United Way of Greater Nashville
Programs
Budget
$1,700,000.00
Description
Hands On Nashville meets community needs through service. Hands On volunteers are part of the United Way of Greater Nashville's mission to unite the community and mobilize resources so that every child, individual, and family thrives. In 2024, Hands On became part of United Way of Greater Nashville. By combining forces, Hands On can grow the impact of volunteers throughout the nine county region, as well as harnessing the power of business-based volunteers locally. With merged administrative structures, Hands On and United Way reduce overall community costs and maximize the impact that they can have for partner organizations.
Beneficiaries
General Public
Families
Long-term Success
Hands On partners with Nashville's Office of Emergency Management to coordinate volunteers for disaster response and recovery and supports other Middle Tennessee regions in developing disaster preparedness and recovery partnerships.
Short-term Success
Hands On Nashville was founded in 1991 to bring awareness to the challenges facing our community and how neighbors could get involved in helping one another thrive. Over time, the organization evolved into to a well-known community pillar that engages local residents in more than 10,000 acts of service every year. The Hands On community calendar features service opportunities for more than 170 nonprofit and civic partners. Hands On initiatives also engage college students in yearlong AmeriCorps service terms, recruit GeekCause technology volunteers to help nonprofits improve their systems, and connect large corporate volunteer groups with customized opportunities to serve.
Program Success Monitored By
Successful completion of projects for local nonprofits, satisfaction of those nonprofits in the work completed and number of community citizens engaged in volunteering.
Program Areas Served
Davidson and Montgomery Counties
$1,700,000.00
Description
Hands On Nashville meets community needs through service. Hands On volunteers are part of the United Way of Greater Nashville's mission to unite the community and mobilize resources so that every child, individual, and family thrives. In 2024, Hands On became part of United Way of Greater Nashville. By combining forces, Hands On can grow the impact of volunteers throughout the nine county region, as well as harnessing the power of business-based volunteers locally. With merged administrative structures, Hands On and United Way reduce overall community costs and maximize the impact that they can have for partner organizations.
Beneficiaries
General Public
Families
Long-term Success
Hands On partners with Nashville's Office of Emergency Management to coordinate volunteers for disaster response and recovery and supports other Middle Tennessee regions in developing disaster preparedness and recovery partnerships.
Short-term Success
Hands On Nashville was founded in 1991 to bring awareness to the challenges facing our community and how neighbors could get involved in helping one another thrive. Over time, the organization evolved into to a well-known community pillar that engages local residents in more than 10,000 acts of service every year. The Hands On community calendar features service opportunities for more than 170 nonprofit and civic partners. Hands On initiatives also engage college students in yearlong AmeriCorps service terms, recruit GeekCause technology volunteers to help nonprofits improve their systems, and connect large corporate volunteer groups with customized opportunities to serve.
Program Success Monitored By
Successful completion of projects for local nonprofits, satisfaction of those nonprofits in the work completed and number of community citizens engaged in volunteering.
Program Areas Served
Davidson and Montgomery Counties
Budget
$111,493.00
Description
Raise Your Hand partners with administrators and teachers to implement tutoring sessions in participating schools. Volunteer tutors work in the classroom after school helping teachers with first- through eighth-grade students struggling with reading and math. Teachers and volunteers partner to listen to and coach each child to success. Participation is completely free for students and includes snacks and transportation home.
Raise Your Hand serves students in Williamson County Schools, Franklin Special School District and Robertson County Schools as well as Cheatham, Dickson and Hickman. Tutoring sessions in Wilson County are forthcoming.
Beneficiaries
Children
Families
K-12 (5-19 years)
Short-term Success
In the 2021-22 school year:
375 students were served
13 elementary schools participated
95 percent of Franklin Special School District's students' reading improved
83 percent of Williamson County Schools' students' math improved
Program Areas Served
Williamson County, Robertson County, Cheatham County, Dickson County, Hickman County
$111,493.00
Description
Raise Your Hand partners with administrators and teachers to implement tutoring sessions in participating schools. Volunteer tutors work in the classroom after school helping teachers with first- through eighth-grade students struggling with reading and math. Teachers and volunteers partner to listen to and coach each child to success. Participation is completely free for students and includes snacks and transportation home.
Raise Your Hand serves students in Williamson County Schools, Franklin Special School District and Robertson County Schools as well as Cheatham, Dickson and Hickman. Tutoring sessions in Wilson County are forthcoming.
