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Corporate Charitable Funds

  • Avondale Partners Advised Fund Established 2005

    National in scope, creative in its thinking and its approach, and focused on finding unique opportunities wherever they exist, Avondale Partners, LLC is an independent, privately-owned investment banking firm committed to providing objective, high- quality equity research, as well as sales and trading capabilities to the institutional marketplace. Through their partnership with The Community Foundation, Avondale is also bringing its creative approach to unique opportunities in giving.

     
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  • The Bongo Advised Fund Established 2012

    The Bongo Advised Fund contributes to education programs and initiatives in the Nashville-area and in coffee-growing communities.

     
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  • Branstetter, Stranch and Jennings Advised Fund Established 2012

    To maximize their charitable efforts and community impact, Branstetter, Stranch & Jennings has partnered with The Community Foundation to create this corporate giving fund.

     
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  • Community Bank & Trust Donor Advised Fund Established 2004

    Community Bank & Trust is committed to giving back to the communities which it serves and has proven this commitment with the many grants provided to numerous community programs and services. To help alleviate the day-to-day administrative work that comes along with that, Community Bank & Trust established this Advised Fund within The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee.

     
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  • CoreCivic Charitable Fund Established 2011
     
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  • Delek Fund for Hope Established 2008

    Delek and its MAPCO stores have become ubiquitous throughout our community. But the Delek Corporation has much more going on than its work in the business sector. Though relatively new to Middle Tennessee, the Corporation created The Delek Fund for Hope at The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee as a way to maximize its support for charities in this community and in the others in which it has installations. Beneficiaries include but are not limited to The American Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity and The Make-A-Wish Foundation.

     
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  • Genesco: Helping People Get Back on Their Feet Fund Established 1999

    Sometimes life just knocks you down, and you have to pick yourself up and get back on your feet. The Genesco - Helping People Get Back On Their Feet Fund of The Community Foundation makes grants in support of people who are trying to follow a better path in life, and the nonprofits that serve them. The beneficiaries include programs which help people escape the ravages of substance abuse, help people living on the streets find the shelter they deserve, help people return or retrain to enter the workforce, and help people escape the horrors of domestic violence.

     
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  • HCA Executives Advised Fund Established 1993

    This innovative program, designed to facilitate and encourage enhanced charitable giving, was the vision of Thomas F. Frist Jr., M.D., chairman and chief executive officer of HCA-Hospital Corporation of America. Twenty-one Donor-Advised Funds were established within The Community Foundation on behalf of senior executives leading HCA in the early '90s. Participants in these Funds may ask that a portion of the proceeds be used to match charitable contributions they have already made to eligible 501(c)(3) organizations. Their recommendations for distributions are a valuable source of information to the board of The Community Foundation and are greatly appreciated. Funds in this program include: Batalden Advised Fund, George and Judith Bone Advised Fund, Bovender Family Advised Fund, Victor and Tawnie Campbell Advised Fund, Tom Cato Family Advised Fund, John and Julia Colton Family Advised Fund, Helen and Harvey Cummings Advised Fund, Deaton Family Advised Fund, Joe DiLorenzo Family Advised Fund, Drennan Family Advised Fund, Sally and Don Fish Advised Fund, Don Israel Family Advised Fund, Patricia B. and David J. Malone Advised Fund, McInnes Family Advised Fund, Paul McKnight Family Advised Fund, Scott Mercy Family Advised Fund, Bruce and Karen Moore Family Advised Fund, Joseph and Jeanne Moore Advised Fund, Philip and Susan Patton Family Advised Fund, Soltman/Cram Family Advised Fund, and Sally and Edward Stack Family Advised Fund.

     
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  • HMS Advised Fund Established 2013

    Angela Helbig, Dana Moore, and George Stadler, the founding principles of HMS Investment Advisors, have each been personally involved in this community as members of civic organizations and board members or volunteers for a range of nonprofits. By establishing a Donor-Advised Fund at The Community Foundation, they’ve combined their experience of giving and service for the community in much the same way they’ve combined their investment skills for clients.

     
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  • The Kroger Community Advised Fund Established 2009

    For as long as they have served Middle Tennessee, Kroger has been a great corporate citizen. To maximize their charitable efforts and community impact, Kroger has partnered with The Community Foundation by creating a corporate giving fund.

     
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  • McNeely Pigott & Fox Advised Fund Established 2001

    In addition to the numerous pro bono hours donated each year to causes important to partners and staff, MP&F is dedicated to providing ongoing opportunities for community giving. The McNeely Pigott & Fox Advised Fund was created with the belief that the firm can make a difference in the lives of others ... even those who don't need PR.

     
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  • redpepper's Land of Cause Established 2009

    Through its CreateAthon, a 24-hour work-aroundthe- clock blitz, redpepper provides nonprofits in Nashville and Atlanta with pro bono marketing and creative services, formulating plans they need but could not otherwise afford. But redpepper realizes that all too often, even great plans lie idle. So, redpepper established the Land of Cause Fund to provide funding to assist in implementing these marketing solutions.

     
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  • The Scripps Networks Interactive Emergency Relief Fund Established 2016

    In response to the recent fires that have burned hundreds of woodland acres, destroyed homes and businesses, and disrupted thousands of lives in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge, The Scripps Networks Interactive Emergency Relief Fund has been established by the company to support the organizations working to meet the needs of these communities. Grants from this fund will be made to nonprofits providing both immediate help and long term recovery for all those affected.

     
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  • Speyer/Tennsco Donor Advised Fund Established 2000

    Les Speyer and his family have achieved financial success through their Dickson-based company, Tennsco, a manufacturer of steel filing and storage systems. This Fund was established for corporate giving to support charitable efforts in both Dickson and Nashville.

     
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  • Standard Candy Co. Inc Advised Fund Established 2002

    Standard Candy Company, which was established in 1901, has always had a basic philosophy: use only the finest, most wholesome ingredients combined with time, care and experience to make confections of outstanding richness and flavor. And the company's formula for success continues to be as simple and straightforward as the day the company was founded - quality people, quality candy. To give back to the community which has helped make the company the success it is today, the owners established this Fund.

     
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  • The Tennessee Farm Bureau Philanthropic Fund Established 2010

    The Tennessee Farm Bureau Philanthropic Fund awards grants to nonprofit organizations to support programs assisting individual farmers and farming families in need with basics necessities such as food, clothing or shelter.

     
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  • The Village Real Estate Advised Fund Established 2011

    Village Real Estate Services does much more than buy and sell homes. They are committed to the ideal that businesses need to continually reinvest in the communities that sustain them and make Nashville's neighborhoods better places for everyone to live. Through this Fund, they have the opportunity to support nonprofit causes that promote the growth of healthy, thriving communities.

     
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  • Weichert Realtors-The Andrews Group Advised Fund Established 2004

    Tom Andrews believes that corporate citizenship includes giving back, and he encourages this belief in others. When Tom wanted to put in place a permanent giving vehicle for Weichert Realtors-The Andrews Group, he turned to The Community Foundation to assist in that endeavor.

     
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  • The Working 4 You Fund Established 2011

    For generations, since the beginning of the broadcast era, WSMV has been working for this community. Now they have added to the ways they can invest in Middle Tennessee's needs and opportunities by creating The Working 4 You Fund within The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. Its first project: to address the continuing needs of our own flood-ravaged neighborhoods and our neighbors who continue to work to put their lives back together since the May 2010 disaster.

     
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