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Discretionary Grants | The Lillian Ashley Fund | Chet Atkins Fund | Animal Welfare Fund | Franklin Brooks Fund | Cheatham County Community Foundation | Community Foundation for Dickson County | Crittenton Fund | The Hope Fund | McGavock Fund | William N. Rollins Fund for the Arts | Tomorrow Fund | The Women's Fund

The Community Foundation recently awarded more than $900,000 million to 198 Middle Tennessee nonprofits through its annual grant process. In the past 18 years, The Foundation has distributed $440 million to community programs and institutions.

The Foundation continues to connect generosity with need.

Discretionary Grants

2 x 2 Ranch and Refuge - To provide spay and neuter services in Macon County.

Abintra Montessori School - To underwrite the costs of videos and lesson guides for parent education sessions around LGBT issues

Adventure Science Center Nashville - To develop a team of educators to deliver outreach opportunities to schools outside its normal service area

Advocates for the Upper Cumberland Inc. - To provide food, medications, and personal hygiene items to 100 homebound elderly and disable individuals

Agape Animal Rescue - To implement a foster parent campaign for rescued or displaced dogs

Alive Hospice - To provide palliative care to children and youth who face terminal conditions, regardless of life expectancy

ALS Association-Tennessee Chapter - To offer primary caregivers of ALS patients respite care services

American Diabetes Association - To conduct an education campaign designed to increase awareness among African Americans.

American Red Cross - Nashville Area Chapter - To provide CPR training course for the Spanish speaking community

Aphesis House, Inc. - To provide 50 men with IDs, clothing, and shoes for job searches and employment

Ark Community Resource and Assistance Center - To provide Meals on Wheels services to senior residents of South Cheatham County

Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville - To provide pro bono legal and business services to the arts community

Autism Society of Middle Tennessee - To provide educational workshops for families affected by autism

Avalon Center - To supply twenty families transitioning from shelter to permanent housing with basic household baskets

Belcourt YES! - To provide a film and performance series for youth

Belle Meade Plantation - To identify and care for diseased and damaged trees on the plantation property

Bethesda Center/Ashland City Ministerial Alliance - To provide utility assistance to individuals in need

Boy Scouts of America Middle TN Council - To provide summer camp and registration fee subsidy for boys in Cheatham County

Brown Dog Foundation - To provide financial assistance to families with pets who need lifesaving veterinary care

Bryan Symphony Orchestra - To continue the afterschool community youth string orchestra for Putnam County third graders

Cannon County Senior Center - To provide emergency meals to seniors unable to cook for themselves due to medical reasons

CareNet Pregnancy Medical Center - To purchase videos and breast pumps to support the breastfeeding classes

CASA, Inc. - To conduct five training sessions for new court advocates for abused children

Centennial Elementary School - To purchase biography and nonfiction books for the school library

Center for Family Development/CASA - To provide training, materials, and background checks for new volunteer court advocates

Center for the Arts - To provide theatre, dance, music and arts academy for children in Rutherford County

Charlotte Elementary School - To purchase multimedia equipment for use in third-grade classrooms

Charlotte Fagan United Methodist Church - To help build a Habitat home in Dickson County

Cheatham County Animal Awareness Foundation - To provide health care and spay/neuter services for adoptable animals held at Animal Control in Cheatham County

Children's Museum Corp/Discovery Center at Murfree Spring - To expand the weekly art clubs at Title I schools in Rutherford County

Circle Players, Inc. - To support set design, costumes, and props for the production of "To Kill a Mockingbird"

Coffee County Children's Advocacy Center - To provide supplies and materials for the child abuse prevention program

Coffee County Humane Society - To provide spay and neuter services for pets in Coffee County

College Street Elementary School - To construct a walking track to provide opportunities for more physical activity

Community Arts Development of Dickson Co. - To host a fine arts festival

Community Care Fellowship - To provide meals to homeless and nearly homeless individuals in the Nashville area

