ChildcareTennessee Establishment and Expansion Grants
Funding Amount
Up to $1,000 per licensed child care slot of new capacity, maximum $100,000 per program
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Overview
Geographic Scope: Tennessee (statewide)
Focus Areas: Support for licensed child care providers to establish new programs or expand existing capacity
Award Details:
- Up to $1,000 per licensed child care slot of new capacity
- Maximum $100,000 per program
Recent Success: In the past year, 60 new licensed child care programs have been established and 18 programs expanded with the assistance of these grants, accounting for 3,544 new child care slots across the state
Eligibility: Licensed child care providers
Administered by: ChildcareTennessee, an initiative of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, in collaboration with Tennessee Department of Human Services' Pre-Licensure and Licensing teams
Background: Partnership between The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and Tennessee Department of Human Services. Goal is to create more licensed child care capacity across Tennessee.
How to Apply
Application Process
Applications available at ChildcareTennessee.com
Note: As of the document date, applications were open through September 30, 2023. Current deadline status should be verified on the website.
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
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Feeding America · Chicago, IL
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Montgomery Bell Academy · Nashville, TN
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$4.5M
Austin Peay State University Foundation · Clarksville, TN
Donation to apsu foundation
$2M
Nashville Police Public Safety Alliance · Nashville, TN
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Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Child care
- Daycare
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