Become a Member
Membership with the Nashville VOAD identifies your organization as an integral partner of the community supporting our work in response to disaster and helping with our communities’ recovery efforts.
Membership Types
Full Member
501(c)(3) organizations with a disaster response program and policy for commitment of resources (i.e. personnel, funds, equipment) to meet the needs of people anywhere in Davidson County affected by disaster without discrimination.
- Keep paperwork and contact information up-to-date.
- Attend general VOAD meetings on a regular basis.
- Participate in committee work and annual training exercise.
- Utilize Charity Tracker to coordinate services to survivors in disaster.*
- Voting rights (1 per organization)
- Logo on Nashville VOAD website
- Invitations to general meetings, access to meeting notes, and inclusion on the email distribution list.
- Access to Charity Tracker client database to coordinate services in disaster.*
Affiliate Member
Any organization within Davidson County with disaster planning and operations responsibilities or capabilities (including government agencies and nonprofits without 501(c)(3) exemption) but do not meet the requirements for full membership and/or do not have the capacity to be engaged on a regular basis.
- Keep paperwork and contact information up-to-date.
- Participation in annual training exercise.
- Attend meetings and participate in committees as time and resources allow.
- Utilize Charity Tracker to coordinate services to survivors in disaster.*
- Logo on Nashville VOAD website
- Invitations to general meetings, access to meeting notes, and inclusion on the email distribution list.
- Access to Charity Tracker client database to coordinate services in disaster.*
Corporate Partner
Any business within Davidson County with a willingness to engage and support the VOAD’s preparedness and response activities.
Our partners support us with one ore more of the following expectations.
- Keep paperwork and contact information up-to-date.
- Lend expertise to committees or meetings
- Financial support
- Attend trainings
- Provide resources in disaster
- Logo on Nashville VOAD website (as supporter)
- Ability to plug in to our network in disaster.
- Opportunity to give back to the community.
- Invitations to general meetings, access to meeting notes, and inclusion on the email distribution list.
* - Charity Tracker is for agencies and organizations that provide resources or services to survivors on an individual or household basis in the aftermath of disaster. Members that do not fall into that category will not have access to or be expected to use Charity Tracker.