The Mary Parrish Center

The Mary Parrish Center, a women-owned nonprofit domestic shelter based in Nashville, Tennessee, operates as a prime recipient of federal grants supporting transitional and permanent housing for survivors of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The organization does not hold federal contracts or compete as a prime contractor; all federal funding flows through grant programs administered by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Department of Justice (DOJ).

The Mary Parrish Center's federal footprint is tightly concentrated in homelessness and housing assistance grants. HUD's Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development (CPD) provides the dominant funding stream through the Continuum of Care Program (CFDA 14.267), which accounts for 40 of 43 recent awards totaling approximately $4.3 million obligated across the past several years. Recent HUD CoC awards include three project grants issued on July 1, 2026, for $290,540, $126,294, and $118,388 respectively, each funding establishment and operation of housing and supportive services through June 30, 2027. These awards support permanent housing (including permanent supportive housing and rapid rehousing), transitional housing, supportive services only, and homeless management information systems for survivors in the Nashville area. The Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women (CFDA 16.736) funds the organization's second program stream: the Transitional Housing Assistance Grants for Victims of Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking. A $600,000 OVW grant awarded October 1, 2024, and running through September 30, 2027, provides 10 clustered-site residences for 60 survivors and their families, with support services including counseling, intensive case management, housing advocacy, emergency financial assistance, and community enrichment activities designed to move clients toward permanent housing and economic self-sufficiency. The organization partners with local agencies including Viable, FiftyForward, and Strings of Hope to deliver comprehensive, survivor-centered transitional housing and support.

Recent annual award activity has stabilized at four grants per year from 2022 through 2026. Four awards reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, representing recompete opportunity within that window. The organization operates exclusively as a grant recipient with no subrecipient activity and does not hold parent contract vehicles or seats on government-wide acquisition contracts.