Grants That Make a Difference
"Grants that Make a Difference" highlights grants given to Southeastern organizations that have helped make a difference in people's lives. Getting the grant is only the beginning of the story. At least once a month, "Grants That Make a Difference" will profile these important grants and what their recipients are doing with them.
Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, announced in December the receipt of a $10.5 million gift from Gordon E.
Inman, a prominent local entrepreneur and business leader. The grant will help pay for the construction of a new 100,000
square foot two-building health care education complex that will house the university’s College of Health Sciences and
Nursing.
The college will be renamed the Gordon E. Inman College of Health Sciences and Nursing. The complex will include
classrooms, office space, and a large community conference center.
“We are immensely grateful for Gordon’s generosity,” said university president Bob Fisher. “He has been a faithful and
valued trustee and advisor to the university for many decades, and we are enormously fortunate to be able to expand
opportunities for students interested in nursing or other healthcare careers. This will have a significant impact on our
community that, like so many others in our country, continues to experience a nursing shortage. This donation for our new
facility will allow Belmont to grow its nursing program to 600 students or almost triple its current enrollment.”
Inman’s fifty-year career included a range of activities, including residential and commercial real estate, hotel and
shopping center development, financial services, communications and media. “I’ve always had a passion for Belmont because
it is a Christian school with a commitment to excellence in education,” Inman said. “I appreciate the school’s dedication
to the kind of practical and experiential learning that prepares its students for successful careers.”
Recipient Contact Information:
Recipient Name: Belmont University
Address: 1900 Belmont Boulevard
Nashville, TN 37212-3757
Phone: 615-460-6785
URL: http://www.belmont.edu/
The selection of organizations for the "Grants that Make a Difference" is based on criteria such as programmatic interests, geographic focus, and size of funding programs to ensure the broadest possible representation of the region's nonprofit sector.
If you'd like to see support for your organization featured in "Grants that Make a Difference," e-mail a detailed description of the grant, including the name and contact information of the funder and of your organization, the amount given, and how the grant made a difference. For your convenience, we have provided a template to follow. We welcome press releases in addition to, or as a substitute for, the information in the template.
Email the description or press release to
atweb@foundationcenter.org, with "Grants that Make a Difference" in the subject line.
Recipient Name:
Project Name:
Organization Mission and how it relates to the project:
Beneficiaries or Community Impact:
Funding Partner(s): (Grantmaker Names)
Grant Amount:
Recipient Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
Grantmaker Contact: Name, Address, Phone, Fax, E-mail, URL
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