Deadline: 1-Aug-22
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT) announces its annual call for discretionary grant applications.
The Community Foundation exists to promote and facilitate giving in the 40 counties of Middle Tennessee and beyond. It does this by accepting gifts of any size from anyone at any time and by empowering individuals, families, companies, nonprofits, and communities to respond to needs and opportunities that matter. The Community Foundation works with people who have great hearts, whether or not they have great wealth, to craft solutions that reflect the intentions and goals of their charitable endeavors.
Grants will be awarded to nonprofit organizations across Middle Tennessee serving a wide range of causes, including: animal welfare, arts and humanities, conservation and preservation, environment, education, employment and training, health and human services, housing, and economic and community development.
Eligibility Criteria
- Nonprofit organizations working to improve the well-being of residents of Middle Tennessee are eligible and are encouraged to apply.
- All tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations applying for discretionary grants must be profiled on The Community Foundation’s initiative
- Nonprofit organizations in the following Tennessee counties are eligible to apply for discretionary grants: Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Cumberland, Davidson, DeKalb, Dickson, Fentress, Franklin, Giles, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Jackson, Lawrence, Lewis, Lincoln, Macon, Marshall, Maury, Montgomery, Moore, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Rutherford, Smith, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Van Buren, Warren, Wayne, White, Williamson and Wilson.
- Discretionary grant recipients will be announced in mid-November 2022.
For more information, visit https://www.cfmt.org/story/cfmts-annual-grant-applications-now-available-for-middle-tennessee-nonprofits/