Funding search · EIN 621471789 · Nashville, TN

The Community Foundation of Middle

Name: The Community Foundation of Middle grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

5,093
grants reported: $209.7M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Donor-advised distributions to Nashville-area nonprofits across all sectors
Private K-12 schools and independent academies in Middle Tennessee
Nashville performing arts: symphony, ballet, opera, theatre, TPAC
Tornado and hurricane recovery, rebuilds, disaster case management
Affordable housing and civic infrastructure in Davidson County
Churches, congregations, and faith-based ministries
Vanderbilt University and VUMC: chairs, scholarships, cancer and equipment

Typical grant

Median grant is $10,000 with the middle half between $6,000 and $25,000, so this is overwhelmingly a mid-four-figure to low-five-figure funder. The seven-figure checks go to named institutional commitments: a $19.5M affordable housing fund, $4.5M to Montgomery Bell Academy, $2M to Austin Peay, endowed chairs and scholarships at Vanderbilt. Repeat giving is heavy, with the Nashville Symphony, Hillsboro Presbyterian, United Way of Greater Nashville, and Tall Timbers Research appearing multiple times in a single year.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“FOR GENERAL SUPPORT”
“FOR UNDESIGNATED SUPPORT”
“TO ASSIST WITH REPAIR/REBUILD NEEDED FOLLOWING DIRECT IMPACT FROM THE MARCH 2020 TORNADO”
“ANNUAL DISTRIBUTION”
“WITH LOVE AND SUPPORT FROM”
“CAPITAL AND ENDOWMENT SUPPORT”

Positioning adjacent work

This is a community foundation moving donor-advised money. Identify and cultivate the individual fundholder, not the foundation staff.
Ask $10,000 to $25,000 for a first gift. Six figures follows an existing donor relationship, not a cold pitch.
Connect research to their funded themes: disaster recovery in Middle Tennessee, VUMC cancer and medical equipment, affordable housing.
Accept general operating framing. Many grants say only 'general support' or 'undesignated,' so heavy restriction language is unnecessary.

Worth knowing: Roughly 77 percent of recipients are in Tennessee, concentrated in Nashville, Brentwood, Franklin, and Clarksville, and out-of-state grants almost always trace to a specific donor's interest rather than an institutional priority. Several funds are celebrity-driven (Taylor Swift Charitable Fund, Jelly Roll and the Buddy DeFord Fund, Hickman Holler), so the giving is relationship-driven and the real decision-maker is the fundholder.

19 grants matching “davidson” · $865,080

$219,915
United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
To provide support december 2023 tornado recovery in davidson county. These represent a reallocation approved by the mter committee of remaining funds raised for the march 2020 tornado recovery.
$111,049
United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
To provide support december 2023 tornado recovery in davidson county. These represent a reallocation approved by the mter committee of remaining funds raised for the march 2020 tornado recovery.
$100,000
Davidson County Juvenile Vocational Training Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
For general support
$15,000
Davidson County Juvenile Vocational Training Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
Contribution
$10,000
Nami Davidson County · Nashville, TN · 2024
Support for the outstanding work of the agency staff
$55,926
Inspiritus · Nashville, TN · 2023
To provide additional support for repair of home of december 2021 tornado survivor drc04m-49 ($575.64) and provide staffing support for construction manager that has overseen all repairs in davidson county ($55,925.64)
$25,000
United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
Support for december 2023 tornado recovery in davidson county.
$20,000
Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County · Nashville, TN · 2023
This gift is to support the barnes fund in its efforts to provide affordable housing in nashville. It represents a passthrough contribution from the ann m. Duffer foundation.
$10,000
Rip Medical Debt · Boston, MA · 2023
Designated for debt relief in davidson county, tennessee. We understand this level of donation will allow for a debt relief settlement report.
$6,000
Stand Up Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
To ensure that black, brown, and economically disadvantaged peoples in davidson county have access to well-paid employment and apprenticeship opportunities.
$202,940
Inspiritus · Nashville, TN · 2022
To repair homes affected by the march 2021 flood in nashville. These funds provide support for both staff support and direct expenses related to homes on davidson county.
$35,000
Fuse Corps · San Francisco, CA · 2022
For the placement of a fuse executive fellow in the metropolitangovernment of nashville and davidson county.
$9,500
East Nashville Hope Exchange · Nashville, TN · 2022
To strengthen the literacy of at-risk children in east nashville and beyond (davidson county).
$8,750
Nurture the Next · Nashville, TN · 2022
Short and long term, evidence based home visiting to 250 vulnerable davidson county families in fy22-23,
$8,000
Ymca of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
Purchase and implement valuable program enhancements for ycap middle school programming benefiting vulnerable youth in davidson, williamson and robertson counties.
$8,000
Goal Collective · Nashville, TN · 2022
Improve adult education in davidson county through collective work of 14 agencies
$7,500
Pet Community Center · Nashville, TN · 2022
The community cat program will trap-neuter-return (tnr) 1,600 community cats in davidson county.
$6,500
Casa · Nashville, TN · 2022
We recruit, train and support volunteers appointed by the davidson county juvenile court to advocate for abused and neglected children.
$6,000
Shower the People · Nashville, TN · 2022
To provide 300 mobile showers and loads of laundry to individuals living on the streets in encampments throughout davidson county.