Community Resource Center - To purchase household goods and personal hygiene supplies for distribution to partner agencies

CommunityNashville - To support the AnyTown program, a human relations and leadership retreat

Conexion Americas - To provide peer-to-peer training to increase the involvement of Latino parents in their children's education

Country K-9 Rescue - To provide spay and neuter services to rescued and adopted pets

Country Music Foundation - To provide curriculum-based music education program for 10,000 school children

Creative Artists of Tennessee - To support teaching artists for a summer music program geared for middle school students

Cumberland Heights Foundation, Inc. - To host a Children's Recovery Camp for children of adult female drug/addicted patients without financial means to attend

Davidson County Sheriff's Office - To provide homes for dogs at Metro Animal Control and vocational training for offenders

Dickson Community Clinic - To provide diagnostic and direct care for uninsured patients

Dickson County High School - To modernize the Physics laboratory through the use of computer-based labs

Dickson Housing Authority - To provide a fitness program for residents

Dickson Middle School - To provide equipment and resources for use in the teen life skills classes

Discovery School - To purchase books featuring US presidential biographies, Tennessee history and American Revolution patriots for 3rd-4th grade students

Dream Center - To provide big men's clothing for indigent men seeking employment

East Coffee Elementary - To develop a walking track around the school for use in PE and community walking programs

East Middle School - To provide basic physical and academic needs for low-income students

Exchange Club/Stephens Center - To provide in-home visitation child abuse prevention programs and group parenting classes in Putnam, Overton & Cumberland Counties

Fairview Historical Association - To restore the window and exterior doors of the Triangle School

Faith Family Medical Clinic - To provide 100 patients with supplies, health resources, and classes focusing on diabetes care

Families in Crisis, Inc. - To provide direct services to victims of domestic violence

Fannie Battle Day Home for Children, Inc. - To provide supplies, materials, and teacher support for the infant/toddler program

Feed America First - To support the maintenance and insurance of food transport trucks and trailers

Fentress County Children's Center, Inc. - To provide teaching resources and supplies need for the mental health program for abused children

FiftyForward/Senior Citizens, Inc. - To match senior volunteers with children who need extra help with reading and comprehension skills

Franklin Co Humane Society - To provide spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families

Freckles Friends Pet Shelter, Inc. - To provide spay and neuter services to pets of DeKalb County

Friends in General - To provide no cost mammography screenings and follow-up care for women in Davidson and surrounding counties

Friends of Animals of Jackson County - To provide spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families in Jackson County

Friends of the Appalachian Center for Craft of Tennessee - To provide hands-on, intensive fine craft workshops for 700 7th-12th grade students in Middle Tennessee

Friends of the Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County, Inc. - To host free concerts at the library featuring four world-class guitarists

Frist Center for the Visual Arts - To provide summer art camp scholarships for children 5-13 years old

Galaxy Star Drug Awareness - To expand the peacemakers program to high school students with a history of suspension and/or juvenile court involvement

Gallatin CARES - To emergency relief for medical and energy related services to families in crisis

Gallatin Shalom Zone - To provide homework assistance, tutors and mentors for core subjects to students in Sumner County schools

Gilda's Club Nashville - To provide cancer education support groups for children with cancer or who have family members with cancer

Giles County Help Center - To provide one week's worth of staple food items for families requesting assistance

Giles County Public Library - To expand the monthly reading readiness storytelling series for pre-K and Kindergarten classes in Giles County

Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Inc. - To provide scholarships for girls attending the spring/summer resident camps

Global Education Center - To offer an afterschool arts program for youth featuring international dance, world percussion, poetry and crafts

Good Neighbors Theater, Inc. - To produce a historical drama portraying the conflict of the Civil War and its affect on the families in Pickett County

Good Samaritans - To provide emergency utility bill assistance for residents of Stewart County

Grace M. Eaton Child Care Center - To subsidize childcare for 23 children

Granville Museum, Inc. - To continue the Sutton Ole Time Music Hour featuring bluegrass bands

Hands On Nashville, Inc. - To hire a part-time disaster preparedness manager to work with staff and volunteers in the event of a public health declared emergency

Hands-On Science Center - To subsidize field trips to the science center for elementary and middle school students from 10 counties

HomeSafe of Sumner, Wilson & Robertson Cos. - To replace the damaged decking, shingles and repair the rubber roof section of the shelter

Homework Hotline - To provide homework assistance to struggling 5th-8th grade students

Hope Clinic for Women - To provide HIV testing for women

Humane Society of Clarksville/Montgomery County - To provide spay/neuter services for pets owned by families on fixed or limited incomes in Montgomery County

Humane Society of Dickson County - To spay/neuter companion animals of low income residents in Dickson County

Humane Society of Hickman County - To provide spay and neuter services for pets in Hickman County

Humane Society of Lincoln County - To equipment for the humane capture and treatment of feral cats and wild animals

Humane Society of Putnam County - To provide spay and neuter services to pets in the Upper Cumberland

Humane Society of Sumner County - To provide low cost spay/neuter clinics throughout Sumner County using the Spay Station

Interfaith Dental Clinic - To provide root canal therapy for 200 patients

Jefferson Street United Merchants Partnership, Inc. - To provide transportation for seniors to appointments and outreach activities

Jennie Woodworth Library of White Bluff - To establish an early literacy station for the children's room of the library

Jesse C Beesley Animal Humane Foundation - To teach the basics of responsible pet care to 3rd and 4th grade students in Cannon and Rutherford Counties

Junior Achievement of Middle TN - To offer hands-on experiential learning to 5th grade students, teaching real-world lessons in a fun environment

King's Daughters Day Home - To create eight learning centers in pre-school classrooms

Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee & the Cumberlands - To pay one-time critical expenses for low-income clients in Middle Tennessee excluding Davidson County

Lewis County Historical Society - To support the natural history demonstration area focusing on Native American building and early settler land use

Loaves & Fishes Food Program - To provide meals for 200 individuals

Magdalene, Inc. - To provide medical, mental health, and dental care for new clients in the residential program

Manchester Municipal Arts Commission – To present a music series for the public featuring local artists and bands

Manchester Parks & Recreation - To conduct an environmental engineering study for the extension of the greenway along the Little Duck River

Maple Grove Elementary School - To upgrade the school library

Martha O'Bryan Center - To prepare youth for entry-level work in multiple industry sectors

McMinnville-Warren County Senior Center - To provide support and services to senior relative caregivers

McNeilly Center for Children - To replace old and worn bedding used during naptime by 336 infants/preschoolers

Mending Hearts, Inc. - To provide bus passes and operating costs for organization's transportation services

Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee - To provide support to Hispanic teens addressing issues and obstacles that prevent school success

Mercy Children's Clinic - To supply medicines to patients during routine visits and acute situations

Mid South Mediation Services - To provide mediation between victims and offenders as an alternative response to crime and delinquency

Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency - To provide hot, nutritious meals to elderly people in 13 counties

Middle Tennessee Mental Health and Substance Abuse Coalition - To host an arts exhibit by artists in recovery from mental illness or substance abuse

Mission Clarksville - To train teens to cultivate fruits and vegetables for local hunger relief organizations

Mother to Mother - To provide safe bedding for infants

Murfreesboro Symphony Orchestra - To conduct 25 symphonic concerts for school children in Rutherford County and surrounding areas

Murfreesboro Youth Orchestra - To financial assistance and musical instruments for student musicians facing financial hardships

Nashville Ballet - To bring free children's ballet performances to schools, community centers, and festivals

Nashville Children's Theatre - To support actor salaries for the winter production of "The Diary of Anne Frank"

