Nashville Youth Jazz Ensemble

Mission Statement

Nashville Youth Jazz Ensemble (NYJE) was created to provide a high-level educational/performance experience in a jazz big band for students, grades 8-12, in the Greater Nashville community. An important goal of NYJE is to fill a community need for jazz education/performance for young people, especially those who do not have access to such an experience.

Another goal of NYJE is to foster appreciation and support for jazz music in our community. By performing concerts alongside regional or national jazz artists, students present to our community an authentic experience in jazz, America’s truly original art form.

Nashville Zoo, Inc.

Mission Statement

Nashville Zoo’s mission is to inspire a culture of understanding and discovery of our natural world through conservation, innovation, and leadership.

The Zoo connects our guests with their global environment, inspiring admiration of and respect for wildlife and wild places.

NashvilleHealth

Mission Statement

Our mission is to build and advance partnerships and initiatives that tackle Nashville’s most critical health challenges.

National Federation of the Blind

Mission Statement

The mission of the National Federation of the Blind is to achieve widespread emotional acceptance and intellectual understanding that the real problem of blindness is not the loss of eyesight but the misconceptions and lack of information which exist.