Social Responsibility
NDC’s commitment to Delivering Efficiency to Healthcare® includes giving back to the communities that enrich the lives of our employees, business partners and families.
NDC is proud to support the following organizations with charitable contributions throughout the year.
ALS Recovery Fund
The ALS Recovery Fund is a non-profit organization operated by volunteers so that 100% of all donations go directly to promoting public awareness, advancing research and expanding education of ALS. This mission is accomplished by providing medical and financial assistance to improve the quality of life and provide critical therapies to patients in need.
American Military Family
American Military Family provides veterans, first responders and their families with assistance to locate their missing and/or suicidal, displaced, or struggling hero, and providing them with urgently needed services, whether it be emotional, physical, mental or financial.
Boys & Girls Club
The Boys & Girls Club’s mission is to enable all young people, especially those who need it most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring and responsible citizens. The organization’s focus is in helping all young people succeed through curriculum based targeted programs and high yield activities designed to help members achieve academic success, good character and healthy lifestyles.
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
The mission of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation is to cure cystic fibrosis and to provide all people with CF the opportunity to lead long, fulfilling lives by funding research and drug development, partnering with the CF community and advancing high-quality, specialized care. The CF Foundation is the world’s leader in the search for a cure for cystic fibrosis, and nearly every CF-specific drug available today was made possible with CFF’s financial support.
FISH Hospitality Pantries
Hospitality Pantries, Inc. assists people in other cities and counties in planning a response to end hunger and poverty issues in their communities. FISH Hospitality Pantries currently provides food packages to nearly 7,000 families (20,000 people) each month from four Knoxville locations.
Folds of Honor
Since 2007, the Folds of Honor has provided educational scholarships to spouses and children of America’s fallen and disabled service-members. Their motto says it best: “Honor Their Sacrifice. Educate Their Legacy.”
Haven House
Haven House’s mission is to save and change lives through the intervention and prevention of domestic violence by offering 24-hour shelter and crisis hotline, support services, youth programs and community awareness. Haven House has spent the past 35 years as a service organization providing shelter space and programs to victims of domestic violence.
K-Life
KLIFE is a non-profit parachurch ministry that focuses on discipleship for youth through a variety of activities, such as klubs, small group Bible studies, mission trips and other monthly events. KLIFE works alongside churches and families in the community to teach and encourage kids to be strong in the Lord, despite all the negative peer pressures they face that are so prevalent in today’s youth culture.
LEAD Cameron School
LEAD was founded on the belief that all students deserve access to a great education that prepares them for the future — regardless of their zip code. LEAD Public Schools is Nashville’s largest homegrown charter network with six schools serving 2,700 students through both open-enrollment and zoned-enrolled schools.
Martha O’Bryan Center
The Martha O’Bryan Center (MOBC) programs join family, community and schools to support better education and employment opportunities for Nashville’s most vulnerable families. Over 6,000 individuals each year (50% are 18 years and younger) are supported through a continuum of cradle to college to career services.
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Founded in 1999, the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN) is dedicated to saving lives by attacking pancreatic cancer on all fronts: research, clinical initiatives, patient services and advocacy. PanCAN is determined to accelerate progress and improve patient outcomes through funding more research breakthroughs, advancing more treatment options and increasing the national dialogue for the disease.
Rally Foundation
Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research is dedicated to empowering volunteers to raise awareness and funds to find better treatments and, ultimately, cures for all pediatric cancers. For every dollar raised, 93 cents go directly to supporting their mission in order to fund more research for childhood cancer.
Second Harvest Food Bank
Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee opened its doors in 1978 with the purpose of providing a central distribution center for companies, groups, and individuals who wished to help provide food for hungry people in Middle Tennessee.
Taylor Tip-Off: Fundraising BRCA Cancer Research
Matthew Taylor was diagnosed with Metastatic Stage 4 Stomach Cancer in November 2015 — a cancer that was linked to a BRCA genetic mutation shared by most of his family — and passed away on November 13, 2017. To honor Matt’s final wishes, Taylor Tip-Off was created as both a Memorial Basketball Tournament and fundraiser to benefit BRCA Cancer Research.
United Way
United Way works to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of communities around the world to advance the common good through a focus on education, financial stability and health. Every day, United Way’s 2.8 million volunteers and 9.8 million donors are making a lasting difference by helping a child learn to read, donating money to make sure people have access to quality medical care, speaking out in support of policies that provide training for in-demand jobs and so much more.