Thanks to its generous supporters and volunteers, The Women’s Fund has made grants of more than $2.3 million to 150 unique nonprofit organizations supporting women and girls throughout Middle Tennessee.
The following 47 Grantees received a total $241,200 in our 2020-21 discretionary grant cycle.
| ORGANIZATION | BRIEF DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| A Step Ahead Foundation of Middle Tennessee | To enhance the client experience for 300 women accessing free, long-acting reversible contraception. |
| Advocates for Women's and Kids' Equality (AWAKE) Tennessee | To provide evidence-based education to at-risk youth and women on self-advocacy, leadership, and creating change in their own communities. |
| AGAPE | To provide funds for emergency expenses for domestic violence victims |
| Ascension Saint Thomas Health Foundation | To bring lifesaving screening mammography to 72 uninsured/underserved women in Bedford, Macon, and Davidson Counties through a mobile mammography outreach. |
| Bridges of Williamson Co. | Our Specific Assistance Program provides direct services to victims of domestic violence who are living in our temporary emergency shelter. |
| Center of Hope | To provide therapeutic counseling to victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault to heal from trauma |
| Dancing Through the Curriculum | To provide dance training and free academic support to 100+ girls residing in Rutherford County's urban communities. |
| Domestic Violence Program | Provide Sexual Assault Forensic Exams and free supportive services assisting adult victims of sexual assault find hope, healing, and recovery. |
| Doors of Hope, Inc. | Our objective is to provide 30 clients with services such as shelter, food, case management and mental health counseling. |
| Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee (DBA "Renewed") | To continue to provide life-changing programs and support groups for those who are impacted by eating disorders in our community. |
| Edgehill Neighborhood Partnership | To provide leadership development and job skills training for 20 adolescent girls in the Edgehill community. |
| End Slavery Tennessee | To provide holistic, long-term, trauma-informed, comprehensive aftercare to trafficking victims, aiding them in healing and transforming into survivors. |
| Galaxy Star Drug Awareness/Nashville Peacemakers | To provide trauma release activities and academic technology training for 10 girls & 10 boys in the NPM youth programs. |
| Girls on the Run Middle TN | Girls on the Run strengthens the social-emotional development of girls while engaging in physical exercise, character, and confidence building. |
| Girls Write Nashville | Girls Write Nashville Writers Guilds empower teen artists through curriculum-based songwriting, production, mentorship and longterm positive community building. |
| Haven of Hope, Inc | To provide enhanced domestic and sexual violence victim services in undeserved rural counties through case management, counseling, and emergency assistance. |
| Healing Housing, Inc. | To provide 20 new Healing Housing residents with Individualized Healing Plan Resources (IHPR) as they work toward long-term sobriety. |
| Hope for Justice | Our specialist investigators work closely with law enforcement to achieve the vision of a Tennessee free from human trafficking. |
| Les Dames D'Escoffier Nashville | A series of three educational presentations and dialogues to help increase diversity, inclusion and equity to the Nashville hospitality industry. |
| Maury Regional Healthcare Foundation | To bridge the gap for at-risk women battling breast cancer by providing the support and resources needed during treatment. |
| Mending Hearts, Inc. | Provide individual/group therapy to facilitate relapse management and coping strategies for 200 women in recovery in Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP). |
| Mother to Mother | To provide essential health and safety items to low income babies and children in rural areas of Middle Tennessee. |
| Nashville Diaper Connection | The "No Child Wet Behind" program provides baby diapers to moms that otherwise might not have them. |
| Nashville Film Festival | To pair 15 underserved young women with entertainment professionals to write, record, and film an original song and music video. |
| Nurses for Newborns of Tennessee | To prevent infant mortality, child abuse and neglect through home visitation by registered nurses. |
| Palmer Home Family Care | To provide personal and baby essentials for 20 mothers reentering the community after prison release and/or reunifying with their child. |
| Rejoice School of Ballet | Rejoice Ballet mentors dancers from all socioeconomic and racial backgrounds through classical ballet instruction and positive youth development programs. |
| Renewal House, Inc. | To provide gender-specific intensive outpatient addiction treatment for 60 women of low income, including specialized pregnant and postpartum women's programming. |
| Rest Stop Ministries, Inc | Using survivor-centered, trauma-informed care, Rest Stop Ministries comprehensively and holistically restores female survivors of domestic sex trafficking |
| Safe Haven Cheatham Co. | Provide abuse survivors confidence, training, financial skills, and clothing to be prepared to interview for jobs to lead to independence. |
| Sexual Assault Center | To provide specialized therapy, advocacy, and support to 30 low-income girls and women who have been sexually assaulted. |
| Southeast Community Capital dba Pathway Lending | Provide classes to 400+ entrepreneurs to help strengthen and expand businesses, 24 businesses will receive access to capital. |
| Starlings Nashville | The guiding concept of providing leadership opportunities for girls ages 10-18 regardless of their socioeconomic background. |
| Stepping Stones Safe Haven, Inc | To provide case management support to women and children experiencing homelessness, moving them to stability and wholeness. |
| Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition | Our program provides individual financial relief to breast cancer patients struggling with medical debt in the state of Tennessee. |
| Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence | Funds will assist with providing legal services/referrals to wrap around services for 15 immigrant sexual assault and trafficking survivors. |
| Tennessee Respite Coalition | To provide volunteer opportunities, companionship, and support to older adults and their caregivers through a Senior Volunteer Program. |
| The F.I.N.D. Design | To build leaders that will inspire systematic change for 75 girls of color through healing circles, mentoring, engagement, and education. |
| The Hope Station, Inc | To provide rental, utility assistance, and mental counseling to single mothers and their minor children in Rutherford and Davidson Counties. |
| The New Beginnings Center | Provide free and affordable personal training, nutritional education, and wellness tools to women with lower income levels across Davidson County. |
| The Next Door | To provide medication-assisted treatment (MAT) services for 60 women with opioid and alcohol use disorders. |
| The Refuge Center for Counseling | To provide affordable counseling services to female victims of sexual abuse/trauma, including group and individual sessions. |
| Thistle Farms | To provide housing, healthcare, and job training to women survivors of trafficking, prostitution, and addiction. |
| UpRise Nashville | Post-graduation coaching for education and career development for UpRise Graduates who have launched careers and are emerging from financial poverty. |
| Williamson Co. Child Advocacy Center (dba Davis House) | To provide pyschoeducational resilience groups for victims and nonoffending caregivers of child abuse |
| Youth Empowerment through Arts and Humanities | To provide enriching experiences that help 525 youth build character and self-esteem through rigorous music education and frank conversation |
| YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee | To provide emergency shelter and wrap-around supportive services to over 200 victims of domestic violence and 150 children. |
