emily Tidwell
Van Tucker
Deb Varallo
Sukie Vaughan
Gail Williams
Betsy Wills
Alice Zimmerman
Youth Philanthropy Fund
Established 2003The Youth Innovation Project is designed to encourage young people to create new solutions to important community problems. The program, administered by the Oasis Center with support from The Community Foundation and the Mayor’s Office of Children and Youth, is one of only eight selected in the country to receive a grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Youth board members investigate and learn about local concerns, resources, power structures, service-learning, and youth philanthropy, awarding grants to young people for innovative civic action projects of their own design.
