Crossroads Campus

http://www.crossroadscampus.org

 

Mission

Crossroads believes in the healing power of the human-animal bond. Our mission is to transform lives by creating opportunities for individuals facing poverty and homelessness to care for homeless animals.

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Grants

Grant Year Amount Program Name Program Area Description
2021 $40,000 marginalized youth Learn more

To support programming and general operations.
2020 $30,000 marginalized youth Learn more

Crossroads uses a social enterprise model to provide job-training and employment for young people who face poverty and homelessness. Our participants receive intensive case management and have the opportunity to experience the healing power of the human-animal bond through caring for homeless animals, greatly enhancing the impact of our program.
2020 $5,000 marginalized youth Learn more

To support repair of damages caused by tornado
2019 $25,000 marginalized youth Learn more

Crossroads uses a social enterprise model to provide job-training and employment for young people who face poverty and homelessness. Our participants receive intensive case management and have the opportunity to experience the healing power of the human-animal bond through caring for homeless animals, greatly enhancing the impact of our program.
2018 $50,000 Job-Training and Supportive Employment for Young Adults Facing Homelessness marginalized youth Learn more

To support our job-training/employment program for at-risk young adults and to help us increase organizational capacity as we prepare for a major expansion over the next few years that will allow us to significantly increase the number of young people we employ and house.
2017 $20,000 Supportive Job-Training and Employment Program for At-Risk Young Adults marginalized youth Learn more

To support our job-training and employment program which serves at risk young people, providing job-readiness, job-skills and a first job for young people who lack access to the workplace. We enhance the benefits of the program through individualized case management and a loving and supportive community.

100 Taylor Street, A-20
Nashville, TN 37208
(615) 385-1006

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Jen Bailey is the Executive Director of the Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund, bringing her deep experience in community-based leadership, philanthropy, and movement-building to the organization.

Jen is the Founder of Faith Matters Network, a national Womanist-led organization accompanying spiritually-grounded leaders on their journey to heal themselves and their communities. Since its inception, Faith Matters Network has served over 25,000 leaders through its programs and initiatives. She is Co-Founder of The People’s Supper, a global initiative that has hosted over 2,000 gatherings in 135 communities to foster conversation and collective healing across lines of difference.

Committed to advancing social change through philanthropy and nonprofit leadership, Jen serves on the boards of the Jessie Ball duPont Fund, the Fetzer Institute, and The Healing Trust, where she is the Board Chair.

An Ashoka Fellow, New Pluralist Field Builder, Aspen Ideas Scholar, On Being Fellow, and Truman Scholar, Jen holds degrees from Tufts University and Vanderbilt University Divinity School, where she was awarded the Wilbur F. Tillett Prize for accomplishments in the study of theology. Her work has been featured by On Being with Krista Tippett, CBS This Morning, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and more. She is also the author of To My Beloveds: Letters on Faith, Race, Loss, and Radical Hope (Chalice Press, 2021).

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