An Intentionally Curated Incubation Space
The Village provides a culturally-aligned infrastructure of support for historically under-resourced nonprofit leaders and organizations serving primarily marginalized communities through capacity building, and increased access & upskilling.
nonprofit leaders served in 2025
individuals reached weekly
increase in leadership confidence
organizations across 11 sectors
▸ what we do
Supporting the Leaders Who Support Our Communities
The Village offers spaces for connection, learning, restoration, and strategic growth that strengthen both leaders and the organizations they steward. Through gatherings, peer learning, technical assistance, leadership development, and access to trusted networks, we help leaders deepen their impact while sustaining their own well-being.
We cultivate relationships, share knowledge, expand access to resources, and create opportunities for collective growth to help leaders build stronger organizations and a stronger community.
Whether you are looking for practical support, new partnerships, or space to recharge, the Village offers opportunities to grow alongside other Black nonprofit leaders committed to creating lasting change.
▸ how we operate
A Systems-Based Approach to Collective Impact, Sustainability & Self-Determination
Black nonprofit work cannot be effective if it replicates the same extractive, fragmented, and trauma-inducing systems it seeks to dismantle. The four pillars of our ecological impact model are designed to function as the system our work is steeped in.
Healing
Reframing success through restoration, not output
Leadership
From positional authority to relational and regenerative power
Collaboration
Moving from competition to coordinated survival to a thriving ecosystem
Liberation
Reclaiming the power, the narrative, and the future
A physical home for the work
The Village House is where the Village comes to life for meetings, workshops, retreats, and the kind of work that can only happen when people are together.
by appointment only
▸ find your place
However you’re connected, there’s room for you
Individuals
People doing the work: organizers, practitioners, emerging leaders, neighbors who show up.
Come grow in your leadership, find people moving in the same direction, and get the tools to build something that lasts. You belong here.
Organizations
Black-led nonprofits in Nashville navigating real challenges, ready for infrastructure to match.
Tell us where you are and what you're building toward; we'll shape the right support and action plan around it.
Consultants
Bring your talents to organizations building toward liberation, share what you know, and join a community where pouring into the work pours something back into you.
Your gifts were meant to be shared.