Tennessee · Nonprofit
NASHVILLE CARES
NASHVILLE CARES (Tennessee) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,754,240 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($12,175,547). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $75M
- Funders on record
- 41
- Grants received
- $15M
- Net assets
- $15M
What Nashville Cares does
Mission
Nashville Cares exists to end the hiv epidemic, promote comprehensive sexual health and end sexual health stigmatization and discrimination through prevention, education, treatment, support, advocacy, and strategic partnership.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Programs
Insurance assistance program: the insurance assistance program (iap) provides financial support for health insurance premiums, medication costs, and related services to ensure 7,000 individuals living with hiv maintain continuous access to care and treatment. The program supports improved health outcomes by reducing financial barriers and promoting retention in care.
$36,982,335 spentof which $35,461,671 as grants54% of program spendingCares 360 clinic: the cares 360 clinic delivers integrated outpatient services, including hiv care, primary care, behavioral health, and care coordination. By providing coordinated, patient-centered services, the clinic supports early diagnosis, timely treatment, and sustained engagement in care to improve long-term health outcomes.
$23,777,631 spent$29,955,800 earned by the program35% of program spendingCase management: Nashville Cares provides client-centered case management services that assess individual needs, develop care plans, and coordinate access to medical, behavioral health, and supportive services. These services support continuity of care, treatment adherence, and improved health outcomes.
$2,997,010 spentof which $845 as grants4% of program spendingHousing & financial assistance: Nashville Cares provides financial assistance to meet housing and related financial needs, as well as case management services, to 267 hiv-infected individuals and their families.emotional and practical support: Nashville Cares provides social services to meet the emotional and therapeutic needs of hiv-infected individuals. Nashville Cares provides practical and material assistance in the form of nutrition and transportation services to 2,836 clients and their families who are affected by hiv. Clients can access the agency's full range of social services via an 800-number.prevention and education services: Nashville Cares provides prevention and education services to at least 3,900 clients, which is critical to ending the hiv epidemic. Nashville Cares provides hiv, hcv and sti testing and screening and education workshops to individuals who are at risk of hiv. Education and awarness services are provided across middle tennessee in communities, universities, businesses and other organizations.public policy & advocacy: Nashville Cares works to inform the community about the importance of reducing the spread of hiv/aids and the benefits of federal,…
$4,760,422 spentof which $1,639,289 as grants$3,607 earned by the program7% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $68,517,398.
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 2023 to 2024, from $14M to $27M (+94%).
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.
Government-grant reliance: 2017 97% · 2018 97% · 2019 98% · 2020 98% · 2021 95% · 2022 94% · 2023 90% · 2024 60% · 2025 57%. Grants only. Government contracts and fees sit inside program revenue.
60% of NASHVILLE CARES’s revenue is contributions — more reliant on donations than three-quarters of its peers (7% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 2 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.
Chief executive
Amna Osman
CEO
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base held at 15 funders, grant income fell $3.6M → $1.1M.
7 of 41 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 2% 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 NASHVILLE CARES’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 41 funders by total. 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
NASHVILLE CARES leans on a few funders — its largest provides 83% of grant income and the top three 87%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
92% 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 NASHVILLE CARES.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 87% · 2018 94% · 2019 90% · 2020 80% · 2021 39% · 2022 81% · 2023 79% — diversifying over time.
“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
30% of NASHVILLE CARES's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 68% 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
95% of NASHVILLE CARES's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $289k arriving through sponsors registered in 6 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
NASHVILLE CARES runs a healthier operating margin than half of the 2,969 health nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 2,969 health nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Government funding NASHVILLE CARES receives
Grants and contracts to this organization from federal (USASpending) and state checkbooks, reconciled to its EIN. $3.7M on record.
- Department of Health and Human Services$3.7M
Federal grants vs contracts are distinguished; state line items keep their reported category. Matched by name + geography (the BMF), so coverage is partial and precision-first.
Organizations like NASHVILLE CARES
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
95% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for NASHVILLE CARES: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds NASHVILLE CARES?
- NASHVILLE CARES (Tennessee) receives grants from 41 organizations whose IRS filings report $14,754,240 to it, the largest being UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC ($12,175,547). 28 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does NASHVILLE CARES have?
- IRS filings report 41 organizations giving $14,754,240 in grants to NASHVILLE CARES, 28 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of NASHVILLE CARES?
- UNITED WAY OF MIDDLE TENNESSEE INC is the largest funder on record, with $12,175,547 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like NASHVILLE CARES 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.
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 41 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