Nashville Conflict Resolution Center - To conduct outreach and educational forums on mediation for bilingual and multicultural communities

Nashville Film Festival - To host GLBT films and filmmakers during the annual film festival

Nashville Humane Association - To educate youth on the importance of proper pet care, spay/neuter, and the impact of shelters on communities

Nashville in Harmony - To produce a collaborative chorus concert piece with Voices of Kentuckiana

Nashville Jazz Workshop - To provide financial assistance to students

Nashville Opera Association - To support the educational outreach operas designed for schools and community venues

Nashville Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc. - To provide adult education classes for low-to-moderate income individuals

Nashville Public Radio - To bring live music to radio listeners through its "Live in Studio C" series

Nashville Public Television Council Inc. - To provide family literacy workshops for Kurdish, Somali, Sudanese, Burmese & Hispanic families

Nashville Rescue Mission - To purchase a convection steamer for the men's kitchen facility

Nashville Shakespeare Festival - To produce school performances and workshops for The Tempest

Nashville Symphony Association - To provided music education outreach to underserved student populations in the Stratford High School cluster

Nashville Zoo at Grassmere - To restore a stream area back to its most environmentally-sound natural state through replanting native plants

New Directions Academy - To update the school uniforms

New Leash on Life - To construct an animal shelter

New Union Elementary School - To provide weekly art lessons for approximately 460 children in K-5th grades

Next Door - To provide a 6-month curriculum for women coming from incarceration, homelessness, or inpatient addiction treatment

Oasis Center, Inc. - To provide transportation assistance & childcare to families participating in counseling services

Operation Stand Down Nashville, Inc. - To provide transportation services to newly employed/job seeking veterans

Our Kids - To provide medical evaluations and counseling to children who may have been exposed to HIV due to sexual abuse

Parents Reaching Out - To provide peer counseling to families facing the challenges of a high-risk pregnancy or critically ill infant or child

Partners for Healing - To provide financial assistance for patients in need of expensive tests such as MRIs, CAT scans, and biopsies

People for Animals - To provide spay/neuter services to animals of low-income individuals and families

People's Branch Theatre - To support artistic fees and production costs for the Obie award-winning musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"

Planned Parenthood of Middle & East Tennessee - To provide testing and screening to underserved women for cervical and breast cancer

Prevent Blindness Tennessee - To provide comprehensive vision healthcare for children to prevent unnecessary blindness

Read To Succeed - To provide books and materials for the family literacy program for at-risk students and their parents

Renewal House - To provide case management services to substance-addicted mothers in recovery

Robert E. Lee Elementary School - To support 70 5th graders in a Junior Achievement learning program

Rooftop - To offer rental assistance to households on the verge of losing their homes

Safe Haven Family Shelter - To provide homeless families support as they work toward stable employment and secured housing

Second Harvest Food Bank - To provide mobile food pantry service deliveries to Maury County

Sexual Assault Center - To provide therapy for 15 low-income girls who have been victims of sexual abuse

Shade Tree Family Clinic at Vanderbilt - To offer early prenatal care to high-risk and uninsured patients

Shelter, Inc. - To provide emergency housing and assistance to victims of domestic violence

Shepherd's Green - To provide food for 320 rescued pot-bellied pigs

Siloam Family Health Center - To provide patients in transitional/rehabilitation programs physical and mental health screenings

Smith County Help Center - To provide nutritious meals to children on free or reduced lunch who have limited access to food over the weekends

Special Olympics Tennessee - To provide training camps, equipment, and uniforms for participants in the Special Olympics

Sportsmen and Professional Men of Coffee County Inc. - To provide financial assistance to children in need of dental care

St. Luke's Community House - To provide nutritious meals to homebound senior residents of West Nashville

St. Mary Villa Child Development Center - To provide childcare subsidies for families experiencing economic downturn

STARS Nashville - To provide peer education and counseling for pregnant and parenting teens

