Nashville Tools For Schools, Inc.
Executive Director
| Executive Director | None None None |
|---|---|
| info@nashvilletoolsforschools.com | |
| Term Start | June 2006 |
| None's Experience: We currently do not have an Executive Director. | |
Senior Staff
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Ben Dodd | Shop Manager |
Staff
| Full Time Staff | 0 |
|---|---|
| Part Time Staff | 0 |
| Volunteers | 23 |
| Contractors | 1 |
| Retention Rate | 90% |
Plans & Policies
| Does your organization have a Fundraising Plan? | Under Development |
|---|---|
| Does your organization have a Strategic Plan? | Yes |
| Years Strategic Plan Considers | 2 |
| When was the Strategic Plan adopted? | May 2018 |
| Does your organization have a Management Succession Plan? | No |
| Does your organization have a Policy and Procedure Plan? | Yes |
| Does the organization have a Nondiscrimination Policy? | Yes |
| Does the organization have a Whistle Blower Policy? | No |
| Does the organization have a Document Destruction Policy? | No |
Evaluation
| Is there a formal evaluation for... | Frequency (if applicable) | |
|---|---|---|
| CEO/Executive Director | No | N/A |
| Senior Management | N/A | N/A |
| Non-Management | N/A | N/A |
Awards
| Award / Recognition | Organization | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Difference maker | Nashville Predators | 2010 |
| Grant | The Predators Foundation | 2017 |
| Grant | West End United Methodist Church | 2017 |
| Grant | West End United Methodist Church | 2018 |
| Grant | The Nashville Predators Foundation | 2019 |
| Grant | The Community Foundation of Middle TN | 2019 |
| Grant | Woodmont Christian Church | 2019 |
| Grant | West End United Methodist Church | 2019 |
| Grant | Schneider Electric North America Foundation | 2019 |
| Grant | The Sertoma Club of Nashville | 2019 |
| Grant | Community Foundation Of Middle TN | 2012 |
| Grant | Schneider Electric North America Foundation | 2012 |
| Grant | Community Foundation Of Middle TN | 2013 |
| Grant | Schneider Electric North America Foundation | 2013 |
| Grant | Community Foundation Of Middle TN | 2014 |
| Grant | Schneider Electric North America Foundation | 2014 |
| Grant | Schneider Electric North America Foundation | 2015 |
| Grant | Schneider Electric North America Foundation | 2016 |
| Grant | Nashville Predators Foundation | 2016 |
| Grant | Community Foundation of Middle TN | 2015 |
| Grant | Schneider Electric North America Foundation | 2017 |
| Grant | The Frist Foundation | 2017 |
| Mayor's award for Outstanding System-wide Partner | PENCIL FOUNDATION | 2010 |
| Grant | West End United Methodist Church | 2020 |
| Grant | Woodmont Christian Church | 2020 |
| Grant | Schneider Electric North America Foundation | 2020 |
| Grant | The Sertoma Club of Nashville | 2020 |
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| Along with many other nonprofit organizations, Nashville Tools for Schools ("NTFS") faced significant challenges this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to the outbreak and the resulting nonessential business closures, NTFS was forced to shut down workshop operations between March and July. The workshop has only recently reopened during limited hours and with limited staff in order to observe all necessary health and safety protocols required during the pandemic. Further, as schools were also forced to close due to COVID-19, NTFS has seen a significant reduction in the number of project requests. However NTFS is proud to report that, at the request of Metro Nashville Public Schools, we were able to build approximately 500 plexiglass safety screens that were provided to every school in Metro Nashville. We are now also taking project requests from Nashville area community centers that provide after-school programs to Metro students. We are proud that, despite the pandemic, we have still been able to serve our students and teachers, and we anticipate a continued increase in project requests as schools begin to reopen. An another challenge we faced is our ongoing need to increase our fundraising in order to complete a greater number of projects for an even larger number of schools at little-to-no cost. Two grants that were received in 2019 were not renewed for 2020. Additionally, NTFS' Board of Directors had put into place plans for implementation of a new annual fundraising campaign, but this too was postponed due to COVID. We are now hoping to move forward with our annual campaign in Fall 2020, and we will continue to renew existing grant applications and seek out new grant opportunities to support our mission of "building for our childrens' future". |
