Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
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3421 Belmont Blvd
Nashville, TN 37215
Organization Details

Programs

Description
We build community in new ways, partnering with other funders, non-profits and government to identify and address Middle Tennessee's needs. Regional work on GivingMatters.com, NowPlayingNashville.com, Childcare Matters, are a few of our internal initiatives.
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Budget
$220,000.00
Description
We enjoy a unique ability to tailor our work to your charitable goals. Whether you want to address a specific need, endow a specific charitable organization, provide a scholarship, or give to our Unrestricted Impact Fund, we can help. We also enable you to establish the equivalent of a Private Foundation, a charitable nest-egg for you and your children. No matter what you have to give, you can start or add to something special. This flexibility combined with the information here on GivingMatters.com can empower you to have an impact on the issues and opportunities you care about most.
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Description
Our goal is to help you help your clients help their community. It?s as easy as that. Whether you are writing a Will, assisting with the sale of a company, or exploring ways to help your clients minimize their taxes and maximize their ability to help, The Community Foundation provides arrows for your quiver, tools you can use. The Foundation also offers an online resource the Planned Giving Design Center (www.pgdc.com) which provides you the latest philanthropic news and up-to-date tools as you work on your clients behalf.
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Budget
$0.00
Description
We write three types of grant checks to non-profit organizations: 1) checks that represent the annual payout from endowment funds created to support their work 2) checks that represent gifts from donors (individuals, families or corporations) who ask us to make a grant from their Donor-Advised Funds 3) checks for our annual discretionary grantmaking process. Additionally, we help nonprofits communicate the breadth and depth of the work they do through GivingMatters.com.
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CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments

Our goal is to help our community thrive. The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee's work revolves around enabling people to understand the opportunities of our community and to have an impact on the issues they choose. To that end, we help endow the present and future by making giving comfortable, convenient and cost-effective, knowing that without a ready supply of charitable dollars our community will be unable to move quickly to make good things happen. We work to support nonprofits and the people they serve by 1) sending support based on applications we receive from organizations seeking to address emerging needs; 2) accepting and investing gifts to endow the future of specific non-profits and forwarding approximately 5% to them each and every year; and 3) by allowing people who care to set aside money when it makes sense for them in order to use it now and later to support a variety of charitable causes and organizations. We convene collaborations to address opportunities such as our work with United Way of Metropolitan Nashville, the CNM and others to foster and then fund nonprofits working to reduce their administrative costs; or our work with the District Attorney and the Police Department to combat gun violence; with the Convention and Visitors Bureau, the Chamber, the CMA, the Airport and a host of others to help local arts organizations earn income; or with all of the major Funders, through GivingMatters.com, to help donors give with confidence. And we work extensively with individuals, families, corporations and professional advisors to serve as a resource as they explore their options for giving with meaning.