Beneficiaries
Children
Families
K-12 (5-19 years)
Short-term Success
In the 2021-22 school year:
375 students were served
13 elementary schools participated
95 percent of Franklin Special School District's students' reading improved
83 percent of Williamson County Schools' students' math improved
Program Areas Served
Williamson County, Robertson County, Cheatham County, Dickson County, Hickman County
Description
All kids deserve to start kindergarten ready to learn. But too many early learners in our community face circumstances that dim their opportunities to start on the right foot. Read to Succeed is a comprehensive early childhood learning model that builds academic and social-emotional skills for children from birth through age five. Through Read to Succeed, children learn the skills they need to reach their highest potential. Core elements are: High-quality Classroom Environments; Qualified Instructional Coaches; Professional Development; Research-based Curricula; Regular Assessments; Parental Engagement; and Lending Libraries.
Category
Education - Early Childhood Education
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Program Areas Served
Davidson County
All kids deserve to start kindergarten ready to learn. But too many early learners in our community face circumstances that dim their opportunities to start on the right foot. Read to Succeed is a comprehensive early childhood learning model that builds academic and social-emotional skills for children from birth through age five. Through Read to Succeed, children learn the skills they need to reach their highest potential. Core elements are: High-quality Classroom Environments; Qualified Instructional Coaches; Professional Development; Research-based Curricula; Regular Assessments; Parental Engagement; and Lending Libraries.
Category
Education - Early Childhood Education
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Program Areas Served
Davidson County
Description
In partnership with the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation and the Dollywood Foundation, Imagination Library of Middle Tennessee delivers an age-appropriate, high-quality book each month straight to children's mailboxes at no cost to families. All children in Davidson, Williamson and Sumner counties, from birth to age five, are eligible. Books are personalized with the child's name and mailed directly to their home, making books exciting and inspiring a love for reading at an early age. United Way raises funds to support the cost of the books and to build awareness of this important program. Imagination Library of Middle Tennessee has distributed more than 500,000 books to 45,000 children throughout the region. Children who are read to regularly and early in life are better prepared for school. Ninety percent of physical brain development occurs in the first three years of life, when a baby forms more than one million new neural connections per second.
Category
Education - Early Childhood Education
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Program Areas Served
Davidson County, Sumner County, Williamson County
In partnership with the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation and the Dollywood Foundation, Imagination Library of Middle Tennessee delivers an age-appropriate, high-quality book each month straight to children's mailboxes at no cost to families. All children in Davidson, Williamson and Sumner counties, from birth to age five, are eligible. Books are personalized with the child's name and mailed directly to their home, making books exciting and inspiring a love for reading at an early age. United Way raises funds to support the cost of the books and to build awareness of this important program. Imagination Library of Middle Tennessee has distributed more than 500,000 books to 45,000 children throughout the region. Children who are read to regularly and early in life are better prepared for school. Ninety percent of physical brain development occurs in the first three years of life, when a baby forms more than one million new neural connections per second.
Category
Education - Early Childhood Education
Beneficiaries
Infants and Toddlers
Program Areas Served
Davidson County, Sumner County, Williamson County
Description
Together, we are ensuring families have a stable place to call home, food to eat and support in times of crisis. Our community is committed to providing coordinated, wrap-around services to stabilize our families and avoid future crisis. We partner with organizations through our Family Empowerment Program to help families experiencing homelessness?and those at-risk for homelessness?by helping them secure housing, find stability and plan for the future. Through partnerships with food banks, hot meal providers and meal delivery services, we're giving people access to high-quality, nutritious meals and bridging the gaps so that families are fed. We also provide a safety net for people in times of crisis to avoid foreclosure, utility cutoffs or repossession. By providing a singular database for our nonprofit network, we're able to pool funds to provide emergency financial assistance to make rent or mortgage payments, pay outstanding utility bills, satisfy medical debts and provide relief.
Program Areas Served
None
Together, we are ensuring families have a stable place to call home, food to eat and support in times of crisis. Our community is committed to providing coordinated, wrap-around services to stabilize our families and avoid future crisis. We partner with organizations through our Family Empowerment Program to help families experiencing homelessness?and those at-risk for homelessness?by helping them secure housing, find stability and plan for the future. Through partnerships with food banks, hot meal providers and meal delivery services, we're giving people access to high-quality, nutritious meals and bridging the gaps so that families are fed. We also provide a safety net for people in times of crisis to avoid foreclosure, utility cutoffs or repossession. By providing a singular database for our nonprofit network, we're able to pool funds to provide emergency financial assistance to make rent or mortgage payments, pay outstanding utility bills, satisfy medical debts and provide relief.
