Grantees
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 | Arts Build Communities (ABC) | Student Ticket Subsidy
The Community Foundation recently awarded more than $1 million to 202 Middle Tennessee nonprofits through its annual grant process. In the past 16 years, The Foundation has distributed $320 million to community programs and institutions.
The Foundation continues to connect generosity with need.
Discretionary Grants
2 x 2 Ranch & Refuge • To provide low cost spay/neuter services to pets of families in Clay, Macon & Sumner Counties
A.B.L.E. Youth, Inc. • To provide a basketball program to children with disabilities
Advocates for Aging, Inc. • To assist 75-100 elderly individuals with emergency food, medication, clothing, and other resources
Affordable Housing of Nashville/Affordable Housing Resources Inc. • To support the homeowner's home buyer education program
Ajax Turner/Montgomery Co. Senior Citizens Ctr. • To provide a smoking cessation program for seniors in Montgomery County
Alive Hospice • To host a 3-day camp for children who've experienced the death of a loved one
All About Women • To develop a website of online resources, services, and information for women
ALS Association-Tennessee Chapter • To support the respite care program that provides relief to caregivers of ALS patients
American Diabetes Association • To provide resources and materials to people of color about diabetes
American Red Cross-Montgomery Co. Chapter • To present a disaster safety program to elementary and high school students
American Roots Music Education • To produce musical programs about American roots music for children in grades K-12
Anne Stubblefield Cancer Outreach • To provide Ensure/Boost to cancer patients in chemotherapy
Aphesis House, Inc. • To provide basic needs for employment to underprivileged men
Ark Community Resource & Assistance Center • To provide meals-on-wheels program to seniors in South Cheatham County
Arts Center of Cannon County • To produce and distribute films of Tennessee traditional music to area high school libraries
Avalon Center • To assist at least 20 families with start-up expenses
Belcourt YES! • To offer a special weekend matinees series & workshops for children on classic films
Belle Meade Plantation • To regrain the door and windows of the mansion
Bethlehem Centers of Nashville • To target youth & family safety, health & wellness through increased access to sports and fitness
Better Tomorrows Adult Education Center • To purchase upgrades to the interactive GED software
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee • To start a new expressive arts program for youth
Book'em • To reconfigure the pre-school reading program and book giveaways to Title I schools
Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle Tennessee • To allow 40 youth from low income families to participate in a college tour program
Bridge Program • To support the college summer institute
Bridges of Williamson County • To increase service and raise awareness about domestic violence in populations of color
Bryan Symphony Orchestra • To produce an educational concert for 850 Putnam County 4th graders
Cannon County REACH Program • To provide a credit recovery program for students who have fallen behind or failed courses in school
Cannon County Senior Center • To train senior volunteers to manage a thrift store
CASA • To conduct 4 training sessions for court appointed volunteers for child victims of abuse and neglect
CASA of Maury County, Inc • To train volunteers to be court advocates for child victims of abuse and neglect
Center for a Holistic Ecology • To create a green pages directory of green businesses and organizations in Middle Tennessee
Center for Living and Learning • To create a bicycle repair business operated by the residents of the Center
Center for Nonprofit Management • To provide consulting services to small nonprofits
Central Basin Resource Conservation and Development Council • To purchase four enviroscape models for educational programs
Child Advocacy Center for the 23rd Judicial District • To purchase equipment to record audio/video of forensic interviews of victims of sexual abuse
City of Burns-Parks & Recreation • To purchase specialized equipment for a planned skateboard park
Coffee County Child Care Center • To provide tuition scholarships for low income families
Coffee County Children's Advocacy Center • To launch a county-wide education & prevention program on safe neighborhoods for children
Columbia CARES • To provide basic living needs for families with children impacted by HIV/AIDS
Community Clinic of Shelbyville & Bedford Co. • To provide primary dental care to the working uninsured of Bedford County
Community Helpers of Rutherford County • To provide emergency dental care to clients
Community Housing Partnership of Williamson Co. • To establish a lending fund to aid individuals reestablishing employment or housing
Community Outreach Making Partnerships at Sumner Schools • To recruit business and community leaders to serve as partners with schools in Sumner County
Community Resource Center • To provide clients of rural county nonprofits with basic household necessities
