Franktown Open Hearts

 

Mission

Inspire, empower, and equip at-risk youth in Franklin, TN.

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Grants

Grant Year Amount Program Name Program Area Description
2021 $6,000 wildlife conservation Learn more

Franktown outdoors is a program offered by Franktown to youth between the ages of 6-18. Youth have opportunities for age-appropriate outdoor activities including camping, hiking, conservation, fishing, and hunting. Each opportunity is treated as a learning experience and youth learn valuable life skills while being out in nature.

2020 $6,000 wildlife conservation Learn more

Franktown outdoors is a program offered by Franktown to youth between the ages of 6-18. Youth have opportunities for age-appropriate outdoor activities including camping, hiking, conservation, fishing, and hunting. Each opportunity is treated as a learning experience and youth learn valuable life skills while being out in nature.

2019 $4,000 wildlife conservation Learn more

Franktown Outdoors is a program that seeks to build a natural love for the outdoors, while supporting conservation efforts with inner city youth. The program teaches youth hunting, archery, fishing, survival skills, as well as conservation efforts.

2018 $6,000 Franktown Youth Wildlife Appreciation Rewards Program wildlife conservation Learn more

The Franktown Outdoors program rewards youth interested in wildlife conservation, hunting, fishing, hiking, etc. with opportunities to learn new skills and enjoy all that nature has to offer. This program is rewards based and our inner city youth must meet certain criteria to participate.

2017 $5,000 Franktown Youth Wildlife Appreciation Rewards Program wildlife conservation Learn more

The Franktown Hunt/Fish Club is a Wildlife Appreciation Rewards Program used as a vehicle to reward our interested youth who work very hard within our various entrepreneurial based skills-building programming and other character building efforts.

2015 $5,600 Franktown Hunt and Fish Club wildlife conservation Learn more

The purpose of the Hunt and Fish Club is to expose inner-city youth to wildlife and outdoor sports, while educating them on the proper respect and appreciation for both. The activities are made available to these youth as an incentive for dedication to academic achievement, civic involvement and character development.

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]