UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC

As filed

Subsection

03

NTEE code

T70

Classification

1000

Street

250 VENTURE CIR

These codes are the IRS's own and are shown exactly as filed. What each one means is in the Business Master File documentation (opens in a new tab).

Mission and programs · 2025

• THE COMMUNITY IMPACT FUNDING PROGRAM PROVIDES FUNDING SUPPORT TO 184 NONPROFIT AGENCIES IN CHEATHAM, DAVIDSON, DICKSON, HICKMAN, HOUSTON, MONTGOMERY, STEWART, ROBERTSON, AND WILLIAMSON COUNTIES, TN. THESE PROGRAMS SERVE LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND ADULTS BY PROVIDING MEASURABLE CHANGES IN BEHAVIOR OR CONDITION IN THREE FOCUS AREAS - EDUCATION, FINANCIAL STABILITY AND HEALTH. HIGHLIGHTS OF PROGRAM OUTCOMES IN THESE AREAS ARE: EDUCATION-94% OF PRE-K CHILDREN ENROLLED IN THE READ TO SUCCEED EARLY LITERACY PROGRAM ASSESSED KINDERGARTEN READY. FINANCIAL STABILITY-11,000 FAMILIES BENEFITTED FROM FREE TAX PREPARATION WHICH SAVED FAMILIES MORE THAN $2.75M IN FILING FEES. HEALTH-MORE THAN 374,000 INDIVIDUALS HAD THEIR BASIC NEEDS MET THROUGH FOOD, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE OR SHELTER REQUESTS.

  Expenses $10,697,184 · Grants $8,097,677

• Withheld by Nonprofiteer: this text may name a private individual.

  Expenses $5,084,350 · Grants $3,824,914

• DURING THE ANNUAL UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN, SOME DONORS CHOOSE TO DIRECTLY DESIGNATE SOME PORTION OF THEIR GIFT TO A SPECIFIC NON-PROFIT AGENCY OR UNITED WAY IN ANOTHER COMMUNITY. DESIGNATED GIFTS ARE AGGREGATED AND ARE THEN PAID TO THE AGENCIES OR ORGANIZATIONS AS THEY ARE COLLECTED, SUBJECT ONLY TO A MODEST ADMINISTRATIVE FEE TO HELP SUPPORT THE COST OF THE UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN. THE DESIGNATED GIFTS ARE DISTRIBUTED TO THE RECIPIENT AGENCIES WITHOUT RESTRICTION, FOR USE AS DETERMINED BY THE AGENCY. TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR DESIGNATED GIFTS, AGENCIES MUST BE TAX EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 5013, HAVE A HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES FOCUS, AND HAVE A PRESENCE IN THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE COMMUNITY.

  Expenses $2,784,425 · Grants $2,784,425 · Revenue $198,850

• IN DECEMBER 2023, THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE AREA WAS HIT WITH TORNADOES, ONCE AGAIN CALLING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE AND DISASTER RESPONSE INTO ACTION. WE OPENED UP A TORNADO RESPONSE FUND WHICH CARRIED INTO 2024 FOR DEPLOYMENT FOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES AFFECTED. WITH LONG-TERM RECOVERY EFFORTS STILL NEEDED, UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE SERVES AS THE FISCAL AGENT FOR BOTH THE DAVIDSON COUNTY LONG-TERM RECOVERY GROUP AND THE CLARKSVILLE-MONTGOMERY COUNTY LONG-TERM RECOVERY GROUP.