CommunityNashville/National Conference for Community & Justice • To support the intergenerational Anytown Retreat program
Concert Chorale of Nashville • To enhance high school vocal music programs through joint concert experiences
Conexion Americas • To provide information on taxes to Spanish-speaking workers in Middle Tennessee
Cookeville Regional Medical Center Foundation • To provide basic necessities and medications to newly diagnosed cancer patients & their families
Council on Aging of Greater Nashville • To update the Caring Daughters, Aging Parents book for daughters caring for parents
Country K-9 Rescue • To provide spay/neuter services to rescued pets
Creative Artists of Tennessee • To support the music director, scenery director and costumer of the ballet "Growing up Black in America"
Creek Wood High School • To create a virtual enterprise class for students
Cumberland Trail Conference • To build 12 miles of new hiking trail in the Black and Brady Mountains in Cumberland County
Davidson County Sheriff's Office • To build dog houses for the PAWS program
Dickson Community Clinic • To provide medical care to individuals without health insurance
Dickson County Adult Literacy Council • To provide books and materials for ESOL classes
Dickson County Help Center • To purchase medications for 1,000 indigent clients
Dickson Housing Authority • To provide beginning music classes for youth
Dickson Middle School • To provide social studies teachers with LCD projectors for classroom instruction
Dickson Police Department • To implement a drunk driving awareness program to high school students
Dismas House of the Upper Cumberland • To provide medical exams and treatment for residents recently released from prison
Dixon Springs Preservation Associates • To renovate the Peoples Bank building for use as a library, museum & community center
Domestic Violence Intervention Center • To provide psycho-educational groups for batterers
Domestic Violence Program, Inc. • To provide information and resources to seniors about the elder domestic violence
Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee • To translate and print brochures and new parent booklets in Spanish
Downtown Ministry Center/The NextDoor • To provide permanent housing apartments with recovery support services for women & children
Dress for Success Nashville • To purchase plus-size interview appropriate clothing for women
East Middle School • To provide basic physical and academic needs to needy students
Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee • To host a screening of a feature documentary on the prevalence of eating disorders in the gay community
Elders First Adult Day Services Assn. • To provide creative and therapeutic games, music, and other materials for seniors
Exchange Club Family Center • To provide supervised visits for 150 children at risk of maltreatment
Exchange Club/Stephens Center • To provide in-home weekly visits to families at-risk of child abuse/neglect
Faith Family Medical Clinic • To fund the cost of laboratory fees for 800 patients
Family & Children's Service • To provide 4 training sessions per year for crisis counselors
Fannie Battle Day Home for Children • To provide a music enrichment program
Feed America First • To provide 50lbs of rice or beans to 120 regular food agencies each month
Fentress Co. Children's Center, Inc. • To purchase supplies for conducting forensic interviews and therapy with victims of abuse
First Baptist Winchester Community Development Corp. • To provide weekly meals to seniors on fixed incomes
First Steps, Inc. • To provide 50 weeks of health and social programs for 75 children
Freckles Friends Pet Shelter, Inc. • To provide a spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families in DeKalb County
Friends in General • To fund no cost mammography screening and follow-up care to women 40 years or older
Friends of Animals of Jackson County • To provide a spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families in Jackson County
Friends of the Public Library of Nashville and Davidson Cty, Inc. • To provide a classical guitar musical series at the library
Gallatin Shalom Zone • To provide year-round leadership training through a mentoring/tutoring program
GFWC Dickson County Woman's Club • To provide books to 66 children for one year through the Imagination Library
Giles County Public Library • To expand its senior outreach series of dance/theater storytelling performances
Girl Scout Council of Middle Tennessee, Inc. • To provide troop leaders and college mentors to 1200 girls ages 5-17
Girls on the Run Nashville • To offer a 12-week after-school program that uses running to prepare girls for healthy living and self-respect
Global Education Center • To expand the percussion program for youth
Good Samaritans • To provide emergency utility assistance to the working poor and those in crisis
Granville Museum, Inc. • To add a room to the museum that will become the cultural arts center
Hands On Nashville • To rehire an AmeriCorp member to provide leadership to VOAD
Hands-On Science Center • To host science demonstrations for schools through the Visiting Wizard program
