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NASHVILLE, TENN. – The Tennessee Titans today announced recipients for the second round of funding through their Home Field Advantage Catalyst Fund, awarding a total of $500,000 to 20 Davidson County nonprofits. The $5 million fund is a financial resource program focused on supporting the pathway to affordable homeownership.
The second grant cycle is expected to provide more than 850 individuals with rental, mortgage and downpayment assistance, build more than 470 units, preserve more than 15 homes and help provide immediate emergency shelter services.
“When we created this fund, it was our goal to help eliminate barriers to safe and affordable housing,” said Titans Vice President & Executive Director, ONE Community & Titans Foundation, Johari Matthews. “We are lucky to have so many incredible organizations aligned with that mission throughout Davidson County and we are proud to be able to support them through this initiative.”
Since launching their Home Field Advantage Catalyst Fund in December 2025 under the ‘Neighborhoods’ pillar of the team’s ONE Community platform, the Titans have given $1.5 million back into the community, supporting more than 30 Davidson County nonprofits and affordable housing developments.
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A full list of recipients from the second grant cycle is below:
- Martha O’Bryan Center
- McNeilly Center for Children
- Monroe Harding, Inc.
- Nashville Anti-Human Trafficking Organization
- Nashville Industry Fund
- Nashville Launch Pad, Inc.
- Nashville Rescue Mission
- Nashville Safe Haven Family Shelter Inc.
- NeedLink Nashville
- Open Table Nashville
- Pass the Beauty Inc.
- Pathway Lending
- Rebuilding Together Nashville
- Rooftop Foundation
- Room In The Inn
- Springboard Landings, Inc.
- The Contributor Inc.
- Trinity Community Commons
- Westminster Home Connection
- Jonathan’s Path
The program’s first grant cycle awarded a total of $805,000, impacting more than 750 individuals and contributing to 162 new housing units and developments.
Following Winter Storm Fern in February, the Titans, through their Home Field Advantage Catalyst Fund, donated $250,000 to the Metropolitan Action Commission (MAC) to help launch Davidson County’s Emergency Winter Housing Assistance Program (EWHAP). The program provided critical support to residents unable to cover their housing payments due to hardships caused by the storm.
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About ONE Community
‘ONE Community’ is the Tennessee Titans’ multi-faceted philanthropic platform that reaches many of Nashville’s most underrepresented and marginalized communities with a focus on three areas –
Opportunity, Neighborhoods and Education. The Titans have binding partnership agreements with
each ONE Community organization supported and a six-member advisory committee to help foster growth and provide accountability, oversight and reporting measures. Powered by the Titans Foundation, ONE Community strives to create generational change one person, one family and one community at a time.
About Home Field Advantage Catalyst Fund
The Home Field Advantage Catalyst Fund is a financial resource program within the Neighborhoods pillar of the ONE Community platform. The program includes a $5 million fund housed at Citizens Bank Savings and Trust Company to award capital towards shovel-ready projects and nonprofit initiatives supporting the pathway to affordable homeownership.
