Generosity is at the heart of what we do. Gifts to Nashville Public Library Foundation power life-changing literacy, life skills, and connection at NPL. Your financial contribution, no matter the amount, is an investment in the Nashville community and enables ground-breaking and award-winning programming to be free and accessible for all Nashvillians.
Gifts made from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026.
AllianceBernstein
Amazon Inc.
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Dettwiller Foundation
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Lucy and Jeff Haynes*
Stephanie and John Ingram, John R. Ingram Advised Fund+
Junior League of Nashville
Marlene and Spencer Hays Foundation
Scarlett Family Foundation
Rhonda Taylor and Kevin Forbes*
The Sandra Schatten Foundation
The Sandra Schatten Foundation
Advance Financial Foundation
Andrew Carnegie Foundation
Annette and Irwin Eskind^
Anonymous*^
Melinda and Jeff Balser*
Clara and Wesley Belden
Scott Chambers, Scott C. Chambers Fund*+
Anita Cochran and William Cochran Jr.^*
Comcast
Sondra and Doug Cruickshanks*
Katie and Kevin Crumbo*
Maxine and Frank Majors
Dollar General
Donna and Jeffrey Eskind* and Family
First Horizon
Karen and Gene Fleming*
Carol and Robert Frist, Carol K. and Robert A. Frist M.D. Fund*+
Melissa and Robert Frist, Jr.*, Robert and Melissa Frist Family Fund+
Vicki Lynn Haney^
Cordia and C. T. Harrington*
HCA Healthcare Foundation
Kathryn and Douglas Hendrickson, in memory of Virginia J. Browning
Ingram Content Group
Martha R. Ingram^, Martha Rivers Ingram Advised Fund+
Cathy and Clay Jackson*
Melkus Family Foundation
The Memorial Foundation
Jennifer and Eric Paisley, Rechter Family Fund*+
Joelle and Brant Phillips*
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.
Deborah and Keith Pitts*
PNC Bank
Sandra Schatten Foundation
Laurie and Jim Seabury*
Caroline and Gary Shockley*
Speer Foundation
Laurie and Steven Eskind* and Family
Taco Bell Foundation
Vanderbilt University
Katy Varney and Dave Goetz, The Clearview Fund*+
Wellpoint Tennessee Inc.
West End Home Foundation
Jerry and Ernie^ Williams*
Ascension Saint Thomas
Cassidy & Dierks Bentley, RISER Foundation*
Caritas Foundation
Tricia & Ben Carswell*
Anne Davis & Karl Dean, Anne Davis & Karl Dean Advised Fund*+
DeBartolo Family Foundation
Kathryn Dettwiller*
Bob Doolittle*
Economic Club of Nashville
Enterprise Solutions
Kate & Steven Ezell*
First Onsite Property Restoration
Elizabeth & David Fox*
GFiber
HCA Healthcare | TriStar Health
Leslie & Charles Higgins*
Joan & John Hindle*
Jackson National Life Insurance Company
Ann & Owen Kelly*
Robin & Bill King*+
Lee Pratt & Neil Krugman*
Gina Lodge*
Juli Mosley*
Patricia & James Munro
Kimberly & Brad Paisley*
Elizabeth & Larry Papel*
Susannah & Zulu Scott-Barnes*
Jackie Shrago*
Shirley & Stuart Speyer, Shirley & Stuart Speyer Family Fund*+
Tennessee Arts Commission
Tennessee Titans Foundation
Tennessee Valley Authority
The Andrea Waitt Carlton Family Foundation
The William & Eugenia Cammack Fund*
Cecelia & Patrick Theobald*
Byron Trauger*
Truist
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
WME Entertainment
Amy & Kenneth Adams
Craig Adkisson
Ann M. Duffer Family Foundation*
Aon Corporation
AT&T
Bank of America Merrill Lynch
Jean Ann & Barry Banker*
Bass, Berry & Sims
Belmont University
Lillian Blackshear Peay & Clifton Peay*
BNA Nashville International Airport
Samantha & Chris Boyd*
Cynthia & Scott Brooks*
Rosalyn Carpenter*
Caterpillar Financial Services Corporation
Country Music Association Foundation
Delta Dental
Kelly Magill & Robert Dennis
Ellen & Townes Duncan*
Billy Eskind & Family*
Blaine Smith & David Esquivel
Jennifer & Billy Frist*
Karyn McLaughlin Frist*, Karyn McLaughlin Frist Fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee+
Genesco Inc.