Harpeth River Watershed Association • To purchase one environscape and display tool to be used in volunteer recruiting and training
Haven of Hope • To assist victims of domestic violence with securing safe housing
Healing Hearts of Tennessee, Inc. • To purchase supplies and materials for the youth mentoring camp
Health Assist Tennessee/CI Services, Inc. • To provide free medical interpretation for patients and doctors
Helping Hands of Putnam County • To educate Putnam County residents about energy consumption
Hermitage/Ladies Hermitage Assn. • To restore the smokehouse at the mansion
High Hopes, Inc. • To purchase instructional materials for new pre-K classroom
Home Bound Meals Program • To provide meals to 68 home-bound seniors
Hope Clinic for Women • To provide HIV testing for 600 women
Hope Family Health Services • To start a diabetes patient education support group in Macon County
Humane Association of Wilson County, Inc. • To open and operate a low-cost spay/neuter clinic in Wilson County
Humane Society of Clarksville/Montgomery County • To provide spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families in Montgomery County
Humane Society of Dickson County • To provide spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families in Dickson County
Humane Society of Putnam County • To open a low-cost spay/neuter clinic in Cookeville, TN
Interfaith Dental Clinic • To expand the oral health education program for uninsured, low-income patients
Jason Foundation • To support the parent resource program
King's Daughters Day Home • To upgrade the center's security system
Land Trust for Tennessee • To conduct a study for the Lick Creek Project, part of a land conservation project
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee & the Cumberlands • To provide victims of domestic violence with legal and transitional housing assistance
Loaves & Fishes • To purchase food for 200 people receiving meals through a daily feeding program
Luke 14:12 • To provide 4 specially planned & prepared meals for 100-120 homeless or hungry individuals
Lupus Foundation of America, Inc., Mid-South Chapter • To offer a 10-week self help program for lupus patients
Magdalene, Inc. • To provide medical, dental, & mental health services for 10 women
Mary Parrish Center for Victims of Sexual & Domestic Violence • To support the victim emergency assistance fund
McMinnville-Warren County Senior Center • To utilize volunteers to provide free in-home services to seniors with long-term health conditions
McNeilly Center for Children • To upgrade the fire alarm system at the Center
Mending Hearts, Inc. • To establish an intensive early stage recovery program for women
Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee • To expand the Hispanic Outreach program's Train the Trainer program into the surrounding counties
Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission • To conduct a feasibility study on the cultural plan for Nashville
Monroe Harding Inc. • To provide program supplies and activities for a youth-based program
Morning Star Sanctuary • To assist abused women housed at the shelter with emergency needs
Murfreesboro Youth Orchestra • To hire four professional jazz musicians to perform with the youth orchestra
NAMI Tennessee • To underwrite the training costs of the In Our Own Voices program
Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity • To improve the landscaping for 47 Habitat homes constructed in 2008
Nashville Ballet • To produce an original ballet that will be performed for middle school youth
Nashville CARES • To expand first person/survivor HIV prevention education program to 5 area high schools
Nashville Children's Theatre • To support actor salaries in a production of "Most Valuable Player"
Nashville Film Festival • To host gay/lesbian filmmakers at the Nashville Film Festival
Nashville Inner City Ministry, Inc. • To provide a gang and truancy prevention program serving 40 inner city youth
Nashville Jazz Workshop • To produce a jazz lecture-performance series focusing on significant periods and styles in jazz
Nashville Opera Association • To perform a six-week specially, adapted one-act opera for 25,000 children in Middle Tennessee
Nashville Opportunities Industrialization Center • To start a daytime GED preparation program
Nashville Public Access Defibrillation Program/PAD • To supply automated external defibrillators to every Metro school and to train school personnel to use them
Nashville Public Radio • To bring live radio performances to listeners through "Live in Studio C"
Nashville Public Television Council Inc. • To expand the family literacy workshops for Kurdish, Somali, Sudanese, Vietnamese & Hispanic families
Nashville Shakespeare Festival • To present Hamlet through school performances and workshops for Title I schools
Nashville Symphony Association • To develop a new music education initiative for at-risk students in the Stratford cluster school system
National Kidney Foundation of Middle TN, Inc. • To establish a speakers bureau about organ donation and transplantation
New Frontiers Challenge Center • To provide internet access and laptop computers to young men in residence
