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  • The Angel Fund Established 2007

    The Angel Fund enables some incredible public servants, or "angels," working in the nonprofit sector to help people in need. These "angels" invest in critical intervention points in the lives of people they serve. For example, a woman secures a job as a waitress as she reenters the workforce, but lacks the $75 to buy the uniform she needs. Whether it is eye glasses for a family who cannot afford them or bus passes for the man trying to get to work, the Angel Fund seeks to give people a hand up. Gifts to this Fund of any amount succeed in helping people over a hump in their lives.

     
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  • The Ark Community Resource and Assistance Center Agency Endowment Fundwment Fund Established 2015
     
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  • Hunter Armistead Fund to Inspire Joy and Laughter Established 1999

    The Hunter Armistead Fund to Inspire Joy and Laughter Established 1999

     
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  • Ashland City Ministerial Alliance Designated Fund Established 1999

    The Ashland City Ministerial Alliance of Churches in Cheatham County supervises the ministry of the Bethesda Center. Established in 1999 by John E. Mayfield, this Fund serves the needy in Cheatham County by providing a thrift store, a food bank and financial assistance. The Bethesda Center encourages others to donate to this Fund to ensure that their essential services can continue for future generations.

     
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  • Lillian G. and Dave Bogatzky Fund Established 2003

    When Lillian Bogatzky fought for a visa, she literally saved the life of her late husband's nephew trapped in war-torn Poland during World War II. Records show he was one of only 250 people from Poland to enter the United States in 1938. In thanksgiving for the love he received from his Aunt Lil and Uncle Dave, he established a Fund to perpetuate the spirit of making someone's life possible. The proceeds from the Fund will be used to serve disadvantaged children and seniors, populations he sees as society's most vulnerable, just as he was when Aunt Lil stepped in.

     
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  • Campus for Human Development Agency Fund Established 1998

    Through the power of spirituality and the practice of love, the Campus for Human Development provides hospitality with a respect that offers hope in a community of non-violence. Their mission is to provide programs that emphasize human development and recovery to those who call the streets of Nashville home.

     
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  • CASA of Nashville Endowment Fund Established 2000

    CASA, Inc., established in Nashville in 1984, provides trained community volunteers to advocate for abused, neglected or abandoned children, with no place to call home, who find themselves lost in never-ending court battles. Court Appointed Special Advocates provide a voice in court for these vulnerable children and help them find safe, permanent homes. This Fund helps ensure the agency's ability to continue providing volunteers until child abuse no longer exists.

     
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  • The Center of Hope Endowment Fund Established 2014
     
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  • Centerstone Military Services Designated Fund Established 2009

    Sometimes the scars of war are visible. Sometimes they are not. Sometimes the war ends on the battlefield, but sometimes it continues even after our military comes home. This Fund was created to help address the emotional and psychological aftermath of war for the combat warriors and for the people who support them at home and in the field. The Fund will sponsor research, curriculum design and innovative delivery mechanisms to provide aid for those affected, in ways that work best for them. After all these men and women have done for our country, the least we can do is stand beside them as they battle Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and other consequences of combat stress.

     
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  • To Chattanooga With Love Established 2015

    The Tennessean has partnered with The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to help raise funds for the families of the Marines and others gunned down in Chattanooga on Thursday, July 16. Through the To Chattanooga with Love Fund, money will be raised to support the victims' families as they rebuild their lives. At least four Marines were killed Thursday morning in Chattanooga in what federal authorities are investigating as a possible act of terrorism. A gunman unleashed a hail of bullets at two military sites. In addition to the four Marines, three others were wounded, including another Marine, a sailor and a Chattanooga police officer. The suspected shooter, identified by authorities as Muhammad Youssef Abdulazeez of Hixson, Tenn., also died Thursday. In the aftermath, Chattanooga – and all Tennessee – mourned the loss of the four service members and prayed for the recovery of the three wounded. Gov. Bill Haslam called the event "a horrible day for Chattanooga and a tragic day for all of Tennessee."

