• Helper Grants Open: Oct. 6, 2025
• Grant Deadline: Jan. 9, 2026, at midnight
• 2026 Email Announcement: Late April
• Grant Distribution: May

• Applicant must be a 501c3 organization or government agency serving the Nashville or Middle Tennessee area
• Projects/programs must benefit youth and their families
• Each organization can only submit ONE application.
• Grants may range from $500 to a maximum of $10,000. Average 2024 grant was $4,500
• Projects with a detailed itemized list of grant expenses are more likely to be funded.
• Organizations looking to partner with the Nashville Predators and the Nashville Predators Foundation beyond funding are given stronger consideration.
• Organizations whose operating budget is under $2.0 million will receive priority consideration.
• Organizations that have received funding in three consecutive years will be considered but organizations that have not received grants in consecutive years may receive priority consideration.

What Do We Fund?

• Specific projects involving youth and families
• Durable goods
• One time programs

What We Do Not Fund

• General operating costs (including building/facility repairs and updates)
• Staff salaries & benefits, program per diems
• Sponsorship or fundraising of any kind
• Capital campaigns
• Endowments or reserve funds or grants to individuals
• PTAs, PTOs or Booster Clubs (We do donate items to auctions & raffles, please see information on donations here.)

Foundation grants are reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors, which consists of individuals from the Nashville community and team representatives. All applicants are notified in late April via email and funding is distributed by early May. For this reason, we do not accept requests for funding projects in April or May of that year. It is however acceptable to request funding for a project in April or May of the following year. If funding needs change after grant is approved, please contact us. All grant recipients must submit a midyear and final report by the preset deadline.

Click here to view your application and submit your midyear and final report.

All funding must be used by Feb. 28, 2026 (unless a special request is submitted). Reports are available to view and submit on the grant application site prior to the deadline.

• Mid-Year Report due Oct. 25, 2025
• Final Report due Feb. 13, 2026

100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee, Inc.

15th Judicial District Child Advocacy Center

23rd Judicial District Drug Court

A Soldier's Child

ABLE Youth

AbleVoices

Act Too Players Foundation

Actors Bridge Ensemble (ABE)

Adventure Science Center

Akiva School

Alive Hospice

Always Bev Inc.

American Cancer Society

American Heart Association

Angel Heart Farm, Inc.

Armed Services YMCA Fort Campbell

Art Link Co-op Inc. DBA ArtLink

ASMT, Inc.

Assistance League of Nashville

Austin Peay State University Master of Public Health (ACT)

Autism Career Training

Aventura Community School

B.E. Academy for Girls

Backfield in Motion, Inc.

Beads of Courage, Inc.

Beautiful Spirited Women

Bethlehem Centers of Nashville

Black Lemonade

Blind Early Services TN

Boys & Girls Clubs of South Central Tennessee

Bridge Family Ministries

Bridges of Williamson County dba Bridges Domestic Violence Center

BrightStone, Inc.

Camp Kesem at Vanderbilt University

Carnegie Writers

CASA of Cannon County

Catholic Charities, Diocese of Nashville

Center for the Arts, Inc.

Center of Hope for Behavioral Health

Characters of Character NFP

Child Advocacy Center of Rutherford County, Inc.

Children's Emergency Care Alliance (CECATN)

Cho-Zen

Cole Elementary - Planet Protectors

Communities In Schools

Community Child Care Services, Inc.

Community Resource Center

Conexion Americas

Cottage Cove Urban Ministries

Cumberland River Compact

Daystar Counseling Ministries

Down Syndrome Association of Middle TN (DSAMT)

Dream Streets

East Nashville Hope Exchange

Easter Seals Tennessee

Education Equal Opportunity Group (EEOG)

Endure Athletics Foundation

Fannie Battle Day Home for Children

Feed America First

First Steps Inc.

Franklin Baseball Club

Friends Life Community

Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms

Friends of Warner Parks

Galaxy Star Drug Awareness dba Nashville Peacemakers

Gift of Life Marrow Registry

GiGi's Playhouse Nashville

Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee

Girls on the Run Middle TN

GraceWorks

Greenhouse Ministries

Habitat for Humanity of Sumner County

Habitat for Humanity Williamson Maury

Hands-On Science Center

Harpeth Conservancy

Harvest Hands Community Development Corporation

High Hopes Preschool and Pediatric Therapy Clinic

Hope Hohenwald Inc.

