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Make a Donation

Your support ensures that over 6,500 adults age 50 and older each year can continue to participate in our programs and live vibrant lives.

$1000

Seven one-year scholarships to our lifelong learning centers. Did you know that 93% of center members report improvements in their overall well-being?

$700

Forty hours of care and twelve meals for adults with cognitive impairment. Did you know that 100% of caregivers using our adult day services feel the program helps maintain or improve participants’ cognitive functioning?

$500

100 home-delivered meals for food-insecure older adults. Did you know that 93% of recipients say these meals help them remain living independently?

$100

$100 provides 20 home-delivered meals for food-insecure older adults, and every gift makes a difference as we work to address community needs!

Thank you for considering a gift to FiftyForward!

Your support helps older adults remain active and engaged, while ensuring that vulnerable individuals have access to the services they need. We provide free or reduced-cost services for those with limited financial means, and your donation ensures that everyone who seeks our services can receive them, regardless of their ability to pay.

FiftyForward embraces a social entrepreneur model. We provide free or reduced-cost services for those who have limited financial means, and charge fees for programs, memberships and care for customers who can pay market rates. Donations ensure all who desire our services receive them, regardless of their ability to pay.

Please complete the following secure, online donation form.

Fountain Society Giving

By including FiftyForward in your estate plans, your gift – of any size – will leave an enduring impact for generations to come. In doing so, you join our Fountain Society, whose members help ensure that adults age 50 and over continue to participate in our programs and live vibrant lives across Middle Tennessee.

As a Fountain Society member, you will receive program updates and invitations to special gatherings. We are committed to keeping you informed about organizational news, challenges, and accomplishments.

To learn more about legacy giving, please contact Joanna Gupta at (615) 743-3412 or jgupta@fiftyforward.org.

I discovered FiftyForward in 2018 after retiring, looking for a place to play pool and connect with others. What I found was much more—I made some of the best friends of my life and found renewed purpose. With my family living far away, retirement threatened to leave me without activity or fellowship, but FiftyForward filled that void. I enjoy playing pool daily, joined the Donelson Station Advisory Council, served as president, and started a cornhole club. Social isolation is a major health risk for older adults, but FiftyForward offers a solution—helping thousands, including me, find happiness and well-being. That’s why I’ve included FiftyForward in my estate plans, leaving about 10% as a thank-you for the joy and community I’ve found here and as an investment in an organization dedicated to enriching the lives of others in their golden years.

Ralph Bristol
Donelson Station Member
Former Advisory Council Chair

Monthly Support

Everyday Guardians

When you join Everyday Guardians, you become the steady support an older adult can count on month after month

Across our community, older adults are facing challenges that no one should navigate alone. As an Everyday Guardian, you become a steady presence standing in the gap. You help create the safety, dignity, and protection we all want for ourselves and those we love, especially in a world that can feel unpredictable. Your consistent support provides the kind of care that restores stability, when someone’s life suddenly shifts.

Everyday Guardians are more than donors. They’re protectors who make sure older adults have meals when they cooking is impossible, safe homes when mobility changes, and human connection when isolation sets in. Month after month, you offer a lifeline that transforms fear into security and hardship into hope. Together, Everyday Guardians create a community where older adults know someone is looking out for them.

Call To Action

Every month, we shine a light on a neighbor whose life Everyday Guardians help protect

Giving opportunities

More ways to Invest In FiftyForward

Your support ensures older adults remain active and engaged and vulnerable older adults have the services they need. FiftyForward embraces a social entrepreneur model. We provide free or reduced cost services for those who have limited financial means, and charge fees for programs, memberships and care for customers who can pay market rates. Donations ensure all who desire our services receive them, regardless of their ability to pay.

FiftyForward gladly accepts donations by mail. Please send your check or money order to:

FiftyForward
174 Rains Avenue
Nashville, TN 37203

Please attach a note or letter that includes: your name(s), address and telephone number if the donation is an honor or memorial gift, to whom recognition of the gift is to be made including name(s) and address.

The FiftyForward Endowment, established in 1984, is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to the long-range financial future of FiftyForward.

The FiftyForward Endowment Board is led by skilled volunteers who are committed to and have a close association with FiftyForward. Their wealth of experience and expertise ensures the careful stewardship and oversight of invested funds, guides spending policy, and provides education and outreach to champion FiftyForward.

FiftyForward Endowment includes distinct funds for each of our seven centers, plus FiftyForward Living at Home Care Management, FiftyForward Friends Learning in Pairs (FLIP), and FiftyForward Fresh/Meals on Wheels.

Thank you for considering a gift to the FiftyForward Endowment. Gifts may be made by:

Deferred gifts contribute to the FiftyForward Endowment usually through the estate process.
Deferred gifts include:

  • Bequests
  • Life Insurance gifts
  • Retirement plans

To discuss these gifts, please contact FiftyForward CEO Sallie Hussey at shussey@fiftyforward.org or Development at development@fiftyforward.org.

For more information about FiftyForward Sponsorships, please contact Laurie Gregory, Special Events Manager, lgregory@fiftyforward.org

FiftyForward raises funds through:

  • financial and in-kind gifts from individuals and corporations
  • grants from foundations
  • businesses and government sources
  • special events

Financial gifts to FiftyForward may be:

  • made by mail or online
  • made by donating appreciated stock
  • undesignated to meet the greatest agency need
  • designated to your choice of center or program
  • given in honor or memory of an individual
  • in support of long-term agency viability through a deferred or current gift to our endowment fund

All financial gifts are recognized by a letter indicating tax deductibility (contributions that are not made for goods or services are tax deductible).

If you are considering a gift and need additional information or wish to discuss how your gift can be made or utilized, please contact FiftyForward CEO Sallie Hussey at shussey@fiftyforward.org or Development at development@fiftyforward.org..

FiftyForward does not disclose confidential donor information outside the organization. There are no exceptions to this policy. We do not sell or exchange a donor’s personal information with any public, private or nonprofit organization.

We value the support of our donors and follow the tenets of the Donor Bill of Rights.

The Donor Bill of Rights was created by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP), the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) and the Giving Institute: Leading Consultants to NonProfits.  It has been endorsed by numerous organizations.