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Our 2011-2012 Donors
Title Sponsorships of 2011 "Artfully Aware" Event
The Crichton Group
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas and Katherine Alsup
Ms. Ruth Alsup
Additional Sponsors and Community Partners of 2011 "Artfully Aware" Event
American Towel & Rental Services
Beachaven Winery
Boy Scouts of America
Chick-fil-A
FedEx Office
Flour Shop Bakery
The Fresh Market
Georgia-Pacific
Hobby Lobby
The Home Depot
Mid-South Ceramics
The Parent-Teacher Store
Publix Super Markets, Inc.
The Puffy Muffin
Smith & Rogers Florist
Trees & Trends
The UPS Store
Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee
Sean & Tonya Haynes
Mr. Chris Wild
Ms Gaynell Payne
Mr. Roy Overcast
Ben Liske
Ms. Heidi Snow
Mr. Paul Malone
Mr. Brian Tortoro
Title Sponsorship of 2011 "Race Across the Spectrum:5K for Autism"
Access National Mortgage--Nashville, TN
Additional 2011 "Race Across the Spectrum:5K for Autism" Sponsors
Pinnacle Bank
The Learning Lab of Brentwood/Green Hills
Boyce & Associates, Inc
Myers Carpet of Nashville
The Crichton Group
Mr. & Mrs. Berry & Celeste Holt
Dr. Chad Follis, DDS & Dr. Darby Follis, DDS
The 4 Warrens of Fridrich & Clark Realty
Legends Bank of Brentwood
2011 "Race Across the Spectrum: 5K for Autism" Community Partners
Mix 92.9 Lite Rock Favorites
Whole Foods of Green Hills
Lindell Jewelers of Brentwood
Sport Seasons of Cool Springs
ACME Sports
Endurance Sports
Brooke Rainey Photos
Pediatric Therapies
Middle Tennessee Paintball
Total Major Gift of $800,000+
Ms. Cindy Brown Ronveaux
Individual Gifts of $15,000+
Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Patton, The Patton Advised Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Individual Gifts of $7,000+
Mr. John O. Colton; The John and Julia Colton Family Advised
Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Individual Gifts of $4,000+
Dr. & Mrs. Thomas F. Frist, Jr.; The Family Advised Fund
of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Individual Gifts of $2,000+
Mrs. Celeste Holt
Dr. Robert P. Murphy
Ms. Rachael Fajardo
Mr. Robert S. Lipman
Mr. & Mrs. Stephen and Pamela Little--in honor of Clark Murphy
Mr. & Mrs. Leon and Tavis Wright
Individual Gifts of $1,500+
Mrs. Janice Donelson
Mr. C. Terry Deaton Family Foundation---in honor of Mr. John O. Colton
Individual Gifts of $1000+
Mr. and Mrs. Jack O. Bovender, Jr--in honor of Mr. John O. Colton
Mr. and Mrs. R. Clayton McWhorter Foundation, The McWhorter Foundation Advised Fund of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee
Mr. & Mrs. Phil Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Raj Patnaik
Mr. Robert Chorba
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff E. Caudill
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Jones
Anonymous
Dr. Sangeeta Parulekar
Individual Gifts of $500+
Dr. Albert Kattine
Mrs. Ruth O. Alsup--in honor of Turner Alsup
Individual Gifts up to $500
Mr. E. Berry Holt--in honor of Celeste Holt
Mark and Heather Burnette
Fred and Cheryl Prouty
Bruce and Melinda Mangrum
Dr. David Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Sullivan
Ms. Elizabeth T. Westermann--in honor of Mrs. Julie Colton Jones & Mr. John O. Colton
Ms. Lisa Maki--in honor of Saidee Jones
David and Kathy Anderson
Ms. Allison Simpson
Ms. Loretta M. Ogden
David and Martha Baldwin
Mr. and Mrs. James O. Bass III
Clark & Cleora Binger
Karl & Connie Rogers
Steven & Molly Rollins
Justin & Kathryn Muratore
Christopher & Kathryn Strainick
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Liske
Mr. Ray Throckmorton
Mr. Robert Crichton, Jr.
