East Nashville Hope Exchange, Inc.

 

Mission

To strengthen literacy of at risk children in East Nashville.

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Grants

Grant Year Amount Program Name Program Area Description
2021 $12,000 education Learn more

Reading is essential for a child’s success, but the barriers faced by children with difficulty reading often outweigh their desire to read. ENHE seeks to bridge the achievement gap among low income students and their wealthier peers by providing year-round literacy support to families, including an intensive six-week summer program.

2020 $12,000 education Learn more

Reading is essential for a child’s success, but the barriers faced by children with difficulty reading often outweigh their desire to read. ENHE seeks to bridge the achievement gap among low income students and their wealthier peers by providing year-round literacy support to families, including an intensive six-week summer program.

2019 $12,000 education Learn more

Reading is essential for a child’s success, but the barriers faced by children with difficulty reading often outweighs their desire to read. ENHE seeks to bridge the achievement gap among low income students and their wealthier peers by providing year-round literacy support to families, including an intensive six-week summer program.

2018 $12,000 East Nashville Hope Exchange Summer Literacy Program education Learn more

The ability to read and write effectively is the bedrock upon which all learning is built. The ENHE Literacy program seeks to bridge the achievement gap among low income students and their wealthier peers by providing year-round literacy support to students and their parents, including an intensive six-week summer program.

2017 $10,000 Literacy Program education Learn more

Reading is an essential skill and also indicates future success in life. The ENHE Literacy program seeks to bridge the achievement gap among low-income students and their more affluent peers. We accomplish this mission by providing year-round literacy support to students and their parents, including an intensive 6-week summer program.

2016 $10,000 Literacy Program education Learn more

Reading is the foundation for children to succeed in life and have a positive future. East Nashville Hope Exchange provides critical support (summer and school year programs) to low-income children affected by the achievement gap and seeks to ensure all children can read regardless of their socio-economic background.

2015 $9,500 Summer Literacy Program education Learn more

To support the Summer Literacy Program at the East Nashville Hope Exchange.

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).

email Jen: [email protected]