Horse Play, Inc.

Hospice of the Highland Rim Foundation

Humanities Tennessee

Imagination Library of Coffee County

Inspiritus, Inc.

Jazz Empowers

Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee

Kids On The Rise

King's Academy

Kymari House, Inc.

LOAVES & FISHES - Clarksville

Manna Cafe Ministries

McNeilly Center for Children

Men of Valor

Middle Tennessee Science and Engineering Fair Foundation

Middle Tennessee State University Club Ice Hockey

Monthaven Arts and Cultural Center

Move! Music City

Music City Youth in the Arts, Inc.

My Bag My Story

NAMI Davidson County

NAMI Tennessee

Nashville Adult Literacy Council

Nashville Ballet

Nashville Book Connection

Nashville Diaper Connection

Nashville Dolphins

Nashville Freedom School Partnership

Nashville Humane Association

Nashville State Community College Foundation

Nashville Tools for Schools

Nashville Urban Debate League

Nashville Youth Basketball Association

Nashville Youth for Christ, Inc.

Nashville Youth Jazz Ensemble

National Museum of African American Music

NeedLink Nashville

Needs of Our Kids (The NOOK)

New Leash On Life

Nurses for Newborns of Tennessee

Operation Stand Down Tennessee

Owl's Hill Nature Sanctuary

Path United

Pathways Kitchen

PENCIL Foundation

People Loving Nashville

Permobil Foundation

Persist Nashville

Pinson Hospital Hospitality House

Plant The Seed

Project Redesign Inc.

Read and Play Schools (RAPS)

Read To Achieve

Renewal House, Inc.

Retrieving Independence, Inc.

RISE UP Grundy

Rocketown of Middle Tennessee

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Nashville, Inc.

Saddle Up!

Salama Urban Ministries

Samaritan Recovery Community

SCHS Bison Hockey Club

Shine Photography

ShowerUp

Small World Yoga

Soles4Souls

Southeast Community Ventures

Special Kids Inc.

Special Olympics Tennessee

St. Luke's Community House

St. Mary Villa Child Development Center

STARS Nashville

Stronger Than My Father, Inc.

Studio Tenn Theatre Company

Sumner County CASA

Support and Training for Exceptional Parents (TNSTEP)

TeamCJColas Uterine Cancer Foundation

Tennessee Alliance for Kids (TAK)

Tennessee Craft

Tennessee Hemophilia Bleeding Disorder Foundation

Tennessee Kids Belong

Tennessee State Parks Conservancy

Tennessee Trucking Foundation

Tennessee Wildlife Federation

Tennessee Wolverines Hockey Foundation

The Aloe Family

The Bridge House

The Bridge, Inc.

The Edison School

The Gift of Song

The Hope Station Inc.

The Journey Home, Inc.

The Nashville Dream Center

The Nashville Food Project

The Porch Writers' Collective

The Theater Bug

The Well Outreach

Trevecca Nazarene University

Tucker's House

Tullahoma South Jackson Civic Association

Turnip Green Creative Reuse

Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center

Volunteer State Robotics Foundation

Water Walkers

Wayne Reed Christian Childcare Center

wear blue: run to remember

White Fawn Farm

WithLove Charity

Working Dogs for Vets

YAIPAK

You Have the Power...Know How to Use It, Inc.

Youth Encouragement Services

• 2025 - $850,791
• 2024 - $825,995
• 2023 - $800,040
• 2022 - $775,000
• 2021 - $735,000
• 2020 - $700,000
• 2019 - $675,962
• 2018 - $607,639
• 2017 - $500,103
• 2016 - $450,772
• 2015 - $415,020
• 2014 - $410,652
• 2013 - $405,000
• 2012 - $350,269
• 2011 - $325,059
• 2010 - $305,000
• 2009 - $260,000
• 2008 - $250,524
• 2007 - $240,110
• 2006 - $149,348
• 2005 - $54,152
• 2004 - $146,040
• 2003 - $154,980
• 2002 - $211,729
• 2001 - $226,048
• 2000 - $250,850
• 1999 - $145,927