Grant Recipients in 2011
Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2011. Latest grants are listed first.
Supreme Court of Tennessee, $5,000
General support through the Ansley Fund for the SCALES program educating children about the Tennessee justice system. Paid 12/15/2011.
Vanderbilt University, $1,000
To help underwrite the Young Scientist publication, showcasing articles by high school students within Vanderbilt's School for Science and Math. Paid 12/15/2011.
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, $1,250,000
Final payment toward a total grant of $5,040192 for operational expenses in 2011. Paid 12/6/11.
Teach for America, $125,000
Toward anticipated program expenses in Nashville during the 2012-13 school year. Paid 121/11.
Family & Children's Service, $4,500
To help develop a new 24-month strategic plan. Paid 11/15/2011.
Center for Nonprofit Management, $100,000
To help CNM and Hands on Nashville with moving expenses, furnishings and technology to relocate the agencies to the historic Trolley Barn Complex in downtown Nashville. Paid 11/15/2011.
Friends of Warner Parks, $25,000
Toward a campaign to restore 20 historic shelters within Percy and Edwin Warner Parks. Paid 11/1/2011.
Conexion Americas, $100,000
To help purchase a building to house agencies and services aimed at Latinos and other immigrants living in Nashville. Paid 10/24/2011.
Fifty Forward, $25,000
To gather market research and begin to sell various senior care services at market rates to families. Paid 10/24/2011.
Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services, $5,000
Support through the Ansley Fund to promote an on-line program through which volunteer lawyers provide legal advice to low-income Tennesseans. Paid 10/24/2011.
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, $1,250,000
Second payment toward a total grant of $5,040192 toward operational expenses in 2011. Paid 10/4/2011.
The Key Alliance, $1,000
To conduct a two-day workshop to help local homeless providers understand changes in federal funding for homelessness. Paid 9/26/2011.
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands, $50,000
To help purchase software, data conversion and training for a new case management system. Paid 9/19/2011.
Humanities Tennessee, $10,000
Emergency support for the Southern Festival of Books in the face of unexpected funding cuts. Paid 9/1/2011.
Nashville Chamber Public Benefit Foundation, $5,000
Support for Partnership 2020 to promote economic development while also working to improve public schools and other aspects of life in the region. Paid 8/15/11.
Arts and Business Council of Greater Nashville, $10,000
To help offset the cost of relocating to new office space. Paid 8/1/11.
Frist Center for the Visual Arts Inc., $2,540,192
First payment toward a total grant of $5,040192 toward operational expenses in 2011. Paid 8/1/11.
Nashville Jazz Workshop, $10,000
To expand the Jazz on the Move program. Paid 7/21/2011.
Abe's Garden, $125,000
To help build out a West Nashville complex envisioned as a national model for Alzheimer's care. First payment toward a total grant of $250,000. Paid 7/20/2011.
King's Daughters Day Home, $25,000
To help buy, renovate and furnish a building next door that will allow the agency to offer 17 new infant and toddler infant and toddler slots. Paid 7/20/2011.
Magdalene, Inc., $28,000
To buy various equipment aimed at increasing production capacity and operating efficiency of the agency's Thistle Farms operation. Paid 7/20/2011.
Mobile Loaves and Fishes Inc., $25,000
To pay transitional expenses to help the Nashville affiliate of this meal distribution program spin off to become an independent entity. Paid 7/20/2011.
Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity, $75,000
Toward a $750,000 effort to buy 50 developed lots for future Habitat homes. Paid 7/20/2011.
The Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park, $30,0000
To buy movable walls and a touch-screen panel to be used for exhibitions beginning in 2012. Paid 7/20/2011.
Bethlehem Centers, $10,000
Emergency support for a community and childcare agency that has experienced significant revenue shortfalls in 2011. Paid 7/7/2011.
Country Music Foundation, $200,000
Toward a $69 million campaign to expand the Hall of Fame and link it to the new Omni Hotel under construction downtown. First payment toward a total grant of $1 million. Paid 6/16/2011.
Homework Hotline, $24,000
Support through the Ansley Fund to replace the agency's telephone and computer systems. Paid 5/26/2011.