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

The Nashville Catalyst Fund1 grant · $19.5M
Schwab Charitable2 grants · $8.9M
Nashville Symphony Association32 grants · $8.7M
Montgomery Bell Academy23 grants · $5.3M
Feeding America1 grant · $5.0M
Tall Timbers Research12 grants · $4.9M
Vanderbilt University Medical Center26 grants · $4.5M
United Way of Greater Nashville63 grants · $3.4M
Currey Ingram Academy8 grants · $3.1M
Vanderbilt University - Development and Alumni Relations Dar12 grants · $2.3M

Giving over time

$45.6M

2022

$59.7M

2023

$104.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 5,093 grants.

$19.5M
The Nashville Catalyst Fund · Nashville, TN · 2024
To support affordable housing in nashville
$5.0M
Feeding America · Chicago, IL · 2024
To support disaster relief efforts.
$4.5M
Montgomery Bell Academy · Nashville, TN · 2024
For undesignated support
$4.4M
Schwab Charitable · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To transfer funds to harrods creek fund at schwab charitable. This grant represents the cash assets to be delivered.
$4.4M
Schwab Charitable · San Francisco, CA · 2023
To transfer funds to borrowed earth fund at schwab charitable. This grant represents the cash assets to be delivered.
$2.0M
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2022
For general support
$2.0M
Austin Peay State University Foundation · Clarksville, TN · 2024
Donation to apsu foundation
$2.0M
National Museum of African American Music · Nashville, TN · 2023
For general support
$1.7M
National Compassion Fund · Alexandria, VA · 2023
To provide support for financial distributions to victims of the march 27th, 2023 covenant school shooting per the distribution plan approved by the covenant school survivors fund committee.
$1.6M
Nashville Police Public Safety Alliance · Nashville, TN · 2024
Distribution now that nppsa has its own 501c3. This is bulk of funds--one more final distribution will take place once a/p and admin fee settle.
$1.2M
Bank of America Charitable Foundation · Boston, MA · 2023
Designated for the crunk family charitable fund
$1.2M
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
To purchase the edison histotripsy system
$1.1M
Vanderbilt University - Development and Alumni Relations Dar · Nashville, TN · 2024
To establish the papel family scholarship at vanderbilt university law school. Please notify clay cline and chris guthrie upon receipt of this gift.
$1.1M
Vanderbilt University - Development and Alumni Relations Dar · Nashville, TN · 2024
$900,000 to establish law school chair and $150,000 for program fund related to law school chair purpose
$1.0M
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2023
For general support
$1.0M
Currey Ingram Academy · Brentwood, TN · 2024
For operating expenses and boarding program fund
$1.0M
Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc (Dafgiving360) · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To transfer funds to harrods creek fund (acct: #7678-2095) at schwab charitable. This grant represents the cash assets to be delivered.
$1.0M
Episcopal School of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
Unrestricted
$1.0M
Martha and John M Rivers Performance Hall Foundation · Charleston, SC · 2024
As a matching gift to the rivers endowment (anonymous donor)
$1.0M
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2024
For general support
$1.0M
Currey Ingram Academy · Brentwood, TN · 2023
For operating expenses and boarding program fund
$1.0M
Maltz Jupiter Theatre · Jupiter, FL · 2023
For build-out of the second stage performance center matching gift
$1.0M
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2023
For general support
$1.0M
Vanderbilt University · Nashville, TN · 2023
To support vanderbilt university law school in support of the energy, environment and land use program (eelu program).
$1.0M
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
For the establishment of the gastrointestinal oncology chair
$1.0M
Currey Ingram Academy · Brentwood, TN · 2022
For operating expenses and boarding program fund
$1.0M
Fisk University · Nashville, TN · 2022
$375,000 - fisk and belmont partnership for social justice.$625,000 - container dormitory project
$925,000
Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc (Dafgiving360) · San Francisco, CA · 2024
To transfer funds to borrowed earth fund (acct: #1126-9949) at schwab charitable. This grant represents the cash assets to be delivered.
$919,164
City of Dickson Parks and Recreation · Dickson, TN · 2024
Donation for new tennis courts
$828,938
