In the Community

Ole South's community involvement reaches across Middle Tennessee through longstanding partnerships, charitable giving, and support for organizations focused on housing, education, veterans, children, families, and community services.

Veterans and Military Families

Ole South has worked alongside Freedom Alliance and U.S. Bank to help provide mortgage-free homes for wounded veterans and their families. In addition to the Dahl family's 2026 home, Ole South helped build the Shelbyville home presented to U.S. Army Sgt. Xanthin Luptak and his family in 2023.

Investing in Education

Ole South maintains a longstanding relationship with Middle Tennessee State University. The company serves as the Official Home Builder of MTSU and has supported programs and opportunities spanning construction management, student success, internships, and athletics. Ole South founder John Floyd has also supported major university initiatives, including the Center for Student Coaching and Success and MTSU Athletics' Build Blue campaign.

Supporting Middle Tennessee Nonprofits

Ole South has supported organizations serving families, children, and neighbors throughout Middle Tennessee, including Rutherford County Area Habitat for Humanity, Boys & Girls Clubs of Rutherford County, Special Kids, the American Red Cross, Second Harvest Food Bank, and other local nonprofits. These relationships have included financial support, volunteer involvement, and long-term partnerships tied to needs within the communities where Ole South lives and builds.

Following a record year for Ole South in 2020, the company committed more than $1 million to nonprofit organizations providing essential programs and services throughout Middle Tennessee.

Organizations supported and featured through the initiative included Rutherford County Area Habitat for Humanity, Discovery Center, Boys & Girls Clubs of Rutherford County, Special Kids, Amelia's Closet and Liberty's Station, the American Red Cross, Second Harvest Food Bank, Operation Stand Down, Nashville General Hospital, and other community organizations.

The initiative remains an important chapter in Ole South's history of giving and helped deepen relationships with organizations serving Middle Tennessee families and communities.

"On behalf of all the children and families we serve at Discovery Center each day, we are so grateful to Ole South for their continued support of our mission to inspire the next generation of physicians, scientists, artists, and homebuilders as we engage curious minds to fuel the future. This most generous gift comes at a time that has been especially difficult for children's museums around the world due to closures, regulated operating hours, and the cancellation of school field trips. Because of Ole South, Discovery Center will not only survive this pandemic, but will continue to thrive and grow its outreach and programming to an even wider community of families."

Lindsey Jennings
Vice President of Philanthropy