Adventure Science Center

Adventure Science Center (ASC) inspires visitors of all ages to learn more about science, technology, engineering and math in a fun, dynamic and interactive environment. Visitors can scale the seven levels of the Adventure Tower, tour the systems of the human body in BodyQuest and become a jet pilot in the full-motion flight simulator BlueMax. Last year, ASC welcomed more than 253,500 visitors representing all 50 states including school groups throughout Tennessee (46 counties), Kentucky, Alabama, Indiana and Louisiana. In 2008, the all-new Sudekum Planetarium will reopen to take visitors to the outer limits with its modern, high definition, 360° full-dome theater with explosive surround sound.

Belle Meade Plantation

Once a world-renowned 5400-acre Thoroughbred horse farm, today Belle Meade Plantation is a thirty-acre historic site that interprets 200 years of Nashville and Tennessee history. The gemstone of the property is our 1853 Greek Revival Mansion and tours are offered daily by period costumed interpreters. The site also houses an extensive antique carriage collection as well as other historic outbuildings including an 1890’s Carriage House and Stables, original log cabin and more. Come and explore where the bloodlines of such racing legends as Seabiscuit, Secretariat, Funny Cide and Smarty Jones began!

Clean Air Partnership of Middle Tennessee

The Clean Air Partnership of Middle Tennessee is a non-profit organization focused on air quality in the eight-county area surrounding Davidson County. CAP works to encourage lifestyle changes by promoting concepts like carpooling, mass transit, and regular car maintenance. From air alert notices to finding rideshare partners, CAP is a one-stop information source connecting people with the resources they need to make smart transportation choices. Visit the Clean Air Partnership at www.CleanAirPartnership.info.

Community Health Charities of Tennessee

Community Health Charities of Tennessee is an alliance of leading nonprofit health research and service organizations whose mission is to improve the lives of people affected by chronic illness by investing in medical research, health services, and educational materials. We partner with employers to develop their charitable activities and provide employees with meaningful ways to connect with the health charities they care about through workplace giving, volunteerism, and education.

Governor's Books From Birth Foundation

This non-partisan, not-for-profit organization administers Tennessee's statewide Imagination Library through sponsoring organizations in all 95 counties. This program provides a free, age-appropriate, hardback book every single month to enrolled children from birth until their fifth birthday, at no cost to the parents and regardless of income. The books are a gift to all Tennessee's 375,000 children under age 5 and are mailed directly to their home. You can support your county's Imagination Library by registering your child to receive these books, by volunteering your time, and by raising money. With your help, we can see to it that every child in Tennessee grows up reading.

Hands On Nashville

Founded in 1991, Hands On Nashville creates and leverages opportunities for people to transform their world through volunteer service. In 2006, Hands On Nashville connected 24,000 volunteers to community service initiatives. The value of those volunteers' time is almost $2.5 million.

Idealist.org

Idealist.org connects organizations, individuals, resources, and ideas so that anyone anywhere can imagine and act toward building a better world. With over 65,000 organizations from 190 countries posting volunteer, job, internship, and event opportunities for its 50,000 daily visitors and 500,000 members, Idealist also provides extensive resources for job seekers, volunteers, and HR and volunteer management professionals.

Monroe Harding

Monroe Harding's mission is to partner with at-risk youth and families to provide a bridge to independence and success. The residential programs provide a home for at-risk youth ages 16 - 24. The non-residential programs are Project SHARE, which matches at-risk elementary students with adult mentors; and Youth Connections which serves as a central place where youth who have previously been in state custody can find assistance as they become independent.

Oasis Center

Oasis Center began in 1969 as a grassroots-organized drop-in center that offered crisis intervention and counseling to Nashville’s marginalized youth. Over the past four decades, Oasis Center has grown into a leading provider of crisis services and leadership development opportunities for youth in Middle Tennessee.

Oasis Center’s mission is to help youth grow, thrive and create positive change in their lives and in our community.

Planet Aid

Planet Aid, a nonprofit organization, raises funds through textile recycling. Second-hand clothes, shoes, other textiles, books, small toys and laptops are sold for reuse to raise money for charities that do:

• Emergency relief - serving victims of hunger, war, natural disasters and other catastrophes.
• Relocating people or rebuilding areas hit by disaster.
• Development projects- schools, clinics, mini-banking, and small-scale industry among others.

Planet Aid helps the environment too. In 2006, 72 million pounds of clothes were rescued from the landfill and CO² emissions were reduced the equivalent of keeping 16,000 cars off the roads for a year!

Rocketown

Rocketown began with the recognition that teens need a place to go that is not only safe, alcohol and drug free, but a place where they would also WANT to be. In 2003, the vision became reality. Within a year’s time an average of 1,350 kids a week started coming through the doors to participate in activities they love – dancing, skating, listening to live music, and hanging out with friends.