  Expenses $1,119,373 · Grants $1,109,358

• THE NASHVILLE ALLIANCE FOR FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE (NAFI) IS A COALITION OF PROFESSIONALS HELPING WORKING INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES BUILD ASSETS FOR LONG-LASTING FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE. NAFI PROVIDES PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT TO MORE THAN 50 LOCAL NONPROFITS ON TOPICS RELATED TO FINANCES AND CONVENES MULTI-SECTOR PARTNERS TO EFFECTIVELY PROBLEM-SOLVE TO CHANGE COMMUNITY CONDITIONS. FREE FEDERAL INCOME TAX PREPARATION IS OFFERED THROUGH VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE (VITA) SITES SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT HOUSEHOLDS EARNING $84,000 OR LESS. THIS SERVICE ENSURES FILERS CLAIM ALL THEIR ELIGIBLE CREDITS. IN 2025, VITA SITES HELPED 11,130 FAMILIES COLLECT OVER $12.7 MILLION IN TOTAL FEDERAL REFUNDS AND SAVE $3.8 MILLION IN FILING FEES. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE MAYOR'S OFFICE, UWGN OPERATES THE CITY'S FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT CENTER (FEC). THE CENTER PROVIDES FREE ONE-ON-ONE FINANCIAL COUNSELING AND TEACHES CLIENTS HOW TO OPEN SAFE AND AFFORDABLE BANK ACCOUNTS, ESTABLISH AND INCREASE CREDIT SCORES, REDUCE DEBT, AND INCREASE SAVINGS. THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH WELLS FARGO, THE FEC RECEIVED A $300,000 INVESTMENT TO INCREASE STAFF CAPACITY AND DEPLOY COMMUNITY-BASED MOBILE COUNSELORS. WELLS FARGO ALSO PROVIDED A ONE-TIME $20,000 GIFT TO SUPPORT MOVING MEN FORWARD, A STRATEGIC INITIATIVE TO EXPAND MALE PARTICIPATION IN FINANCIAL COUNSELING AND STRENGTHEN OUTREACH TO UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES. SINCE ITS INCEPTION, THE FECS HAVE ASSISTED AND HELPED OVER 11,545 CLIENTS REDUCE DEBT BY OVER $38.6 MILLION AND INCREASE SAVINGS BY OVER $6.4 MILLION THROUGH MORE THAN 36,344 INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SESSIONS. IN 2019, UWGN BECAME THE INTERMEDIARY FOR MIDDLE TENNESSEE TO RECRUIT, TRAIN, AND MONITOR GRANTEES THROUGH SNAP EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING. IN 2023, UNITED WAY TRANSITIONED INTO THE STATEWIDE INTERMEDIARY ROLE, SERVING ALL 95 COUNTIES ACROSS TENNESSEE THROUGH THIS FEDERAL PROGRAM ADMINISTERED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES AND THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. IN 2025, 1,242 SNAP EMPLOYMENT & TRAINING PARTICIPANTS WERE SERVED, 526 PARTICIPANTS OBTAINED AN INDUSTRY CREDENTIAL, AND 469 PARTICIPANTS ARE NOW GAINFULLY EMPLOYED THROUGHOUT UWGN'S NINE-COUNTY SERVICE AREA. MOSTLY ALL PARTICIPANTS ENROLLED IN WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS HAD NO INCOME AND/OR NO REPORTABLE INCOME PRIOR TO PARTICIPATION.

  Expenses $3,991,958 · Grants $2,334,006

• PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP, BUT DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START, CAN CALL THE 2-1-1 COMMUNITY SERVICES HELP LINE TO SPEAK WITH A COMMUNITY RESOURCE SPECIALIST WITH ACCESS TO A COMPREHENSIVE DATABASE OF RESOURCES ACROSS OUR 42-COUNTY SERVICE AREA. THE 2-1-1 HOTLINE HAS TAKEN MORE THAN 1.5 MILLION CONTACTS SINCE 2004. TOP NEEDS FREQUENTLY IDENTIFIED ARE FOOD, UTILITIES, RENT PAYMENT ASSISTANCE, AND TAX PREPARATION SITE INFORMATION. 2-1-1 ALSO SERVES AS THE ENTRY POINT FOR PEOPLE LOOKING FOR FREE TAX PREPARATION SERVICES THROUGH THE NASHVILLE ALLIANCE FOR FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AND VOLUNTEER INCOME TAX ASSISTANCE SITES.

  Expenses $783,484 · Grants $610,053

• EFFECTIVE JUNE 1, 2013, UNITED WAY OF GREATER NASHVILLE PARTNERS WITH GOVERNOR'S EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATION AND THE DOLLYWOOD FOUNDATION TO IMPLEMENT THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE PROGRAM IN DAVIDSON, WILLIAMSON AND SUMNER COUNTIES. IMAGINATION LIBRARY DELIVERS ONE HIGH-QUALITY AND AGE-APPROPRIATE BOOK EACH MONTH TO CHILDREN FROM BIRTH THROUGH AGE FIVE, AT NO COST TO THEIR FAMILIES, REGARDLESS OF INCOME. WITH IMAGINATION LIBRARY COMPLEMENTING THE READ TO SUCCEED PROGRAM, UNITED WAY WILL BE ABLE TO DISPLAY A CLEAR PATH TO LITERACY FOR CHILDREN BEGINNING AT BIRTH.

