Technology Grants 2011
In June 2011, the Foundation awarded $335,040 in technology grants to 102 organizations. The grants, averaging $3,300, ranged from $225 to $9,300. Here are the recipients:
18th Avenue Family Enrichment Center, $1,300
To buy and install a client tracking system and group texting system to improve communications between the agency and clients.
All About Women, $1,530
To purchase two laptop computers and software to replace older equipment.
Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville, $3,185
To buy three laptop computers, a wireless all-in-one printer and software to improve the efficiency of staff, interns and volunteers.
Autism Society of Middle Tennessee, $3,200
To buy various computer and phone equipment, as well as technology consultation, to improve efficiency of staff and volunteers.
Belmont Mansion Association. $1,150
To buy a network laser printer to be used by staff for marketing materials and mass mailings.
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee $4,750
To buy six computers to replace outdated equipment and a video camera and portable projector for volunteer recruitment and training.
Big Brothers of Nashville, $4,510
To purchase and install three desktop computers, a server, software, and a printer to increase efficiency in the agency's new offices
Book'em, $1,600
To buy a laptop for use in coordinating volunteers, a multifunction printer for office use, and a camera for use with social media.
Books from Birth of Middle Tennessee, $3,000
To buy three tablet computers for use in enrolling children in the program and conducting family literacy training.
Campus for Human Development, $2,320
To buy a volunteer management module for existing fundraising software to handle a volunteer corps that has expanded from 50 to 150 in the past year.
Center for Refugees and Immigrants of Tennessee. $5,100
To buy three new desktop computers, replace the server and buy database software for six machines.
Christian Community Services, $3,400
To purchase the agency's first server to improve data management.
Circle Players, $1,290
To buy two laptop computers and a portable printer to improve box office operations and marketing capabilities.
Community Care Fellowship, $3,200
To purchase a new phone system to replace an older system that is problematic.
Community Food Advocates, $2,900
To develop a new website that can be updated by staff members.
Community Health Charities of Tennessee, $5,500
To buy four laptop computers and related equipment, along with a file server to replace a jury-rigged computer now serving that purpose.
Community Nashville, $3,550
To design a new website to more clearly reflect the organization's new mission.
Cottage Cove, $2,080
To purchase an updated/expanded video camera and recording system to improve security at the facility's increased acreage and to optimize staff time when monitoring.
Cumberland Region Tomorrow, $1,750
To purchase special software to support regional education, outreach, fundraising, events and basic database management.
Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee, $2,600
To purchase three desktop computers, one laptop computer, software and installation to replace older equipment that is tapped out.
Easter Seal Society of Tennessee, $2,500
To purchase and install three laptop computers.
Edgehill Center, $4,000
To upgrade the computer network, replace aging desktop computers and install special software designed for childcare centers to combine financial and record keeping activity.
End Slavery Tennessee, $1,000
To buy a new laptop computer to replace an aging machine used to keep in touch with volunteers and handle presentations.
Exchange Club Family Center, $7,520
To design, buy and implement a web-based client database and purchase four netbooks for entry of client data.
Faith Family Medical Clinic of Nashville, $7,500
To buy a new telephone system for $13,626 to replace an aging system that was received as a donation.
Family & Children's Service, $6,850
To buy 10 desktop computers to replace aging equipment.
Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Community Development Corp., $5,725
To buy a new telephone and communications system for the main office and two training locations.
Friends in General, $225
To buy a laser printer for the development director. The other parts of this request were to pay off a purchase that was already made and for a subscription service.
Friends of Centennial Park and the Parthenon, $2,750
To buy laptop and tablet computer along with software and various peripherals to help manage the Musicians Corner program in Centennial Park.
Friends of Radnor Lake, $2,500
To buy two laptop computers and software, along with setup, for use in the office.
Gate Communications, $2,500
To buy various software and technology items to improve office operations.
Girls on the Run Nashville, $1,800
To buy a laptop computer and software for office use and software training for staff.
Guardianship and Trust Corporation. $2,200
To buy and install a new server.
Harpeth River Watershed Association, $1,800
To buy mobile hotspot hardware and two laptop computers to allow for Internet access in more remote areas.
Health Assist Tennessee, $7,500
To rebuild the server system, which crashed and has a fragile infrastructure, software and installation.
