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Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation

Nashville, TN, United StatesWebsite

About Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation

The Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation makes mission-driven, place-focused grants that center on the arts, health-care research and innovation, education at all levels, services for at-risk youth, and programs that promote economic achievement and workforce readiness. The foundation runs a single, comprehensive grant program (no named subprograms) and typically funds operating support and project-based work for nonprofits in Nashville and Middle Tennessee, with occasional grants in New York and Fort Worth. Annual giving is roughly $6.5M, and awards historically average about $50K–$55K, with some larger awards reported.

Annual Giving$6.5M(2023)

Focus Areas

Classical and performing arts organizations (operating & project support)Health-care research and innovation (nonprofit research programs)Programs for at-risk youth (wraparound services, mentoring, youth development)Workforce readiness and economic-achievement programs (discipline, goal-setting, job training)Education across levels (K–12 enrichment, higher-education initiatives tied to workforce outcomes)

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