Aligning Private Support for Public Education for
Our Schools,
Our Community,
Our Future


The Nashville Alliance for Public Education, established in 2002 by a group of corporate and civic leaders, is dedicated to the goal of improving public education in Nashville, Tennessee.  Working in partnership with the Metro Nashville Public School Board and the Director of Schools, the Alliance identifies areas of need and impact then channels private community resources toward programs that accelerate progress in our schools.

Guided by the principle that quality public schools are central to the heart of our community, the Nashville Alliance's mission is to build broader and deeper community engagement in public education and to encourage individuals, businesses and neighborhoods to take ownership of public schools and invest in improvements that can have immediate impact on student achievement.

June 30, 2006 marked the end of the third full year of operations for the Nashville Alliance.  The Alliance realized amazing growth this past year.  The number of individuals, businesses and foundations who made gifts to the Alliance rose from 850 to 2,600.  Cash gifts totaled more than $2 million and multi-year pledges $3 million.  As a result of the generosity of several foundations and the success of the Nashville Public Schools Hall of Fame, 100% of all funds donated to the Alliance go directly to schools or school programs.  This demonstrates a vote of confidence in the mission of the Nashville Alliance and a commitment to the future of our community.

Highlights

• Review our Annual Report (PDF)
• Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about the Alliance (PDF)

Nashville Alliance Accomplishments

The Nashville Alliance has made remarkable progress in just three years of operations.

In the 2005-2006 fiscal year more than 2,600 donors contributed $2,015,000. In addition, the Alliance received an additional $3M in multi-year pledges this year.

Donations to the Alliance have:

• Enabled the Alliance to complete its goal of placing $1,000,000 of musical instruments in schools including:
• Three guitar labs (Nashville School of the Arts, Glencliff and Overton)
• Outfitted 20 schools with guitar for their classrooms and after school programs, 5 piano labs (Hillsboro, Overton, Glencliff, Hillwood and Whites Creek)
• Three middle school music labs (Litton , Dupont Tyler, East Literature Middle)
• Band equipment to 13 middle schools
• Band equipment to 18 middle and high schools
• String instruments for every string program at middle and high school level
• Four elementary piano labs (Bailey, Meigs, Maxwell and Ross Elementary)

• Built its endowment for Debate travel which helps defray the cost of student travel to out of town debate tournaments.
• Provided books and atlases school libraries
• Purchased $400,000 of science equipment for schools throughout the system
• Provided a $10,000 grant to Glendale Elementary for Spanish Immersion materials
• Purchased a laptop computer lab for use in Martin Luther King science classes to help low income students have access to technology
• $75,000 for Academic Vocabulary Program
• Enabled the school system to qualify for bonds to refurbish five high school science labs
• $40,000 for Science Academy Program equipment
• Provided a $25,000 grant for Reading Recovery
• Supported parent family nights that provided educational materials for  parents to help their children succeed in school
• Purchased learning material for blended Pre-K programs
• A commitment of $3,500,000 to renovate Eakin School into a teacher training facility
• Refurbished the Brick Church Middle Athletic Field with a grant from the NFL and Tennessee Titans

  Our Mission

• To promote public education by securing donations from private sources and providing those donations either, directly to the Metro Nashville Public Schools, or indirectly, through grants to benefit Nashville Public Schools and students.
• To promote accountability for the use of private funds by the Metro School system.
• To accept, hold, administer, invest and disburse its funds to benefit Metro Nashville Public Schools and its students.

Charter

• The name of the corporation is Nashville Alliance for Public Education, Inc.
• The corporation is a public benefit corporation founded in 2002
• The Corporation is organized and at all times operates exclusively for educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

Internal Revenue Service Exemption:
501(c)(3)
Employer Identification Number: 48-1266314