Gentry’s Education Center at the Store Front, Inc.

 

Mission

Gentry’s mission is to increase the academic achievement of children preparing them for college, work, and life through standard-based tutoring, enrichment, character development, and mentoring.

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Grant Year Amount Program Name Program Area Description
2016 $10,000 Gentry’s Education Center education Learn more

Gentry’s proactively focuses on improving reading and math abilities of K-6th grade students through extended learning opportunities and enrichment courses that reinforce school day learning through homework assistance, intensive tutoring in common core areas, and summer enrichment. Students are provided standards-based, scheduled evaluations to assess gains and effectiveness of interventions.
2015 $10,000 STEM Keys education Learn more

STEM Keys will help students from low-income families unlock opportunities for their future through academic activities designed to improve their math and literacy skills. Certified educators will tutor 250 students in small groups after school and in the summer with strategic, engaging lessons based on individual needs.

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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