Funding Amount

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Deadline

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Grant Type

Foundation

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Eligible organizations

  • _You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's [website](https://www.cfmt.org/nonprofits/additional-grant-opportunities/)._

Required status

  • 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status

Other requirements

  • Government entities are exempt from the GivingMatters.com requirement

Overview

Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee

We understand its neighborhoods, its most pressing challenges, its unsung nonprofit heroes, and its emerging partnerships with the greatest potential.

Mission: Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee strives to build a more thriving and inclusive community — today and for generations to come — by transforming thoughtful generosity into positive change.

CFMT William N. Rollins Fund for the Arts

Bill Rollins’ passion was the breathtaking and intricate collages he created from origami paper. A Nashville native, Bill graduated from University School, attended college in Massachusetts, and then lived in Boston working in art galleries, staging art shows and painting. After returning to Nashville to continue pursuing his artistic dream, he was diagnosed with a terminal illness. He worked with his family and his advisors to create a legacy for himself and a continuing source of funding for the arts he loved.

Funding Goals

  • Support primarily for Visual Arts programs
  • Support for Arts Education programs
  • Support for Art Therapy programs

Nonprofits may request grants up to a maximum of $15,000.

Eligibility

_You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website._

  • Organizations must be 501(c)(3) public charities with an updated GivingMatters.com profile or entities of government (i.e., libraries, public schools, departments, etc.). Government entities are exempt from the GivingMatters.com requirement.

What The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc actually gave

Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

Grants in 2024
2,450
Total given
$107.11M
Median grant
$8,500
Range
$4,999–$19.5M
  • By dollars: Tennessee 76%, Illinois 5%, California 2%. Top recipient cities: Nashville, TN; Memphis, TN; Franklin, TN.
  • 13% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
  • 42% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

Example grants

  • The Nashville Catalyst Fund · Nashville, TN

    To support affordable housing in nashville

    $19.5M

  • Feeding America · Chicago, IL

    To support disaster relief efforts

    $5M

  • Montgomery Bell Academy · Nashville, TN

    For undesignated support

    $4.5M

  • Austin Peay State University Foundation · Clarksville, TN

    Donation to apsu foundation

    $2M

  • Nashville Police Public Safety Alliance · Nashville, TN

    Distribution now that nppsa has its own 501c3. this is bulk of funds--one more final…

    $1.64M

IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

Focus Areas & Funding Uses

Fields of Work

  • Arts
  • Visual artists
  • Music education

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