Tennessee · Nonprofit
COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE
COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE (Tennessee) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,277,820 to it, the largest being THE WEST END HOME FOUNDATION ($200,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $939k
- Funders on record
- 29
- Grants received
- $1.3M
- Net assets
- $431k
What Council on Aging of Greater Nashville Dba Age Well Middle Tennessee does
Mission
The Council on Aging of Greater Nashville d/b/a AgeWell Middle Tennessee(the Organization) is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to serve asa trusted resource and to advance solutions for the critical needs of olderadults and caregivers. AgeWell supports older adults and caregivers across13 counties in Middle Tennessee through programs, advocacy, communityeducation and print and online resources. The Organization identifiesissues and challenges related to aging and develops and facilitatescollaborative solutions to address those needs. The Organization alsoprovides information, resources, and support to older adults, caregivers,and the community at large.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
RESET: Financial Empowerment Collaborative - RESET, which stands forRaising Economic Security to Enjoy Thriving, is a collaborative, financialempowerment network that AgeWell created with United Way and severaltrusted community partners (NeedLink Nashville, FiftyForward, TN JusticeCenter, Metro Action Commission) to help older adults in Davidson Countyimprove their financial stability and security. Services include benefiteligibility screening and application assistance, one-on-one financialcounseling, emergency rent and utility assistance and referral tosupplemental income opportunities. In 2025, RESET partners assisted 4,153Nashvillians aged 50 and older with 4,445 benefit applications valued at$2,800,190. In addition, 238 RESET clients received financial counseling atthe Financial Empowerment Center resulting in $114,641 in total cumulativeincreased savings and $1,208,103 in reduced debt.
$207,444 spent$240,318 earned by the program39% of program spendingAdvocacy - AgeWell leads advocacy for older adults and caregivers through the TN Coalition for Better Aging, coordinating collective advocacy with organizational and individual members. We also serve on state and local advisory committees ensuring that the needs of older adults and caregives are prioritized, and the strategic plans address critical needs like attainable, accessible housing, transportation and long-term services and supports.Helpline - AgeWell's Helpline provides information and referral assistance to older adults, caregivers and professional, connecting them with needed resources in Middle Tennessee and beyond. Our Helpline Coordinator triages callers and conducts intake screenings and enrollment for both the Eldercare Coach and RESET programs. In 2025, 1,057 older adults and caregivers received information and referral assistance through AgeWell's Helpline.
$134,607 spentof which $134,607 as grants26% of program spendingEldercare Coach - AgeWell's Eldercare Coach program provides personalized guidance and decision support tools for anyone caring for an aging loved one. Caregivers utilizing the program can access trusted information, support and expert guidance through caregiver phone consultations, educational prograns and print and online resources. AgeWell also partners with employers and congregations who want offer Eldercare Coach to their employees and members. In 2025, 187 caregivers received phone consultations with 100% reporting that their concerns were addressed, and 1063 caregivers particaipated in 15 eldercare educational presentations.
$124,299 spent$145,804 earned by the program24% of program spendingDirector of Services - AgeWell's Directory of Services is the onlt comprehensive and impartial resource guide for older adults, caregivers, and professionals in Middle Tennessee - available in print and online. Print copies are available for free for older adults and family caregivers at all public libraries in our 13-county service area in Middle Tennessee, thanks to directory sponsors. In 2025, we we distributed more than 20,000 copies of the print directory, and had 15,000 online directory users with 8,800 page views each month.
$60,526 spent$86,527 earned by the program11% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $526,876.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2019 to 2020, from $208k to $358k (+72%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
93% of COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE’s revenue is contributions — more donation-reliant than the typical peer (91% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 3 of the last 9 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 8 funders to 12 funders, grant income rose $130k → $175k.
8 of 29 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 21% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE has a broad base — no single funder exceeds 16% of grant income, and it takes 5 funders to reach half.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 5 funders to its left
68% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 38% · 2018 55% · 2019 51% · 2020 33% · 2021 29% · 2022 41% · 2023 54% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
64% of COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 79% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
75% of COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $273k arriving through sponsors registered in 8 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 13,917 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 13,917 human services nonprofits $100k–$1M, FY2025
Organizations like COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
62% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
99%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
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Questions and answers
- Who funds COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE?
- COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE (Tennessee) receives grants from 29 organizations whose IRS filings report $1,277,820 to it, the largest being THE WEST END HOME FOUNDATION ($200,000). 23 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE have?
- IRS filings report 29 organizations giving $1,277,820 in grants to COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE, 23 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE?
- THE WEST END HOME FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $200,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like COUNCIL ON AGING OF GREATER NASHVILLE DBA AGE WELL MIDDLE TENNESSEE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2017–2025), and the filings of 29 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing