ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
The Healing Trust supports nonprofits in Middle Tennessee. We do this by providing grants, retreats, and leadership programs.
In 2025, we are accepting applications for Sabbatical and Staff Support Grants.
General Eligibility Criteria
We prioritize nonprofits led by individuals working within communities most impacted by historical disparities, followed by rural applicants, and then all other applicants who don’t fall into these two categories. Applicants outside these groups will be prioritized based on their organizational approach to advancing equity and eliminating health disparities.
We will partner with and/or fund organizations that:
- Represent the community that it is trying to serve.
- Are working to reduce or eliminate health disparities.
- Serve under-resourced communities, people who are underinsured or uninsured, and people that are disenfranchised.
- Are addressing the immediate needs of the community and/or is aimed at root causes.
- Are anti-racist and are working to advance racial equity.
- Are engaging with the community and lifting the community’s voice.
All applying organizations must:
- Be operating programs as a 501(c)(3) and have at least one year of financial statements.
- Have operating expenses of less than $20 million.
- Be in Tennessee and impact our geographic area (see the map below).
- Align with our Strategic Priorities.
We will consider agencies using a fiscal agent on a case-by-case basis. National organizations must have a Tennessee-based board, separate financial statements (including a 990 or an audit), and must have programs that impact our geographic area.
Counties We Serve
The Trust partners with nonprofits that impact Bedford, Davidson, Maury, Montgomery, and Rutherford counties.
County Eligibility Criteria
In 2025, we are prioritizing wellness and staff support.
See the chart below for a list of available funding in our service area in 2025.
OPERATING GRANTS
Operating Grants provide unrestricted funds for nonprofits, based on the budgeted operating expenses of the agency. These grants are between $20,000-$50,000.
Operating Grants are given to support our Strategic Priorities. Click each priority to learn more about our focus in those areas.
Staff Support Grant
We believe that the best care is delivered with compassion and empathy. Staff Support Funds are for nonprofits that want to improve their staff’s ability to serve with compassion by creating a program to address the staff’s needs. The maximum amount that can be requested is $20,000.
Sabbatical Grant
Sabbatical Grants are for the nonprofit CEOs/EDs renewal. We give up to $20,000 for salary, travel, housing, and learning opportunities. Learning opportunities can include personal/professional coaching, spiritual direction, management programs, retreats, and conferences.The CEO/ED must have worked in a nonprofit for at least 7 years, with a at least 5 of those years as the CEO/ED.