Nashville Wealth Building Alliance

Interested in becoming a VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) Volunteer?

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Download your VITA Registration Guide
Download the VITA Training Registration Form

The Nashville Wealth Building Alliance 2008 End of Season Report is now availible in PDF format. You can download it by ::clicking here::.

Financial Stability Resource Guides are now available. To download your free PDF of the guide or to order printed copies, please ::click here::.

"My Money Plan" Template Downloads(Microsoft Word Document)
English Version / Spanish Version

The Nashville Wealth Building Alliance (NWBA) is a broad-based collaboration dedicated to promoting financial stability for low- and moderate-income individuals and families of Nashville/Davidson County. The coalition engages business, community, government and faith-based organizations to provide direct services and create linkages that will enable struggling families in the community achieve new levels of self-sustaining financial independence.

Partners in the NWBA include:

United Way of Metropolitan Nashville
The Federal Reserve Bank, Atlanta Branch
Congressman Jim Cooper’s Office
The Internal Revenue Service
First Tennessee Foundation
Metro Action Commission
Metropolitan Government of Nashville/Davidson County
Metro Housing and Development Association
Metro Social Services
The Nashville Area Tennessee Saves Coalition
U.S. Community Credit Union
Bank of America
Capital Bank & Trust
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Madison First Baptist Church
Suntrust Bank
US Bank
And many more, including local financial institutions and non-profit agencies

The first initiative of the NWBA is the “Earn It. Keep It. Save It.” Campaign, which promotes the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA).

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is a refundable tax credit available to working families and individuals. The IRS estimates that $8 million in EITC refunds is left on the table every year in Nashville/Davidson County when taxpayers are eligible but don’t file.

This money can make a huge difference to a family living paycheck to paycheck, making it possible for them do things that many of us take for granted: repair the family car, get needed medical or dental attention, pay for quality childcare, or pay past due rent to avoid eviction.

To find out if you qualify for the EITC, click here.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA)

To help ensure that Nashville’s working families are filing for the tax credits they have earned and to help those families save hundreds of dollars in commercial tax fees and predatory “rapid refund” loans, the NWBA supports Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA). Families all over the city making a household income of less than $40,000 can access VITA sites and have their taxes prepared for FREE!

To find the VITA site nearest you
dial 2-1-1.

Can’t visit a VITA site in your area? Click here after January 14 to complete and file your return online from your computer. You must have a printer installed.

To read about one of our VITA clients click here.

Volunteering for VITA

For more information about becoming a VITA volunteer, click here.

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance is also a great volunteer opportunity in which you can help low-income working families where they need it most, in the pocketbook. Last year more than 130 volunteers were needed and this year the need is even greater.

To download a volunteer flyer click here.
For more information about being a VITA volunteer click here.
To download your VITA Registration Guide click here.

Earn It. Keep It. Save It. 2007

Here are some of the results from last year’s citywide campaign:

Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Sites:	13
FREE Tax Returns Filed:	6,200+
Total Federal Refunds Claimed:	Almost $9 million
EITC Refunds Claimed:	More than $3 million
Calls to 2-1-1 about the EITC and VITA:	5,489

Also, the 1087 families that used commercial preparation the previous year were able to save approximately $188,000 in tax preparation fees and $45,000 in refund anticipation loans fees.

Economic Impact

The Nashville Wealth Building Alliance (NWBA) sponsored a study to identify the impact of the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) to Nashville's economy. The completed study, The State of the Earned-Income Tax Credit in Nashville: An Analysis of Economic Impacts and Geographic Distribution of the 'Working Poor' Tax Credit, TY 1997-2004, shows that the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is not only a benefit for the working family claiming the credit. EITC also benefits the Nashville economy. The "ripple effect" from EITC refunds spent within Davidson County produces millions of dollars each year in economic stimulus, creates hundreds of jobs due to increased demand for products and services purchased with EITC refunds, and reduces poverty within our local community.

To read the full results of their study click here.

View the news release sent out by Congressman Jim Cooper's office.

Download Resources

EITC Files (.zip file) - Included in this download are:

Nashville Wealth Building Alliance VITA Flyer in English
Nashville Wealth Building Alliance VITA Flyer in Spanish
VITA Poster in English
VITA Poster in Spanish
VITA Recipient Stuffer
VITA Volunteer Postcard
VITA Recipient Postcard

Contact Information

If you would like to know more about the Nashville Wealth Building Alliance please contact:

Rachel Freeze
Nashville Wealth Building Alliance Manager
rachel.freeze@unitedwaynashville.org
(615) 780-2444

To find the VITA site nearest you, dial 2-1-1.