BACKGROUNDWHAT ARE THE ISSUES?In December 2020, author and philanthropist MacKenzie Scottgifted more than $4 billion to 384 nonprofit agencies acrossthe United States. United Way of Greater Nashville received$20 million.Throughout our planning process, three priority areas for theinvestment of Ms. Scott’s gift clearly surfaced:We are humbled by and so grateful to Ms. Scott for this gift, which we believe has thepower to be transformational for our community. Our organization adopted a multistep process to determine the best possible deployment of those funds. In 2021,we completed a strategic planning process to help guide us through the creation ofthe investment plan. We began by holding focus groups and surveying communitystakeholders, donors, nonprofit agencies and corporate donors for their input. Thisprocess allowed us to hear from a diverse audience that represents our multi-countyHigh-Quality, Affordable Child CareOur community is suffering from a crippling lack of affordable, high-quality child care,especially for our lower income residents. The pandemic showed our community thathigh-quality, affordable and accessible child care is an essential service, and we need anappropriately compensated and highly trained early education workforce to sustain it.This service is not only essential for setting our children up for future educational successbut is crucial to our families’ abilities to remain in the workforce and be financially selfsufficient and stable.footprint and to capture a broad picture of the most pressing issues. From there, weoutlined clear goals and three priority areas of investment for the funds. For eachpriority, cross-functional teams worked with community leaders and experts to developoverarching strategies for creating lasting change in each area.2Unite d Way of G reater Nas h v i l l eU nited Way of Greater Nas h ville3
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