  Expenses $1,209,549 · Grants $1,092,002

• THREE OUT OF FOUR NASHVILLE THIRD GRADERS ARE NOT READING AT GRADE LEVEL, A CHALLENGE NASHVILLE HAS WRESTLED WITH FOR MORE THAN TWO DECADES. UNITED WAY SERVES AS THE LEAD CONVENER FOR A COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE CALL RAISING READERS NASHVILLE (FORMERLY BLUEPRINT FOR EARLY CHILDHOOD SUCCESS). WE ARE CULTIVATING AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE ALL CHILDREN CAN GROW THE READING SKILLS THEY NEED TO THRIVE BY IMPROVING THE SYSTEMS AND STRUCTURES THAT SUPPORT NASHVILLE'S FAMILIES AND YOUNG CHILDREN. THIS WORK EMPOWERS UNITED WAY'S EARLY CHILDHOOD INITIATIVE, READ TO SUCCEED (RTS). RTS UNITES EARLY CHILDHOOD PROFESSIONALS TO ALIGN KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND BEST PRACTICES FOR LIFELONG ACADEMIC SUCCESS AND WELL-BEING FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES. RTS PARTNERS WITH LOCAL CHILDCARE CENTERS SERVING VULNERABLE POPULATIONS TO REDUCE RISK FACTORS FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES TO PREPARE FOR SUCCESS IN KINDERGARTEN. RTS SERVES OVER 800 STUDENTS WHERE 93% OF THREE- AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS ARE AT DEVELOPMENTAL LEVEL. BEFORE THE START OF THIS PROGRAM, ONLY 33% OF FOUR-YEAR-OLDS IN THESE CENTERS TESTED AT AVERAGE OR HIGHER ON KINDERGARTEN READINESS ASSESSMENTS. IN THE SPRING OF 2022, 90% AND 92% OF THREE- AND FOUR-YEAR-OLDS MET THEIR LITERACY AND SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL BENCHMARKS FOR KINDERGARTEN READINESS, RESPECTIVELY. READ TO SUCCEED HAS DEMONSTRATED A SUCCESS RATE OF 90% OR HIGHER SINCE 2007. UNITED WAY IMPLEMENTS A COMPLEMENTARY PROGRAM TO RTS TO SUPPORT FIRST-THROUGH-THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS, RAISE YOUR HAND (RYH). RYH IS A STATE OF TENNESSEE APPROVED TUTORING PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES TUTORING SERVICES IN THE MIDDLE TENNESSEE REGION. RYH SUPPORTS EARLY LITERACY INTERVENTION OF FIRST THROUGH THIRD GRADERS, MATCHING TUTORS WITH STUDENTS WHO ARE PERFORMING BELOW GRADE LEVEL IN READING AND MATH. VOLUNTEERS TUTOR IN CLASSROOMS AFTER SCHOOL AND DURING SUMMER. IN SPRING 2022, METRO NASHVILLE COUNCIL APPROVED AND AWARDED UNITED WAY OF GREATER NASHVILLE OVER $5.3 MILLION IN AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN ACT FUNDING TO INCREASE LOW-INCOME FAMILIES' ACCESS TO QUALITY CHILDCARE-A LONGSTANDING CRISIS ACROSS GREATER NASHVILLE. UNITED WAY CONTINUES TO LEVERAGE METRO NASHVILLE FUNDING TO STABILIZE TWELVE (12) CHILDCARE CENTER PROVIDERS THAT SERVE LOW-INCOME FAMILIES ON A SLIDING SCALE, REPRESENTING A POPULATION OF FAMILIES SERVED WHO LIVE AT OR BELOW 200% OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LINE, AND THOSE ENROLLED IN THE TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES ("DHS") SMART STEPS CHILDCARE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM ("SMART STEPS"). THIS FUNDING SUPPORTS ALL TEN (10) READ TO SUCCEED SITES AND TWO (2) ADDITIONAL COMMUNITY-BASED CHILDCARE CENTERS, INCENTIVIZING PROVIDERS FOR THE FIRST TIME TO SERVE MORE FAMILIES IN THIS DEMOGRAPHIC. THESE FUNDS HELP TO FILL THE GAP BETWEEN THE TRUE COST OF HIGH-QUALITY CHILDCARE AND WHAT PARENTS CAN AFFORD TO PAY AND THE STATE'S INCREASING YET INADEQUATE REIMBURSEMENT RATE. AFTER NEARLY 20 MONTHS, UNITED WAY HAS DEPLOYED NEARLY $3 MILLION TO ERADICATE THE FINANCIAL LOSS ABSORBED BY CENTERS ANNUALLY.