     
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  • Clarksville Montgomery County Ajax Turner Senior Citizen Center, Inc. Endowment Fund Established 2004

    The senior center, created in 1963, has grown from just a location for recreation to one of Middle Tennessee's largest and most complete centers. Thousands of annual participants enjoy daily breakfasts and lunches, a wide range of education classes including a large computer lab, physical activities, homebound services, an onsite adult day care center, and weekend live-band dances. This Fund will help ensure the continuation of the center for future generations.

     
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  • Tommy Cooper Fund for Veterans and Military Personnel Established 2014
     
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  • Council on Aging of Greater Nashville Endowment Fund Established 2013

    Council on Aging of Greater Nashville addresses the unmet needs of older adults and caregivers through information, advocacy, and education and by being a catalyst for comprehensive solutions. This Agency Endowment Fund ensures there are permanent resources for this important work serving our community’s eldest members.

     
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  • Crisis Intervention Center Agency Endowment Fund Established 1999

    Since 1968 Crisis Intervention Center worked to prevent suicide, to empower individuals to face life challenges and to meet basic and emergency needs. The Crisis Intervention Center (now part of Family & Children's Service) provides skilled, compassionate crisis intervention and outreach that includes support groups for those whose loved ones have died by suicide; direct advocacy; and information and referral for thousands of social and other community services through the 2-1-1 Information and Referral Service.

     
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  • Sister Patrick Curren For St. Anthony's Mission in San Fransisco, Ca. Established 2007

    Sister Patrick Curren dedicated her life to working tirelessly for the poor. Working through the St. Anthony's Foundation, she helped the men, women, children, the hungry and homeless who came to St. Anthony's to be fed, sheltered, clothed and healed in a community of hope. From a dining room and free medical clinic, to social services and justice education, St. Anthony's programs not only feed and clothe people, but also work to change the deeper structural causes of poverty. Now, each year, in Sister Patrick's name, St. Anthony's will receive a contribution toward its good work.

     
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  • Domestic Violence Program Inc. Endowment Fund Established 2007

    Rutherford County is committed to ending violence and discrimination in the lives of victims suffering the pain, fear and shame of domestic abuse. The Domestic Violence Program is a key part of those efforts providing programs such as emergency shelter, legal advocacy, children's and elders' services, counseling services, and rape and sexual assault programs. This Fund is designed to make sure that as long as these challenges exist, funds will be available.

     
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  • Martha Jean Dorris Helping Hand Fund Established 2006

    Martha Jean Dorris' motivations were pure; she simply wanted to help, to reach out to those in need of a hand. And so she created this Fund to endow support for nonprofits which help individuals of all ages and from all backgrounds who are living in impoverished conditions and who demonstrate a desire to strive for a better, more meaningful life.

     
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  • Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee Agency Endowment Fund Established 2004

    The mission of the Down Syndrome Association of Middle Tennessee is to enhance the lives of individuals with Down syndrome by providing support, information and education to them and their families. This Fund creates a permanent endowment to ensure programs and services.

     
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  • Easter Seals Society of Tennessee Endowment Fund Established 1997

    Creating solutions that change the lives of children and adults with disabilities or other special needs and their families, Easter Seals provides a network of services throughout Tennessee, including health and fitness; camping and recreation; job training and employment; and physical, occupational and speech therapy. Easter Seals' programs provide opportunities for children and adults with disabilities to engage as fully as possible in family and community life, education, work and recreation.

