Impact Funds
Founders’ Fund
Established 1993The Founders’ Fund was created by individuals interested in helping The Community Foundation build a pool of unrestricted endowment funds for future grantmaking. To participate, donors contributed $25,000 to the Fund and laid the cornerstone for The Community Foundation’s grantmaking — now and always.
Founders include:
Betty M. & Martin S. Brown
Jane G. & Richard J. Eskind
LifeWorks Foundation
Mrs. Jack C. Massey
William W. McInnes
Elizabeth M. Queener
Barbara & Lester D. Speyer
Anne H. & Robert K. Zelle
Gilbert Unrestricted Fund
Established 2003Adelaide H. Hohannes Unrestricted Fund
Established 2009Joan Hornig Unrestricted Fund
Established 2007Mamie S. and Thomas B. Houser Unrestricted Fund
Established 1997Noah Liff Unrestricted Fund
Established 1993Noah Liff, quite simply, loved to help people. During his lifetime, Noah was a generous supporter of all the traditional charities, helping everything from healthrelated agencies to the arts. But he also was pleased to step in to fulfill an unusual need or to address an emergency situation. Now, when The Community Foundation is approached with a new solution to a problem, the board of directors can use monies from Noah’s Unrestricted Fund to do just what Noah would have done — jump in to help.
Partners in Philanthropy
Our Partners in Philanthropy are those organizations, families and individuals who, in 2006, contributed unrestricted dollars to The Foundation. These Partners deserve special recognition and gratitude for their leadership and vision in helping support The Foundation and its long-term goals.
Mr. Frank T. Akin
Ms. Melissa G. Anderson
Mr. & Mrs. Paul W. Anderson
Mr. Douglass Andrews
Anonymous
Ms. Tara C. Armistead
Mr. & Mrs. W. Craig Barber
Mr. Brian Barry
Ms. Bonnie Bashford
Mr. & Mrs. Frank A. Bauman
Ms. Katrin T. Bean
Mr. Jeffrey D. Bell
Mr. & Mrs. Preston N. Bissinger
Mr. & Mrs. Earl G. Blackwell
Mr. & Mrs. Frank S. Bloch
Mr. & Mrs. Jack O. Bovender, Jr.
Ms. Toni Bowers
Mr. & Mrs. C. Dewey Branstetter, Jr.
Brentwood Soccer Club
Mr. & Mrs. Lee Brewer
Mr. & Mrs. Lamar Brock
Mr. J. Mark Browder
Mrs. Aaron B. Brown, Jr.
Ms. Holly Brown
Mr. Robert D. Brown
Byrd Proctor & Mills
Ms. Sara Carty
Dr. & Mrs. Eric C. Chazen
Mr. Dan B. Coleman
Mr. John O. Colton
Community Health Charities of Tennessee
Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cook, Jr.
Ms. Ladonna Vee Cooper
Mr. & Mrs. Ben Cundiff
Ms. Melisa P. Currey
Mr. & Mrs. Roman Czujko
Ms. Caitlin Daniel
Danner Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Danny B. Davis
Mr. David L. Degrella
Ms. Barbara A. Dobbins
Mr. & Mrs. George R. Dresden
Ms. Laura F. Duke and Ms. Dolores E. Rowell
Ms. May Dean Eberling
Dr. & Mrs. Lloyd C. Elam
Mr. & Mrs. Billie Evans
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Faricy
Ms. Sharlie J. Farris
Rebecca and Jeremy Finley
Mr. Ricky Fleming
Mrs. Jane Fort
Mr. & Mrs. Edward H. Friedman
Ms. Janice Frye
Fuller Industries, Inc.
GE Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Malcolm Getz
Dr. Laurie E. Gilbert and Mr. Richard L. Hoover
Green Dot Audio Electronics
Ms. Gay Greer
Ms. Carmelia Gregory
Mr. C.G. Hanson, Jr.
Mr. Hal D. Hardin
HCA Caring for the Community Campaign
Mr. Richard Hooper
Mr. Stephen James
Ms. Corinna Jewell
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Jones
Mr. & Mr. Norman Jordan
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond G. Kalil
Mr. & Mrs. William B. King
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Kushner
Mr. & Mrs. Lester Lamar
Landmark Communications Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. John F. Lee, Jr.
Ellen and Jonathan Lehman
Mr. & Mrs. Martin Leinwand
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore W. Lenz
Limbird Advised Fund
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore D. Lipman
Mr. & Mrs. Robert A. Longfield, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Mack Major
Ms. Elizabeth A. Martin
Ms. Trecia Martin
Mr. James S. Mathis, Jr.
