Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee

 

Mission

The mission of Girl Scouts of Middle Tennessee is to build girls of courage, confidence, and character who make the world a better place.

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Grants

Grant Year Amount Program Name Program Area Description
2021 $10,000 marginalized youth Learn more

The L.E.A.D. program provides an authentic Girl Scout experience to girls who come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and high-risk urban and rural communities. Trained community volunteers serve as troop leaders and facilitate valuable instruction and mentoring. Girls complete established curriculum, earn badges, and experience Girl Scout programs and camps.

2020 $25,000 marginalized youth Learn more

The L.E.A.D. program provides an authentic Girl Scout experience to girls who come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and high-risk urban and rural communities. Trained community volunteers serve as troop leaders and facilitate valuable instruction and mentoring. Girls complete established curriculum, earn badges, and experience Girl Scout programs and camps.

2019 $25,000 marginalized youth Learn more

The L.E.A.D. program provides an authentic Girl Scout experience to girls who come from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and high-risk urban and rural communities. Trained community volunteers serve as troop leaders and facilitate valuable instruction and mentoring. Girls complete established curriculum, earn badges, and experience Girl Scout programs and camps.

2018 $25,000 marginalized youth Learn more

L.E.A.D underserved girls from lower socioeconomic families and geographic areas participate become Girl Scouts and participate in traditional educational and enjoyable activities. Trained volunteers serve as troop leaders and facilitate valuable instruction and mentoring. Girls complete established curricula and earn badges by experiencing Girl Scout programs and camps.

2016 $50,000 Lead, Empower, Achieve, Discover (LEAD) marginalized youth Learn more

Through L.E.A.D., underserved girls from low-income areas learn and have fun in their own Girl Scout Troops. Trained volunteers serve as troop leaders and offer valuable mentoring experience. Girls earn badges, participate in programs and camp, and grow in courage, confidence and character to make the world a better place.

2015 $60,000 Lead, Empower, Achieve, Discover (LEAD) marginalized youth Learn more

Through L.E.A.D., underserved girls from low-income areas learn and have fun in their own Girl Scout Troops. Trained volunteers serve as troop leaders and offer valuable mentoring experience. Girls earn badges, participate in programs and camp, and grow in courage, confidence and character to make the world a better place.

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]