martha-obryan-center-logo
Menu
  • About Us
    • Learn More
    • Careers
    • Leadership
    • Partners
    • NextUP
    • AmeriCorps
    • One Generation Friends
    • The Community Campaign: So All Shall Rise
  • Programs
    • Family Success Network
    • Family & Community Services
    • Family PreSchool
    • K-8 Education
    • High School and Academic Student Unions
    • College and Career
    • East End Preparatory School
    • Explore! Community School
  • News & Events
    • Poverty Awareness Month
    • In The News
    • Champions Breakfast
    • Music City Chef Throwdown: Food Truck Edition
    • Mission Spotlight
  • Contact
    • E-News
    • Schedule A Tour
    • Questions and Comments
    • Careers
  • Donate
    • Wish List

Our Mission

On a foundation of Christian faith, Martha O’Bryan Center empowers children, youth, and adults in poverty to transform their lives through work, education, employment and fellowship.

Who We Are

Martha O’Bryan Center is an anti-poverty non-profit organization with longstanding history and deep community roots, founded in 1894. Our headquarter campus sits in the East Nashville public housing campus of Cayce Place, currently transforming into the mixed-income neighborhood Boscobel Heights.  This is where we operate most of our programs, supporting education goals for learners of all ages, empowering youth and adults in their careers, and providing stability and support services for individuals and families. Martha O’Bryan Center also operates two public, K-8 charter schools in East Nashville, and is co-located with partner agencies in several other centers and public schools as well. These are the places in Nashville where we continue in service, partnering with families to open doors of hope and possibility, create a culture of attainment, and positively shape future generations.

Who We Serve

Martha O’Bryan Center serves over 15,000 children, youth and adults every year, from every residential zip code in Nashville. In our headquarter neighborhood of Cayce Place, less than a mile from downtown Nashville, the average household income for families is $7,494, 70% below the national poverty threshold for a family of 4 ($24,250).

Cayce Place stands at a pivotal moment in its long history. After four years of intensive planning, Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA) has begun its Envision Cayce project, to scale the community’s 900 public housing units to 2,700 mixed-income units (1,100 low-income, 400 workforce, and 1,200 full-market). This kind of project has never been attempted—not at this scale, with most original residents remaining in place, and a high-performing school and amenities complex at its center.

Our transformed headquarter neighborhood will only succeed if driven by community input and feedback. Knowing this, we have partnered with MDHA to facilitate 50+ community meetings, listening to residents’ ideas, giving them decision-making agency in the transformation process. Our goal is to lift voices of original residents, creating a truly integrated mixed-income neighborhood. Change doesn’t happen when families move to new buildings; it happens when those buildings are complemented with a vast array of opportunities to pursue educational excellence, economic mobility, and family stability.

Our Core Values

Faith

We believe God has given
purpose and abilities
to every individual.

We believe there is
strength in differences
and beauty in all people.

We believe all are called
to act on behalf
of their neighbor.

Hope

We assume good will
and positive intent.

We work to
find solutions.

We believe that
every person can be
free from the impact
of poverty.

Love

We meet people
where they are.

We foster life changing
relationships.

We work together
for social justice.

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Giving Matters
  • Public Notices
  • Board Meeting Schedule

Sponsors

alliance bernstein logo
bass berry sims logo
dollar general logo
first horizon foundation logo
pinnacle logo
aramark logo
att logo
banccard logo
blue cross blue shield tennessee logo
capital financial logo
carmax logo
cat financial logo
costco logo
dentaquest logo
edleys logo
earl swensson associates logo
flytevu logo
fifth third bank logo
gamma blast logo
hg hill realty logo
highmark logo
east nashville hot yoga
ingram logo
jetright logo
keller williams logo
kroger logo
nashville predators logo
navi health logo
publix logo
rg anderson logo
scouts barber shop logo
truist logo
tyre logo
vht logo
wells fargo logo
woodland wine merchant logo
martha o'bryan center logo
  • Wish List
  • Volunteer
  • Careers
  • Sitemap
Donate Sign Up For Our Newsletter Board Portal

© 2023 MARTHA O'BRYAN CENTER

711 South Seventh Street
Nashville, TN 37206-3895
Phone 615-254-1791
Fax 615-242-3411