Al & Cathy Mitchell
Jason & Jodi Morrissey
Mr. Buddy Smith
Ms. Dana Galuten--in honor of Cara Galuten
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Lackey
Mr. Alexander Galuten
Mr. Larry Shelton
Ms. Susannah W. Touzel
Charles & Mary Mitchell
Ms. Kathryn Skinner
Mr. & Mrs. Edward Hatfield
Mr. William B. Orr
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Johnson
Michael & Barbara Hicks
Mr. & Mrs. James R. Keating
Mr. & Mrs. Eric Blouin
Mr. & Mrs. Glenn Watkins
Mark & Heather Burnette
Mark & Linda Lauthern
Daniel & Jill McCarty
Ms. Holly Lu Conant Rees
Melissa & Neal Zaner
John & Janice Shelton
Anonymous
Ms. Mildred Woody--in honor of Patrick Donelson
Ms. Audrey Bernstein
Ms. Patricia Bogda--in honor of Daniel Lucas
Ms. Silvia Basilotta--in honor of Daniel Lucas
Mr. Robert Notestine
Ms. Mary Dawson
Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey Usman
Mrs. Barbara Murphy
Elite Martial Arts
Michael & Ellen Gooden
Mr. John Beasley
Ms. Susan Cox
Ms. Glenda Berry
Mr. Mark Peters
Ms. Deborah Usry
Ms. Ashley Turner
Ms. Mary Bondurant
Charles & Lissa Walker
Ms. Mary Sierra
Jim & Sadha Williams
George & Sheree Felix
Karl & Connie Rogers
Dr. E. Dale & Susie Batchelor
Mr. & Mrs. Frank T. Foster---in honor of Mr. John O. Colton
Mr. & Mrs. William Burke
Ms. Jennifer U. Hayes
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Alsup
Jim & Pam Terrell--in honor of Mrs. Celeste Holt
Ms. Susan Gray--in honor of Celeste Holt
Ms. Kathryn Gray Skinner--in honor of Celeste Holt
Dr. & Mrs. Terry Allen
Mr. & Mrs. James P. Kennedy
Ms. Evelyn B. Lucas--in honor of Daniel Lucas
Ms. Susan Dulin--in honor of Emmett Usman
Candi Henry & Jay Watson
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Sullivan---in honor of Saidee Jones
Mr. Adrion Lile
David & Valerie Engstrom--in honor of Brendan & Christina Donelson
Mrs. Linda Mason
Beverly & Pradeep Patnaik
Mr. Ronald Barrett
George & Julie Stadler
Mark & Lindsay Ison
Wayland & Allison Arnold
Christine Medeiros
Mark & Karin Bailey
Ms. Sue Lawrence Groomes
Edward & Bonni Slifer
Lawrence & Ramona Mitchell
Mr. Steven Rollins
Ms. Janice Rawls
Matthew & Lisa Wallace
Mr. Jason Farmer---in honor of Hudson Guy
Mr. Brian Waller--in honor of Hudson Guy
Mr. Ryan Thompson--in honor of Hudson Guy
Ms. Nancy Bennie
Ms. Sarah McClure
Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Evans--in honor of Turner Alsup
Ms. Susan M. Foster
Ms. Susan B. Shanklin
Ladies Who Launch, Nashville Chapter
Ms. Stacey Cason
Mr. & Mrs. Theodore & Elizabeth Tiesler--in Memoriam of Ms. Gayle Lane
Ms. Nancy Brock
Mr. & Mrs. Al and Laura Rhodes
Ms. Daisy Rhye
Mr. & Mrs. David and Paulette Coleman
Ms. Kathi Hurt
Mr. Stephen B. Parker
Ms. Wanda B. Flener
Claudio Mosse & Kristine LaLonde
Mr. & Mrs. Donald and Elizabeth Tassone
Mrs. Carolyn S. Malone
Mr. & Mrs. Kevin and Kathi Smiley
Ms. Nancy Zoretic
Ryan, Becky, Reece & Uri Minyard
Judy Isaacs--in honor of Mason Isaacs
Mr. & Mrs. Jim and Lynn Ragland
Ms. Sandra Howard---in honor of Jackson Howard
Mr. & Mrs. Steven and Linda Mason
Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy and Ashley Turner
Mr. & Mrs. Gregory and Marla Hampton
Mr. & Mrs. Brian and Stephanie Smith
Ms. Cherrie Farnette
Mr. & Mrs. Tom Herring--in honor of Turner Alsup
Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth and Jean Johnson--in honor of Mason Isaacs
Ms. Kay Parrish--in honor of Mason Isaacs
Mr. & Mrs. Jeff and Sue Ann Turner---in memory of Ms. Martha Caldwell Alsup Lee
Jeff, Carolyn, and Sandra Turner--in honor of Turner Alsup & in memory of Ms. Susan Marie Wilson
Mr. & Mrs. Raymond and Rene Hazledine
Mr. & Mrs. Leon and Augenette Botha
Timothy J. Russart and The Clorox Company--in honor of Mr. Paul Malone
Mr. & Mrs. Courtney and Carolyn Pearre--in honor of Mrs. Lee Pearre Patnaik
Mr. John O. Colton--in honor of Miss Saidee Jones
Ms. Sue D. Lewis
Ms. Pamela Little
Mr. & Mrs. Davis and Karen Buckner---in honor of Celeste Holt
Mr. & Mrs. Charlie and Joyce McMahan--in memory of Martha Lee Alsup
Candi Henry & Jay Watson
Mr. & Mrs. Stuart M. Lackey
Special Gifts in Memoriam of Ms. Pearl Luna Turner
Mr. Brent Wilkes
Mr. Bart VerHulst & CCA´s Federal/Local Partnership Relations Team
Charlie & Joyce McMahan
David, Brian & Betty Ikeda
Ben & Mickey Davis
Ms. Anna Lou Holman
Mr. & Mrs. Carl Johnson
Mrs. Wayman Hill
Mr. & Mrs. Charles B. Myers
Mr. Jason K. Graham
Mr. & Mrs. Jim and Sandra Oakes
Mr. & Mrs. J. Douglas Wright
Ms. Betty Jo Greer
Mr. & Mrs. Alan and Peggy Alsup
Special Gifts in Memoriam of Dr. John Donelson III
Mr. & Mrs. Gordon Liske
Mr. & Mrs. Peter Gural
Mr. & Mrs. Charles Myers
Ms. Susannah W. Touzel
Ms. Loretta M. Ogden
Mr. & Mrs. Donald Malone
Mr. & Mrs. Keith McCormick
Mr. & Mrs. Bill Blevins
Ms. Judy Clark
Mrs. Louisa Watson
Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Czika, Jr.