Tennessee Animal Resource Center - To provide spay/neuter services and vaccinations for companion pets of low-income residents of Maury, Franklin, and Overton Counties

Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition - To provide emergency financial assistance to individuals who are undergoing breast cancer treatments

Tennessee Charter School Association - To develop data driven instruction via the internet

Tennessee Lions Charities, Inc. - To provide vision screening to children ages 12 to 72 months

Tennessee Repertory Theatre - To support artistic fees for the production of "Big River"

Tennessee Respite Coalition - To provide caregivers respite from the demands of caring for aging loved ones or children with special needs

Tennessee State University Foundation - To launch a career planning and life skills training for middle school aged girls to help decrease infant mortality and teen pregnancy

Tennessee Women's Theater Project - To support artistic fees and set design for the upcoming theatrical season

Time To Rise Camps - To provide an academic summer camp for students in grades 4-6

Tims Ford Environmental Education Association - To provide wildlife rehabilitation for injured or orphaned animals

Transitions Housing Agency Inc. - To provide transitional housing participants with identification and bus passes

Tullahoma City Schools - To update the computer lab used by the special education classes

Tullahoma Day Care Center - To provide emergency subsidy for childcare services for families in crisis

Tullahoma High School - To provide supplies and academic materials to economically-disadvantaged high school students

Tullahoma South Jackson Civic Association - To provide a two-week theatrical summer camp for youth ages 8 to 18

United Neighborhood Health Services - To provide internships and job training skills for at-risk young mothers

Urban League of Middle Tennessee - To allow the League to be certified as a provider of skill and career assessments

VSA Arts Tennessee - To host an art camp for children with and without disabilities

W.O. Smith Community Music School, Inc. - To provide a music day camp for students

Wags and Whiskers Pet Rescue Inc. - To provide spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families of Cumberland and surrounding counties

Wayne County Senior Citizens, Inc. - To provide health screenings, enrichment and recreational activities to seniors of Wayne County

West Middle School - To provide clothing, personal hygiene products and school supplies to disadvantaged student

William James Middle School - To recognize students who work to achieve success in and out of the classroom

Willow Oak Center for Arts & Learning at Robertson County - To provide art experiences to children

YMCA of Maryland Farms - To provide customized exercise routines for breast cancer patients and survivors

Youth Empowerment Through Arts & Humanities (YEAH) - To create a recording studio for students to learn recording, composition, and songwriting

Youth Speaks Nashville - To coordinate and execute the regional youth poetry slam

YWCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee - To provide safe transportation for women and their children fleeing domestic violence

Campus for Human Development - To build efficiency kitchens for apartments homeless/low-income residents

Center for Nonprofit Management - To host the Summer Institute for nonprofit organizations

Central Basin Resource Conservation and Development Council - To restore forested riparian zones in Murfreesboro damaged or destroyed by April 2009 tornado

Planned Parenthood of Middle Tennessee - To support family planning services

Vanderbilt Transplant Center - To provide transplant education and prevention services

Vanderbilt University Medical Center-Breast Cancer Research - To conduct breast cancer research

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The Lillian Ashley Fund

Sportsmen and Professional Men of Coffee County Inc. - To provide financial assistance to children in need of dental care

Center for Family Development/CASA - To provide training, materials, and background checks for new volunteer court advocates

Coffee County Children's Advocacy Center - To provide supplies and materials for the child abuse prevention program

Coffee County Humane Society - To provide spay and neuter services for pets in Coffee County

College Street Elementary School - To construct a walking track to provide opportunities for more physical activity

East Coffee Elementary - To develop a walking track around the school for use in PE and community walking programs

East Middle School - To provide basic physical and academic needs for low-income students

Manchester Parks & Recreation - To conduct an environmental engineering study for the extenstion of the greenway along the Little Duck River

Tullahoma Day Care Center - To provide emergency subsidy for childcare services for families in crisis