Tall Timbers Research · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
For the central florida rangeland research institute project
$793,734
Tall Timbers Research · 2024
Representing the second installment of the semi-annual budget
$750,000
Inspiritus · Nashville, TN · 2022
$7,500 per home/100 homes needing repair/rebuild after august 2021 flood in humphreys co
$700,000
Episcopal School of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
For unrestricted use
$600,000
Nashville Repertory Theatre · Nashville, TN · 2024
For general support of the 2024-2025 season
$532,000
Tn Conference United Methodist Church · Nashville, TN · 2024
To fully staff the disaster case management program in montgomery county over fifteen months serving survivors of the december 9, 2023 tornadoes
$500,000
Appalachia Service Project · Johnson City, TN · 2024
To provide support for hurricane helene home rebuilds in tennessee
$500,000
Boys & Girls Clubs of Sonoma-Marin · 2024
Designated for the roseland campus
$500,000
Congregation Micah · Brentwood, TN · 2024
Final bequest from richard j eskind to the congregation micah permanent endowment fund.
$500,000
Harding Academy · Nashville, TN · 2024
Capital and endowment support
$500,000
Harding Academy · Nashville, TN · 2024
Capital campaign new kindergarten
$500,000
Mercy Multiplied America Incmercy Ministries of America · Nashville, TN · 2024
For general support
$500,000
Mount Bethel Missionary Baptist Church · Nashville, TN · 2024
To assist with mount bethel missionary baptist church repair/rebuild needed following direct impact from the march 2020 tornado.
$500,000
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2024
Additional 2024 support
$500,000
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2024
Designated for the komodo dragon exhibit
$500,000
St John Ame Church · Nashville, TN · 2024
To assist with st. John ame repair/rebuild needed following direct impact from the march 2020 tornado.
$500,000
Tall Timbers Research · 2024
Donation
$500,000
Usga Foundation · 2024
To support the walker cup and curtis cup endowment
$500,000
Fisk University · Nashville, TN · 2023
Designated for fisk athletic programs
$500,000
Harding Academy · Nashville, TN · 2023
For capital campaign
$500,000
Kipp Academy Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2023
For construction of hickory hollow mall facilities
$500,000
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2023
Designated for the komodo dragon exhibit
$500,000
Tall Timbers Research · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
Designated for the central florida rangeland research institute project
$500,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
Designated for the ingram cancer innovation fund
$500,000
Mercy Multiplied America Incmercy Ministries of America · Nashville, TN · 2022
For undesignated support
$500,000
Nashville Zoo · Nashville, TN · 2022
Designated for the komodo dragon exhibit
$500,000
St Paul'S Episcopal Church · Franklin, TN · 2022
For unrestricted support
$500,000
Tall Timbers Research · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
Designated for the central florida rangeland research institute project
$485,000
Nashville Ballet · Nashville, TN · 2024
For general support
$458,000
Nashville Ballet · Nashville, TN · 2023
For general support
$443,000
Nashville Ballet · Nashville, TN · 2022
For general support; donation only - decline benefits
$430,000
St John'S Lutheran Church · Nashville, TN · 2024
To assist with st. John's lutheran repair/rebuild needed following direct impact from the march 2020 tornado.
$425,000
Mercy Multiplied America Incmercy Ministries of America · Nashville, TN · 2024
With support from the chief cares fund.
$422,000
Tall Timbers Research · Tallahassee, FL · 2022
For underwriting the purchase of a new mulcher
$402,642
Hillsboro Presbyterian Church · Nashville, TN · 2024
For the acquisition of property adjacent to village hope, zimbabwe.
$400,000
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2024
For general support
$400,000
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2024
For general support (grant correction due to conversion) funds paid in october.
$400,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2024
The ingram cancer innovation fund
$400,000
Abe'S Garden · Nashville, TN · 2023
For general support
$400,000
Metro Action Commission · Nashville, TN · 2023
To support power youth program (formerly known as opportunity now). Please notify tanya everson of receipt of this gift.
$400,000
Vanderbilt University Medical Center · Nashville, TN · 2023
