Operation Andrew Group, Inc.

 

Mission

We are followers of Christ, united in service to help spiritually and socially transform communities in Middle Tennessee.

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Grants

Grant Year Amount Program Name Program Area Description
2018 $10,000 United4Hope Capacity Building: Serving Our Youth through School/Church Partnerships education Learn more

United4Hope brings together faith-based organizations and public schools to see Nashville’s students thrive and our communities transformed by serving in four primary roles: student support, family engagement, staff encouragement, and in-kind contributions. The primary focus is on supporting MNPS Reading and Math Literacy initiatives and social-emotional support programs.

2017 $5,000 United4Hope education Learn more

United4Hope brings together faith-based organizations and public schools to see Nashville’s students thrive and our communities transformed.

2015 $10,000 United4Hope education Learn more

United4Hope connects church volunteers with high poverty, underachieving MNPS schools to tutor/mentor students to increase literacy and math achievement using best practices implemented by MNPS reading and math specialists. Other activities include providing support and supplies to teachers, hosting activities to engage parents in education, and offer training to volunteers.

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]