  Expenses $3,171,437 · Grants $2,185,784

• THE MAJORITY OF PROGRAM ASSISTANCE INCLUDED HERE ARE ONE-TIME GIFTS OF BASIC NEEDS ITEMS, BOOKS, SCHOOL SUPPLIES, INFANT CARE ITEMS, ETC. TO PARTNER AGENCIES OF UNITED WAY OF GREATER NASHVILLE. DURING OUR QUARTERLY DAYS OF ACTION, BOTH MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS AND IN-KIND ITEMS ARE COLLECTED FOR THE SPECIFIC PURPOSE OF HIGHLIGHTING ONE OF OUR IMPACT AREAS (EDUCATION, FINANCIAL STABILITY, OR HEALTH). VOLUNTEERS JOIN IN THE EFFORTS TO RAISE MONEY, SUPPLIES, AND AWARENESS FOR THOSE PARTNER AGENCIES SERVING THE COMMUNITY IN THAT SPECIFIC IMPACT AREA. THE PROCEEDS, IN THE FORM OF IN-KIND ITEMS, ARE THEN DISTRIBUTED DIRECTLY TO THOSE AGENCIES.

  Expenses $279,996 · Grants $152,428

• IN 2025, UNITED WAY OF GREATER NASHVILLE BUILT ON THE FOUNDATION OF THE FAMILY COLLECTIVE AND ITS LONGSTANDING PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SIEMER INSTITUTE TO STRENGTHEN THE NEXT ITERATION OF THE WORK FOCUSED ON FAMILY HOUSING STABILITY, COACHING, AND NAVIGATION. WITH SUPPORT FROM THE FRIST FOUNDATION AND THE JOE C. DAVIS FOUNDATION, UNITED WAY INVESTED IN PARTNERS WORKING DIRECTLY WITH FAMILIES EXPERIENCING HOUSING INSTABILITY, HELPING MORE THAN 150 FAMILIES ACCESS SUPPORT TO OBTAIN AND MAINTAIN HOUSING, INCREASE INCOME, AND REDUCE THE RECURRENCE OF HOUSING INSTABILITY. THROUGH THESE PARTNER-LED EFFORTS, 60 FAMILIES OBTAINED AND MAINTAINED HOUSING AND 35 FAMILIES INCREASED INCOME STABILITY. UNITED WAY ALSO USED FUNDING FROM COMMUNITY SOLUTIONS TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF A COORDINATED PREVENTION AND DIVERSION EFFORT DESIGNED TO LOOK UPSTREAM, IDENTIFY HOUSING RISKS EARLIER, AND CONNECT FAMILIES TO RESOURCES BEFORE INSTABILITY BECOMES A CRISIS. ACROSS THIS WORK, UNITED WAY SERVED AS A CONVENER AND FACILITATOR OF CHANGE BY BRINGING PARTNERS TOGETHER, STRENGTHENING ALIGNMENT ACROSS AGENCIES, AND NURTURING A STRONGER COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE FOCUSED ON FAMILY STABILITY. TOGETHER, THESE EFFORTS REFLECT BOTH THE DIRECT IMPACT PARTNERS ARE HAVING WITH FAMILIES AND UNITED WAY'S BROADER ROLE IN CREATING THE CONDITIONS FOR STRONGER PARTNERSHIPS, BETTER COORDINATION, AND INCREASED ACCESS TO LOCAL SYSTEMS OF SUPPORT.

  Expenses $899,849 · Grants $679,888

As filed on the 2025 return. The first 10 program lines listed; the rest are in the source return and the API. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here. A text marked withheld matched a screen for wording that may name a private individual, such as an honorific or "in memory of". Most of what it withholds names no one; it is withheld so that what does is never shown.