Hearing Bridges, $6,320
To purchase and configure a new server to replace an old one on the brink of failing.
Historic Nashville, Inc.. $2,500
To upgrade the website to better reflect the organization's work and to make it easier to maintain.
Holly Street Daycare Corporation, $4,500
To buy at least seven laptop computers for office and classroom use.
Hope Clinic for Women, $700
To install an electronic firewall system to replace a current firewall intended for residential use.
Humanities Tennessee, $6,000
To redesign the website to include conference management of the Southern Festival of Books and to train staff in its maintenance.
Interfaith Dental Clinic, $2,795
To buy an additional user license for fundraising software and to pay for various software training.
Jewish Family Service, $4,030
To buy six computers and software to equip each staff member, replacing machines that are nine years old.
Land Trust for Tennessee, $4,200
To buy a plotter printer to produce large maps.
Make A Wish of Middle Tennessee, $1,275
To buy two iPads to help volunteers communicate with children who have communications difficulties.
Mary Parrish Center, $3,675
To buy a new server, a laptop and three desktop computers to replace aging equipment.
Men of Valor, $4,500
To buy nine laptop computers for use by case managers. The equipment would replace machines that are six years old.
Mental Health Association of Middle Tennessee, $4,180
To purchase a new server to replace an outdated and inadequate one.
Middle Tennessee Mental Health and Substance Abuse Coalition, $780
To buy a laptop computer for use by the director of the creative arts project.
Miriam's Promise, $3,000
To overhaul the website to correct vulnerable architecture while establishing a stronger base for fundraising.
Monroe Harding, Inc., $5,000
To purchase, configure and install at least six desktop computers to replace hardware that is more than five years old.
Morning Star Sanctuary, $2,750
To buy three desktop computers and three laser printers to be used for grant reporting.
Nashville Children's Alliance, $1,785
To buy special hardware that would allow members of the Protective Investigative Team to participate in weekly meetings remotely.
Nashville Conflict Resolution Center, $2,850
To buy and install a VOIP phone system to handle an increasing workload and two multifunction printers for training materials.
Nashville Education, Community & Arts TV, $3,135
To buy two laptop computers for use on location shoots and for administrative purposes.
Nashville Film Festival, $7,000
To purchase a new phone system including high-speed Internet access to improve all communications with constituents and allow the organization to maximize use of new streaming technologies for viewing films.
Nashville International Center for Empowerment, $7,000
To purchase a bar code scanning system to track client services, to establish an Internet domain to allow file-sharing and improved workflow, and to buy four laptop computers for use by program administrators.
Nashville Rescue Mission, $8,300
To buy 10 desktop computers, four monitors, and a new server to replace failing equipment.
Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter, $3,250
For staff technology training and to purchase a backup system for agency data.
Nashville Shakespeare Festival, $2,625
To replace two desktop computers, upgrade two additional computers with increased memory and updated software, purchase a digital video camera and a tablet computer to improve administrative capabilities.
Nashville Zoo, Inc., $9,300
For redesign of the website on a platform that can be maintained by zoo staff.
Native American Indian Association, $800
To purchase a computer and multifunction printer and printer/scanner with a Wi-Fi adapter and office productivity software.
Nature Conservancy of Tennessee, $1,900
To buy a laser printer for general staff use and a high-powered computer for use by the communications manager.
Neighborhoods Resource Center, $1,000
To buy two laptops for use by staff to increase productivity.
New Vision, Inc., $1,390
To buy two laptop computers that would allow two therapists to track client information.
Nurses for Newborns Foundation of Tennessee, $3,000
To purchase three laptop computers to replace older computers that are no longer usable.
Oasis Center, $5,000
To upgrade phone equipment at the emergency shelter on Music Row to address frequent service outages.
Owl's Hill Nature Sanctuary, $5,000
To upgrade the website to strengthen education and overall communication efforts.
Park Center, $2,800
To purchase four computers to replace aging equipment..
Pastoral Counseling Centers, $4,265
To purchase four laptops, three desktops and software to replace outdated and unusable equipment.
Preston Taylor Ministries, $720
To purchase a camcorder, video editing software and an external hard drive to enable the organization to create videos for volunteer recruitment and training and to inspire Preston Taylor students.