Mr. Michael McDaniel and Mr. Robert Benson
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel T. McSeveney
Ms. Doris B. Medlin
Ms. Alice C. Merritt
Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority
Mr. & Mrs. James N. Mitchell
Mr. Gere Mullican
Nashville Mutual Assistance Association
Mr. & Mrs. Gerald D. Neenan
Ms. Ruth H. Noah
Mr. & Mrs. Russell A. Oldfield, Jr.
Ms. Hazel R. O’Leary
Mr. & Mrs. James Pace
Mr. Thompson Patterson and Mr. Mike Eldred
Mr. Carney W. Payne
Mr. & Mrs. Matt M. Powers
Ms. Mallie L. Pugh
Ms. Brenda M. Resha
The Richards Family Advised Fund
Mr. John P. Riggan
Mrs. Lani Wilkeson Rossmann
Mr. David F. Sampsell
Ms. Ruth Singley
Mr. & Mrs. Brent G. Snyder
Mr. Edward N. Stewart
Sweet 16th - A Bakery
Mr. & Mrs. Frank Swope
Mr. Neal B. Thomason
Mr. & Mrs. John H. Tipton, Jr.
Ms. Jan Tower
Mr. & Mrs. Reed E. Trickett
Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Trost
Ms. Debbie Turner
Councilman Charlie Tygard
Mr. Dan Tyler
Mr. & Mrs. J. Knox Walkup
Mr. & Mrs. W. Miles Warfield
Mr. & Mrs. Robert J. Warner, Jr.
Mr. Timothy J. Wehby
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Carolyn and William Wheatley
Mr. Michael White
Ms. Tracey Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Michael P. Williamson
Mr. Scott Willis
Wilson Central High School
Mr. & Mrs. Don Wirth
Michael D. and Lisa J. Shmerling Charitable Giving Fund
Established 1996Mike and Lisa Shmerling understand that a board of charitably inclined civic leaders and a professional staff that is in contact with almost 1,700 local nonprofit groups can more effectively identify need — and act quickly to provide support. As a result, Mike and Lisa chose to create this Impact Fund and to ask The Foundation’s board to provide support to programs addressing needs that may have heretofore been left unmet. The Shmerlings have created a mechanism to ensure that, every year hereafter, grants benefiting our community will be made in their name, and someday, in the name of their descendants.
The Tricentennial Fund
Established 1996The essence of an Impact Fund is appreciating that individuals living in a community are the people best equipped to make effective grant decisions. It is also realizing that those of us living now cannot predict the future needs of the community we love. The Tricentennial Fund is an opportunity to invest in these truths. Grants will be made by the board of The Community Foundation to address pressing needs in the future.
Ms. Elizabeth M. Adams
Dr. Cecelia N. Adkins
Adventure Science Center
Mr. & Mrs. W.B. Akers
The Hon. & Mrs. Lamar Alexander
Dr. & Mrs. Dave A. Alexander, Jr.
Ms. Christian Alley
Dr. & Mrs. Ben Alper
Ms. Tina Alston
Mrs. Milbrey W. Andrews
Mr. & Mrs. Hunter Armistead
Cdr. Erskine P. Ausbrooks, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Elliot Baldwin
Bank of America
Mr. & Mrs. H. Lee Barfield II
Mr. Joey V. Barnett
Mr. & Mrs. Samuel W. Bartholomew, Jr.
Dr. & Mrs. David Barton
Ms. Shannon K. Barton
Mr. & Mrs. E. Warner Bass
Mrs. Edith McBride Bass
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Bateman, Sr.
Ms. Katrin Bean
Mr. Ray Bell
BellSouth Telephone Pioneers
Ms. JoAnn Bennett
Mr. & Mrs. David Berck
Mr. & Mrs. John Berg
Dr. & Mrs. Stanley Bernard
Dr. & Mrs. F. Tremaine Billings, Jr.
Mrs. Marianne W. Bingham
Mr. Peter J. Black
Ms. Justine H. Bibinger
Julie G. and Frank H. Boehm, M.D.
Mrs. Alberta Bontemps
Mr. & Mrs. John L. Boone
Ms. Janice Bossing
Mr. William Bostick
Dr. & Mrs. Michael B. Bottomy
Mr. & Mrs. Jack O. Bovender, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William Bowman
Mr. & Mrs. James C. Bradford, Jr.
Ms. Tammy Bradford
Ms. JoAnn Bragg
Mr. & Mrs. J.P. Brakefield
Mr. & Mrs. Cecil D. Branstetter
Mr. & Mrs. C. Dewey Branstetter, Jr.