     
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  • The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Endowment Fund for the benefit of Family & Children’s Service Established 2013
     
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  • The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Endowment Fund for the benefit of Jewish Federation of Nashville and Middle Tennessee Established 2013
     
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  • The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Endowment Fund for the benefit of Planned Parenthood of Middle & East Tennessee Established 2013
     
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  • The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Endowment Fund for the benefit of Anti-Defamation League Foundation Established 2013
     
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  • The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Endowment Fund for the benefit of ACLU Established 2013
     
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  • The Jane and Richard Eskind and Family Endowment Fund for the benefit of CommunityNashville Established 2014
     
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  • Family and Children's Service Endowment Fund Established 1996

    The mission of Family & Children's Service is to give real help for real hurt right now. For more than 65 years, they have provided trauma counseling for children and adolescents who are witnesses or victims of violence, Crisis Center counseling, clinical assessments, consultation and training for foster and adoptive parents to help special needs children find loving homes, and free and sliding scale counseling for at-risk youth, welfare to work families and those who could not otherwise afford mental health care.

     
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  • Fund for Food Security Established 2006

    Issues of hunger are broader than the next meal or the next food basket. Those harsh realities are critical and must be addressed, but they are the "symptoms," not the "disease." The Fund for Food Security is about the bigger issues, about working toward a community where people need no longer fear or worry about where their next meal is coming from. It's about feeling secure enough that you don't have to worry about food; you can worry about your job and your life. The Fund supports organizations actively addressing food-related efforts, including educating the public about the relationship between food, nutrition and health; encouraging proper food distribution; and addressing the root causes of hunger and food insecurity.

     
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  • Friends of Tennessee School for the Blind, Inc. Established 2011

    The mission of Friends of Tennessee School for the Blind is to enhance and enrich the educational, vocational, special skills, and social development of students enrolled in the Tennessee School for the Blind. This Endowment ensures there will always be funds available for continued support for the school, which has served children with visual impairment since 1844.

     
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  • Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity Established 2004

    The Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity was created in 1985 with a mission to provide families in need with the life-changing opportunity of buying a decent, affordable home. The Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity created this Endowment Fund as a way to continue its mission to build single family homes in partnership with low-income families.

     
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  • High Pressure Laminate (HPL) Settlement Fund Established 2007

    Created through court settlement of a class action lawsuit, this Fund serves to channel money intended as restitution for people of Tennessee who have used High Pressure Laminate products. As such, it will support grants to nonprofits for which the use of High Pressure Laminate products are vital to their ability to fulfill their charitable mission, such as domestic violence shelters, homeless shelters, nonprofit day care centers, those preparing meals on wheels, and more.

     
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  • The Hilltoppers Agency Endowment Fund Established 1999

    Hilltoppers, Inc. is a community provider of day and residential services and support for adults with mental retardation in Crossville and Cumberland County, Tennessee.

     
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  • The Hope Fund Established 2000

    Carlene Hunt, an avid and talented photographer, sees beauty in the mothers and children at Renewal House and the SISTER program at Meharry as the women work to overcome addiction. Carlene volunteers to take family pictures so they can see just how good recovery looks on them. Those images have helped strengthen the vision and value of family for many women. As an extension of her work with these programs, Carlene created The Hope Fund to help benefit a variety of programs that promote recovery from addiction - especially those efforts that address the stigma of addiction, a major barrier to women receiving the proper treatment.

     
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  • Cora Mathews Horn Fund for Families Established 2008

    Cora Horn, widowed at age 25 with two children, benefited greatly from the generosity of Nashvillians during the 1930s and strongly believed in returning that generosity to others in need. As a result of Cora's enormous personal resourcefulness and the well-timed help of others, she was able to see her children and grandchildren succeed far beyond her means. So that other families might experience the same compassion and helping hands, Cora's grandchildren established this Fund to endow The Angel Fund of The Community Foundation and its work to do what others did for Cora, give people a hand during critical times of need to help them overcome life's hurdles.

     
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  • Hospital Hospitality House Agency Endowment Fund Established 1996

    Founded in 1974, the Hospital Hospitality House provides a "home away from home" for families and patients facing a medical crisis. HHH provides a vital retreat from the stress of keeping a constant vigil at the side of a loved one, by offering our guests lodging, meals and supportive services. HHH is helping to ensure its future and expand its ability to serve through this Endowment Fund.