GEODIS Foundation
Elena Goss & Bob Valentine
Ground Breakers
Hastings Architecture, LLC
Robin Holab-Abelman & Stephen Abelman*
Debbie & Don Holmes*
Vicki & Rick Holton*
Angie & Chris Howard
Lauren & Edmund Jackson
Mary Leyden & Torry Johnson*
Lillias & Will Johnston*
Margaret & Casey King*
Paige & Matt Kisber*
Susan Kupisch*
Patricia Lasher*
Jeremy Lathen
Amanda & Carter Little
Rachel & Richard Lodge
Briana Jamison & Frank Loughlin*
M.A. Rikard Charitable Trust
Susan & Stephen Mathews*
Kaaren & Ben May*
Mary Ann McCready & Pickslay Cheek
Lindsay & Tyson Moore*
Nashville Predators Foundation
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLC
Anne Fentress & Larry Neubauer, Neubauer Family Foundation*
Libby & Benjamin Page*
Kristin & Carter Paine*
Parnassus Books, LLC
Anona Johnson & Wright Pinson*
Parnassus Books, LLC
Anona Johnson & Wright Pinson*
Brooke & Justin Prince
Emily Procter
Providence Title
PwC
Riley Family Charitable Fund
The Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation
Ketch Secor
Silicon Ranch
Martha J. Sneed
Joanne & Joe Sowell*
State of Tennessee
Brenda & Joe Steakley, The Steakley Family Fund*+
Josephine Vandevender & Giles Ward
Robert Wahl*
Carolyn Wenzel
Andrews Transportation Group
Sallie W. & John H. Bailey*
Shawn & Jeremy Bakker*
Rudi & Reid Berry*
Lawrence Blank-Cook & Charles Cook*
Michael Buhl*
Carol & Paul Ciolino*
Fletch Coke
Laura & Brad Currie*
CVS Health
Josephine & John Darwin
Ann & Kirby Davis*
Rebecca Diggs*
Bonnie Dow*
Susan Edwards*
Kellee Ewing*
Cathy Fuchs*
Karlen & Louis Garrard*
Theresa Godchaux*
Anna & Steve Grizzle*
Harpeth Hall
Tricia & William Hastings
Jane & Richard Eskind & Family Foundation+
Denice & Milton Johnson, R. Milton & Denice Johnson Family Advised Fund*+
Sally & Thomas Kanaday*
Alan Kulkin, Carolyn Kulkin Fund for Education & Community+
Amy & George Lynch*
Meghan Gwaltney & Alvaro Manrique Barrenechea*
Brooks & Robert Mathews*
Betty & Conn McConnell, Betty & Conn McConnell Charitable Fund+*
Bonnie & Robert Miller*
James Morrison
Donna & Jerry Nicely*
Dianne & Kent Oliver*
Marguerite & Kevin Orndorff*
Marian & Craig Ott, The Philip Family Advised Fund*+
Anne Paine*
Polly Picard
Jennifer Puryear*
R.H. Boyd Publishing Corporation
Brenda & Colin Reed, Brenda & Colin Reed Advised Fund*+
David Reichstein*
Katarina & Sam O’Rourke*
Emmie & Stephen Rick
Connie & Nathan Ridley*
Margaret & Brian Roark*
Sandra Roberts*
Kate & Eric Satz*
Harriett & Robert Sewell*
Katherine Sheridan & Keith Simmons*
Susan & Luke Simons*+
Shelley & Fritz Spainhour*
Spencer Fane LLP
Sandra & William T. Spitz*
Carla & Greg Thurman*
Ellen & Joseph Torrence*
Truist Foundation
Kathy Urbach & Bruce Holzman*
Jessica & Dan Viner*
Linda & Alexander Waddell, Waddell Family Fund*
Elizabeth C. Walls, Colton Family Advised Fund*+