Scarritt Bennett Center

Scarritt-Bennett Center, located in the heart of Nashville, Tennessee, is a conference, retreat, and education center complete with meeting space and overnight accommodations. The Center is committed to empowerment through cross-cultural understanding, education, creativity and spiritual renewal; offering programs that challenge us to eradicate racism, work for justice and reconciliation, and do what we do from a global perspective.

Tennessee Disability Coalition

The Coalition is an alliance of organizations and individuals in Tennessee that have joined to promote the full and equal participation of men, women and children with disabilities in all aspects of life. The Coalition and its member agencies work together to advocate for public policy that ensures self-determination, independence, empowerment, integration and inclusion for people with disabilities.

Tennessee Foreign Language Institute

The Tennessee Foreign Language Institute (TFLI), an agency of the State of Tennessee established in 1986, is dedicated to responsive service to the public sector, the business community and individuals in realizing their intercultural communication goals through language instruction, professional development, translation and interpretation services, and cultural awareness programs. TFLI, which seeks to "create a dialogue with the world" envisions a world community enriched by linguistic and cultural diversity, unhindered in its efforts to create meaningful dialogues.

The Tennessee Fund for Sustainability

Founded by four native Nashvillians, The Tennessee Fund for Sustainability promotes the investigation, advancement, and practical application of sustainable design principles and technologies that deliver greener built environments, more effective manufacturing processes, and more equitable community development initiatives.

Current initiatives include organizing special events and funding academic fellowships.

Cheekwood

Located on 55 acres in West Nashville, Cheekwood Botanical Garden & Museum of Art is an institution rich with history, beautiful gardens and incredible art. Our 30,000-foot Georgian style mansion is open to our visitors, housing changing collections of painting and sculpture, American and English decorative arts, and nationally acclaimed traveling exhibitions and installations. We strive to inspire and educate by making art, horticulture and nature accessible to a diverse community. We welcome you and your family year-round to spend a day at Cheekwood. There’s something for everyone!

GenTN

GenTN's mission is to serve as a forum where emerging leaders from across Tennessee can interact, be informed about the issues facing the state and be inspired to make a difference in their communities. GenTN and does not endorse specific policies, but seeks to provide its members with the tools and inspiration to look beyond themselves, advocate for the ideals that they believe in and build a better future for our state.

Giving Matters

GivingMatters.com™ is a project of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee in partnership with area funders. GivingMatters' web site encourages more strategic giving from Middle Tennessee’s current philanthropic community in addition to advancing the nonprofit sector as a whole by strengthening individual agencies and encouraging collaborative partnerships.

Mothers Against Drunk Driving

MADD-Tennessee exists to stop drunk driving, to support the victims of this violent crime and to prevent underage drinking. Since its inception, MADD has reduced the number of alcohol-related traffic fatalities by almost 40% and has been instrumental in passing thousands of anti-drunk driving laws. MADD-Tennessee, chartered in 1990, has eighteen chapters and serves all 95 counties in Tennessee with a membership of over 1,500.

Nashville Civic Design Center

The mission of the Nashville Civic Design Center is to elevate the quality of the Nashville's built environment and to promote public participation in the creation of a more functional and beautiful city for all. The NCDC fulfills its mission through neighborhood revitalization projects, community visioning sessions, public input meetings on planned projects, public education about civic design & urban planning, a book club, and the Urban Design Forum. It's your city. Get involved.

NashvilleFreecycle

This amazing worldwide phenomenon known as Freecycle(TM) started in Tucson, Arizona in 2003. In June 2004, NashvilleFreecycle harnessed the power of the Internet to connect people who have stuff to throw away with others in their area who would like that stuff, so it doesn't wind up in a landfill. We ALL have things in our garages, closets, attics, offices, etc., that we don't need. No item is too big or too small but ALL must be 100% FREE with NO strings attached. A perfect consumer/earth friendly circle is no overhead, no money, no waste and no catch.

Park Center

Park Center is a non-profit agency for adults with mental illness and has been a part of the Nashville community since 1984. Park Center serves individuals with mental illness through integrative services that focus on needs, choices and strength. We restore hope, provide opportunities, and promote recovery by providing psychiatric rehabilitation, job training and placement, housing, housing support, psychiatric and mental health treatment, case management, co-occurring disorders services, homeless outreach services and various other support services for adults diagnosed with a serious mental illness.

Rolling Hills Community Church

Rolling Hills is a place where you can use your gifts and talents to make a difference. It's a place where you'll know you belong. And, Rolling Hills is a place where you can build lasting friendships with people who genuinely care about you and your ever-developing walk with Christ.

