The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee has announced its annual call for discretionary grant applications.
Nonprofit organizations working to improve the well-being of residents of Middle Tennessee* are eligible and are encouraged to apply. Nonprofit grant guidelines and applications are available at www.cfmt.org starting Oct. 1. The application deadline is 11:59 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, 2020.
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.
The Community Foundation awarded $2,397,870 in grants to 365 local nonprofit organizations as part of the 2019 annual grant-making process.
The Foundation’s discretionary grant recipients will be announced in mid-December 2020. All tax-exempt, nonprofit organizations applying for discretionary grants must be profiled on The Community Foundation’s initiative www.GivingMatters.com.
For more information about discretionary grants, contact The Community Foundation at 615-321-4939, toll free at 888-540-5200, or grants@cfmt.org.
*Nonprofit organizations in the following Tennessee counties, and profiled at www.GivingMatters.com, 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.