West Middle School - To provide clothing, personal hygiene products and school supplies to disadvantaged student

Tullahoma City Schools - To update the computer lab used by the special education classes

New Union Elementary School - To provide weekly art lessons for approximately 460 children in K-5th grades

Tullahoma South Jackson Civic Association - To provide a two-week theatrical summer camp for youth ages 8 to 18

Tullahoma High School - To provide supplies and academic materials to economically-disadvantaged high school students

Robert E. Lee Elementary School - To support 70 5th graders in a Junior Achievement learning program

Hands-On Science Center - To subsidize field trips to the science center for elementary and middle school students from 10 counties

Manchester Municipal Arts Commission - To present a music series for the public featuring local artists and bands

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Chet Atkins Fund

Country Music Foundation - To provide curriculum-based music education program for 10,000 school children

Murfreesboro Youth Orchestra - To financial assistance and musical instruments for student musicians facing financial hardships

Bryan Symphony Orchestra - To continue the afterschool community youth string orchestra for Putnam County third graders

Creative Artists of Tennessee - To support teaching artists for a summer music program geared for middle school students

Friends of the Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County, Inc. - To host free concerts at the library featuring four world-class guitarists

Granville Museum, Inc. - To continue the Sutton Ole Time Music Hour featuring bluegrass bands

W.O. Smith Community Music School, Inc. - To provide a music day camp for students

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Animal Welfare Fund

Tims Ford Environmental Education Association - To provide wildlife rehabilitation for injured or orphaned animals

Davidson County Sheriff's Office - To provide homes for dogs at Metro Animal Control and vocational training for offenders

Jesse C Beesley Animal Humane Foundation - To teach the basics of responsible pet care to 3rd and 4th grade students in Cannon and Rutherford Counties

Humane Society of Putnam County - To provide spay and neuter services to pets in the Upper Cumberland

Brown Dog Foundation - To provide financial assistance to families with pets who need lifesaving veterinary care

Agape Animal Rescue - To implement a foster parent campaign for rescued or displaced dogs

Shepherd's Green - To provide food for 320 rescued pot-bellied pigs

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Franklin Brooks Fund

Abintra Montessori School - To underwrite the costs of videos and lesson guides for parent education sessions around LGBT issues

Nashville in Harmony - To produce a collaborative chorus concert piece with Voices of Kentuckiana

People's Branch Theatre - To support artistics fees and production costs for the Obie award-winning musical "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"

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Cheatham County Community Foundation

Ark Community Resource and Assistance Center - To provide Meals on Wheels services to senior residents of South Cheatham County.

Bethesda Center/Ashland City Ministerial Alliance – To provide utility assistance to individuals in need.

Cheatham County Animal Awareness Foundation – To provide health care and spay/neuter services for adoptable animals held at Animal Control in Cheatham County.

Boy Scouts of America Middle Tennessee Council – To provide summer camp and registration fee subsidy for boys in Cheatham County.

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Community Foundation for Dickson County

Dickson Community Clinic - To provide diagnostic and direct care for uninsured patients

Tennessee Respite Coalition - To provide Dickson County caregivers respite from the demands of caring for elderly parents or special needs children

New Directions Academy - To update the school uniforms

Jennie Woodworth Library of White Bluff - To establish an early literacy station for the children's room of the library

Centennial Elementary School - To purchase biography and nonfiction books for the school library

Dickson County High School - To modernize the Physics laboratory through the use of computer-based labs

Charlotte Fagan United Methodist Church - To help build a Habitat home in Dickson County

Dickson Housing Authority - To provide a fitness program for residents

Dickson Middle School - To provide equipment and resources for use in the teen life skills classes

Discovery School - To purchase books featuring US presidential biographies, Tennessee history and American Revolution patriots for 3rd-4th grade students

Charlotte Elementary School - To purchase multimedia equipment for use in third-grade classrooms