Safe Haven

Safe Haven Family Shelter is the only shelter program in Middle Tennessee that accepts homeless families as an entire unit, serving 15 families at a time. Safe Haven puts parents back to work and children in school, while empowering families to return to successful independent mainstream living in 35-50 days.

Sports 4 All Foundation

Sports 4 All Foundation enables people with disabilities to participate in sports and recreation activities. By providing equipment and funding to athletes with disabilities, Sports 4 All is changing the community – for the better. Sports 4 All Foundation is forming a healthier, more productive, more accepting world to live in. Athletes with disabilities are gaining confidence, learning skills and making friends. Won’t you join us in the cause?

TIRRC

The Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition is a statewide, immigrant and refugee-led collaboration whose mission is to empower immigrants and refugees throughout Tennessee to develop a unified voice, defend their rights, and create an atmosphere in which they are viewed as positive contributors to the state. Through extensive cross-ethnic organizing work, TIRRC has become one of the most diverse immigrant rights coalitions in the country.

Tennessee Alliance for Progress

TAP connects the issues: many of our social problems are systemic, not isolated. TAP is building a network to mobilize a majority that will address broad public concerns, instead of narrow corporate interests. People should participate in decisions that affect their lives. TAP's mission is to create healthy families and communities in Tennessee.

The TMA Group

The TMA Group is public-private partnership committed to providing environmentally friendly, affordable, reliable, and safe mobility options for Middle Tennesseans. The TMA Group is also operates and manages the Franklin Transit Authority, the Clean Air Partnership of Williamson County, and a Middle Tennessee regional vanpool program. The TMA Group is committed to helping people get where they're going in a way that's safe for them and the environment. Become a Clean Air Partner of Williamson County, and help us all breathe a little easier! Email us at info@tmagroup.org for more information.

The Tomorrow Fund

The Tomorrow Fund is dedicated to harnessing the enthusiasm and resources of young Nashville residents. By exposing outlets for both community service and charitable giving, people are provided opportunities to contribute their time, energy, and financial resources in an effort to enrich our community, and in turn, their own lives.

United Way of Metropolitan Nashville

United Way of Metropolitan Nashville brings people and organizations together to create a community where individuals, families and neighborhoods thrive. Unique in our focus on community impact, we no longer simply raise and distribute money to nonprofits. We are a catalyst, a convener, a collaborator and a change agent. Our work brings people together to determine the root causes of our community’s most challenging problems and to do whatever it takes to achieve measurable and lasting results.

Walden's Puddle Wildlife

Walden's Puddle is the only professionally staffed wildlife rehabilitation and education facility in Middle Tennessee. Our mission is to provide treatment and care for sick, injured and orphaned wildlife, as well as educational experiences that promote a greater understanding and appreciation for wildlife and its habitat. Every year, 1700-2000 wild animals are admitted to our facility for care and a second chance at life.

Access Services of Middle Tennessee Technology Access Center

TAC is a nonprofit organization that provides services for people with disabilities, their families, friends, and other professionals in the middle Tennessee area. Our mission is to promote the independence and participation of individuals of all ages with disabilities in school, work, play, and other everyday activities through their use of assistive technology.

Autism Society of Middle Tennessee

The Autism Society of Middle Tennessee is the voice of the autism community in Middle Tennessee. ASMT has a primary vision to promote lifelong access and opportunity for all individuals within the autism spectrum and their families to be fully included, participating members of their communities through advocacy, public awareness, education, and research related to autism.

Brain Injury Association of Tennessee

Our purpose is to improve the quality of life for persons with brain injuries and their families and to reduce the incidence of brain injury. This is to be accomplished by striving for excellence in providing statewide leadership, advocating for needed resources, delivering quality resources and information to any person, and developing self-advocacy skills within persons with brain injury and their families.

Buffalo River Services

Buffalo River Services, Inc. is a private non-profit corporation licensed and contracted by the State of Tennessee to provide services to adults with disabilities. The goals of the agency are to provide comprehensive services to people with disabilities; to develop the most effective and appropriate services possible; and to provide the opportunity for personal growth through independent work and living and to offer the dignity of risk to all individuals with whom we have contact.

Compass Coordination

Compass is a not-for-profit organization serving persons with disabilities and their families. Serving all of the communities of central and western Tennessee, Compass provides "Independent Support Coordination (ISC) Services" for persons with developmental disabilities and their families.

Hospital Hospitality House

Hospital Hospitality House strives to be a home away from home for patients and caregivers seeking medical treatment in Nashville hospitals by providing lodging, meals and other supportive services. Since 1974, we have provided over 300,000 nights of lodging to people in need, serving guests from all 95 counties in Tennessee, all 50 states in the U.S. and 38 foreign countries. We are open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and we invite you to call us home in your time of need.

