Community Outreach Partners
Begin Anew
Mission: To empower individuals in Middle Tennessee to overcome obstacles cuased by poverty by providing education, mentoring and resources.
Boys & Girls Club of Williamson County
Mission: To enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible citizens.
129 West Fowlkes St. #1000
Franklin, TN 37064
615-794-4800
Bridges Domestic Violence Center
Mission: Dedicated to helping victims and survivors find a pathway to safety and independence. Offer life-changing services and programs free of charge to anyone who has experienced physical, mental, or sexual abuse.
BrightStone
Mission: To provide a comprehensive work, social support, and residential community for adults with special needsm, expanding their potential and helping them develop mentally, physically, socially, emotionally, and spiritually.
Build-Her-A-Bridge
Mission: Based on bringing together young women through all walks of life in a creative, artistic, and safe space. We explore through creativity, journaling, and small group/ break out sessions. Exist to build up and bridge out with one another and the community. A foundation and resource guide for tween and teen girls and their families.
Cooper Trooper Foundation
Mission: The Cooper Trooper Foundation’s mission is to support the fight against childhood cancer in two tangible ways: 1) distribution of courage kits to the well siblings of children diagnosed with cancer; 2) financially investing in the Cooper Trooper Foundation Pediatric Cancer Research Endowment Fund.
Contact:
P.O. Box 682172
Franklin, TN 37068
info@coopertrooper.org
https://coopertrooper.org/mission/
Davis House
Mission: To provide investigative, advocacy, family support, and therapeutic services to children who have experienced sexual or significant physical abuse or other traumatic events, as well as trauma-informed community education, designed to guide our towns and civic spaces to be safer and more resilient for children.
Contact:
1810 Columbia Ave Suite 28
Franklin, TN 37064
615-790-5900
www.davishousecac.org
Episcopal Relief & Development
Mission: Works with partners worldwide to alleviate hunger, create economic opportunities, respond to disasters, promote health and strengthen communities.
Contact:
855-312-4325
www.episcopalrelief.org
Erika’s Safe Place
Mission: Works with partners worldwide to alleviate hunger, create economic opportunities, respond to disasters, promote health and strengthen communities.
(615) 403-5556
Franklin Community Development (Natchez Social Community Center)
Mission: The Natchez Social Community Center serves as the hub for many Franklin Community Church ministries. The center is open before and after school as a safe place for the neighborhood students to spend time. Students meet for fellowship, games, and Bible study. Seniors engage in fellowship, laughter, crafts, and Bingo. In addition to these activities, breakfast is served one Saturday a month and they have regular cookouts and block parties for the community.
Contact:
254 Natchez Street
Franklin, TN 37064
(615) 440-7553
kevin@franklincommunitychurch.org
https://franklincommunitychurch.org/natchez-social
FrankTown Open Hearts
Mission: Provide Christ-centered mentoring to Franklin’s inner-city youth through weekly vocational education and experiences that prepare our underserved youth for the future.
Freedom Reigns Ranch
Mission: Partner clients with horses during counseling sessions. Walk with clients to empower growth, healing and restoration personally and relationally.
Contact:
1725 Barker Road
Thompsons Station, TN 37179
615-721-2550
www.freedomreigns.net
Gentry’s Educational Foundation
Mission: To assist and prepare young people in our community for school, work and life.
Contact:
4221 Warren Road
Franklin, TN 37067
615-925-1033
https://sites.google.com/gentryeducationalfoundation.org/gentrys-educational-foundation
Gigi’s Playhouse
Mission: Down Syndrome Achievement Centers. Educate. Inspire. Believe.
GraceWorks Ministries
Mission: Neighbor serving Neighbor, by the power of God’s grace.
Hard Bargain
Mission: To preserve the Hard Bargain neighborhood by renovating existing homes, building high quality affordable housing, and enriching the lives of our neighbors.
Contact:
P.O. Box 545
Franklin, TN 37065
615-591-0504
www.hardbargain.org
Healing Housing
Mission: Helps women recovering from alcohol and substance use addiction live independent, healthy, and sober lives. Seek to provide women the tools, structure, and loving environment in which they can remain sober, find mental health and financial stability, and develop their own spiritual path.