Community Arts Development of Dickson Co. - To host a fine arts festival

Humane Society of Dickson County - To spay/neuter companion animals of low income residents in Dickson County

William James Middle School - To recognize students who work to achieve success in and out of the classroom

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Crittenton Fund

Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc. - To provide early childhood education scholarships to at-risk children

United Neighborhood Health Services - To provide internships and job training skills for at-risk young mothers

STARS Nashville - To provide peer education and counseling for pregnant and parenting teens

Tennessee State University Foundation - To launch a career planning and life skills training for middle school aged girls to help decrease infant mortality and teen pregnancy

Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee - To provide support to Hispanic teens addressing issues and obstacles that prevent school success

CareNet Pregnancy Medical Center - To purchase videos and breast pumps to support the breastfeeding classes

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The Hope Fund

Middle Tennessee Mental Health and Substance Abuse Coalition - To host an arts exhibit by artists in recovery from mental illness or substance abuse

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McGavock Fund

Country K-9 Rescue - To provide spay and neuter services to rescued and adopted pets

Humane Society of Sumner County - To provide low cost spay/neuter clinics throughout Sumner County using the Spay Station

New Leash on Life - To construct an animal shelter

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William N. Rollins Fund for the Arts

Belcourt YES! - To provide a film and performance series for youth

Friends of the Appalachian Center for Craft of Tennessee - To provide hands-on, intensive fine craft workshops for 700 7th-12th grade students in Middle Tennessee

Nashville Film Festival - To host GLBT films and filmmakers during the annual film festival

Nashville Jazz Workshop - To provide financial assistance to students

Nashville Shakespeare Festival - To produce school performances and workshops for The Tempest

Willow Oak Center for Arts & Learning at Robertson County - To provide art experiences to children

Youth Empowerment Through Arts & Humanities (YEAH) - To create a recording studio for students to learn recording, composition, and songwriting

Children's Museum Corp/Discovery Center at Murfree Spring - To expand the weekly art clubs at Title I schools in Rutherford County

Global Education Center - To offer an afterschool arts program for youth featuring international dance, world percussion, poetry and crafts

Nashville Opera Association - To support the educational outreach operas designed for schools and community venues

Tennessee Women's Theater Project - To support artistic fees and set design for the upcoming theatrical season

Youth Speaks Nashville - To coordinate and execute the regional youth poetry slam

New Union Elementary School - To provide weekly art lessons for approximately 460 children in K-5th grades

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Tomorrow Fund

Galaxy Star Drug Awareness - To expand the peacemakers program to high school students with a history of suspension and/or juvenile court involvement

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The Women’s Fund

Avalon Center - To supply twenty families transitioning from shelter to permanent housing with basic household baskets

Cumberland Heights Foundation, Inc. - To host a Children's Recovery Camp for children of adult female drug/addicted patients without financial means to attend

Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee Inc. - To provide scholarships for girls attending the spring/summer resident camps.

Grace M. Eaton Child Care Center - To subsidize childcare for 23 children

Mending Hearts, Inc. - To provide bus passes and operating costs for organization's transportation services

Sexual Assault Center - To provide therapy for 15 low-income girls who have been victims of sexual abuse

Siloam Family Health Center - To provide patients in transitional/rehabilitation programs physical and mental health screenings

Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition - To provide emergency financial assistance to individuals who are undergoing breast cancer treatments

YWCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee - To provide safe transportation for women and their children fleeing domestice violence

Friends in General - To provide no cost mammography screenings and follow-up care for women in Davidson and surrounding counties

Renewal House - To provide case management services to substance-addicted mothers in recovery

Next Door - To provide a 6-month curriculum for women coming from incarceration, homelessness, or inpatient addiction treatment

Families in Crisis, Inc. - To provide direct services to victims of domestic violence

Shelter, Inc. - To provide emergency housing and assistance to victims of domestic violence

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