Dr. Elbert D. Brooks
Mr. Vallie C. Brooks
Mr. & Mrs. J. Mark Browder
Mrs. Aaron B. Brown, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Martin S. Brown, Jr.
Mr. Tony Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Buhl III
Mr. & Mrs. Terry Bulger
Mr. & Mrs. George Bullard
Ms. Laura R. Burns
Mr. & Mrs. Daniel Burton
Ms. Jean B. Butler
Mr. & Mrs. Damon Byrd
Mr. & Mrs. G.G. Calhoun
Mr. & Mrs. Curtis Calihan
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Cammack
Mr. & Mrs. John P. Campbell III
Mr. & Mrs. William S. Campbell
Mr. Craig Canan
Mrs. Eva-Marie Canan
Mr. Al Carota
Ms. Rosalyn Carpenter-Feagins
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey R. Carr
Dr. & Mrs. Eric Chazen
Mrs. Yvonne W. Christopher
Ms. Diane C. Churchwell
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Clay, Jr.
Ms. Sherri Cloud
Mr. J. Chase Cole
Ms. Mildred Cole
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Ms. Debbie Connell
Mr. & Mrs. Charles W. Cook, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. William C. Cook
Cool Springs Galleria
Ms. Cindy Cooper
Mr. John P. Cooper
Ms. Patricia B. Cooper
Mr. Douglas B. Corzine
Mrs. Frances B. Corzine
Ms. Zara F. Corzine
Mr. Brad Cowan
Ms. Tamara Crabtree
Ms. Teresa B. Creecy
Mrs. Inez Crutchfield
Mr. Gary Cunningham
Mr. Andrew N. Currey
Mr. & Mrs. Brownlee Currey, Jr.
Mrs. Martha Currey
Mrs. Melisa Currey
Ms. Tabitha Eads Daly
Mr. Perry M. Davidson
Ms. Jane L. Davis
Ms. Karen Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Richard L. Davis
Davis-Kidd Booksellers
Ms. Elaine Dickson
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Dobie
Mr. Melvin C. Dodson
Mr. Paul Dolman
Mr. & Mrs. Jerald Doochin
Mr. James W. Dorris
Ms. Colleen E. Dowd
Mr. & Mrs. Don M. Drake
Ms. Marion Dunn
Mrs. William W. Earthman, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. John W. Egerton
Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy R. England
Mr. & Mrs. Dale L. Erickson
Mr. Tom Ervin
Ms. Noel Eskew
Dr. & Mrs. Irwin B. Eskind
Dr. & Mrs. Jeffrey B. Eskind
Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. Eskind
Dr. & Mrs. Steven J. Eskind
Mr. & Mrs. William H. Eskind
Ms. Carol Etherington
Ms. Susan Evans
Mr. David S. Ewing
Mr. & Mrs. Steven D. Ezell
Mr. & Mrs. David W. Fay
Mr. & Mrs. Ted Feldman
Councilman Charles W. Fentress
Ms. Alice O. Figuers
Ms. Mary Dudley Fletcher
Mr. & Mrs. Bill R. Flynn
Mrs. Elizabeth G. Folsom
Ms. Kay Forbes
Mrs. Combs L. Fort
Mr. Stan Fossick
The Hon. & Mrs. Richard Fulton
Mr. & Mrs. Harris A. Gilbert
Mr. & Mrs. Joe Gilbert, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Mark Gilbertson
Ms. Elaine Goetz
Mr. & Mrs. Randall M. Goldstein
Mr. & Mrs. Joel C. Gordon
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Gordon
Mr. & Mrs. Hans Grasman
Great American Sing-A-Long
Mr. & Mrs. Steven J. Greil
Ms. Eleanor C. Grier
Dr. & Mrs. John L. Griffin
Mr. Anthony Griffith
Mr. & Mrs. Michael M. Gunter
Mr. Arthur Gunzberg
Dr. & Mrs. Gary Gutow
Ms. Mecca Haapala
Mr. & Mrs. T. Hartley Hall V
Mr. & Mrs. Rex Hammock
Mrs. J.B. Hardcastle, Jr.
Bill and Ruth Ann Harnisch
The Harnisch Family Foundation, Inc.
Mr. Clay Harrell
Mr. & Mrs. Kent Harrell
The Hon. Penny Harrington
Mr. & Mrs. H. Rodes Hart
Mr. Aubrey B. Harwell, Jr.
