Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn

About Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn

Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc directs very large grants toward organizations that are already feeding hungry people across Middle Tennessee. In 2025, its largest recent award went to One Generation Away in Franklin for $4,699,589, and several other seven-figure grants followed to groups such as Hope Hohenwald, Manna Caf Ministires, and The Branch of Nashville Inc. The pattern is consistently operational: the funding language across the recent grants table centers on assistance to feed hungry people rather than discrete, short-term projects. The foundation’s recent grant list shows a network approach to hunger relief, with awards flowing to food banks, church-based ministries, rescue missions, and community help centers. Nashville Rescue Mission, Nourish Food Bank, Graceworks Ministries, and Feed America First are among the organizations receiving support in this portfolio. The scale is substantial, with many grants measured in the hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars, suggesting a funder that is a major source of ongoing food assistance infrastructure in Tennessee. Its stated mission is to nourish and empower people so they can thrive, and the grant record reflects direct-service work for food-insecure individuals, low-income families, homeless or unsheltered people, and other vulnerable populations experiencing hunger.

What Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Funds

Food security is the center of this funder’s grantmaking. Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Inc gave $4,699,589 to One Generation Away in Franklin to assist in feeding hungry people, and it also awarded $759,714 to Nashville Rescue Mission for the same purpose. The portfolio also reaches community organizations that distribute food locally. It granted $3,697,597 to Hope Hohenwald in Hohenwald and $833,229 to Dickson County Help Center Inc in Dickson, both with the stated purpose of feeding hungry people. Church-based ministries are a recurring part of the mix. Examples include $2,085,400 to Westside Church of the Nazarene in Tullahoma and $1,968,899 to Gateway Church Feed One Ministry in Shelbyville. These grants fit a pattern of direct support for food distribution organizations and emergency food assistance rather than broader program areas.

How Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tn Gives