Designated for the ingram cancer innovation fund
$400,000
Harpeth Hall School · Nashville, TN · 2022
To support project to be designated by harpeth hall at a later date, at which time they will notify us.
$365,000
Tall Timbers Research · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
For purchase of property
$361,400
Tall Timbers Research · Tallahassee, FL · 2023
For 2022 annual budget overages and underwriting the purchase of a feed wagon
$354,914
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2022
For unrestricted use
$350,000
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2024
Additional 2024 support. This grant was wired on10/16. Foundant just needs to be updated to show that it has posted.
$350,000
Genesis Global Ministries · Cordova, TN · 2022
For undesignated support
$346,350
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
Big payback 2022 transfer/support for 93 different orgs/funds
$333,407
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2023
For unrestricted use
$300,000
Episcopal School of Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2024
For unrestricted support
$300,000
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2024
For general support
$300,000
Nashville Repertory Theatre · Nashville, TN · 2023
For additional support for the 2022-2023 season
$300,000
Nashville Repertory Theatre · Nashville, TN · 2023
For general operating support
$299,918
Covenant School · Nashville, TN · 2023
To support recovery following the 2023 covenant school shooting as recommended by the march 27th committee and approved through all official covenant community channels. A final report of the expenditure of funds will b… read allTo support recovery following the 2023 covenant school shooting as recommended by the march 27th committee and approved through all official covenant community channels. A final report of the expenditure of funds will be requested by the foundation. less
$298,443
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2024
Donation
$298,250
Appalachia Service Project · Johnson City, TN · 2022
To provide support for rebuild of 7 flood survivor homes: 03-014, 03-030, 03-039, 03-050, 03-051, 03-072, 03-143. $156,250 is support for the unmet need; $142,000 is provided for professional labor. Asp/cfmt will decide… read allTo provide support for rebuild of 7 flood survivor homes: 03-014, 03-030, 03-039, 03-050, 03-051, 03-072, 03-143. $156,250 is support for the unmet need; $142,000 is provided for professional labor. Asp/cfmt will decide use of labor $ if volunteers used. less
$293,735
Tall Timbers Research · 2024
The balance of the first installment of the semi-annual
$290,815
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022
The 2022 surplus from admin
$280,000
United Way of Greater Nashville · Nashville, TN · 2022
For the 2021 campaign
$275,000
Holly Street Daycare · Nashville, TN · 2024
To assist with holly street repair/rebuild needed following direct impact from the march 2020 tornado.
$266,333
American Endowment Foundation · Hudson, OH · 2024
For the limbird family advised fund.
$250,855
Inspiritus · Nashville, TN · 2022
To provide support for repair/rebuild of homes in putnam county affected by the march 2020 tornado. This funding represents $193,350 in direct expenses and $57,505 in staff/volunteer coordination expenses.
$250,000
Centerstone Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
To support centerstone's military service division.
$250,000
Folds of Honor Tennessee · Franklin, TN · 2024
With love and support from jelly roll and the buddy deford fund for the beautifully broken album launch
$250,000
Nami Tennessee · Hendersonville, TN · 2024
With love and support from jelly roll and the buddy deford fund for the beautifully broken album launch.
$250,000
Nashville Public Library Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024
Donation
$250,000
Nashville Symphony Association · Nashville, TN · 2024
Additional support for 2024 to be paid before nov 7, 2024
$250,000
Operation Breakthrough · Kansas City, MO · 2024
For general support from the taylor swift charitable fund.
$250,000
Palestine Childrens Relief Fund · Los Angeles, CA · 2024
2024 support-thank you for your care of children of palestine
$250,000
Razom · New York, NY · 2024
2024 support. Thank you for the work you are doing caring for those affected by the war in ukraine
$250,000
Shatterproof · Norwalk, CT · 2024
With love and support from jelly roll and the buddy deford fund for the beautifully broken album launch.

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