Mr. Donald B. Hauk
Mr. & Mrs. William Hayes
Judge Barbara and Sen. Joe Haynes
Mr. & Mrs. William B. Hayward
Chancellor & Mrs. Alexander Heard
Mr. & Mrs. Eugene Heller
Senator & Mrs. Douglas Henry
Dr. & Mrs. Alan S. Henson
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Hilton
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas B. Houser
Mr. Scott Humston
Mr. & Mrs. James D. Ingram
Mr. & Mrs. John R. Ingram
Mrs. Martha R. Ingram
Mr. G. Brian Jackson
Mrs. Elizabeth L. Jacobs
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth Jacobs
Mr. & Mrs. J.L. Johnson
Ms. Cheryl B. Jones
Mr. Martavious Jones
Ms. Mary L. Jones
Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Joyce
Rabbi & Mrs. Ken Kanter
Mr. & Mrs. Sydney F. Keeble, Jr.
Ms. Irene Kenigson
Mrs. Alice Gamble Kennedy
Mr. Matthew W. Kennedy
Ms. Thelma Kidd
Dr. & Mrs. Kenneth O. King
Mrs. Elsie Kraft
Mr. & Mrs. Jack Kuhn
Mr. & Mrs. Randolph M. LaGasse
Dr. & Mrs. Jeff Landman
Mr. & Mrs. George Langstaff
Mr. & Mrs. F.W. Lazenby
Ms. Doni L. Lehman
Mr. Jeremy E. Lehman
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Lehman
Mr. & Mrs. Ed Levy
Dr. & Mrs. Michael M. Lewis
Mr. & Mrs. Noah Liff
Lillian Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Lipman
Lorman Education Services
Mr. & Mrs. Monnie Lusky, Jr.
Mr. David R. Lyle
Ms. Sherry E. Male
Mr. Mark Manner
Mr. Charles N. Martin
Mrs. Ellen Martin
Mrs. Alyne Massey
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mathews, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen S. Mathews
Dr. & Mrs. John E. Maupin
Mr. Andrew L. May and Dr. Nancy Brown
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph May
Mr. & Mrs. Leon May
Ms. Jamie Mayberry
John E. Mayfield Charitable Foundation
Mr. James L. McAlister
Mr. & Mrs. David McClellan
Ms. Nina McClintock
Mr. Scott McClure
Ms. Carol J. McCoy
Ms. Danielle McDaniel
McDonalds Corporation
Mr. & Mrs. George McFarland
Mrs. Betsy McInnes
Mr. William W. McInnes
Ms. Priscilla A. McKeehan
Ms. Tricia McMahon
Mr. & Mrs. Robert McNeilly, Jr.
Governor Ned Ray McWherter
Ms. Doris B. Medlin
Ms. Alice Merritt
Ms. Elizabeth Merritt
Ms. Nancy Messier
Mrs. Liston O. Mills
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph R. Moore
Ms. Martha C. Moran
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Morin
Ms. Samaia Naifeh
Mr. Lannie Neal
Ms. Audie Nelson
Ms. Lucile J. Nelson
Nelson Capitol Corp.
Mr. & Mrs. Jim Ed Norman
Mr. Kerry P. O’Neil
Ortale Family Foundation
Ms. Sandra D. Owen
Ms. Shelley R. Paine
The Hon. & Mrs. George C. Paine II
Mr. & Mrs. William T. Parish, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Parker
Mr. & Mrs. Neil C. Parrish
Mr. Thomas F. Parrish
Mr. & Mrs. Mike Patton
Ms. Sheila Perry
Mr. Eric C. Peterson
Peterson Tool Company
Ms. Catherine Phillips
Ms. Katy Phillips
Ms. Elizabeth Payne Pierce
Mr. & Mrs. Maurice Pinson
Mr. & Mrs. Paul L. Plummer
Mr. Phil Ponder
Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Pritchard
Mr. & Mrs. Robert E. Prosser
Mr. James T. Putnam
E.D. Qualls
Ms. Elizabeth Queener
Mr. & Mrs. John L. Ragsdale
Ragsdale Family Foundation
Ms. Jo Ann Rainey
Dr. Hal R. Ramer
Ramsey Daugherty Co., Inc.
Mr. & Mrs. Art Rebrovick
Mr. & Mrs. Ben R. Rechter
Recreation World
Mrs. James H. Reed III
Mr. & Mrs. Richard S. Regen
Ms. Ann V. Reynolds
Mr. William W. Reynolds
Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Rich
Ms. Barbara F. Richards
Mr. & Mrs. John B. Richmond
Mr. Harold F. Rodney
Mr. Scobey Rogers, Jr.
