Grantmaking

Empowering the Women of Middle Tennessee

Thanks to its generous supporters and volunteers, The Women’s Fund has granted more than $3 million to 180 unique nonprofit organizations supporting women and girls throughout Middle Tennessee since 1994. 

The following 39 Grantees received $251,282 in our 2024 discretionary grant cycle.

A Step Ahead Foundation of Middle Tennessee
To prevent unplanned pregnancies by providing education and access to free long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), contributing to better birth outcomes, reduced economic strain for families, and greater educational/career opportunities.
Advocates for Women’s and Kids’ Equality (AWAKE TN)
To educate adults and youth, equipping them with the tools to be civically engaged, advocates for themselves, and change-makers in their communities.
Always Bev Inc.
To educate through awareness and by empowering individuals with skills for personal safety to prevent and defend against sexual assault, predatory behavior, and violence.
Amelia’s Closet/Liberty’s Station
To provide job-readiness programs empowering individuals experiencing employment obstacles, expanding their skills and confidence for workforce integration through professional attire at Amelia’s Closet and specialized job training at Liberty’s Station. 
Archies Promise
To partner with Rutherford County Schools to provide hygiene vending machines filled with free hygiene products.
B.E. Academy of STEAM/B.E. Academy for Girls
To equip young girls with both the technical knowledge and practical skills they need to prepare them to confidently pursue future opportunities in STEM.
Bella’s Closet
To provide free clothing and accessories to women in our area who are in a new life situation.
Better Decisions
To empower incarcerated and vulnerable women with decision-making skills through a time-tested 10-week curriculum and one-to-one mentoring. Support will assist women in planning for economic independence. 
Bridges of Williamson County/Bridges Domestic Violence Center
To provide an emergency center for domestic violence victims, their families, and pets with the end goal of establishing independent, self-sustaining, safe community members. 

Center of Hope
To provide emergency housing and trauma-informed non-therapeutic counseling to victims of domestic violence and/or sexual assault to heal from their trauma. 

Community Resource Center
To end period poverty across six Middle Tennessee school districts by providing free, discreet period supplies to over 22,000 students, ensuring consistent school attendance.
Council on Aging of Greater Nashville/AgeWell Middle Tennessee
To boost economic self-sufficiency and security for older women through trusted organizations and personalized financial empowerment services. 
Doors. of Hope
To provide a yearlong reentry and recovery program for women helping change their lives to become healthy, self-sufficient, thriving contributors who break the cycle of addiction, homelessness, and incarceration. 
Eating Disorders Coalition of Tennessee, Inc./Renewed
To provide hope, help, and support for those impacted by eating disorders in Tennessee. Additionally provides training and networking opportunities for healthcare professionals who treat eating disorders. 
Entrepreneur Latina Leaders of America, INC (ELLA)
To empower and inspire Latina microentrepreneurs from all backgrounds to achieve long-term sustainable success as they launch, grow, and manage their business. 
EPIC Girl Inc. 
To provide gender-specific programming and mentoring relationships to girls ages 14-18 who have entered the juvenile system and are at risk for delinquency, abuse, and exploitation. 
Girls on the Run of Middle Tennessee
To inspire 8-13-year-old girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident through our research-based curriculum with lessons focused on the whole girl, improving both physical well-being and soft skills. 
Girls Write Nashville
To empower expression through songwriting, production, mentorship, and creative community for teen artists with an artist-educator-led program, allied with community schools to create safe, trauma-informed creative opportunities. 
Growth Enterprises Nashville Inc. Association/Nashville Business Incubation Center (NBIC)
To support women entrepreneurs through business development programs that foster economic self-sufficiency and help scale their businesses to sustainable revenue levels. 
Haven of Hope Inc. 
To provide domestic, sexual violence, and stalking victim advocacy services in underserved rural counties of Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Lincoln, Marshall, and Moore through 24/7 hotline, emergency shelter, and outreach services.

Healing Housing
To provide a residential recovery program with a mission to love and shelter women without financial resources who are healing from alcohol and drug addiction. 
Nashville Diaper Connection
To provide the NashDiaper’s for Diplomas Program, which offers 200 “diaper scholarships” to parenting students pursuing higher education – supplying all the diapers needed for their child while enrolled in school.
Nashville Early Education Coalition (NEEC)
To promote early education by connecting local providers, government entities, businesses, and philanthropy. 
NashvilleHealth
To lead a collective impact initiative to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies in North Nashville providing wraparound medical and social determinants of health support for mothers. 
Nurses for Newborns
To provide critical healthcare services through our Nurse Home Visiting Program to infants and expecting mothers who experience a wide range of medical, economic, environmental, and social risks. 
Pass the Beauty Inc. 
To focus on empowering women and families to live lives free from violence and abuse (intimate partner violence, caretaker abuse, or bullying.)
Rejoice Ballet
To provide reproductive healthcare to 4,000 individuals; provide 50 hours of sex education; deliver 145,000 condoms; and organize 85,000 individuals.
Rest Stop Ministries, Inc
To comprehensively restore female survivors and stop sex/trafficking/exploitation through holistic, evidence-informed programming of long-term Residential Restoration, Hope Enterprise & Workforce Empowerment, Alumni Aftercare, and Awareness Education. 
Team CJ Colas Uterine Cancer Foundation 
To educate Black women about health advocacy and provide mutual aid for women fighting all types of cancer so they can thrive, not just survive. 
Tennessee Breast Cancer Coalition/TBCC
To pay mortgage/rent, utilities, insurance premiums, & some medical supplies for qualified patients/families facing financial distress while undergoing breast cancer treatment. 

Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic and Sexual Violence
To end domestic and sexual violence in the lives of Tennesseans through public policy advocacy, training and technical assistance, education and prevention work, and direct services. 
Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors (TNJFON)
To provide free or low-cost representation to low-income immigrants seeking humanitarian relief (including over 1000 women’s work authorization cases since 2020), educate and advocate.  
The Hope Station Inc. 
To provide emergency housing and utilities assistance to single working mothers. Single mothers with minor children in the home ineligible for government assistance due to salary caps. 
The Mary Parrish Center
To provide survivors of interpersonal violence and their children safe, compassionate housing with individualized care that promotes healing, autonomy, and hope.
The Nook
To support school staff in Williamson County as they work to ensure students enter the classroom ready to learn and succeed by achieving their individual potential. 
UpRise Nashville
To empower people impacted by poverty—single moms, veterans, and those overcoming addiction or incarceration—gain financial independence through training, education, and support. 
West Dream Center/Dream Streets
To provide vital resources for upward mobility for single mothers to end generational poverty. 
Women Are Safe, Inc.
To provide trauma-informed, survivor-directed services to meet the immediate needs of domestic violence victims in rural Tennessee. Includes a 24 hotline, court advocacy, shelter, counseling, transportation, and referrals. 
Women of  Worth Transition House (WOW)
To empower women leaving prison and overcoming addiction to find healing and sobriety, rebuild their families, nurture healthy relationships, and become financially independent.