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WEST NASHVILLE DREAM CENTER

EIN 81-4064177 NASHVILLE, TN

Revenue 2024
$1,922,415
Expenses 2024
$2,170,788

Program services were 89.6% of total expenses calculated — Part IX's program-services column over total expenses, both as filed.

As filed

Subsection
03
NTEE code
P20
Classification
1000
Street
520 39TH AVE N

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 · 2024

Mission

WE ARE A MINISTRY CENTER COMMITTED TO PROTECTING AND EMPOWERING THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY LIVING IN DISTRESS.

  • NEXT GEN MINISTRY - WE CONDUCTED OUR EIGHTH YEAR OF OUR SUMMER DAYS PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM IS A FREE WALK UP CAMP THAT EXISTS TO ENSURE THAT NO CHILD GOES HUNGRY DURING OUT OF SCHOOL MONTHS. WE SERVED 617 MEALS TO CHILDREN DURING THE PROGRAM, AND WE HOSTED VOLUNTEERS FROM 10 STATES TO PROVIDE A HIGH-QUALITY CAMP EXPERIENCE. WE ALSO CONTINUED THIS YEAR SERVING KIDS WITH OUR NORTH NASHVILLE AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM IS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN. WE ENROLLED 30 STUDENTS FROM ROBERT CHURCHWELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. THE PROGRAM WAS FOCUSED ON TUTORING, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING, AND FINE ARTS ACTIVITIES. ADDITIONALLY, WE SERVED OVER 2,000 MEALS EACH SEMESTER OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.

    Expenses $223,763

  • COMMUNITY OUTREACH - WE PROVIDED VARIOUS RESOURCES TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS SUCH AS COUNSELING, PERSONAL CARE ITEMS, UTILITIES RELIEF, AND COMMUNITY WIDE HOLIDAY EVENTS. WE ALSO SUPPORTED A LOCAL NON-PROFIT CHILD CARE CENTER WITH GRANT FUNDS TO ALLOW THEM TO PROVIDE FREE OR REDUCED CHILD CARE TO SINGLE PARENTS.

    Expenses $388,891 · Grants $202,149

  • JOB READINESS - THIS FELONY FRIENDLY PROGRAM EXPANDED TO WELCOME IMPOVERISHED MALES LIVING IN THE 37208 AREA OF NORTH NASHVILLE. PARTICIPATES RECEIVE SOFT SKILL AND JOB SPECIFIC SKILL TRAINING FOR A VARIETY OF HANDS-ON INDUSTRIES.

    Expenses $58,452

  • FOOD MINISTRY - THIS PROGRAM REMAINS ONE OF OUR LARGEST PROGRAMS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE RISING COST OF LIVING IN MIDDLE TN AND RECORD HIGH INFLATION. WE DISTRIBUTED 560,271 POUNDS OF FRESH GROCERIES TO 42,585 INDIVIDUALS. WE INCREASED OUR FOOD PARTNERS IN THE AREA AND WE NOW PICK UP FOOD DONATIONS 24 TIMES PER WEEK AND DISTIBUTE TO 11 SEPARATE SITES IN WEST AND NORTH NASHVILLE. MOMS MINISTRY - THE MOMS PROGRAM SERVES APPROXIMATELY 35 UNDER-RESOURCED MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN BY PROVIDING THEM WITH A WEEKLY SUPPORT GROUP, SUPPLEMENTAL GROCERIES, AND LIFE SKILLS CLASSES. PROGRAMMING INCLUDES GOAL SETTING, COOKING CLASSES, FIELD TRIPS, ART ACTIVITIES AND PERSONAL GROWTH CLASSES. DREAM HOUSING GRANT - THE DREAM HOUSING GRANT PROGRAM IS A FINANCIAL LITERACY AND EDUCATION PROGRAM WITH THE GOAL OF MOVING MINORITY INDIVIDUALS INTO FIRST TIME HOME OWNERSHIP. ENROLLEES ARE PAIRED WITH A MENTOR AND GIVEN REQUIREMENTS TO MAINTAIN GOOD STANDING IN THE PROGRAM. THEY ARE PROVIDED WITH A MONTHY RENT STIPEND TO FACILITATE THEM PAYING DOWN DEBT AND ESTABLISHING A SAVINGS ACCOUNT. AT THE COMPLETION OF THE PORGRAM, SOME WILL QUALIFY FOR A DOWN PAYMENT MATCHING GRANT. TRANSITION HOUSING - THE JAMES R BROWN TRANSITIONAL HOUSING FACILITY WAS OPENED JANUARY 2024 TO HOUSE PARTICIPANTS IN THE JOB READINESS PROGRAM AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILES IN NEED OF TEMPORARY HOUSING. TRANSITIONAL HOUSING HAS BECOME A CRUCIAL INITIATIVE IN THE CURRENT MIDDLE TENNESSEE AFORDABLE HOUSING CRISIS. TENANTS ARE CHARGED RENT BASED ON THEIR ABILITY TO PAY.