     
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  • Junior Achievement Agency Fund Established 1995

    Junior Achievement provides students in Middle Tennessee with programs to help them understand the relationship between what they learn in school and their successful participation in our economy, with an emphasis placed on at-risk children.

     
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  • Legal Aid Society Agency Endowment Fund Established 1998

    For 40 years, Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands has provided free legal representation and education so that low-income citizens in our community can obtain necessities like health care, housing, income, protection from family violence, and access to basic goods and services. The benefits of Legal Aid Society's work reach beyond individual clients. By ensuring equal justice for low-income people, the whole community is strengthened.

     
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  • Legion Fund Established 2014

    The Legion Fund of The Foundation makes gifts to dedicated nonprofits which enable them to help members of Fort Campbell’s 5th Special Forces Group (Airborne) and their families, when in need. These nonprofits are given money that they can invest in critical intervention points in the lives of the Green Berets they serve. A perfect example of those the nonprofits might help might be immediate aid for the woman whose Special Forces husband has been deployed on a secret mission behind enemy lines in the Middle East, and who lacks money to replace a broken water heater. Another example might be the family of a Fifth Group soldier killed in combat whose parents cannot afford the airfare and hotel bills to attend their son's funeral; the Fund covers the costs. This Fund also helps nonprofits provide immediate financial assistance, as well as recreational therapy, to 5th Group Green Berets who are injured in the line of duty, to their families, and to the families of their fallen brothers. The Fund also supports nonprofits providing merit-based educational scholarships for the offspring of these elite special forces soldiers.

     
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  • Loaves and Fishes of Clarksville, TN Agency Endowment Fund Established 2006

    Hot meals for Clarksville's homeless, six days a week is the mission of Loaves and Fishes of Clarksville. To ensure they can always live up to this commitment, Loaves and Fishes established this Agency Endowment Fund to provide it a steady stream of income over time.

     
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  • Magdalene, Inc. Agency Endowment Established 2005

    Magdalene is a residential housing and recovery program for Nashville women with a criminal history of prostitution and drug abuse. Through this endowment, Magdalene seeks to provide lasting support for its mission to improve social functioning and physical, emotional and spiritual health. By providing safe housing, Magdalene helps women recover from addiction, reunite with families and earn legal employment at a living wage.

     
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  • Martha O'Bryan Foundation Established 1997

    For more than a century, the Martha O'Bryan Center has been dedicated to helping individuals and families living in poverty. Today, through childcare, youth education, adult basic education, job skills training, an emergency food bank, meals on wheels, and other programs, the Center empowers people to become self-sufficient and independent.

     
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  • Matthews Mission Fund Established 2016

    The Matthews Mission Fund, established in 2016 by Jordan Matthews, works with communities to FEED: Feed the hungry, Educate the children, Empower the family, and Donate to those in need.

     
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  • William Thomas McHugh Fund to benefit the Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and The Cumberlands Established 2008

    Bill McHugh was a "lawyer's lawyer" who practiced his noble profession with skill and integrity for more than 55 years. To honor her late husband's legacy of dedication to the legal profession, Lou McHugh used proceeds from the sale of the McHugh's family property in Robertson County, Tennessee, to establish this Fund supporting a series of free "walk-in" pro bono clinics, named for Mr. McHugh, within the Legal Aid Society to provide free legal services to low-income individuals and families.

     
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  • McWherter Fund for Basic Human Needs Established 2004

    Governor Ned Ray McWherter could have easily continued down the path of civic leader and businessman, multiplying his personal and financial success manyfold. But instead, he decided to give back to his community and to people in need by dedicating his career to public service. This Fund was created upon Governor McWherter's acceptance of the 2004 Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award and supports nonprofit organizations serving our neighbors in need. Food, shelter, clothing and a wide range of other basic needs are provided as a result of his kindness.

