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New executive director outlines grants and partnerships; foundation reports multi-year investments
Summary
Jane Grimes Meneally, the new executive director at the Nashville Parks Foundation, highlighted recent grants (including a $200,000 grant for Watkins All Wheel Park phase 2), community partnerships and nearly $3 million in investments when 2026 commitments are included.
Jane Grimes Meneally, introduced as the new executive director of the Nashville Parks Foundation, delivered the foundation's annual update and described recent grants and partnerships supporting Metro Parks projects. She noted the McCabe Park playground project (cited around $400,000) that Friends of McCabe helped raise nearly $500,000 for, and said the foundation secured a $200,000 grant to complete phase 2 of the Watkins All Wheel Park. Meneally also referenced a $300,000 award that will be publicly announced on Aug. 11.
Meneally summarized the foundation's decade-long investment in parks: "In the 10 years between 2015 and 2025, the National Parks Foundation invested over $1,700,000 ... and with the 2026 investments I mentioned today, that number is nearly 3,000,000," she said (meeting agenda and remarks identify the group as the Nashville Parks Foundation). The presentation emphasized fiscal sponsorship for neighborhood groups, strategic priorities and plans to align foundation investments with Metro priorities.