Deborah Webster-Clair & Walter Clair*
Mary Ann & Ben Weprin*
Mandy & Stephen Young*
Nahed & Joel Zehr*
Katie & Lewis Agnew*
Lynda Anderson*
Frank Andrews*
Alexandra & James Armstrong*
Kristy & James Ayers*
Kathleen & Doug Bark*
Baulch Family Foundation*
Allison & John Beasley*
Amanda & Thomas Beck*
Yvonne & Steve Bland*
Jeannie & Clay Blevins*
Karen Bloch & David Morgan*
Claudia & Gordon Bonnyman*
Boulevard Bolt
Sara & Richard Bovender
Martha & Stephen Braun*
Mollie & Blake Brookshire*
Wyeth & Edward Burgess*
Marianne & Andrew Byrd*
Elizabeth Cashion
Centennial Park Conservancy
Barbara Chazen*
Paige & Christopher Clancy
Agenia & Charles Clark*
Maxine & John Cleeton
Barbara Cobb*
Amy & Jesse Colton, Colton Family Advised Fund*+
Karen & David Conrad*
Ashley & Joe Cook*
Mary & Charlie Cook, Charles W. Cook, Jr. Advised Fund*+
Jane F. Corcoran*
Becky & Dick Cowart*
Aaron Dale*
Timothy Darrah
Kendra & Terry Deas
Lee & Wally Dietz*
Missy & John Eason*
Jennifer Eckhoff*
Carole & John Ferguson*+
Emily & James Flautt*
Chris Follansbee*
Cathey & Wilford Fuqua*
Deana Goad*
Julianne Grad*
Kathy Griffin*
Gary S. Gutow*
Page & Bzur Haun*
Margaret & Tony Heard*
Amber & Phil Hertik*
Andrea & Ben Hickok*
Courtney Hollins & Sherard Edington*
Carol & Ad Hudler, Hudler Family Fund*+
Paula DeWitt Hughey*
Aubrie & Jeremy Hutzel*
Helen & Alex Jahangir*
Diana Johnson*
Dr. Joyce Johnson*
Jennifer & Thomas Johnston*
Audree & Lon Keele*
Audree & Lon Keele*
Lynn & Scott Kendrick*
Emily & Will Kendrick*
Lisa Kranc*
Pam & Mark Lamp*
Edward D. Lanquist*
Melissa & Andrew Lasher*
Ellen & John Lea*
Kathy & Tom Lewand*
Judy & Tom Lewis*
Gabriela Lira*
Terri & George Luke*
Blair Lund
Susie Mackie*
Jane & Don MacLeod*
Amy Maden & Brian Williams*
Mark Magnuson & Steve Westfield*
Renee & Walker Mathews*
Johari & Lonnell Matthews
Pat Matthews-Juarez*
Samantha & Tyler McClain*
Katherine & James McElroy*
Sandra McLeroy*
Ann Meador & Jon Shayne*
Ray Meneely
Sanders & Matt Miller*
Trish Mixon*
Jennifer Moscardelli*
Marlene Moses*
Kelly Breckenridge & Peter Oleksiak*
Brandyn Payne*
Carol Len & Scott Portis, The Portis Family Fund*+
Poynter Institute
Nancy Prescott*
Catherine & Caldwell Ramsey*
Dr. C. Cybele Raver*
Gayle Ray & Jim Smith*
Katie & Morgan Rehnberg*
Emily Reynolds*
Elizabeth & Sean Ryan*
Maria Salas*
Elaina H. Scott*
Joyce & Walter Searcy*
Christie & J. Sheats*
Sandra Shelton
Elizabeth & Tom Sherrard
Kate Skakerberg & Shane Burroughs*
Amy R. Smith*
Ann Soderquist*
Ron Soltman & Sylvia Rapoport*
Michael Spindler*
Beth & John Stein*
Edith Streams
Rebecca & Michael Swan*
Turner Talley
The Questers
Emily & Rick Theobald*
Sandee & John Tishler*
Christi & Jay Turner*
United Way of Greater Nashville
Mary N. Wade*
Cathy & Richard Warren*
Whitney Weeks*