Officers and directors · 2025

As listed in Part VII of the 2025 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

The first 25 listed. Compensation is as filed in Part VII: reportable pay from this organization and from related organizations, other compensation, and hours per week. The total, marked calculated, is our sum of the three dollar columns, with a blank column counted as $0; the form itself has no total. On a Form 990-EZ the columns are Part IV's instead, and on a Form 990-PF Part VIII's — compensation, contributions to benefit plans, and expense account — and the total sums those. A Schedule J breakdown is as filed: base pay, bonus, other, deferred compensation and nontaxable benefits from this organization, with any from related organizations beside each, and the filer's own total. It is shown with the Part VII listing of the same name on the same return. The form gives no key between the two, so that pairing is ours, and is marked matched by us. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

• 2025

  Revenue

  $33,469,440

  Expenses

  $37,359,262

  Contributions

  $30,521,622

  Grants paid

  $23,105,308

• 2024

  Revenue

  $46,222,332

  Expenses

  $46,498,758

  Contributions

  $43,383,204

  Grants paid

  $31,867,137

• 2023

  Revenue

  $44,647,179

  Expenses

  $45,267,399

  Contributions

  $42,623,190

  Grants paid

  $33,852,566

• 2022

  Revenue

  $43,208,497

  Expenses

  $45,418,476

  Contributions

  $43,045,055

  Grants paid

  $35,657,889

The four totals the IRS asks for on Part I of the Form 990, as filed. A dash means the figure was not present on the return — not that it was zero.

Other returns filed

• 2021 · 990

  Revenue

  $59,642,100

  Expenses

  $37,294,678

  Assets (EOY)

  $71,875,939

• 2020 · 990

  Revenue

  $49,296,824

  Expenses

  $45,470,737

  Assets (EOY)

  $46,577,049

• 2019 · 990

  Revenue

  $35,208,754

  Expenses

  $28,146,286

  Assets (EOY)

  $42,723,116

• 2018 · 990

  Revenue

  $25,804,944

  Expenses

  $24,881,558

  Assets (EOY)

  $32,076,934

• 2017 · 990

  Revenue

  $26,229,850

  Expenses

  $24,051,931

  Assets (EOY)

  $33,218,339

• 2016 · 990

  Revenue

  $20,230,406

  Expenses

  $21,021,542

  Assets (EOY)

  $29,927,322

• 2015 · 990

  Revenue

  $20,142,132

  Expenses

  $20,325,243

  Assets (EOY)

  $30,112,647

Nonprofiteer parses Forms 990, 990-EZ and 990-PF, in a window of recent tax years. These returns are recorded from the IRS e-file index, so their figures were extracted by that index rather than read from the return here — treat them as a different source from the filings above, not as more of the same record. A dash means the index carries no figure; Form 990-T listings carry none at all.

Grants made

• THE HELP CENTER

  $2,611,880

  2022 · SUB-RECIPIENT

• SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER

  $2,208,282

  2022 · SUB-RECIPIENT

• SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER

  $1,962,194

  2023 · SUB-RECIPIENT

• SAFE HAVEN FAMILY SHELTER

  $1,633,681

  2024 · SUB-RECIPIENT GRANTS

• CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSEE

  $1,430,720

  2023 · SUB-RECIPIENT

• CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSE

  $1,175,999

  2024 · SUB-RECIPIENT GRANTS

• CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF TENNESSE

  $1,092,465

  2022 · SUB-RECIPIENT

• ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY CENTER

  $984,947

  2023 · SUB-RECIPIENT

• ST LUKE'S COMMUNITY CENTER

  $864,839

  2024 · SUB-RECIPIENT GRANTS

• NASHVILLE CARES

  $827,802

  2024 · SUB-RECIPIENT GRANTS

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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Grants received

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $1,234,257

  2025 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• THE BLACKBAUD GIVING FUND

  $1,124,184

  2022 · GENERAL SUPPORT

• AARP FOUNDATION

  $600,000

  2023 · Grant to support AARP Foundation's Benefits program

• SIEMER INSTITUTE

  $530,000

  2024 · SOCIAL SERVICES

• SIEMER INSTITUTE

  $440,000

  2025 · SOCIAL SERVICES

• SIEMER INSTITUTE

  $400,000

  2023 · SOCIAL SERVICES

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $295,080

  2023 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• FIDELITY INVESTMENTS CHARITABLE GIFT FUND

  $291,124

  2024 · For grant recipient's exempt purposes

• THE COMMUNITY FDN OF MIDDLE TN INC

  $280,000

  2022 · FOR THE 2021 CAMPAIGN

• DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING

  $279,210

  2023 · PUBLIC, SOCIETAL BENEFIT

The 10 largest by cash amount. The API serves every itemized grant.

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