Individual In-Kind Gifts
Charles and Renee Fawcett
Gordon and Juli Liske
Brendan and Christina Donelson
Ms. Cindy Ronveaux
Bruce and Melinda Mangrum
Dr. David Davis
Mr. & Mrs. Marty Kittrell
Mr. Stephen Penick
Thomas & Karen Lucas
Megan Wilson
Jessica Layman
Larry & Nancy Rollins
Lindsey Rollins
Mr. Roger Chorba
Mr. & Mrs. William Burke
Mr. Robert Lipman
Bob & Marcie Gilchrist
Ms. Sue Lawrence Groomes
Mr. Daniel Watt
Mr. Berry Holt
Mr. Andy Mangrum
Foundation Gifts of $25,000+
Baptist Healing Trust--Transom Grant 2011 in support of Family Counseling Program
Baptist Healing Trust--Transom Grant 2012 in support of Family Counseling Program
Foundation Gifts of $20,000+
The Memorial Foundation--in support of Direct Service Clinical Staffing for 2012
Foundation Gifts of $15,000+
Baptist Healing Trust---Partnership Grant 2011-2012
Foundation Gifts of $3,500+
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee--Discretionary Grant in support of 2012 Family Counseling Program
Foundation Gifts of $2,500+
Foundation Gifts of $1,000+
Wal-Mart Foundation
Looking Out Foundation--Brandi Carlile Band
The Deaton Family Foundation--in honor of Mr. John O. Colton
Corporate Gifts of $10,000+
Access National Mortgage, Nashville, TN
Corporate Gifts of $3,000+
Corporate Gifts of $1,500+
Nashville City Club
Pro-Care Floorcare, Nashville, TN
Corporate Gifts of $500+
Team Wilson, Century 21 Premier, Mt Juliet, TN
Corporate Gifts up to $500
St. George´s Episcopal Kindergarten, Nashville, TN
The Crichton Group, Nashville, TN
Bank of Tennessee, Nashville, TN
S.T.E.P.S. Inc., Nashville, TN
Mastran Music Group, Nashville, TN
New Hope Baptist Church, Mt. Juliet, TN
Dance Unlimited, Nashville, TN
Mickey Lynn Designs, Atlanta, GA
Plated Gold, Inc, Antioch , TN
Tonya Haynes, Artist LLC
Corporate In-Kind Gifts
Lively Landscape Co, Nashville, TN
YMCA, Maryland Farms
Walker Lumber & Hardware
Middle Tennessee Paintball, Spring Hill, TN
Digital Marketing Services, Birmingham, Ala
Once Upon a Time Catering, Nashville, TN
Jessica Hill Art, Nashville, TN
Play Ball Children´s Therapy, Hendersonville, TN
Mr. Stuart Naylor, Nashville, TN
Street Tuxedo, Nashville, TN
U-haul International, Inc
The Autism Society of Middle Tennessee
Mid-South Ceramic Supply Company, Nashville, TN
Many ways to donate
We have been overwhelmed and amazed by the generosity of our Middle Tennessee communities. We have been blessed to receive donations of many items such landscaping, furniture, and toys--and we express our heartfelt gratitude to each one of our donors listed above. Every donation helps make it possible for The Brown Center to deliver the best possible programming to the children we serve.
Donations of goods and services may be made by contacting us by email by clicking here, or by phone at 615.385.7994.
Monetary donations may be made in person at the Center, by using the PayPal "Donate" button found below, or by mailing a check to the address found at the bottom left of this webpage.
The Brown Center has its IRS 501(c)3 designation as a non-profit public charity. Both monetary and goods/services donations are eligible as charitable tax deductions.
The benevolence of our donors is the sustaining force that allows us to breathe life into our mission...and positively change the course of the future for our children, our families, and our community.
what people are saying
"In my senior capstone course in social entrepreneurship, my class visited the Brown Center for Autism. The students were in awe of the level of services being provided to ensure clients quality of life and how they were improved. They believe the organization uses entrepreneurial skills such as innovation as a means for providing compassionate quality services. They all complimented that such an organization is one that they would want to work for having study social entrepreneurship."
Bernard Turner, Ed.D., M.A., M.B.A., GPC
Assistant Professor, Social Entrepreneurship
Director, Center for Social Entrepreneurship and Service-Learning
Belmont University