Established in 1999, the Minerva Foundation of Tennessee, Inc., is a 501(c)(3) organization that engages in public service programs that promote and encourage high intellectual, cultural, and moral standards in Metro Nashville. engages in public service programs that promote and encourage high intellectual, cultural, and moral standards of residents in the Metro Nashville community; to establish, foster and organize educational, historical and cultural programs that will provide meaningful inter-generational activities and improve the quality of life for future generations; and to administer services to the homeless, senior citizens and youth; scholarships; cultural program and historical events.