About Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy
To promote, assist, and support the development, growth, and sustainability of Child Advocacy Centers in their service to at-risk, abused, and neglected children and their families.
Focus Areas
child abuse response and preventionforensic interviewingvictim advocacy and mental healthtraining and professional developmentmultidisciplinary team coordinationconference sponsorship
Who They Fund
member Child Advocacy Centers (CACs)child victims of abuse and their familieslocal victim-service providers and staff
Funding Style
gap/bridge funding (offset cuts)
About Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy
Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy centers its grantmaking on child advocacy centers, and its largest recent awards show that role clearly: $682,995 to Exchange Club-carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse in Jackson and $463,273 to Memphis Cac in Memphis, both for offsetting gaps caused by cuts to member CACs' VOCA grants and for program enhancement. The foundation’s work is closely tied to supporting Child Advocacy Centers that serve at-risk, abused, and neglected children and their families, with funding that helps preserve services and strengthen local response capacity. Recent grants also reach Nashville Children's Alliance, Childhelp Children's Center of East Tennessee in Knoxville, and The Hope Center Inc (10th District Judicial Cac Cleveland Center) in Cleveland, all within Tennessee and all framed around the same stabilization-and-enhancement purpose. Across the grant list, the pattern is consistent: support for member centers, with an emphasis on maintaining core victim services and helping centers manage funding shortfalls. The foundation’s grantmaking is therefore less about broad program experimentation than sustaining a statewide network of CACs through targeted operating and program support.
What Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy Funds
A central theme is financial stabilization for member child advocacy centers. In 2025, Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy gave $248,024 to Childhelp Children's Center of East Tennessee in Knoxville, $214,721 to The Hope Center Inc (10th District Judicial Cac Cleveland Center) in Cleveland, and $199,739 to Cac of Rutherford County Inc in Murfreesboro, all to offset funding gaps caused by cuts to VOCA grants and to support program enhancement. The same pattern appears in the victim-services infrastructure across the state, where centers receive restricted support tied to their day-to-day work with child victims and families. Program enhancement is paired with service continuity, as shown in awards such as $177,011 to Safe Harbor Cac Inc in Sevierville and $164,395 to Cac of Hamilton County in Chattanooga for the same purpose. The foundation also backs centers in newer or smaller communities, including Kid's Place - a Child Advocacy Center in Lawrenceburg and Ashley's Place in Gallatin.
How Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy Gives
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$3.8M
Total Assets
$3.3M
Total Revenue
$5.5M
Total Expenses
$5.5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $55K and $148K, with a median of $109K.
25th Percentile
$55K
Median
$109K
75th Percentile
$148K
Geographic Reach
Local1 state funded
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Leadership
STEPHEN WOERNER
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