     
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  • Mid-Cumberland Community Action Agency Endowment Established 1999

    The Mid-Cumberland Community Action Agency was chartered in 1971 to respond to the pressing problems faced by low-income people, while seeking new and effective ways to combat the causes and the effects of poverty. Through the years, numerous initiatives have been added, such as Head Start, Nutrition Self-Help, Senior Companionship, and others.

     
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  • Miriam F. Moore Fund to benefit Compassion International, Inc. Established 2006

    Mrs. Eula Moore spent half of her life caring for her only daughter, Miriamme, after she was diagnosed with polio in 1955. Miriamme made a recovery, but the polio paralyzed her from the waist down. Eula worked diligently to ensure her daughter received the best care and education. Miriamme studied at Vanderbilt and went on to earn a Ph.D. and teach foreign language at McGavock High School. In 2005 Miriamme Moore passed away at the age of 63. Eula, now in her 90s, set up the Fund so that her daughter's memory and legacy would live on in perpetuity. The Fund benefits Compassion International, an organization benefiting the well-being of children throughout the world, a cause near and dear to Miriamme's heart.

     
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  • Nashville Unites Established 2014

    Nashville Unites is an idea conceived by Bishop Joseph Walker and is an effort to assure Nashville is prepared to respond to some of the racial, socio-economic and neighborhood issues that have affected other cities recently by emphasizing civic responsibility, dialogue and participation. The Nashville Unites Fund will be integral to the execution of these efforts.

     
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  • The Neighbor's Keeper Advised Fund Established 2009

    Founded by Tim McGraw and Faith Hill in 2004 out of their desire to help people in need and encourage the spirit of neighbors helping neighbors, Neighbor's Keeper seeks to strengthen communities by contributing to diverse projects with primary emphasis on children's initiatives.

     
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  • Margaret and Victor Nielsen Fund Established 2003

    For school-aged children there are few experiences more memorable than summer camp. Margaret and Victor Nielsen hoped that all children could participate in this rite of summer and made a bequest through their Wills to create this Fund that provides underprivileged children with the summer camp experience.

     
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  • Oasis Center Endowment Fund Established 1997

    Oasis Center is Middle Tennessee's only community-based organization dedicated to working exclusively with teenagers and their families. For 40 years, Oasis has provided youth with services such as Middle Tennessee's only emergency shelter, street outreach, educational support, Project Safe Place, individual and family counseling, and opportunities to contribute back to the community through service and leadership development. This Fund helps ensure that Oasis Center will remain a place where youth succeed for years to come.

     
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  • 100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee Endowment Fund Established 1997

    100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee, established in 1991, charged itself with the mission "to nurture and enhance the growth, development and opportunities for young black males of Middle Tennessee." The organization is comprised of local business leaders who invest both time and resources in activities that benefit inner-city youth. This Endowment serves to perpetuate the long-term commitment of the organization to the youth of Middle Tennessee by helping fund its annual programs and by making scholarships available.

     
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  • Park Center Endowment Fund Established 2004

    Park Center serves individuals with mental illness through integrative services that focus on needs, choices and strength. Park Center provides employment training and placement, housing including safe havens, homeless outreach services, case management, co-occurring disorders program, and support services to adults and mentally ill youth transitioning out of foster care. This Endowment Fund provides a permanent source of funding for Park Center's programs and services.

     
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  • Pastoral Counseling Centers Established 1997

    With six centers in Middle Tennessee, the Pastoral Counseling Centers of Tennessee, Inc. has been providing clinical psychotherapy and counseling for individuals, couples and families; life enrichment education for organizations; training for clergy and pastoral caregivers; and staff consultation, assessment and crisis intervention since 1985. The Pastoral Counseling Centers of Tennessee Endowment Fund was created to ensure the growth of the centers and the future care of those with mental health care needs.

