Support of Non-Profit Organizations

City Support of Non-Profit Organizations

The City may provide, on a limited basis, annual budgetary support to qualified nonprofit charitable or civic organizations in the community. Such assistance is made possible by provisions in the Tennessee Code, Annotated under 6-54-111.

To qualify for consideration, an organization must provide:

1. Evidence that the Tennessee Secretary of State recognizes the organization as a nonprofit charitable or civic organization.

2. Letter from the Internal Revenue Service recognizing the organization as holding tax-exempt status (a "501(C)4 or (C)6 letter").

3. A copy of either the most recent organizational financial audit, or in the absence of such, the profit and loss statement for the past business year.

These documents must accompany a letter of application presenting the intended use of the requested funds, and a detailed expenditure plan for the funds requested. Submission of such a request does not guarantee either favorable consideration, or funding award to the organization.
Funding requests must be submitted during the budget process in April.  Requests received after this deadline will not be accepted. 

Non-Profit Funding Policy

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