Next Stage, Inc. • To provide clothing and computer training for homeless women veterans
Oasis Center, Inc. • To offer transportation assistance & childcare to families participating in counseling services
Open Arms Care Foundation • To purchase professional art supplies to expand the art program for the mentally/physically disabled
Operation Stand Down Nashville, Inc. • To provide bus passes to newly employed veterans
Parachutes, Inc. • To provide properly fitted shoes for uninsured diabetic patients at risk for advanced foot disease
Park Center • To provide transportation and outreach services to chronically homeless individuals
Partners for Healing • To provide a nutrition based program for patients of the clinic
Peace Unlimited in Recovery, Inc. • To provide fees for transitional housing for women leaving prison and drug treatment centers
People for Animals • To provide spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families
People's Branch Theatre • To produce an original play featuring the urban reimagining of the Greek myth of Oedipus & Antigone
Plenty International • To provide a summer camp experience that teaches at-risk youth real-life coping skills
Preston Taylor Ministries • To develop a reading program for middle school students
Prevent Blindness Tennessee • To provide education, vision screenings & eye exams, low-cost glasses to seniors
Prevent Unwanted Pets • To provide spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families
Rape and Sexual Abuse Center • To provide sexual abuse therapy for 15 low-income women and girls
Rejoice Ministries • To provide adolescent girls with the tools for personal development
Renewal House • To provide a substance abuse prevention program designed for children and their mothers
Rocketown of Middle Tennessee, Inc. • To purchase audio visual equipment for use in the after-school and summer programs
Rooftop • To provide rental assistance to individuals and families in need of emergency help
Safe Haven Family Shelter • To provide homeless families with necessities and effective services
Salvus Center, Inc. • To purchase disposable medical supplies for five months
Scales Elementary School • To provide a digital presentation system for use in the music education curriculum
Second Harvest Food Bank • To provide nutritious, hot meals once a week to 50 children in the Cumberland View housing project
Shelter, Inc. • To provide personal necessities to victims of domestic violence
Shepherd's Green • To provide feed for 330 rescued pigs
Siloam Family Health Center • To provide prescription medication for the indigent uninsured
Somali Community Center of Nashville • To expand the employment/job readiness project for refugees/asylees
Special Kids • To purchase equipment for the pediatric skilled nursing childcare program for medically fragile children
St. Clair Street Senior Center • To establish a portable laughter library for seniors
St. Luke's Community House • To provide home-bound residents with daily, nutritious meals
STARS Nashville • To provide peer education and community resources for pregnant and parenting teens
Sudanese Community Association of Tennessee • To establish a health/nutrition program for refugee and immigrant women and their families
Sumner Child Advocacy Center/Ashley's Place • To teach adults how to prevent, recognize and react to child sexual abuse
Technology Access Center • To develop assistive technology for individuals with disabilities
Tennessee Artist's Guild • To install a wall art display system for the Art Center in Madison
Tennessee Justice Center • To provide free legal advice to non-English speaking families in Middle Tennessee
Tennessee Lions Charities, Inc. • To conduct vision screenings of 500 children
Tennessee Performing Arts Center • To present 3-daytime performances & master classes featuring Simon Shaheen and Qantara
Tennessee Poison Center • To educate older adults about poison prevention
Tennessee State University Foundation • To pilot a program to increase rates of first generation female students
Tennessee Storytelling Association • To support storytelling performances at the Fiddlers Grove Storytelling Festival
Tennessee Voices for Children • To provide staff with an intensive skill-based parenting training
Tennessee Women's Theater Project • To provide salary support for four actors and production team
Time To Rise Camps • To provide youth with summer/winter academic tutorial camps
Tullahoma South Jackson Civic Association • To produce a summer musical that will be produced, directed and performed by children
United Neighborhood Health Services • To provide a summer educational and counseling program for at--risk pregnant and parenting girls
United Way of the Highland Rim • To provide snacks and games related to obesity and healthy eating
Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council • To commission studio time for postproduction of concert film for public television
UT Agriculture Extension • To provide educational materials, instructional videos and hands-on training aids for local vendors
VSA Arts Tennessee • To introduce the dulcimer to middle and high school student with Autism/William's Syndrome