League for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

The League is a not-for-profit, service-based organization serving the Middle Tennessee area and parts of Kentucky. We provide services to the unserved/underserved populations. For more than 75 years, the League for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing's commitment has been to see that no barriers stand in the way of Deaf or Hard of Hearing people reaching their goals. We are as dedicated to this purpose today as we were in 1927.

Lionshare Leadership Group

The Lionshare Leadership Group is a non-profit organization based out of Franklin, Tennessee that aims to cultivate a different kind of leader – one who lives and leads out of the ways of God and finishes well. We host a nine-month leadership development and mentoring opportunity, A Leadership Journey, as well as other specialized gatherings and opportunities for leaders.

MidSouth PVA

The Paralyzed Veterans of America, a congressionally chartered veterans service organization founded in 1946, has developed a unique expertise on a wide variety of issues involving the special needs of our members—veterans of the armed forces who have experienced spinal cord injury or dysfunction.

PENCIL Foundation

PENCIL Foundation responds to the needs of Metro Schools by linking community resources of volunteers and materials with Nashville Public Schools. PENCIL matches over 500 businesses and organizations with Metro schools as PENCIL Partners, distributes school supplies for teachers through LP PENCIL Box, and trains volunteers to work with at-risk students.

People's Branch Theatre

People's Branch Theatre is Nashville's leading progressive theatre. Established in 2000, PBT consistently brings together the best local artists to create bold, innovative, and socially progressive professional theatre for Nashville. By expanding the boundaries of what is possible on a local stage, PBT adds a dynamic and exciting voice to Nashville’s cultural landscape.

Tennessee Assoication of Audiologists & Speech Language Pathologists

The Foundation of the Tennessee Association of Audiologists & Speech-Language Pathologists is a non-profit, charitable organization dedicated to improving the quality of life of children and adults with communication disorders in the State of Tennessee. TAASLP encourages Tennesseans to join and work together for better communication for professionals, clients, workplaces, legislature, communities,
and all Tennessee.

Tennessee Conference on Social Welfare

The Tennessee Conference on Social Welfare is dedicated to achieving a high quality of life for all Tennesseans, particularly for our poorest and most vulnerable. We exist to train, support and advocate for EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS with the mission of improving the social and economic welfare of Tennesseans. This organization works towards the improvement of social policy and services to Tennessee seniors, families, children, the hungry, those with health problems and challenges, and many other service groups.

Tennessee Health Care Campaign

Incorporated in 1989, the Tennessee Health Care Campaign (THCC) is a statewide, nonprofit 501(c)3 organization, working for affordable, accessible, and quality health care for all Tennesseans. THCC's Board of Directors is made up of consumers, advocates, and social service professionals from throughout the state and works in collaboration with these same type groups to affect positive change in public health and health care. It is currently working to see how it can make Cover Tennessee a better program and cover more uninsured Tennesseans. In 2007, THCC will work with a national coalition to guarantee coverage for all children.

Tennessee Mental Health Consumers Association

The Tennessee Mental Health Consumers' Association (TMHCA) is Tennessee's only statewide consumer owned and operated organization with a board of directors and staff that are 100% mental health consumers. It is the mission of TMHCA "to promote recovery through education, advocacy, and peer support for all mental health consumers in Tennessee." Through information, education, and advocacy, TMHCA seeks to enhance the quality of life for all by promoting independence, dignity and purpose.

Tennessee Traumatic Brain Injury - Health Services Medical

To address the needs of those individuals who have sustained a brain injury, as well as their family members and primary caregivers. Traumatic Brain Injury Program staff are available to respond to questions, make referrals and provide education and prevention programs. The initial contact can be the first link in chain of support for a survivor or family member.

The Jason Foundation

Youth suicide claims the lives of approximately 100 young people per week in the United States. The Jason Foundation's mission is to provide information, tools, and resources to students, educators, youth workers, and parents that will enable early detection of at-risk behavior and guide them to helpful local resources.

Vanderbilt Kennedy Center, Vanderbilt University

The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center has been transforming the lives of children and adults with disabilities through research and innovative clinics and services for over four decades, generating new knowledge and training the next generation of researchers. As a national Developmental Disabilities Research Center, we are building on that knowledge to provide model services and professional training in Tennessee and the Mid-South.

Vine Street Christian Church

Vine Street is a community defined by the openness of Christ's Table. We have found welcome in Christ's presence, and we serve God by extending that welcome to others: No matter who you are or where you are on your faith journey, at Vine Street you have a seat at the table.

Wheel Me On

Wheel Me On provides education programs, promoting activity and unity in society, assisting with greater access in America. We are dedicated to persons with and without disabilities; persons who use mobility devices on a daily basis and persons with hearing, sight or speech impairments or have other disabilities.