     
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  • Preston Taylor Boys & Girls Club/YMCA Center Permanent Endowment Fund Established 1995

    Rather than build and operate separate facilities, Boys & Girls Clubs, the YMCA, MDHA and the Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools created a national model of true partnership and located the Preston Taylor Boys & Girls Clubs/YMCA in the newly remodeled McKissack Middle School. The Center serves the Preston Taylor Homes area with programs for youth in grades 1-12. Programming includes education, sports, fine arts, leadership development, and wellness.

     
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  • The Charles Cooper Memorial Endowment Fund for Progress Inc. Established 2007

    Progress, Inc. was founded by two families as they sought independent living arrangements for their young adult sons with developmental disabilities. In 1971, as Billy Goodman and Tommy Powelson were reaching adulthood, they expressed their desire to live independently in the community and to have the opportunity to fulfill their dreams and reach their goals just like anyone else. The Goodmans and the Powelsons realized these desires couldn't be accomplished in a state institution, so they bought a house for Billy and Tommy to share, hired support staff and created what ultimately became the largest residential support provider in Middle Tennessee.

     
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  • Project Meet Me Halfway Established 2010

    We've all heard the admonition to walk in someone else's shoes. Jimmy Wayne, now a successful author and entertainer, knows all too well what it's like to be homeless. So in January 2010, he took that expression to heart, embarking on a 1,700-mile walk, from Nashville to Phoenix, in the shoes of homeless youth. He has called his effort "Meet Me Halfway," the words uttered by the generous souls who adopted Jimmy from the streets when he was 16-years-old. The goal of Project Meet Me Halfway is to raise awareness about the plight of teens aging out of foster care and to provide homes for them as they move into adulthood. Please help Jimmy build “Bea’s Home,” the first transitional residence for at-risk youth. Learn more at ProjectMMH.org.

     
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  • Renewal House Endowment Fund Established 2000

    In 1996, Renewal House was founded as a long-term residential program for mothers and children in order to preserve families affected by addiction. On a daily basis, Renewal House provides safe and drug-free housing along with therapeutic services so that mothers can focus on recovery from addiction, while improving their parenting and vocational skills. In 2003, Renewal House opened a licensed Intensive Outpatient Treatment program for chemically dependent women, especially those without insurance. The Renewal House Endowment Fund is a source of hope for women

     
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  • Richmond Designated Fund Established 2007

    Using one planned gift to benefit several favorite charities is a dream for many of us. That dream came true for John Richmond when the IRA charitable rollover of 2007 gave him a unique opportunity to establish a Fund at The Community Foundation with a tax-free transfer of funds from an individual retirement account.

     
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  • W. R. Rochelle Agency Endowment Fund Established 2007

    The Rochelle Center serves persons with developmental disabilities and their families, creating opportunities to build new skills, enhance independence and increase acceptance as valued members of our community. Rochelle Center has established this Endowment to continue their work to support personal outcomes for adults with developmental disabilities.

     
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  • Room in the Inn Agency Fund Established 1998

    Through the power of spirituality and the practice of love, this program provides hospitality with a respect that offers hope in a community of non-violence. Their mission is to provide programs that emphasize human development and recovery to those who call the streets of Nashville home.

     
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  • FiftyForward/Senior Citizens, Inc. Endowment Fund Established 1999

    FiftyForward (formerly Senior Citizens, Inc.) is Middle Tennessee's leading agency providing comprehensive services focused on helping older adults remain active, independent and living at home as long as possible. Through a network of senior activity centers and community-based programs, FiftyForward serves more than 20,000 older adults, their families, and children each year.

     
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  • Sexual Assault Center Endowment Fund Established 1998

    Since 1978, the Sexual Assault Center has been the only agency in Middle Tennessee specializing in the support and treatment of survivors of sexual assault. Annually, the Center provides individual and group counseling to 700 or more adults and children, and prevention education curriculum for 80,000 school students. To support its philosophy of always being there when needed, and never turning anyone away for lack of ability to pay, the Center established this endowment.

