About

Our Heart for Women and Children

Grace Place is a faith-rooted community offering Stable Housing, Support Through Education, and Hope Through Empowerment for women with children experiencing homelessness. We walk alongside families as they rebuild their lives, providing safety for today and strength for tomorrow. We meet each family with compassion, provide the tools they need to build long-term stability, and celebrate every step of transformation.

Here, every woman is seen.

Every child is valued.

Every story matters.

Our Mission

Empowering single mothers in need and their children toward developing healthy, safe, and independent lives in the local community.

Our Vision

A society where every woman is empowered with the resources, safety, and supportive community needed to realize her full potential; to ensure a foundation of endless opportunity, security, and a future filled with purpose and limitless possibilities by recognizing, embracing, and using her God-given gifts.

Our Story

Grace Place began with a simple conviction, “No mother should have to choose between shelter and her children’s well-being.”

From that conviction grew a home, a program, and a community designed not just to address homelessness, but to break its cycle.

What started as an act of faith has blossomed into a long-term transformational program where families find stability, discover their strengths, and build new foundations through relationships, education, and support.

Over the years, we’ve learned that the most powerful change happens slowly, consistently, and in community. Grace Place is that community.

A Place to Begin Again

Grace Place is more than housing.

More than a program.

More than a ministry.

It is a place deeply rooted in grace where women and children rediscover safety, rebuild stability, and reclaim the future that belongs to them.

What Makes Grace Place Different

Our program is thoughtfully designed for single mothers experiencing homelessness while trying to navigate the weight of providing safety, stability, and structure for their children.

We offer long-term stability.

Families don’t just stay briefly. They settle in, breathe deeply, and build new routines that support lasting change.

We provide wraparound support.

Life-skills classes, mentorship, accountability, spiritual care, community meals, and ongoing encouragement accompany every family’s journey.

We walk by faith.

Our work is shaped by compassion, prayer, and a deep belief in the dignity and worth of every woman and child.

We build futures, not quick fixes.

This is not a shelter. It’s a transformational program built on relationship, trust, and empowerment.

Stories of Hope

Grace Place Mom
Thanks to Grace Place and all of you who give to it, I have another chance at life with my children. I am free of the horrors of my past, I am confident and strong, and my dreams are a possibility.
Grace Place Graduate
When I graduated from Grace Place, they helped me move into a sober living community where I continued to fight for my sobriety and put everything I’d learned into practice. They’ve remained an enormous part of my life ever since.
Grace Place Mom
Today, I stand here in a place I never thought I would be—self-sufficient, proud, and hopeful for my future. My children are thriving, and I have a stable job and a home of our own. And I owe that to Grace Place.
Grace Place Mom
I stand before you today as a woman who knows the kind of hopelessness and desperation that caused me to have to give up two of my children because I was guilty. But now, because of Grace Place and all of you who make this ministry possible, I also stand before you as a woman who knows the kind of joy and gratitude that enables me to keep two of my children because I am redeemed.
Grace Place Mom
I am forever grateful for Grace Place. I could stand here and talk to you for hours and hours about what everyone at Grace Place has done for my family and me. Grace Place, you will forever be in my heart. I will never forget you, and I will make sure my kids never forget Grace Place and its staff. I love you guys! Thank you for showing me the kindness of God.
Grace Place Mom
Through Grace Place, He was able to take this broken mother and put the pieces back together again in a much better way than ever before. My relationship with my children and my family is stronger than ever, and I feel truly independent for the first time in my life (except, of course, for my dependence on the Lord).
Grace Place Graduate
Grace Place taught me to start accepting responsibility, empowering me to observe past mistakes and make better decisions for my future. The program helped me grow in resilience, maturity, discipline, and faith.
Grace Place Family
Grace Place brought my mom back to God. Though she felt lonely and lost all those years, God was leading her through the wilderness to a new place she was meant to find. I want to say how proud I am of my mom. She is a completely new creation because of God’s grace and the hand he has had on Grace Place.
Grace Place Participant
While my life is still not free of struggles, I have continued to practice the skills and techniques that I learned while a mom at Grace Place. I have peace and hope now that simply did not exist within me before my journey there!
Grace Place Participant
I began therapy while at Grace Place and now I can’t believe I went 39 years of my life without it. I am able to establish healthy boundaries with others. I have gained unconditional love for myself and my beautiful family. I’ve never been closer to God and trusted him so completely.
Grace Place Mom
It’s the best feeling in the world to know that I will be alright and that my kids will be alright. And its honestly all thanks to Grace Place and all of the staff, volunteers, and donors who make Grace Place possible.

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Matt Denney

Advisory

A native of Hendersonville, Matt completed his undergraduate and graduate studies at the University of Tennessee before returning in 2005 to begin his career as a CPA in Nashville.   He honed his skills serving privately held businesses for national and regional firms until January 2021 when he joined Davis, Brown & Company PLLC as a partner.  He has a broad range of experience serving clients in the healthcare, manufacturing, retail, non-profit, and real estate industries.

 

Matt has always been passionate about serving and contributing to the success of nonprofits that cater to the needs of families.  During his career he has served on the boards of or volunteered for organizations focused on foster care, family welfare, and homeless youth.  In addition to shifting focus to the business needs of Sumner County it was also his intent to find local organizations that are benefitting his home community.  He is enthusiastic about dedicating his skills and passion to help further the mission of Grace Place and make a meaningful impact in this area.

 

Matt resides in Gallatin with his wife (Lindsay) and three children (Caroline, Andrew, and Luke).