West Middle School • To provide basic physical and academic needs to needy students
White Bluff Elementary School • To provide teachers with digital cameras and DVD burners to journal student progress in oral reading
William James Middle School • To provide 300 students with pleasurable non-curriculum books
Williamson Co Child Advocacy Center • To provide forensic interview services for child abuse victims into Lewis County
Wilson County CASA • To provide training for volunteer court advocates
Women Are Safe • To provide assistance to shelter clients, reimburse staff travel, and provide a 24-hour toll-free crisis line
You Have the Power, Inc. • To print domestic violence resource guides in Spanish
Youth Life Foundation of Tennessee • To provide an after-school program for 80 children in East Nashville
Youth Villages • To provide quarterly training and supplies for volunteer mentors working with children in foster care
YWCA • To provide victims of domestic violence with safe transportation services
The Lillian Ashley Fund
Coffee County Child Care Center • To provide tuition scholarships for low income families
Coffee County Children's Advocacy Center • To launch a county-wide education & prevention program on safe neighborhoods for children
East Middle School • To provide basic physical and academic needs to needy students
Hands-On Science Center • To host science demonstrations for schools through the Visiting Wizard program
Haven of Hope • To assist victims of domestic violence with securing safe housing
Partners for Healing • To provide a nutrition based program for patients of the clinic
Tullahoma South Jackson Civic Association • To produce a summer musical that will be produced, directed and performed by children
United Way of the Highland Rim • To provide snacks and games related to obesity and healthy eating
West Middle School • To provide basic physical and academic needs to needy students
Chet Atkins Fund
American Roots Music Education • To produce musical programs about American roots music for children in grades K-12
Arts Center of Cannon County • To produce and distribute films of Tennessee traditional music to area high school libraries
Fannie Battle Day Home for Children • To provide a music enrichment program
Global Education Center • To expand the percussion program for youth
Murfreesboro Youth Orchestra • To hire four professional jazz musicians to perform with the youth orchestra
Nashville Jazz Workshop • To produce a jazz lecture-performance series focusing on significant periods and styles in jazz
Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council • To commission studio time for postproduction of concert film for public television
VSA Arts Tennessee • To introduce the dulcimer to middle and high school student with Autism/William's Syndrome
Animal Welfare Fund
2 x 2 Ranch & Refuge • To provide low cost spay/neuter services to pets of families in Clay, Macon & Sumner Counties
Davidson County Sheriff's Office • To build dog houses for the PAWS program
Freckles Friends Pet Shelter, Inc. • To provide a spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families in DeKalb County
Friends of Animals of Jackson County • To provide a spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families in Jackson County
Humane Society of Clarksville/Montgomery County • To provide spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families in Montgomery County
Humane Society of Putnam County • To open a low-cost spay/neuter clinic in Cookeville, TN
People for Animals • To provide spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families
Prevent Unwanted Pets • To provide spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families
Shepherd's Green • To provide feed for 330 rescued pigs
Franklin Brooks Fund
Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee • To host a screening of a feature documentary on the prevalence of eating disorders in the gay community
Nashville Film Festival • To host gay/lesbian filmmakers at the Nashville Film Festival
Cheatham County Community Foundation
Ark Community Resource & Assistance Center • To provide meals-on-wheels program to seniors in South Cheatham County
Community Foundation for Dickson County
Child Advocacy Center for the 23rd Judicial District • To purchase equipment to record audio/video of forensic interviews of victims of sexual abuse
City of Burns-Parks & Recreation • To purchase specialized equipment for a planned skateboard park
Creek Wood High School • To create a virtual enterprise class for students
Dickson Community Clinic • To provide medical care to individuals without health insurance
Dickson County Adult Literacy Council • To provide books and materials for ESOL classes
Dickson County Help Center • To purchase medications for 1,000 indigent clients
Dickson Housing Authority • To provide beginning music classes for youth
Dickson Middle School • To provide social studies teachers with LCD projectors for classroom instruction
Dickson Police Department • To implement a drunk driving awareness program to high school students