     
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  • The Shepherd's Center Fund for Senior Adults Established 2000

    As a nonprofit interfaith organization run by senior adults for senior adults, The Shepherd's Center worked for 10 years to improve the quality of life of those ages 55 and over in the West End area of Nashville. When it closed in 1999, its absence left a void for the many senior adults in the area. With limited funds remaining, the leadership opted to create The Shepherd's Center Field-of-Interest Fund, which gives grants to nonprofits serving senior adults in Middle Tennessee. As a result, the mission of The Shepherd's Center and its proud history will continue in perpetuity.

     
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  • Soles4Souls, Inc. Endowment Fund Established 2014

    Based in Nashville, Tenn., Soles4Souls. Inc. exists to alleviate poverty in Middle Tennessee, the United States, and around the world via the direct distribution of shoes and clothing, and by supplying quality shoe and clothing product to qualified micro-enterprise programs designed to create jobs in poor and disadvantaged communities. As a global not-for-profit institution, it is dedicated to fighting the devastating impact and perpetuation of poverty. Since it began, Soles4Souls has distributed more than 22 million pairs of shoes in 127 countries. Soles4Souls is committed to the highest standards of operating and governance, and holds a four-star rating with Charity Navigator.

     
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  • Special Olympics Tennessee Agency Fund Established 1992

    Special Olympics Tennessee provides year-round sports training and competition activities for children and adults with mental disabilities. Programs are community-based, serving more than 12,000 athletes statewide and involving 9,000 volunteers. Special Olympics' goal is to develop individual skills, physical fitness, self-esteem, and positive attitudes toward teamwork and sportsmanship. The Fund was established to ensure the organization can meet the needs and desires of an evergrowing and expanding program.

     
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  • St. Joseph Worker Foundation, Inc. for Children and Families of Haiti Agency Endowment Fund Established 2008

    In a country where extreme poverty and chaotic government have become a way of life, the St. Joseph Worker Foundation was established to benefit the people of Haiti by providing for the education, health and welfare needs of children and families. Jane and Dick Wildeman, who established this Fund, have seen the good work being done and have made a dear friend in Fr. Tijwa, who Jane affectionately calls "Haiti's goodwill ambassador." It is Fr. Tijwa's parish work that makes the Haiti Student Sponsor Program (an initiative of the St. Joseph Worker Foundation, Inc. for Children and Families of Haiti Agency Endowment Fund) possible.

     
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  • STARS Agency Endowment Fund Established 1997

    This Fund was established to support substance abuse treatment and prevention, violence prevention and intervention services to Middle Tennessee students.

     
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  • Elise Steiner Fund to Benefit the Nashville Area Chapter of the Amerircan Red Coss and Fifty Forward Established 2012

    Although this Fund was officially established in 2012, it really dates back to 1994 when Elise Steiner established a Donor-Advised Fund with The Community Foundation and asked that we use what remained in the Fund after her death to endow her support of two of her favorite organizations, Red Cross and Senior Citizens (since renamed, FiftyForward). Elise passed away after a long illness and, thereafter, we fulfilled her wishes and honored her intentions by moving the balance in her Fund to this new endowment. Each year Elise’s favorite charities will receive a contribution in her name, and her legacy of caring will live on in perpetuity.

     
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  • Stewart Family Fund Established 2000

    The Stewart family was composed of four unique individuals who shared only a few years together as a nuclear family. Despite the 13-year age difference between the two sons and Loura and William Stewart's divorce after 28 years of marriage, Phillip and Billy were raised with a strong sense of family roots and an interest in family history. To celebrate the importance of family ties, Phillip Stewart created this Fund to honor the memory of his mother, father and brother. The Fund will permanently endow support for non-traditional families, including grandparents who raise grandchildren, children facing the divorce of their parents, single parents, and families who do not fit traditional stereotypes.

