
Foundation Giving
The West End Home Foundation seeks to enrich the lives of older adults by investing in nonprofit organizations that address their unique needs. The programs that we support address a broad range of issues impacting people from all walks of life as they age. Our nonprofit agency partners transform our funds into meaningful outcomes that enhance lives and strengthen our communities.
Funding by Impact Area 2002-2022
The West End Home Foundation made its first grant in 2002. Since that time we have distributed $20,958,298.00 to sixty-six different nonprofit agencies in Middle Tennessee. The chart to the left presents funding by impact area during our 20 year history of making grants.
Grant Awards Distributed in 2022:
Advocacy Programs
Legal assistance and education for issues related to aging, and advocacy for new or expanded initiatives to ensure a comprehensive system of care for older adults
AgeWell Middle Tennessee
Funding will support AgeWell Middle Tennessee’s core services with emphasis placed on growth of AgeWell’s impact as a convener, catalyst & advocacy leader in addressing unmet needs of older adults and family caregivers.
Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency
The Long Term Care Ombudsman Program protects the Federally mandated rights of the residents of long-term care facilities to assure the highest level of care and quality of life.
Nashville Public Television, Inc.
NPT Reports: Aging Matters informs Middle Tennessee about the major issues and concerns facing older adults, their families and caregivers.
Tennessee Alliance for Legal Services
The Senior Legal Helpline helps older persons age with dignity and security by making civil legal help more accessible. This project will protect and enhance the essential rights and benefits of older persons in Davidson and contiguous counties.
Tennessee Justice Center
Independence provides legal advocacy for applicants encountering enrollment barriers with TennCare CHOICES, Tennessee’s Medicaid LTSS program, SNAP, Medicare Savings Programs, use of coronavirus relief funds, educates the public and stakeholders about how to navigate the programs and advocates for system changes in the programs. Funding will also support the acquisition and renovation of a permanent office space.
Enrichment and Socialization Programs
Opportunities for meaningful social interaction and lifelong learning
Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc.
Refugee Elders provides long-term assistance to refugee elders by addressing their overall wellness through assessments and by developing case plans to manage chronic illnesses and mental health, provide English language and citizenship training and community engagement programs.
FiftyForward
FiftyForward Bordeaux – Lifelong Learning Center provides education, wellness and enrichment programs for center members in the North Nashville community.
Music For Seniors
Live Music Outreach for Socially Isolated Groups provides music programs to lower income older adults in nonprofit recreational and care settings.
Nashville Public Library Foundation
Nashville Public Library’s Digital Inclusion Program provides digital literacy inclusion for older adults in Davidson County. The program creates cognitive stimulation, eliminates isolation, reduces depression, builds bonds, creates easier access, provides access to critical health and government services, and encourages interested and able seniors to re-enter the workforce.
Nations Ministry Center
The Front Porch Program: Welcoming Refugee Elders Home provides classroom experiences, enrichment events and case management to refugee elders.
Food and Nutrition Programs
Services such as groceries, home-delivered and congregate meals to meet the nutritional needs of vulnerable older adults
Bethlehem Centers
The Bethlehem Senior Resource Center provides Meals on Wheels through partnerships with fourteen North Nashville churches and hosts the Active Seniors Circle to provide wellness and enrichment programs.
Graceworks Ministries
The Older Adults Food/Shelter Assistance program provides food assistance/hunger prevention and rent/utility assistance to vulnerable older adults living in Williamson County.
Home Bound Meals Program
The Providing Meals to the Elderly program delivers hot, nutritious meals to vulnerable older adults in Hendersonville and the surrounding area. Volunteers place special emphasis on developing friendships and provide much needed interaction with socially isolated older adults.
Martha O’Bryan Center, Inc.
Senior Services provides food, individualized counseling, financial assistance, medical referrals and opportunities for fellowship for the older adults living in and around Cayce Place.
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee and FiftyForward
The Older Adult Essential Nutrition Partnership provides food and other supportive services to older adults in underserved areas of Davidson County. The second year of the collaboration will expand existing partnerships and build new connections in the Antioch/South Nashville, Old Hickory and North Nashville areas.
St. Luke’s Community House
St. Luke’s Senior Programs provides older adults with food security, hunger relief, enrichment, socialization and supportive care through mobile meals, food boxes, social club activities, community events, mental health support, volunteer opportunities and free tax preparation.
The Branch of Nashville
The Fresh Solutions program provides food assistance to older adults in the Southeast Nashville area in need of food assistance while also connecting them with other needed resources.
The Nashville Food Project
Meals Program for Seniors provides made-from-scratch, high quality meals to vulnerable older adults through collaborations with more than 10 nonprofit and community partners.