Prevent Child Abuse of Tennessee, $2,750
To buy four tablet computers to be used to access and input data by home visitation workers calling on high-risk parents and parents-to-be.
Project for Neighborhood Aftercare, $1,380
To purchase a laptop computer and a tablet computer to replace older equipment and to provider greater portability as staff moves from site to site.
Reconciliation Ministries, $2,850
To buy two desktops, one laptop, peripherals and software in a major upgrade of office equipment.
Renewal House, Inc., $4,360
To purchase a new server, software, a backup power supply and installation to replace a ten-year-old server that can no longer be upgraded.
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Nashville, $3,450
To buy four desktops, a server, and software to replace aging equipment.
Rooftop Foundation, $6,500
To improve the client tracking system and streamline the application process, broaden accessibility and improve reporting capabilities.
Saddle Up!, $4,600
To buy a new server, four desktops, three monitors, and software to replace aging equipment and a tablet computer to allow volunteers to document rider progress.
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, $3,150
To buy five tablet computers to be used by regional managers and staff to manage events and collect electronic payments.
Senior Center for the Arts, $960
To buy a multifunction printer, a laptop computer and a video camera for use in managing and promoting the Senior Center for the Arts.
Sports 4 All Foundation, $5,000
To purchase and configure the organization's first server and training to accommodate the growing staff.
St. Luke's Community House, $2,500
To upgrade the current website to improve functionality and to allow content to be managed in house.
Street Theatre Company, $750
To purchase a desktop computer and multifunction printer for office administration.
Ten Thousand Villages of Nashville, $950
To purchase a credit card reader/scanner, a printer, a barcode scanner, funding for two additional inventory scanners, and software to improve efficiency of store operations and increase revenues.
Tennessee Conference on Social Welfare, $1,660
To buy two multimedia projectors for use by trainers and to buy new software for office operations.
Tennessee Foreign Language Institute Fund, $1,665
To buy an external hard drive and a new server to replace one that is failing and provide more space for online classes and training.
Tennessee Historical Society, $1,530
To purchase two desktop computers and software to replace 11-year-old computers that are no longer adequate.
Tennessee Justice Center, Inc., $7,500
To help pay for a new server to replace three older servers with limited capability.
Tennessee Lions Charities, Inc., $1,800
To buy two desktop computers and MS Office software for office administration.
Tennessee Literacy Coalition, $1,780
To buy a desktop computer, a laptop and donor management software for more effective office administration and multimedia software and hardware to improve communications with constituents.
Tennessee Repertory Theatre, $3,620
To buy barcoding hardware and software to track the organization's rental of props.
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation, $5,000
To purchase two desktop computers, a laptop computer and fundraising software to accommodate growing staff and additional programs.
The Arc of Davidson County, $4,400
To establish a virtual private network to centralize client records and enable access by employees in the office or working from home.
The Boiler Room Theatre $500
To buy a multifunction printer for office use.
The Conservancy for the Parthenon and Centennial Park,$2,750
To buy laptop and tablet computer along with software and various peripherals to help manage the Musicians Corner program in Centennial Park.
Tennessee Conference on Social Welfare $1,660
Two multimedia projectors for use by trainers and updated software for office operations.
Tennessee Environmental Council $3,000
For consulting services aimed at reconfiguring the way the organization gets its work done.
Tennessee Parks and Greenways Foundation $1,945
To buy and install data management software to improve fundraising capacity and tracking.
Trust for the Future, $1,000
To buy two notebook computers and related software for staff use.
Urban Housing Solutions $5,165
To upgrade the phone system in connection with relocating the administrative offices and to replace the server used to track data and maintain employee files.
Welcome Home Ministries $3,725
To purchase six desktop computers, three printers, and software to keep pace with growing organizational needs.
You Have the Power, $2,500
To purchase a new phone system, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, software, a laser printer, video camera and a digital camera to replace outdated equipment and keep pace with growing staff.
Young Leaders Council, $2,500
To upgrade the website and to buy a new laptop computer to help maintain it.
Youth Encouragement Services, $3,800
To purchase four desktop computers, two laptop computers, five printers, and software to upgrade the administrative technology used by management at three centers.