Impact100 Nashville: Transformation and Innovation Category Grant

Impact100 Nashville's Transformation and Innovation Grant supports nonprofits that drive social change in Middle Tennessee. With a focus on innovative programs addressing issues like homelessness and poverty, this grant offers $100,000 for transformative projects. Organizations must have a solid history, a sustainable plan, and the capacity to implement impactful solutions within 24 months. The initiative empowers women philanthropists to collectively invest in community improvement, fostering a vibrant network dedicated to social transformation.

Impact 100 Nashville
Our mission is to inspire women to collectively invest in social transformation in Greater Nashville.
Focus Area
Impact100 Nashville recognizes non-profit organizations that seek to end the cycle of any debilitating condition, including but not limited to homelessness, poverty, addiction, hunger, illiteracy, human trafficking, recidivism, etc. We are seeking to award these grants to non-profit organizations that offer creative and innovative services to their populations and can show how the results of their services end the cycle for the communities they serve. For 2025, we will have two grant types available for consideration: the $100,000 Transformation and Innovation Grant, as well as two $35,000 Spark grants. For both grant types, we are seeking to award grants to nonprofits who have a sustainable plan to drive social transformation in Middle Tennessee by innovating on the current state, whether that’s new services, populations, or geographies.
Grant applications should seek to transform the Middle Tennessee community in an innovative way, generally focusing on a new program, approach, or project. Our Transformation and Innovation Grant is designed for organizations that have a more established presence in Middle Tennessee and need a larger dollar amount to generate transformative change

Eligibility

Tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, independent of a financial sponsor local affiliates may apply under the 501(c)(3) of the national organization.Located in and serve residents of at least one of the ten counties in the Nashville Economic Market area (Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Maury, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson).Past Impact100 Nashville grantees must wait 5 years from the date of their award before re applying.Able to submit independently prepared, audited financial statements for the past three fiscal years. If at least two years of audited financial statements are not available, must be able to provide details on why audited statements are not available (for example, organization is not required to have audited financials)Submit federal income tax returns for the past three years.Have average gross revenue above $500,000 and below $5,000,000 over past three years.Each organization may submit only one grant application per year and must address the Focus Area.Impact100 seeks proposals that expend grant funds within 24 months.

Ineligibility

Grants will not be provided for:Debt reduction, operating deficits, interim or bridge funding, or endowment funding.Individuals or private foundations.Activities that are religious or political in nature.Fund drives, annual appeals, or fundraising events.Funding proposals that utilize less than the full grant award.