     
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  • Jean G. Stumpf Fund for the Aging Established 1999

    More and more of the citizens of Middle Tennessee are living longer and consequently require more services. The Jean G. Stumpf Fund for the Aging has been created to help with the unique needs of this segment of our society. The Fund provides a charitable vehicle to enhance the lifestyles of active seniors and to support those for whom remaining independent and in good health is a challenge.

     
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  • Deborah Taylor Tate Fund Established 2016

    In celebration of her birthday, Debi Tate created the Deborah Taylor Tate Fund. She created the fund to support many charitable causes but particularly organizations empowering girls and women to help build strong families and healthy, resilient communities.

     
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  • Tennessee Conference on Social Welfare Endowment Fund Established 1999

    Since its founding in 1913, the Tennessee Conference on Social Welfare (TCSW) has provided advocacy and service to thousands of Tennesseans, especially low income and vulnerable citizens. TCSW acts on behalf of 160 nonprofit agencies and 1,500 individual citizens to insure the availability, coordination, quality and effectiveness in human services, from adoption to aging.

     
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  • Tennessee Lions Charities, Inc. Endowment Established 2010

    Tennessee Lions Charities, Inc. is committed to enhancing the vision of young children and, in turn, their lives. This Endowment was created to ensure Tennessee Lions Charities' ability to continue humanitarian projects and improving quality of life for children throughout Tennessee.

     
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  • United Way of Metropolitan Nashville Endowment Established 2001

    United Way of Metropolitan Nashville invests in proven agency programs that show measurable and lasting results. The organization develops strategies to tackle the problems, investing dollars in programs to create a community where individuals, families and neighborhoods thrive. Donor gifts improve lives and also impact the community long-term by creating happy, healthy, informed people.

     
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  • Patricia C. & Thomas F. Frist, Jr. Fund for United Way of America Established 1996

    Patricia C. & Thomas F. Frist, Jr. Fund for United Way of America Established 1995

     
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  • United Way for Williamson County Agency Fund Established 1998

    An autonomous, nonprofit organization, United Way of Williamson County touches the senior citizen living alone, the single mother struggling to make ends meet, or the child with disabilities whose parents need a helping hand. It helps the helpers who are there to offer that "hand up," ensuring that our communities remain safe and healthy. This endowment is critical to the organization's ability to continue to serve in the future.

     
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  • United Way of Rutherford County Agency Endowment Established 1999

    The United Way of Rutherford County Endowment Fund offers venture grants to nonprofits and one-time grants for human and health care agencies in Rutherford and Cannon Counties. The Fund is intended to cover administrative costs of the United Way, so that all money given by donors will go to help those in need.

     
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  • The Warriors' Legacy Fund Established 2008

    The Warriors Legacy Fund will support organizations helping service men and women.

     
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  • Carolyn Smith Wendrich Fund for Victims Established 1996

    Before her death, Carolyn Wendrich established a Fund at The Community Foundation to benefit programs serving victims of crime. She worried over stories about neighbors - whom she likened to playful, trusting otters - as she watched them make themselves vulnerable and saw them get preyed upon all too often. It was her hope that over time, this Fund would grow both in size and in its ability to show victimized members of our community that we care.

     
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  • Worker Access to Justice Fund Established 2008

    Unlawful employment practices are common, but often go unchecked because many workers lack access to affordable legal assistance. This fund was designed to help workers challenge exploitative and unfair labor practices, especially in cases where retaining a private attorney is not economically feasible. Challenging these types of workplace violations helps workers maintain their dignity as equals in our community, regardless of their income.

     
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  • Anne and Robert Zelle Designated Fund for the Benefit of St. George’s Episcopal Church of Nashville Established 2016

    Anne and Robert Zelle Designated Fund for the Benefit of St. George’s Episcopal Church of Nashville | Established 2016

     
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  • Anne and Robert Zelle Designated Fund for the Benefit of United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, Inc. Established 2016

    Anne and Robert Zelle Designated Fund for the Benefit of United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, Inc. | Established 2016

     
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