Private foundation · Nashville
James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc.
Key facts
- Grants in Tennessee
- 26 totaling $2M
- Typical grant
- $5,000 to $50K (middle half of its Tennessee grants)
- A realistic first ask
- About $28K, its median Tennessee grant. New grantees usually get less than long-time ones.
- Where it gives
- Davidson County, Williamson County, Dickson County · plus 3 grants outside Tennessee
- Total giving that year
- $2M
How to apply
- Contact
- Lizzy Martin · Nashville · 6158462103
- What to send
- Application form provided by the foundation. Include: documentation of tax exempt status, list of officers & directors, most recent audited financial statement, internal financial statements & operating budget, projected budget.
- Deadlines
- None
- Limits
- No grants for: individuals, loans travel or seminars, government agencies, political purposes, dinner events, other private foundations, telethons.
As the foundation reported to the IRS for tax year 2024. Check its website or call before sending anything, because contacts and deadlines change.
What it funds most often
- Relief efforts in western north carolina and eastern tennessee from hurricane helene
- Recovery in community capital campaign
- Capital fund support - new building
- Fall bash - sponsor support
- Governor frank g. clement railroad hotel museum endowment campaign
- The turner family distinguished visting professor of public policy
- Nct's arts access and family access membership
- 2024 blue ribbon teacher awards
Tennessee organizations it funded
Largest first. Groups it already funds are good people to ask what the foundation looks for.
| Recipient | Where | Purpose | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashville Public Library Foundation | Nashville, Davidson County | Nashville public library's literary award gala endowment | $700K |
| Governor Frank G Clement Railroad Hotel Museum | Dickson, Dickson County | Governor frank g. Clement railroad hotel museum endowment campaign | $250K |
| Vu - Vanderbilt University - Athletic Department | Nashville, Davidson County | Vandy united: envisioning the future of vanderbilt golf | $250K |
| Lipscomb University | Nashville, Davidson County | The turner family distinguished visting professor of public policy | $167K |
| Friends of Warner Parks | Nashville, Davidson County | Capital fund support - new building | $100K |
| Nashville Public Television | Nashville, Davidson County | Npt's a word on words | $75K |
| American Red Cross - Nashville Area Chapter | Nashville, Davidson County | Relief efforts in western north carolina and eastern Tennessee from hurricane helene | $50K |
| Cumberland Heights Foundation | Nashville, Davidson County | Recovery in community capital campaign | $50K |
| Renewal House Inc. | Nashville, Davidson County | Matching grant for early learning center capital campaign | $50K |
| Tennessee Performing Arts Center | Nashville, Davidson County | Tpacs annual family day and further programmatic support for tpac | $50K |
| Tennessee Performing Arts Center | Nashville, Davidson County | Tpacs annual family day and further programmatic support for tpac's dance program | $50K |
| Word to Flesh Ministries Inc. Dba Moss Rose Education Foundation | Brentwood, Williamson County | "celebrate the fine arts" educational video project | $50K |
| Nashville Anti Human Trafficking Coalition | Nashville, Davidson County | General operating support | $30K |
| Communities in Schools of Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | General operating support | $25K |
| Tennessee Innocence Project | Nashville, Davidson County | General operating support | $25K |
| Nashville Repertory Theatre | Nashville, Davidson County | Nashville repertory theatre's youth education program & program expansion | $20K |
| Nashville Public Education Foundation | Nashville, Davidson County | 2024 blue ribbon teacher awards | $15K |
| Home Street Home | Hermitage, Davidson County | General operating support | $10K |
| Nashville Children's Theatre | Nashville, Davidson County | Nct's arts access and family access membership | $10K |
| Friendship House | Nashville, Davidson County | Fall bash - sponsor support | $5,000 |
| The Nashville Entrepreneur Center | Nashville, Davidson County | Sponsorship at the entrepreneur center's next awards | $5,000 |
| Nashville Public Education Foundation | Nashville, Davidson County | 2024 public schools hall of fame | $3,000 |
| Nashville Zoo Inc. | Nashville, Davidson County | Annual gift for claws, paws, jaws | $2,500 |
| Saddle Up | Franklin, Williamson County | Annual giving | $1,000 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank | Nashville, Davidson County | General operating | $1,000 |