Ms. Mary Rolando
Mr. & Mrs. William V. Rolfe
Roos Foundation
Mr. Anthony Rose
Dr. Louis Rosenfeld
Mr. Joe B. Rowland
Mr. & Mrs. Rudy Ruark
Ms. Susan Rushing
Mr. & Mrs. Michael B. Safford
Lcdr. & Mrs. Gilbert E. Sanders
Santa Plus
Mr. & Mrs. J.H. Schippers
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth B. Schoen
Dr. & Mrs. Tim P. Schoettle
Mr. James Schulman
Ms. Leah K. Schwartz
Mr. & Mrs. John Seigenthaler
Mr. & Mrs. C. David Seivers
Drs. Sarah H. and Gordon R. Sell
Dr. & Mrs. Henry Sender
Mr. & Mrs. Wilbur C. Sensing, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Shayne
Mr. & Mrs. Michael Shmerling
Ms. Jean O. Shockley
Mrs. Emory M. Shofner
Mr. Michael Simon
Mr. & Mrs. W. Lucas Simons
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth B. Sircy
Mr. & Mrs. Grayson Sistrunk
Ms. Marilyn Skaalerud
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Small
Mr. Alden H. Smith
Ms. Barbara O. Smith
Mr. & Mrs. Carlos A. Smith
Mr. Earle H. Smith
Mr. Anthony J. Spence
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Speyer
Ms. Cindy Steine
Mrs. Peggy Steine
Mr. Ronnie Steine
Mr. & Mrs. John C. Stern
Mr. Harry B. Stewart
Mr. & Mrs. Allan J. Stokes
Mr. & Mrs. Aaron M. Stone
Mr. & Mrs. Howard L. Stringer
Dr. & Mrs. Samuel E. Stumpf
Mr. & Mrs. Billy T. Sumner
Ms. Rachel Sumner
Mrs. Martha Sundquist
SunTrust Bank
Mr. & Mrs. Patrick J. Taylor
The Tennessean
The Tennessee Trust
Mr. Neal B. Thomason
Mrs. Cromwell Tidwell
Mr. & Mrs. Byron Trauger
Mr. & Mrs. Charles A. Trost
Ms. Debbie Turner
Mr. & Mrs. Jack B. Turner
Mr. Ronald G. Turner
21st Century Trust Advised Fund
United Parcel Service
United South & Eastern Tribes Storytellers
United Way of Metropolitan Nashville
Ms. Sukie Vaughan
Ms. Joyce Vise
Mr. William M. Walker
Mr. James Wallace, Sr.
Mr. Robert R. Watkins
Mr. & Mrs. Warren W. Webb
Mr. & Mrs. Steve Weber
Ms. Stephanie Weede
Dr. & Mrs. Charles Wells
Mr. & Mrs. Albert Werthan
Mr. Jeremy Werthan
Mrs. Suzanne Werthan
Ms. Eleanor D. Whitworth
Mrs. T. Gregg Wilkinson
Drs. Jamye C. and McDonald Williams
Mr. William Williams
Mr. & Mrs. Simon C. Willis, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Amos L. Wilson
Dr. & Mrs. James P. Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. David Windley
Ms. Sherry Winn
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Witkin
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth B. Wolentarski
Ms. Margaret H. Wood
Mr. Stephen H. Worsham
Mr. Raymond Zabawa
Mr. & Mrs. Julian A. Zander, Jr.
Mr. & Mrs. Robert K. Zelle
Ms. Alice Zimmerman
Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin Zucker
The Unrestricted Endowment
Established 1991The Unrestricted Endowment is the source of The Community Foundation's ability to impact emerging needs in Middle Tennessee. With these funds, The Foundation invests in a better today and tomorrow for our neighbors.
The Jefferson Street United Merchants Partnership (J.U.M.P.) exists to preserve the history and economy of Jefferson Street and North Nashville, but the concerned citizens who make this organization and community flourish know that it’s about more than businesses. It’s about the people who make it a neighborhood. J.U.M.P. Executive Director Sharon Hurt said, “With our mission comes inclusiveness from the community’s residents and youth.” Hurt and others recognize how music both captures the history of Jefferson Street and acts as an educational force for the community, which is why J.U.M.P. began a summer music program for youth. A grant through the Impact Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee helped purchase instruments and music materials for the program. “Music is a universal language. It can be enjoyed collectively or individually. Music gives each child an opportunity to shine,” said Hurt. The world-class musicians who dedicate their time and energy to the program work to empower the kids and instill the sense they can do anything they set their minds to. It’s about the power of music; it’s also about learning life skills through their lessons. Instructor and musician Joe Johnson remarked, “Music shows you a level of discipline and commitment, even if the kids are not going to do music later. Music is a great way to start.”
