Board Member exec on women executives task force
Posted on November 16, 2009 at 12:13 pm
T.K. Kerstetter, CEO of Brentwood-based Board Member Inc., is one of eight people who have been named to a council that will advise the nonprofit InterOrganization Network on how to develop more women executives and board members.
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United Way gets tax prep grant
Posted on November 13, 2009 at 11:39 amThe Internal Revenue Service has sent a $120,000 matching grant to the United Way of Metropolitan Nashville as part of its push to have volunteer organizations help people prepare their tax returns.
“United Way and the Tennessee Alliance for Financial Independence are delighted to partner with the IRS to help working families and individuals through free tax prep services and the Earned Income Tax Credit program. This grant will allow us to expand our efforts and reach underserved populations in 34 counties across Tennessee. With approximately $400,000,000 in EITC credits unclaimed in our state last year, we still have a lot of work to do to help these low- and moderate-income working families move closer to financial stability,” said Eric Dewey, President and CEO, United Way of Metropolitan Nashville.
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Nonprofit rebrands after merger
Posted on November 11, 2009 at 1:41 pmThe organization created last fall from the merger of the League for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and the EAR Foundation has unveiled its new moniker, Hearing Bridges.
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Bass attorney to chair new Cancer Society initiative
Posted on November 9, 2009 at 8:09 am
Mike Sontag, leader of Bass Berry’s tax group, is the first chair of an American Cancer Society group that seeks to increase the nonprofit’s planned giving operations. Sontag’s daughter is a cancer survivor.
When asked to chair the Nationwide Gift Planning Advisory Council, I immediately accepted this new challenge… I expect to challenge myself and the other committee members to develop a national strategy for the Society’s planned giving efforts.
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No distressed assets in this Habitat
Posted on at 7:42 amThe Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity says all of its borrowers — who make less than $30,000 per year – were current on their mortgages in September. The organization says a big part of the credit should go to its education programs.
HomeWORKS trainers prepare partner families for homeownership through a series of courses designed to teach new skills and encourage new habits. Delinquency committee members monitor mortgage payments monthly and develop the management processes.
Suggestion: We should spend a little of the remaining stimulus dough to expand HomeWORKS to the first-time homebuyers rushing into the market because of the $8,000 tax credit.
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HCA employees do good
Posted on October 19, 2009 at 9:49 pmHCA recently wrapped up its 2009 ‘Caring for the Community’ campaign at headquarters, where a record number of employees contributed to a total of more than $2 million in donations.
It included two “HCA Community Days” on September 15 and September 24, during which 1,639 HCA employees volunteered nearly 10,000 hours of company time, representing an in-kind contribution of about $200,000, to work on 108 projects at agencies throughout Middle Tennessee.
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Dispensary of Hope adds New York site
Posted on September 4, 2009 at 6:57 am
The Dispensary of Hope, a six-year-old distributor of excess drugs backed by Saint Thomas Health Ventures, has opened its 36th site in Binghamton, N.Y.
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New leader for anti-smoking group
Posted on August 28, 2009 at 6:52 am
The Campaign for a Healthy and Responsible Tennessee has hired grassroots campaign manager Shelley Courington to be its executive director. She comes to CHART from the American Cancer Society of Middle Tennessee, where she spent five years, most recently serving as the division grassroots director.
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Easter Seals Tennessee files for bankruptcy
Posted on May 18, 2009 at 10:57 amFrom the AP:
Easter Seals Tennessee will close a fitness center and forfeit a youth camp under bankruptcy plans after the recession exacerbated its debt from a building program.
The nonprofit group provides job training, recreation and daily help to mentally and physically disabled people.
The Tennessean reported Easter Seals Tennessee plans to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to eliminate $10 million it owes banks.
SEE ALSO: Last year’s coverage of Easter Seals’ legal predicaments
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PureSafety training Habitat volunteers
Posted on April 14, 2009 at 2:48 pmThe local safety education provider will train the nonprofit’s homebuilders for free for three years.
Over the past few years, PureSafety has provided its online Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) 10-Hour training to many of the Nashville Area Habitat for Humanity Supervisors on Site (SOS) at no cost. In November 2006, PureSafety provided online training for all volunteers for Whirlpool Building Blocks, a week-long blitz build of 10 homes on one block. PureSafety’s support of the Whirlpool Building Blocks program has continued since the inaugural build in Nashville.
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Gibson Guitar’s philanthropic wing to give to Big O’s leadership academy
Posted on at 8:42 am
From a press release:
Gibson Foundation, the philanthropic division of Gibson Guitar, has announced a five-year commitment to work with the music department at the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa through year 2012, providing both instruments and financial support to the school’s music program. With a common goal of making the world a better place for children and educating the leaders of tomorrow, the Gibson Foundation has committed resources to help broaden the power of music in education and build upon an already remarkable educational environment.
“We are grateful for the Gibson Foundation’s generosity. This grant has allowed us to establish a music program for our talented girls to develop new skills, express themselves musically and even create a small orchestra,” said Joy Moore, Deputy Head of the Academy.
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Merry Christmas, it’s the prosperity gospel
Posted on April 9, 2009 at 2:10 pmVia press release:
The greeting card aisle has always been a good place to look for supportive sentiments, and now finding the right words to inspire has become even easier. American Greetings Corp (NYSE: AM) has introduced a new collection of cards from pastor, New York Times best-selling author and inspirational speaker, Joel Osteen.
The cards feature the powerful words and inspirational messages that have made Osteen so popular across the world, among people of all faiths and backgrounds. These new cards come at the perfect time for shoppers hoping to send a particularly meaningful Easter greeting and can be found at your local Walmart store. Additional cards featuring Joel Osteen will be available for everyday sending occasions and holidays throughout the year.
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Stealing from a symbol of freedom
Posted on April 3, 2009 at 8:29 amFrom the AP:
A nonprofit organization that’s helped repopulate Tennessee’s bald eagle population may have lost $500,000 through a Gatlinburg stock trader accused of running a Ponzi scheme.
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Help us save our instruments
Posted on January 27, 2009 at 3:45 pmThe Country Music Hall of Fame has launched a $1.1 million fund-raising drive to help it cover the costs of the settlement it reached last month to keep instruments donated by the late Bob McLean.
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Black chamber has new chair
Posted on January 23, 2009 at 1:59 pm
From a press release:
Amber Gooding, director of Business Diversity Development with the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA), was recently named chair of the Nashville Black Chamber of Commerce board of directors.
Gooding will serve a two-year term as board chair of the Nashville Black Chamber of Commerce, an association of businesses and professionals whose mission is to economically empower the African American community through promotion, education, and the advancement of its businesses and their partners.
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