National Center for Social Entrepreneurs, Burns, MN, $5,0000
To work with Nashville nonprofit agencies toward devise strategies for development of new mission-related revenue streams. Paid 5/26/2011.
YMCA of Middle Tennessee, $5,000
Support through the Ansley Fund for Camp Widjiwagen. Paid 5/17/2011.
Big Brothers of Nashville, $25,000
General support through the Ansley Fund to help people in need during the coming year. Paid 4/26/2011.
CASA, $50,000
Support through the Ansley Fund for interior and exterior improvements to the agency's 92-year-old offices. Paid 4/26/2011.
Dismas, Inc., $30,000
To purchase equipment for the agency's Triple Thread T-shirt business, which generates earned revenue while providing jobs for ex-offenders. Paid 4/26/2011.
Centersone Mental Health Centers, $10,000
To help develop a strategic plan for Not Alone, a program addressing mental health issues for returning warriors and their families. Paid 3/28/2011.
Bethlehem Centers, $15,611
Support through the Ansley Fund to purchase and install a new fire alarm system. Paid 3/17/2011.
Fannie Battle Day Home, $75,000
Support through the Ansley Fund to buy a building on Chapel Avenue and move to that space. Paid 3/9/2011.
Mental Health Association of Middle TN, $3,700
To set up office space and equipment to accommodate at least four technology interns per quarter for one year. The interns would be shared with six other nonprofit agencies in the office complex. Paid 2/24/2011.
McNeilly Center for Children, $10,000
Support through the Ansley Fund For playground improvements to meet accreditation requirements. Paid 2/21/2011.
Grace M. Eaton Day Home, $7,500
Support through the Ansley Fund to purchase furniture and convert space into two classrooms, thus opening slots for up to 20 additional children on waiting list. Paid 2/15/2011
Center for Nonprofit Management, $150,000
General support of $110,000, MatchGrant funding of $25,000, and administrative support totaling $15,000 for the annual Awards of Achievement. Paid 1/20/2011.
Community Resource Center, $25,000
General support for the community's in-kind clearinghouse. Paid 1/20/2011.
First Steps, Inc., $50,000
Support thrugh the Ansley Fund to help buy and refurbish the former Easter Seals' McWhorter Family Children's Center to accommodate a waiting list for children with special needs. Paid 1/20/2011.
Hands on Nashville, $25,000
General support for 2011. Paid 1/20/2011.
Nashville OIC, $1,700
To purchase signage for new offices on Charlotte Avenue and to retain a management consultant to guide board development. Paid 1/20/2011.
Operation Stand Down, $25,000
To build out and equip a thrift store to raise revenue for the organization and provide jobs for vets. Paid 1/20/2011.
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, $25,000
To help purchase a backup generator for the food bank. Paid 1/20/2011.
Campus for Human Development, $50,000
Toward renovation of an older building linked to the new Room in the Inn Comprehensive Center. The renovated facility will include detox and related medical space, as well as transitional housing for homeless vets and the chronically homeless. Paid 1/13/2011.
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, $10,000
Support for Giving Matters in 2011. Paid 1/13/2011.
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, $5,000
General support for Nashville's Agenda in 2011. Paid 1/13/2011.
Girls on the Run, $7,500
To rent office space within the YWCA offices during 2011. Paid 1/13/2011.
Gordon Jewish Community Center, $50,000
Support for a $5.5 million endowment and capital campaign. Paid 1/13/2011.
Leadership Nashville Foundation, $5,000
General support for 2011. Paid 1/13/2011.
Nashville Opera Association, $50,000
Last of five installments toward a $250,000 grant to build out space for administrative offices, rehearsal space and special events. Paid 1/13/2011.
Tennessee State Museum Foundation, $2,500
General support for 2011. Paid 1/13/2011.
The Refuge Center for Counseling, $4,200
Support for the development of a three-year strategic plan to be facilitated by the Center for Nonprofit Management. Paid 1/13/2011.
United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, $50,000
Support for the 2010 United Way campaign, with $25,000 coming from the Ansley Fund and $25,000 from The Frist Foundation. Paid 1/13/11.
Young Leaders Council, $10,000
Support for 2011 for program to train young professionals for service on nonprofit boards. Paid 1/13/2011.