Healthcare Programs
Primary health care including diagnosis and treatment of chronic and critical conditions, oral health care and behavioral health services
Faith Family Medical Center
Health Care for Seniors provides high quality, affordable medical care and wellness services for working uninsured and underinsured older adults.
HEAR Nashville
Hearing Aids for Seniors provides financial and professional assistance for hearing aids to low income older adults in the greater Nashville area. The program also provides community education about hearing loss and its effects on quality of life.
Insight Counseling Centers
The Older Adult Care Program provides quality mental health services to older adults on an income-based sliding fee scale.
Interfaith Dental Clinic of Nashville
Smiles for Life provides high quality complete dental care, emergency dental care and oral hygiene education to low income older adults.
Siloam Health
Siloam’s Culturally-Sensitive, Whole-Person Health Care to Vulnerable Seniors in Middle Tennessee serves uninsured older adults, most of whom are foreign born. Funding will also support the new Siloam Health Antioch location.
Housing Programs
Home repair and safety modifications, rent and utility assistance and access to appropriate housing solutions to facilitate safe and affordable housing
MDHA Housing Trust Corporation
The COVID-19 Resource Navigator is dedicated specifically to support the 1900 older adults living in MDHA housing units. The Resource Navigator will mobilize resources needed by the older residents, facilitate the logistics of service delivery and support older adults in safely re-entering the community.
NeedLink Nashville
The Crisis Financial Support for Seniors to Prevent Eviction and Homelessness program provides financial assistance for rent, utilities or move-in costs for older adults age 60 and over who are at or below 200% of poverty level.
Rebuilding Together – Nashville
The Bordeaux Initiative provides structured, wrap-around resources for homeowners in the Safe and Healthy Home Improvement program within the Bordeaux community. This program supports home repair and renovation work with resources that will empower homeowners to sustain homeownership through maintenance and financial planning.
The Community Helpers
The Elderly & Disabled Assistance Program provides emergency financial assistance (rent and utilities), prescription drug assistance, coordination of services and referrals to other local community agencies in Rutherford County.
Urban Housing Solutions
The AFRESH: Wellness and Supportive Housing for Older Adults program is a supported housing program for low-income older adults living in 26th and Clarksville’s 55-unit supportive housing community. AFRESH emphasizes person-centered frailty-focused communication for residents to understand the effects of frailty on their bodies and to make informed decisions that promote their health, well-being and ability to age in place.
Westminster Home Connection
Westminster Home Connection provides critical repairs, mobility modifications, and sort-pack-move services to empower older adults to age in place safely and with dignity.
Transportation Programs
Safe and affordable transportation to ensure that older adults have access to needed services and have opportunities to remain engaged in community life
Community Life Bridge
Community Life Ride uses volunteer drivers to provide door-through-door transportation to older adults who no longer drive in order to support their independence and quality of life. Volunteers develop friendships and provide much needed interaction with socially isolated older adults.
Senior Ride Nashville, Inc.
Senior Ride Nashville provides courteous and safe door-through-door volunteer transportation along with guidance on mobility options allowing older adults to maintain health and quality of life. The program also facilitates meaningful relationships between volunteer drivers and riders.
Tennessee Kidney Foundation
The Transportation Assistance Program provides impoverished and disabled older adults who have End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) with transportation to and from dialysis treatments.
Wellness and Supportive Care Programs
Prevention, wellness and in-home supportive services to promote and sustain healthy aging
Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc.
The Living at Home program provides home-based supportive services to help keep older adults living safely in their homes and communities.
Community Resource Center
The Older Adult Support program will provide over 10,000 older adults in seven counties with basic essentials through the distribution of age-appropriate hygiene kits containing personal hygiene products, paper products, PPE and cleaning supplies.
FiftyForward
FiftyForward Supportive Care Services provides care management, FiftyForward Fresh home-delivered meals, Adult Day Care and other supportive services to enable vulnerable older adults to remain in their homes.
Mental Health America
The Caregiver Support Program supports both vulnerable older adults and their caregivers by increasing caregiver knowledge, decreasing isolation, improving safety for seniors, and promoting life-saving initiatives. Programming includes 0nline support groups, consultations to discuss caregiver challenges and create personalized solutions, workshops and informational sessions, and File of Life card distributions providing first responders immediate access to vital health information for vulnerable seniors.
Room In The Inn, Inc.
