Maddox is pleased to partner with 70 nonprofits to continue our mission of improving the lives of young people and furthering wildlife conservation. Over the past 13 years, the Maddox Fund has granted $28 million dollars in programs and organizations that better the Middle Tennessee community.
“Our philanthropic work is shaped by trust-based culture. Funder-grantee relationships built on trust are stronger and more to responsive to community,“ said Melissa Gordon, chair of the Maddox Grant Committee. “We are re-envisioning grantmaking to ensure we are connected to partners who have the greatest proximity to community needs.”
| 100 Black Men of Middle Tennessee |
| American Baptist College |
| American Muslim Advisory Council |
| Backfield In Motion |
| Bethlehem Centers Of Nashville |
| Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee |
| Book’Em |
| Boys & Girls Club Of Maury County Inc. |
| Communities In Schools of Tennessee |
| Conexion Americas |
| Crossroads Campus |
| Cumberland River Compact |
| D-Y-M-O-N In The Rough |
| East Nashville Hope Exchange, Inc. |
| Edgehill Neighborhood Partnership |
| Elmahaba Center |
| Equal Chance For Education |
| FiftyForward |
| Fisk University |
| Franktown Open Hearts |
| Friends of Mill Ridge Park |
| Gallatin Shalom Zone |
| Gideon’s Army Grassroots Army for Children |
| Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee |
| Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation |
| Hands on Nashville |
| Harpeth Conservancy |
| Homework Hotline |
| Horizons at USN |
| Launch Pad |
| Legacy Mission Village |
| Lewis County Historical Society |
| Lipscomb University |
| Martha O’Bryan Center |
| Monroe Harding |
| Mosaic Changemakers |
| Nashville Freedom School Partnership |
| Nashville International Center for Empowerment |
| Nashville Organized For Action And Hope |
| Nashville Peacemakers |
| Nashville Public Education Foundation |
| Nashville Public Library Foundation |
| Nashville Teacher Residency |
| Nations Ministry Center |
| Nature Conservancy, Tennessee Chapter |
| Oasis Center |
| Operation Andrew Group, Inc. |
| PENCIL Foundation |
| Persist Nashville, Inc. |
| Project Transformation Tennessee |
| Raphah Institute |
| Safe Haven Family Shelter |
| Salama Urban Ministries |
| Southern Word Inc |
| Tennessee Aquatic Project |
| Tennessee Educators Of Color Alliance |
| Tennessee Environmental Council |
| Tennessee Immigrant And Refugee Rights Coalition |
| Tennessee Justice for Our Neighbors |
| Tennessee Wildlife Federation |
| The F.I.N.D. Design |
| The Land Trust For Tennessee |
| United Way of Metropolitan Nashville |
| Urban Green Lab |
| Volunteer State Seal Of Biliteracy |
| Why We Can’t Wait |
| Workers’ Dignity Project |
| YMCA of Middle Tennessee |
| Youth Incorporated |
| YWCA of Middle Tennessee |
Most of the Maddox Fund’s 2021 grants were 2-year grants. The foundation will take this time to reimagine our grantmaking and to build liberating practices that address systemic racial inequities. The Maddox Board of Directors gives thanks for the generosity of Dan and Margaret Maddox. We seek to honor their philanthropic legacy in a changing Middle Tennessee.
Mission: To better our community through partnerships that improve the lives of young people and further wildlife conservation.
Values:
• We believe education and knowledge are transformative
• We champion just and equitable systems and policies
• We manage our resources with integrity and transparency
• We honor the voices of marginalized communities
• We engage our work with humility and curiosity
• We celebrate courageous leadership