GFWC Dickson County Woman's Club • To provide books to 66 children for one year through the Imagination Library
Humane Society of Dickson County • To provide spay/neuter services to pets of low-income families in Dickson County
UT Agriculture Extension • To provide educational materials, instructional videos and hands-on training aids for local vendors
White Bluff Elementary School • To provide teachers with digital cameras and DVD burners to journal student progress in oral reading
William James Middle School • To provide 300 students with pleasurable non-curriculum booksCrittenton Fund
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee • To provide troop leaders and college mentors to 1200 girls ages 5-17
Rejoice Ministries • To provide adolescent girls with the tools for personal development
STARS Nashville • To provide peer education and community resources for pregnant and parenting teens
Time To Rise Camps • To provide youth with summer/winter academic tutorial camps
United Neighborhood Health Services • To provide a summer educational and counseling program for at--risk pregnant and parenting girls
The Hope Fund
Magdalene, Inc. • To provide medical, dental, & mental health services for 10 women
Mending Hearts, Inc. • To establish an intensive early stage recovery program for women
McGavock Fund
Humane Association of Wilson County, Inc. • To open and operate a low-cost spay/neuter clinic in Wilson County
William N. Rollins Fund for the Arts
Belcourt YES! • To offer a special weekend matinees series & workshops for children on classic films
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle TN • To start a new expressive arts program for youth
Bryan Symphony Orchestra • To produce an educational concert for 850 Putnam County 4th graders
Nashville Children's Theatre • To support actor salaries in a production of "Most Valuable Player"
Nashville Film Festival • To host gay/lesbian filmmakers at the Nashville Film Festival
Nashville Jazz Workshop • To produce a jazz lecture-performance series focusing on significant periods and styles in jazz
Nashville Opera Association • To perform a six-week specially, adapted one-act opera for 25,000 children in Middle Tennessee
Nashville Public Radio • To bring live radio performances to listeners through "Live in Studio C"
Nashville Shakespeare Festival • To present Hamlet through school performances and workshops for Title I schools
Scales Elementary School • To provide a digital presentation system for use in the music education curriculum
Tennessee Artist's Guild • To install a wall art display system for the Art Center in Madison
Tennessee Women's Theater Project • To provide salary support for four actors and production team
Upper Cumberland Broadcast Council • To commission studio time for postproduction of concert film for public television
Tomorrow Fund
Rejoice Ministries • To provide adolescent girls with the tools for personal development
The Women’s Fund
All About Women • To develop a website of online resources, services, and information for women
Avalon Center • To assist at least 20 families with start-up expenses
Bridges of Williamson County • To increase service and raise awareness about domestic violence in populations of color
Downtown Ministry Center/The NextDoor • To provide permanent housing apartments with recovery support services for women & children
Friends in General • To fund no cost mammography screening and follow-up care to women 40 years or older
Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee • To provide troop leaders and college mentors to 1200 girls ages 5-17
Girls on the Run Nashville • To offer a 12-week after-school program that uses running to prepare girls for healthy living and self-respect
Haven of Hope • To assist victims of domestic violence with securing safe housing
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee & the Cumberlands • To provide victims of domestic violence with legal and transitional housing assistance
Magdalene, Inc. • To provide medical, dental, & mental health services for 10 women
Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee • To expand the Hispanic Outreach program's Train the Trainer program into the surrounding counties
Rape and Sexual Abuse Center • To provide sexual abuse therapy for 15 low-income women and girls
Renewal House • To provide a substance abuse prevention program designed for children and their mothers
Shelter, Inc. • To provide personal necessities to victims of domestic violence
Tennessee State University Foundation • To pilot a program to increase rates of first generation female students
Women Are Safe • To provide assistance to shelter clients, reimburse staff travel, and provide a 24-hour toll-free crisis line
You Have the Power, Inc. • To print domestic violence resource guides in Spanish
YWCA • To provide victims of domestic violence with safe transportation services
Arts Build Communities (ABC)
In partnership with the Tennessee Arts Commission and funded by the Tennessee General Assembly, Arts Build Communities (ABC) serves to strengthen communities by funding projects that nurture artists, arts organizations and arts supporters in each of Tennessee’s 95 counties.