Christine & Jeff Weller*
F. Clark Williams, Jr.*
Tamika & Randall Williams*
Pam Zimmerman*
Sarah & Philip Andrews*
Lou Ann & Gary Brown
Mary Lea & Rick Bryant
Lynn & Mike Cass
Clare & Robin Clarke
Chase Cole
Sandy Cooper
Ann & Tom Curtis
Donna Dalton
Pyper Davis
Tiffany & Alfred Degrafinreid II
Nancy-Ann DeParle
Betty & Marty Dickens
Lake & John Eakin
Mary & John Earthman
Lisa Evans
Maggie Finn
Tory & Will Fitzgibbon
Tracy & Keith Frazier
Emily & Jan Freitag
Tracy & Bill Frist
Mary Taylor Gallagher
Mary Carlisle & Ben Gambill
Claire & Patrick Gibson
Laura & Jeff Goff
Nancy & R.D. Grimes
Christine Guenther
Lisa Hathaway
Barbara & Gary Haugen
Lori & Caleb Hemmer
Vicki & Rick Horne
Shanna & Derek Hughey
Inglewood Neighborhood Association
Andrea Kampine
Traci Keel
Jim Kelley
Sinclair Kelly
Ryan McLaughlin Wood & Barrett Wood
Elaine & Carl Milko
Charlotte Miller
Maral Missirian-Dill
National Writing Project
Thomas O‘Connor
Mary Bufwack & Robert K. Oermann
Arnita & Tim Ozgener
Georgia Paine
Dee & Anand Patel
Laura & Jamie Pfeffer
Sharon Prince
Mary & David Proctor
Jordan Ritter Conn
Robert W. & Elise B. Lykins Charitable Foundation, Inc
Delphine & Ken Roberts
Carole & John Sergent
Dana & Thomas Sherrard III
Irvin Small
David Randolph Smith
Susan Spickard
Douglas Stolman
Mimi & Charles Vaughn
Ann Parker Weeden & Douglas Weeden, The Weeden Family Foundation
Melissa & Jay Wellons
Judy & Kelly Wright
These organizations provided a non-monetary contribution to support NPLF.
Compost Nashville
D‘Andrew‘s Bakery & Cafe
Dollar General
Dozen Bakery
East Park Donuts & Coffee
Fazoli‘s
Fire Holdings, LLC
Frist Art Museum
Garden‘s of Babylon
Ginny Warren Design
Gordon Food Service
Gray Family McDonald‘s
Hattie Jane‘s Creamery
Jackalope Brewing Co.
Jawbreaker Adventures, LLC
Martin‘s Bar-B-Que Joint
Michael Shane Neal*
Mitchell Delicatessen
Nashville Children‘s Theatre
New Heights Brewing Co.
Publix Super Markets Charities
Rivergate Skate Center
Sift Nashville
Signature Transportation
Strike & Spare Family Fun Centers
Taco Mama
Taziki‘s Mediterranean Cafe
The Hermitage Hotel
The Nashville Fair
WeGo Transit
These organizations contributed financially and leveraged their resources to help NPLF raise additional community funds.
Birdie‘s Tattoo
Crieve Hall Bagel Co.
Duckbill Bookshop
East Nashville Beer Works
Eat Bubbles
Flour Your Dreams
Friendly Arctic Printing & Design
Gift Horse
Gladly Gather
Goodfellas Pizzeria
Hi, Finch
Inglewood Lounge
Jeni‘s Ice Cream
Kendra Scott
Killjoy
Lightning 100
Literary Flour
Local Events
Love & Exile
Music City Residential Specialists
Nashville Scene
Nashville Sounds
Nelson‘s Green Brier Distillery
Novel Eye Care
Serendipity
Shook About Books
Sidecar Bar
State Farm – Bethany Harbin
The Bookshop
The Ingram Distillery
Todd Snyder
Yazoo Brewing