Resource Navigation for Older Adults focuses on 3 strategic areas: 1) Connection to supportive services supporting older adults with their physical and mental health. 2) Connection to income. 3) Connection to housing. Older adults who would otherwise be on the streets will receive assistance navigating the complexities of social service and healthcare systems, and become better equipped with daily living skills necessary to support their transition into permanent supportive housing.
Tennessee Respite Coalition
Funding is targeted to two projects: the Respite Voucher Program provides respite vouchers to caregivers who are at least 60 years old and caregivers of individuals who are at least 60 years old in the seven Middle Tennessee counties; the Sumner Senior Volunteer Program matches volunteers who are at least 60 years old to families who are in a caregiving situation. The caregiver provides assistance and companionship to the older adult who needs care.
UCP of Middle Tennessee, Inc.
The Durable Medical Equipment and Home Access for Older Adults with Severe Disabilities program provides basic safety and independent living supports to older adults with severe disabilities.
Previous Grant Awards:
Abe’s Garden
2011, 2012—Abe’s Garden Phase 1
AgeWell Middle Tennessee
2004—Scams Aganist the Elderly & Other COA Projects
2007—Council On Aging’s Expansion of Services
2011—Strengthening of Council On Aging
2012—Council On Aging
2014—Building Capacity to Assist Seniors and Caregivers
2015—Expanding Information and Resources for Seniors
2016 —Supporting Transportation and Resources for Seniors
2017—Senior Ride Nashville
2013, 2017–2021—Identifying Needs and Driving Solutions to Assist Seniors and CaregiversAlive Hospice
2012–2014—Grief Support Services and Patient Care
2014—Residence Bed Replacement
2015—Electronic Medical Records Project
2016—Murfreesboro Residence Building Project
2017—Telehospice
2020—HVAC Upgrades
2021—Nurse Call SystemAlzheimer’s Association
2014—Social Engagement Program
2015—Respite for Caregivers
2016—24/7 Helpline & Community Care ConsultationArc of Davidson County & Greater Nashville
2015–2016—Senior Supports Program
Bethlehem Centers of Nashville
2003, 2005, 2008, 2011–2014, 2016–2021—Senior Resource Center & Hot Lunch Program
Catholic Charities of Tennessee, Inc.
2018-2021—Living At Home
2021—Refugee EldersCedar Seniors, Inc.
2018—Kitchen Refurbishments
2019—Part-time Director
2020—Bathrooms RefurbishmentCenterstone of Tennessee, Inc.
2004, 2006, 2008, 2012–2013, 2015—Older Adult Services
Community Life Ride
2019-2021—Senior Ride Sumner
Community Resource Center
2015, 2018-2021—Senior Kits
Cumberland University
2015—Promoting Health and Wellness for Middle TN Seniors
Disciples Village of Nashville
2004, 2007—Disciples Village of Nashville
Domestic Violence Program, Inc.
2015–2016—Emergency Services for Elderly Victims of Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse, and Stalking
Easter Seals Tennessee
2003—New Frontiers Program
Faith Family Medical Center
2005, 2007, 2011–2021—Healthcare for Seniors
2020—Capital Funding for new Medical CenterFamily & Children’s Services
2004—Help for Seniors and Their Families
FiftyForward
2002, 2004—Living At Home Services/Salvation Army Red Shield Initiative Collaboration
2006—Peer Counseling, Respite Care, and Victory Over Crime
2008—Accessing Services Through Transportation Initiatives
2011—Integration of Physical and Mental Wellness Initiatives
2012—Maximizing Participation of Older Adults
2013–2015, 2017–2021—Living At Home/Supportive Care Services
2015–2016, 2018-2021—Bordeaux Center Program
2017—Bordeaux Center Expansion Study
2018—Aging Mastery Program
2019—Capital Funding for new Bordeaux CenterFriends In General, Inc.
2017—Wellness Wednesdays for North Nashville Senior Adults
2018—Patient-Centered Care for Senior Adults
Gilda’s Club Nashville
2012–2016—Psychosocial Support of Seniors Impacted By Cancer
GraceWorks Ministries, Inc.
2021—Hunger Prevention/Rent & Utility Assistance
Guardianship and Trusts Corporation
2002, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2017, 2019—Indigent Senior Ward Program
Insight Counseling Centers
2018-2021—Older Adult Care Program
Interfaith Dental Clinic of Nashville
2005, 2007, 2011–2021—Smiles for Life—Comprehensive Dental Care for Seniors
2019—A Smile Changes Everything! capital grantJewish Family Services of Nashville and Middle Tennessee
2011—Personal Emergency Preparedness
Lebanon Senior Citizens Center
2018-2021—Social Services Coordinator
Legal Aid Society of Middle Tennessee and the Cumberlands
2014, 2016-2017—Health and Elder Law Program
Light In The Nations
2007, 2011, 2013—Senior Assistance Ministry
Martha O’Bryan Center, Inc.