Arts Center of Cannon County • To provide a series of multidisciplinary art classes for children to adults
Boiler Room Theatre • To produce a full-scale musical production of Into the Woods
Bryan Symphony Orchestra • To present a subscription concert featuring Joseph Alessi, principal trombone from the New York Philharmonic
College Grove Senior Enrichment Center • To support artists in a production of Could it be Love
Community Spirit, Inc. • To support the production of the Spirit, a telling of the Bell Witch legend
Crossville Arts Council • To provide a variety of bluegrass styles and music during Depot Days
Cumberland Artisans for Creative Expression • To exhibit visual, performing, and literary art of youth in Cumberland County
Cumberland County Playhouse • To provide production materials for the student mainstage production
Cumberland University • To present a series of exhibitions and gallery talks
Discovery Center at Murfree Spring • To provide hands-on art demonstrations and musical performances about Tennessee artistic past, present & future
Elmer Hinton Memorial Library • To provide art classes for senior citizens
Friends of the Appalachian Center for Craft of Tennessee • To support artist fees for presenters
Good Neighbors Theater, Inc. • To present a one-woman play about the life, letters and works of Harriet Beecher Stowe
Gordonsville School • To provide students an opportunity to experience Native American art forms and local tribal traditions
Granville Museum, Inc. • To provide bluegrass music at the Heritage Day Festival in rural Jackson County
Hendersonville Community Singers • To present a Christmas concert
Hillsboro School PTO, Inc. • To bring in five visiting artists and musicians for the Summer Academy
Macon County Government • To provide a series of concerts featuring Cumberland University Woodwind and Jazz Ensembles
Main Street McMinnville • To present an eclectic historical musical presentation featuring songs from the decades of the 50s and 60s
Main Street Murfreesboro/Rutherford Co. • To provide summer, family-oriented live concerts
Middle Tennessee State University • To provide masterclasses, school workshops, and public concerts featuring five internationally renown guitarists
Murfreesboro Youth Orchestra • To collaborate with jazz singer and instrumentalists to perform 3 jazz standards with the youth orchestra
Pegram Elementary School • To use recycled materials to study dimensional art
St. Clair Street Senior Center • To provide a series of dance and musical programs for seniors
Uffelman Elementary School • To present artists and musicians in a hands-on craft, music-making, and storytelling festival
Upperman High School • To teach students the behind the scenes skills to work with professional actors, designers, and technicians
VSA Arts Tennessee • To bring a visual artist to work with 40 special education students at Westmoreland High School to create a mural
White County Middle School • To expand the Renaissance festival activities
Williamson Co Youth Orchestra • To perform a film music concert featuring the orchestra and junior orchestra
Youth Empowerment Through Arts & Humanities (YEAH) • To provide a series of workshops for children focusing on understanding audio recordings
Student Ticket Subsidy
The Student Ticket Subsidy program is designed to ensure that Tennessee’s school-aged children have access to live performance. The program is available to public school students, and the Fund reimburses ticket costs for children in the 40 counties The Community Foundation serves.
Bedford County
Harris Middle School • To attend Woods and Strings Theatre
Community Elementary School • To attend Nashville Children’s Theatre
Cannon County
Auburn School • To attend American Heritage Theatre
Cheatham County
Cheatham Middle School • To attend Educational Touring Theatre
Clay County
Celina K-8 School • To attend Cookeville Children’s Theatre
Hermitage Springs School • To attend American Heritage Theatre
Maple Grove School •To attend Wood and Strings Theatre and American Heritage Theatre
Coffee County
Jack T. Farrar Elementary School • To attend South Jackson Civic Center
Robert E. Lee Elementary School • To attend Educational Touring Theatre
West Middle School • To attend Educational Touring Theatre
Westwood Elementary School • To attend Woods and Strings Theatre
Cumberland County
North Cumberland Elementary School •To attend Woods and Strings Theatre
Martin Elementary School • To attend Cumberland Co. Playhouse
Davidson County
Brick Church Middle School •To attend Educational Touring Theatre and Nashville Children’s Theatre
Buena Vista Enhanced Option School • To attend Nashville Children's Theatre
Cole Elementary School • To attend Tennessee Theatre Co. and Tennessee State Museum
Dan Mills Elementary School • To attend Nashville Opera Association
Dodson Elementary School • To attend Educational Touring Theatre
Dupont Elementary School • To attend Nashville Children's Theatre
Glengarry Elementary School • To attend Nashville Children's Theatre
Inglewood Elementary School • To attend Nashville Children's Theatre
Madison School • To attend Manskers Station
Nashville School of the Arts • To attend Nashville Shakespeare Festival
Norman Binkley School • To attend Nashville Children's Theatre
Paragon Mills Elementary School • To attend Nashville Children's Theatre
Ross Elementary School • To attend Nashville Children's Theatre
Shwab Elementary School • To attend Nashville Children's Theatre
Tom Joy Elementary School • To attend Tennessee Theatre Co., Global Education Center and Nashville Opera Association
Tusculum Elementary School • To attend Nashville Children's Theatre
DeKalb County
Smithville Elementary School • To attend Art Center of Cannon County
DeKalb West Elementary School • To attend Wood and Strings Theatre
Fentress County
Pine Haven Elementary School • To attend Educational Touring Theatre
Franklin County
Cowan Elementary School • To attend Nashville Opera Association
Decherd Elementary School • To attend Nashville Opera Association
Sewanee Elementary School • To attend Nashville Opera Association
Giles County
Southside Elementary School • To attend Educational Touring Theatre
Hickman County
Centerville Intermediate School • To attend Wood and Strings Theatre
Jackson County
Jackson County Middle School • To attend Cookeville Children's Theatre
Lawrence County
New Prospect Elementary School • To attend American Heritage Theatre
Ethridge Elementary School • To attend Flumpa and Friends
Lewis County
Lewis County Elementary School • To attend Tennessee Theatre Co.
