$17,500 in community grants will be awarded in this funding cycle.
It feels like blending Thanksgiving and Christmas: a team of volunteers awarded 14 community ministry grants after reviewing several more applications, and two additional grants from the Hallie Warner fund. Thank you to all of you who make these grants possible with your gifts, and thank you to Jane Short, Cate Mart, Jeff Miller, Calin Trabue, and Pat Cole for their good work! Ed Cole and Kathy Zamata reviewed the proposals for Hallie Warner grants. All proposed grants were approved by the Administrative Council, just a few days before Thanksgiving.
Our Hands Garden Ministry at Alameda Christian Church will receive $500 to provide food and education opportunities for youth, landscape material, seeds, plants, buckets and soil for bucket gardening by youth.
Justice Industries will receive $1,000 to provide jobs for unhoused, hard to employ workers.
Tennessee Innocence Project will receive $1,000 to fund exoneration work and to educate the community on wrongful convictions.
Matthew 25, Inc. will receive $500 to build out a clothing room for men who are residents in transitional housing at their facility.
United-4-Hope will receive $1,000 to allow them to expand recruitment, training and support for more schools and churches to build partnerships.
Charis Ministries will receive $500 to purchase food for delivery to people in their homes in Davidson and Williamson Counties.
Tennessee Prison Outreach Ministry will receive $1,000 to provide craft materials and teaching supplies for classes with youth.
Luke 14:12 will receive $1,000 to provide nutritious meals to individuals struggling with food insecurity and homelessness in Nashville.
Penuel Ridge Retreat Center will receive $1,000 to underwrite activities through their Street Outreach Program (meals, bus passes, hygiene kits) and a Day Retreat for 12 homeless women.
Preston Taylor Ministries will receive $1,000 to support their after-school reading program for approx. 50 students in K-8 grades.
Open Table Nashville will receive $1,000 to provide propane canisters for heating and cooking for unhoused individuals during the cold months.
Rest Stop Ministries will receive $1,000 to provide one month of the residential food budget for survivors of human trafficking as they heal and recover.
Nashville Adult Literacy Council will receive $1,000 to support English Language Learners by covering the cost of 10 annual Burlington English licenses.
Room in the Inn at Vine Street will receive $1,000 to support the ministry with clothing items, cots, food and other items.
Senior Ride Nashville will receive $1,500 to provide offset costs for riders in financial need and no access to transportation.
Westminster Home Foundation will receive $3,500 to provide home repairs and upgrades to keep elderly in their homes.
Some of the recipients are first-time recipients, with others we have partnered in ministry for many years. We hope to hear a Minute for Mission from representatives of each agency next year!