2003, 2005, 2011 – 2012, 2014–2021—Senior Assistance Program
Matthew 25, Inc.
2014—Substance Abuse Counseling
2016—Renovation of Living QuartersMatthew Walker Comprehensive Health Center, Inc.
2018—Senior Smiles
2019—Dial Down Diabetes on the Go!
2020—Seasoned Adults Living TriumphantlyMental Health America of the MidSouth
2004—Substance Abuse Education, Screening and Referral for Older Adults
2013—We Care Fair
2014–2016—Just the Facts—Aging and Alzheimer’s Support for Older Adults and Caregivers
2018-2020—Aging and Alzheimer’s Services for Middle Tennessee Aging CaretakersMetropolitan Nashville Teachers’ Apartments, Inc.
2011, 2013—Safety System
Mid-Cumberland Human Resource Agency
2016—Meals On Wheels
2017—Serving Abused Seniors
2018-2021—Advocating for Vulnerable Long-Term Care ResidentsMusic For Seniors
2015, 2017–2021—Live Music Outreach for Low Income and Differently-Abled Seniors
Nashville Food Project, Inc.
2015–2021—Meal Distribution and Garden Programs for Seniors
Nashville Public Library Foundation
2018-2021—Nashville Public Library’s Digital Inclusion Program for Seniors
Nashville Public Television, Inc.
2013–2021—NPT Reports: Aging Matters
Nations Ministry Center
2018-2021—The Front Porch: Welcoming Refugee Elders Home
NeedLink Nashville
2015–2021—Emergency Housing & Utility Assistance for Older Adults
Progress, Inc.
2014—Senior Transportation
Rebuilding Together – Nashville
2014—Building A Healthy Neighborhood
2015—Safe at Home Program
2020—Target Community—Homeowner Education Pilot Program
2021—Bordeaux Initiative
Rochelle Center
2003—Four-Season Sensory Stimulation Room
Rooftop Foundation
2016–2018—Emergency Housing Assistance for Seniors
Room In The Inn, Inc.
2014—Transitional Housing for Elderly Homeless Women
2017–2021—Guest House Supportive Living Program for Aging AdultsSecond Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee & FiftyForward
2021—Older Adult Essential Nutrition Partnership
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee, Inc.
2004, 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013–2017—Filling the Pantry for Seniors
2019—Fighting Senior Hunger
2020—Ending Senior Hunger TogetherSenior Ride Nashville
2018-2021—Volunteer Driver Program
2021—Friendly Neighbor ProgramShepherd’s Center of Madison
2007—Shepherd’s Center Programs
2011—Food Program for Older FolksSiloam Health
2004, 2007, 2012–2021—Providing Whole-Person Health Care to Vulnerable Older Adults in Middle Tennessee
2021—Health Happens Here Capital CampaignSt. Luke’s Community House Episcopal, Inc.
2003, 2005, 2011, 2013–2021—Seniors Program
Tennessee Justice Center
2016—Our Sister’s Keeper
2017–2021—IndependenceTennessee Kidney Foundation
2018-2021—Transportation Assistance Program
Tennessee Respite Coalition
2014, 2016, 2018-2021—Family Directed Respite Voucher Program
2021—Senior Companions ProgramThe Community Helpers, Inc.
2018-2021—Elderly Assistance Program
UCP of Middle Tennessee, Inc.
2015–2017, 2019–2021—Durable Medical Equipment and Wheelchair Ramps for Seniors with Severe Disabilities
Urban Housing Solutions
2020—Aging & Fraility: Resilience and Energy in the Second Half of Life
2021—AFRESH: Wellness & Supportive Housing for Older AdultsVanderbilt University
2018, 2020—Medical-Legal Partnership for Disadvantaged Older Adults
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2013—Research Grant: “Preventing Cognitive Decline in Older Adults with Dementia in Assisted Living Facilities”
2014—Supporting Faculty Leaders in Geriatrics—Establishing a Career Development Award
2016—Research Grant: “Nutritional Care in Nursing Homes”
2019—2020—Older Adults Living with Functional Dementia
2021—Age-Friendly Healthcare for Hospitalized Older AdultsWestminster Home Connection
2013–2021—Home Safety Repair & Modification for Older Adults
You Have The Power Know How To Use It
2018—Elder Abuse Prevention
YWCA of Nashville & Middle Tennessee
2005, 2007—Domestic Violence Services for Older Women
2013—Elder Abuse Prevention