Contact:
P.O. Box 2385
Brentwood, TN 37024
888-445-HEAL
www.healinghousing.org
High Hopes Development Center
Mission: High Hopes Development Center equips children, youth, and their families with the skills necessary to achieve success through education, therapeutic services, and loving support.
Contact:
301 High Hopes Ct
Franklin, TN 37064
615-661-5437
www.highhopesforkids.org
Love On Wheels
Mission: Love on Wheels provides new suitcases filled with basic necessities for children entering the foster care system. Our goal is to provide stability and a stronger sense of self-worth to children in crisis as they transition into new homes.
1331 Kittrell Road
Franklin, TN 37064
615-791-9148
loveonwheels@gmail.com
www.love-on-wheels.org
Mercy Community Healthcare
Mission: To reflect the love and compassion of Jesus Christ by providing excellent healthcare to ALL as well as aid to their families.
Contact:
113 Murfreesboro Road, Suite 319
Franklin, TN 37064
615-790-0567
www.mercytn.org
My Bag My Story
Mission: My Bag My Story is on a mission to improve the lives of children in foster care, elevating their sense of dignity and self-worth. Children in foster care often travel with nothing more than a trash bag to hold their belongings; My Bag My Story provides high-quality bags to foster care children.
Contact:
PO Box 1033
Brentwood, TN 37024
Phone: (615) 669-1430
Email: info@mybagmystory.com
https://mybagmystory.com
My Friend’s House
Mission: To serve neglect, abused, or at-risk boys, ages 12-18, in State custody by offering a home-like environment with a balance of safety, structure, encouragement, care and expectations. Our mission continues in advocating for each resident that they be given the opportunity to recover from the adverse situation and become successful young adults.
Contact:
626 Eastview Circle
Franklin, TN 37064
615-790-8553
www.myfriendshousetn.org
Needs of Our Kids (NOOK)
Mission: To support school staff in the Franklin Special School District and the schools of Williamson County as they work to ensure that all students enter the classroom ready to learn and succeed by achieving their individual potential.
Contact:
810 Oak Meadow Drive
#681334
Franklin, TN 37064
www.needsofourkids.com
Samson House
Mission: To provide a safe place, physical or virtual, for Christian men to bring their real selves and say the real truth about the things they’ve kept hidden. It’s a space of grace on the addiction battlefield, where men can be themselves.
Contact:
1242 Adams Street
Franklin, TN 37064
Tennessee Resettlement Aid
Mission: Tennessee Resettlement Aid seeks to fill the gaps in the current resettlement system with critical aid and integration services to refugees in middle Tennessee. We provide culturally appropriate food, clothes, and home-goods to new arrivals, as well as facilitate access to community resources through partner organizations.
Contact:
2355 Alteras Drive
Nashville, TN 37211
info@tennesseeresettlementaid.org
tennesseeresettlementaid.org/
Tucker’s House
Mission: Our vision is to see all families of children with disabilities have access to the necessary resources needed to make their homes both safe and accessible and fully equipped for immediate, intermediate and long-term needs.
Contact:
PO Box 682086
Franklin, TN 37068
(615) 310-5224
info@tuckershouse.org
tuckershouse.org/
UpRise
Mission: A career development program that provides training in highly sought-after skills along with leadership and personal development, to give Nashvillians a way to stop living paycheck to paycheck and launch a career.
Contact:
615-216-0968
www.uprisenashville.org
Waves
Mission: Empowering individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to progress toward their full potential.
Contact:
1325 W Main St
Suite 104
Franklin, TN 37064
615-794-7955
www.wavesinc.com
Williamson County CASA
Mission: Advocate for abused and neglected children in the juvenile court system.
Williamson County Homeless Alliance
Mission: To develop and maintain a permanent transitional sanctuary that meets the needs of people experiencing homelessness in Franklin/Williamson County TN by partnering with local government, non-profits, businesses, individuals, and churches.
Contact:
200 Devrow Court
Franklin, TN 37064
615-440-7553
www.wilcohomeless.com