    Expenses $1,273,173

As filed on the 2024 return. The filer continues this part on Schedule O, which is not shown here.

Officers and directors · 2024

As listed in Part VII of the 2024 return, in the order the filer printed them. Each return names its own; this is not a roster the organization keeps with us.

  • TJ FLETCHER

    EXEC. DIRECT

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    40

  • ROSA CASTANO ELLETT

    CHAIR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JENNY KITCHEN

    SECRETARY

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • KELLY SWARTZ

    TREASURER

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    4

  • JUSTINE BOBINGER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • SHANE BOWEN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • BRIAN DISHON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MICHELLE GRUNDY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • NATALIA JOHNSON

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MIKEL LAW

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • LESLIE MACLELLAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • TEE MCCARLEY

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • DERRICK MORGAN

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • ADAM PARKER

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • MELISSA PEREZ

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

  • CHRISTY RIDINGS

    DIRECTOR

    Total calculated
    $0
    Hours/week
    2

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. Earlier years are each on their own filing page.

Filings

  • 2024
    Revenue
    $1,922,415
    Expenses
    $2,170,788
    Contributions
    $1,679,028
    Grants paid
    $202,149
  • 2023
    Revenue
    $2,117,576
    Expenses
    $1,808,706
    Contributions
    $1,916,695
    Grants paid
    $209,657
  • 2022
    Revenue
    $978,894
    Expenses
    $1,327,126
    Contributions
    $780,584
    Grants paid
    $25,138

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
    $1,219,241
    Expenses
    $953,510
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,477,197

  • 2020 · 990

    Revenue
    $962,901
    Expenses
    $684,793
    Assets (EOY)
    $1,202,160

  • 2019 · 990

    Revenue
    $912,492
    Expenses
    $509,557
    Assets (EOY)
    $967,699

  • 2018 · 990

    Revenue
    $461,665
    Expenses
    $331,762
    Assets (EOY)
    $519,475

  • 2017 · 990

    Revenue
    $601,464
    Expenses
    $422,871
    Assets (EOY)
    $406,613

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

  • EQUALLY CREATED

    $209,657

    2023

  • EQUALLY CREATED

    $202,149

    2024

  • EQUALLY CREATED

    $25,138

    2022

Where these grants went next →

Grants received

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

Other IRS files

Auto-Revocation List

Not listed. The IRS publishes this list for organizations whose exemption was automatically revoked for failing to file for three consecutive years.

Publication 78

Listed as of 13 October 2026, under deductibility PC.

These are two separate IRS files on two separate schedules, shown as published and not reconciled with each other. Neither is a statement about whether a contribution is deductible today: 19,245 organizations appear in Publication 78 while the IRS's own revocation file lists them as currently revoked, more than half of those revoked before 2019. Absence from Publication 78 is evidence of nothing, and presence is not evidence either. Verify current status with the IRS before relying on it.

What this page reflects

The registration facts above come from the IRS Business Master File published 13 October 2026 and read 26 October 2026, for every organization at once. Returns through tax year 2024, the newest we have parsed for this organization.