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United Way Announces New Round of ‘Restore the Dream’ Funding
October 06, 2010
Latest Grants Bring Amount United Way Has Invested In Flood Recovery To $671,633
NASHVILLE, TN, October 6, 2010—United Way’s Restore the Dream Fund today announced seven more grants totaling over $75,000 to help non-profit and community organizations defer costs sustained during the May floods.
The latest round of grants brings the amount invested by United Way to more than $671,000, including funding for five Restore the Dream Centers in areas of the community hardest hit by the flood, said Eric Dewey, president of United Way of Metropolitan Nashville. Over 90% of the donations pledged to the fund since the flood has been invested to date and the remaining funds will be awarded to qualified applicants who meet the criteria for the grants. The
latest grants include:
• $37,300 to the Eighteenth Avenue Community Center to repair its physical structure
• $10,000 to Penual Ridge Interfaith Retreat Center in Ashland City to repair damage to the
property sustained in the flood
• $9,690 to the Cheatham County Long-term Recovery Committee to fund two part-time
positions to assist residential home rebuilding in the county
• $7,800 to Moore Elementary School in Franklin to repair damage to its facility
• $6,355 to Rochelle Center to reimburse expenses incurred as a result of the flood
• $2,500 to St. Luke’s Community House to help provide case management to families
recovering from the flood
• $2,000 to CASA, Inc. to reimburse costs incurred after the flood
The largest of the most recent grants will allow Eighteenth Avenue Community Enrichment Center, a 76-year old non-profit that provides childcare and family enrichment programs to more than 500 low-income working families in Northwest Nashville, to replace the damaged roof on its
50-year old building on Osage Street.
The United Way Restore the Dream Fund grant committee continues to receive grant applications as non-profit organizations settle with their insurance companies and realize the true extent of their physical damages, as well as the increased demand of their services for long-term flood recovery, Dewey said.
The United Way Restore the Dream Fund was established more than a dozen years ago
to assist local non-profits recover and resume operations when disaster strikes.
After the May flood, United Way activated the fund and has raised approximately $700,000 through corporate and individual gifts.
Any 501(c)3 organization in Middle Tennessee that is impacted by a disaster, natural or man-made, is eligible to submit an application, which can be accessed online at
http://www.unitedwaynashville.org.
Decisions regarding each grant application are made by the Restore the Dream committee made up of leaders from United Way’s board, community investment committee, Nashville’s corporate, faith, academic and non-profit communities.
Other grants made by the United Way Restore the Dream Fund since the flood include:
• $100,000 to Catholic Charities, Inc. to establish and operate the Bellevue Restore the
Dream Center that provides case management services to flood-affected families
• $100,000 to Conexion Americas to establish and operate the Antioch Restore the Dream
Center that provides case management services to flood-affected families
• $100,000 to Salvation Army to establish and operate the Madison Restore the Dream
Center that provides case management services to flood-affected families
• $100,000 to Matthew Walker Community Health Center to establish and operate the
Bordeaux Restore the Dream Center that provides case management services to floodaffected
families
• $100,000 to St. Luke’s Community House to establish and operate the Northwest Nashville
Restore the Dream Center that provides case management services to flood-affected
families
• $50,000 to Community Resource Center to assist with the repairs to its warehouse that
was submerged in nine feet of water from the flood
• $10,000 to Harpeth Youth Soccer Association, which serves 2,000 families in the heavilyaffected
Bellevue area, to repair recreation fields and purchase equipment
• $10,000 to The Ark of Kingston Springs to provide additional operating funding for this
organization serving flood-impacted families in Cheatham County
• $6,016 to Nashville Cares to repair damages to roof, external communication system,
sump pump and HVAC caused by the flood
• $6,000 to The Pencil Foundation to assist in replenishing supplies and operational items
damaged by the flood
• $5,500 to The Hermitage to repair damage to the emergency lighting panel controls
caused by the flood
• $4,123 to Monroe Harding to repair damage to the phone system, computer server and
security system
• $2,348 to Matthew Walker Health Center to help support casework managers the
Bordeaux Restore the Dream center
• $2,000 to Operation Stand Down to repair two transitional housing units damaged by the
flood
