Form 990 for tax year 2024

Filed by THE COMMUNITY FDN OF MIDDLE TN INC.

Totals

Total revenue: $239,914,601
Total expenses: $129,670,728
Contributions and grants received: $216,380,789
Grants paid: $118,600,724
Program services expenses (Part IX): $120,887,002
Management and general expenses: $6,720,646
Fundraising expenses: $2,063,080
Program service expenses (Part III): $120,887,002

Program services were 93.2% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

Listed in Part VII

HAL CATO

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Total calculated

$271,697

From this org

$263,822

From related orgs

$0

Other

$7,875

Hours/week

50 + 1 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$262,500

Bonus

$1,322

Other

$0

Deferred

$7,875

Nontaxable benefits

$0

Filer's total

$271,697
LYLE BEASLEY

BOARD CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
CHRISTINE KARBOWIAK VANEK

VICE CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
GAIL WILLIAMS

SECRETARY

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
MILTON JOHNSON

TREASURER

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
SARA FINLEY

CHAIR ELECT

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
WILL ALEXANDER

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
HARRY ALLEN

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
WAVERLY CRENSHAW JR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
BETH DEBAUCHE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
JIM GINGRICH

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3 + 3 related
TREY HARWELL

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
JOHARI MATTHEWS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
ANDY MAY

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
JIM MEADE

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
WILL MORROW

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
DR TURNER NASHE JR

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
PERRI DUGARD OWENS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
LINDA REBROVICK

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
COURTNEY ROSS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
DR PAUL STUMB

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
JAY WILLIAMS

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
ALAN YOUNG

DIRECTOR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
DEBI TATE

TRUSTEE CO-CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
JERRY WILLIAMS

TRUSTEE CO-CHAIR

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
JAMIE CHEEK

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
JANA DAVIS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
SHARI DENNIS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
FARZIN FERDOWSI

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
RAY GUZMAN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
CARL HALEY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
AUBREY HARWELL

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
CATHERINE JACKSON

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
DECOSTA JENKINS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
KEVIN LAVENDER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
ELLEN LEHMAN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
ROBERT LIPMAN

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
DONNA NICELY

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
LARRY PAPEL

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
SUSAN SIMONS

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
CHARLIE TROST

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
JACK TURNER

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
BETSY WALKUP

TRUSTEE

Total calculated

$0

Hours/week

1.3
JAMES MUNCH

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER

Total calculated

$208,306

From this org

$201,306

From related orgs

$0

Other

$7,000

Hours/week

50 + 1 related

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$200,000

Bonus

$1,306

Other

$0

Deferred

$7,000

Nontaxable benefits

$0

Filer's total

$208,306
BENJA HUTCHENS

VP OF HR AND ADMIN

Total calculated

$156,564

From this org

$142,394

From related orgs

$0

Other

$14,170

Hours/week

50

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$137,517

Bonus

$4,877

Other

$0

Deferred

$4,125

Nontaxable benefits

$10,045

Filer's total

$156,564
KELLY WALBERG

VP OF COMMUNICATIONS

Total calculated

$150,757

From this org

$134,022

From related orgs

$0

Other

$16,735

Hours/week

50

Schedule J breakdown matched by us

Base

$128,418

Bonus

$5,604

Other

$0

Deferred

$4,035

Nontaxable benefits

$12,700

Filer's total

$150,757
RONDAL RICHARDSON

SR ENTERTAIN. & DON. REL.

Total calculated

$144,443

From this org

$130,764

From related orgs

$0

Other

$13,679

Hours/week

50
AMY FAIR

SR MGR PHILANTHROPIC RELAT

Total calculated

$147,657

From this org

$133,939

From related orgs

$0

Other

$13,718

Hours/week

50
BELINDA DINWIDDIE-HAVRON END 1024

DIR DONOR ENGAGEMENT (END 10/24)

Total calculated

$128,615

From this org

$117,381

From related orgs

$0

Other

$11,234

Hours/week

50

Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us.

Schedule J

Answered yes

3 · Written employment contract
3 · Compensation survey or study
3 · Approval by the board or compensation committee

Answered no

4a · Severance or change-of-control payment
4b · Supplemental nonqualified retirement plan
4c · Equity-based compensation arrangement
5a · Pay contingent on this organization's revenues
5b · Pay contingent on a related organization's revenues
6a · Pay contingent on this organization's net earnings
6b · Pay contingent on a related organization's net earnings
7 · Other non-fixed payments
8 · Paid under the initial-contract exception

Part I's answers as filed. A line not listed was left unanswered; on lines 1a and 3 that means the box was not checked.

Grants on this return

THE NASHVILLE CATALYST FUND

$19,500,000

TO SUPPORT AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN NASHVILLE
FEEDING AMERICA

$5,000,000

TO SUPPORT DISASTER RELIEF EFFORTS.
MONTGOMERY BELL ACADEMY

$4,500,000

FOR UNDESIGNATED SUPPORT
AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION

$2,000,000

DONATION TO APSU FOUNDATION
NASHVILLE POLICE PUBLIC SAFETY ALLIANCE

$1,640,000

DISTRIBUTION NOW THAT NPPSA HAS ITS OWN 501C3. THIS IS BULK OF FUNDS--ONE MORE FINAL DISTRIBUTION WILL TAKE PLACE ONCE A/P AND ADMIN FEE SETTLE.
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

$1,200,000

TO PURCHASE THE EDISON HISTOTRIPSY SYSTEM
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY - DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS DAR

$1,100,000

TO ESTABLISH THE PAPEL FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP AT VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL. PLEASE NOTIFY CLAY CLINE AND CHRIS GUTHRIE UPON RECEIPT OF THIS GIFT.
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY - DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS DAR

$1,050,000

$900,000 TO ESTABLISH LAW SCHOOL CHAIR AND $150,000 FOR PROGRAM FUND RELATED TO LAW SCHOOL CHAIR PURPOSE
EPISCOPAL SCHOOL OF NASHVILLE

$1,000,000

UNRESTRICTED
MARTHA AND JOHN M RIVERS PERFORMANCE HALL FOUNDATION

$1,000,000

AS A MATCHING GIFT TO THE RIVERS ENDOWMENT (ANONYMOUS DONOR)

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

Related organizations on this return

Schedule R Part II: tax-exempt organizations related to the filer by control. It does not record shared board members or money.

THE NASHVILLE CATALYST FUND

501(C)(3) · AFFORDABLE HOUSING · TN

Directly controlled by THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE

Provenance

Return type: form_990
Tax year: 2024
Filed: 14 November 2025
IRS schema version: 2024v5.2
Source object: 202533189349307498

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