Program Areas Served
None
Description
Together, we are building a stronger, healthier Nashville by helping people access quality health care, assisting those suffering from mental health issues and chronic disease, and bringing people together to make connections and build strong, supportive communities. Our Family Empowerment Program helps to prevent and end homelessness. We also partner to help those without health insurance obtain affordable care and those living with or affected by HIV/AIDS receive essential support and services. We work with providers to help chronic disease sufferers receive the education and resources they need to manage their conditions so they can live healthy, productive lives. Our partners help individuals coping with mental health or substance abuse issues and provide wrap-around support and case management to ensure long-termsuccess. Through our Family Resource Center Partnerships and services, we help families make meaningful, lasting connections to those around them.
Program Areas Served
None
Together, we are building a stronger, healthier Nashville by helping people access quality health care, assisting those suffering from mental health issues and chronic disease, and bringing people together to make connections and build strong, supportive communities. Our Family Empowerment Program helps to prevent and end homelessness. We also partner to help those without health insurance obtain affordable care and those living with or affected by HIV/AIDS receive essential support and services. We work with providers to help chronic disease sufferers receive the education and resources they need to manage their conditions so they can live healthy, productive lives. Our partners help individuals coping with mental health or substance abuse issues and provide wrap-around support and case management to ensure long-termsuccess. Through our Family Resource Center Partnerships and services, we help families make meaningful, lasting connections to those around them.
Program Areas Served
None
Description
Together, we can ensure that every child in our community enters kindergarten ready to learn, has the support they need to develop crucial reading skills for success and receives essential social and emotional support from preschool to graduation. Access to books is one of the biggest barriers kids face when learning to read. Through Imagination Library of Middle Tennessee, kids receive a free book in the mail regardless of their family's income every month from birth until age five. Our Read to Succeed program is a comprehensive early childhood learning model that builds literacy and social-emotional skills for preschoolers who need it most. We are determined to make sure our students make it to graduation and have a plan for continuing education, vocational training or career success. We give our students social and emotional education through their middle and high school years and provide opportunities for mentorship and support to help kids move onto adulthood with confidence.
Program Areas Served
None
Together, we can ensure that every child in our community enters kindergarten ready to learn, has the support they need to develop crucial reading skills for success and receives essential social and emotional support from preschool to graduation. Access to books is one of the biggest barriers kids face when learning to read. Through Imagination Library of Middle Tennessee, kids receive a free book in the mail regardless of their family's income every month from birth until age five. Our Read to Succeed program is a comprehensive early childhood learning model that builds literacy and social-emotional skills for preschoolers who need it most. We are determined to make sure our students make it to graduation and have a plan for continuing education, vocational training or career success. We give our students social and emotional education through their middle and high school years and provide opportunities for mentorship and support to help kids move onto adulthood with confidence.
Program Areas Served
None
Description
Together, we can give everyone in our community a chance at a better life by providing access to free financial counseling services and banking accounts to build assets and increase financial reserves; making sure our young people graduate; offering continuing education and job training so people can get higher paying jobs; and setting people on the path to financial independence. The average taxpayer spends $273 to file their taxes each year. United Way volunteers prepare taxes at no cost for individuals and families earning less than $66,000 a year through our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance free tax prep program. In addition, our professionally-trained financial counselors at the Financial Empowerment Center help clients manage bills, work through debt, establish and improve credit, create a budget, open a bank account and save for the future.
Program Areas Served
None
Together, we can give everyone in our community a chance at a better life by providing access to free financial counseling services and banking accounts to build assets and increase financial reserves; making sure our young people graduate; offering continuing education and job training so people can get higher paying jobs; and setting people on the path to financial independence. The average taxpayer spends $273 to file their taxes each year. United Way volunteers prepare taxes at no cost for individuals and families earning less than $66,000 a year through our Volunteer Income Tax Assistance free tax prep program. In addition, our professionally-trained financial counselors at the Financial Empowerment Center help clients manage bills, work through debt, establish and improve credit, create a budget, open a bank account and save for the future.
Program Areas Served
None