Lincoln County
Unity School • To attend American Heritage Theatre
Macon County
Westside Elementary School • To attend Wood and Strings Theatre
Lafayette Elementary School • To attend Wood and Strings Theatre
Marshall County
Marshall Elementary School • To attend Nashville Opera Association
Lewisburg Middle School • To attend Educational Touring Theatre
Maury County
J. E. Woodard Elementary School • To attend Tennessee Theatre Co.
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School • To attend American Roots Music Education
Riverside Elementary School • To attend Tennessee Theatre Co.
Moore County
Lynchburg Elementary School • To attend Tennessee Theatre
Overton County
A. H. Roberts Elementary School • To attend Cookeville Children's Theatre
Allons Elementary School • To attend Cookeville Children's Theatre
Rickman Elementary School • To attend Cookeville Children's Theatre
Perry County
Linden Middle School • To attend Wood and Strings Theatre
Lobelville School • To attend Wood and Strings Theatre
Pickett County
Pickett County High School • To attend Upperman High School Drama
Putnam County
Baxter Elementary School • To attend Cookeville Children's Theatre
Capshaw Elementary School • To attend Cookeville Children's Theatre
Cookeville High School • To attend Cookeville Children's Theatre
Dry Valley Alternative School • To attend Cumberland Co. Playhouse
Jere Whitson Elementary School • To attend Cookeville Children's Theatre
Park View Elementary School • To attend Cookeville Children's Theatre
Robertson County
Coopertown Elementary School • To attend Frist Center for the Visual Arts
Westside Elementary School • To attend Tennessee Theatre Co.
Rutherford County
Bradley Academy • To attend Arts Center of Cannon County
Black Fox Elementary School • To attend Educational Touring Theatre
Cedar Grove Elementary School • To attend Nashville Ballet
Smyrna Primary School • To attend Nashville Opera Association
Thurman Francis Arts Academy • To attend Tennessee Theatre Co.
Smith County
Gordonsville Elementary School • To attend Wood and Strings Theatre
Forks River School • To attend Wood and Strings Theatre
Sumner County
Benny Bills Elementary School • To attend Wood and Strings Theatre
Hawkins Middle School • To attend American Heritage Theatre
Westmoreland Elementary School • To attend Tennessee Theatre Co., Educational Touring Theatre and Nashville Opera Association
Trousdale County
Trousdale Co. Elementary School • To attend American Roots Music
Van Buren County
Van Buren Middle School • To attend Millie Sieber
Spencer Elementary School • To attend Arts Center of Cannon County
Warren County
Hickory Creek Elementary School • To attend Wood and Strings Theatre
Wayne County
Waynesboro Elementary School •To attend American Roots Music Education
Waynesboro Middle School • To attend American Roots Music Education
Wayne County High School • To attend American Roots Music Education
White County
BonDeCroft Elementary School • To attend Wood and Strings Theatre
Central View Elementary School • To attend American Heritage Theatre
Woodland Park Elementary School • To attend Nashville Opera Association
Williamson County
Bethesda Elementary School • To attend Tennessee Theatre Co.
Hillsboro Elementary School • To attend Nashville Children's Theatre and Nashville Opera Association
Scales Elementary School • To attend American Roots Music Education
Wilson County
West Wilson Middle School • To attend Educational Touring Theatre
Carroll-Oakland Elementary School • To attend Tennessee Theatre Co.
Rutland Elementary School • To attend Tennessee Theatre Co.
W. A. Wright Elementary School • To attend Tennessee Theatre Co.