Tennessee Wildlife Resources Foundation

 

Mission

TWRF supports the TWRA by promoting habitat conservation, responsible land stewardship, and the preservation of Tennessee’s hunting and fishing heritage. TWRF provides youth education programs and opportunities for wildlife conservation.

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Grants

Grant Year Amount Program Name Program Area Description
2018 $45,000 Tennessee Outdoor Youth Summit and Buffalo Ridge Hunter Recruitment Initiative wildlife conservation Learn more

TOYS is a week long outdoor camp that teaches youth about the importance of natural resources and conservation.

Buffalo Ridge Hunter Recruitment Initiative is a unique outreach and educational facility that totals over 1800 acres and incorporates a variety of habitats including a few miles of the buffalo river.

2017 $35,000 Tennessee Outdoor Youth Summit wildlife conservation Learn more

Tennessee Outdoors Youth Summit (TOYS) is an intensive, week-long outdoor education camp for high school students. Participants engage in a long list of outdoor activities such as boating, hunting, archery, photography, forestry, camping, and much more. The program provides expert instruction and emphasizes the importance of natural resources and conservation.

2016 $40,000 Tennessee Outdoor Youth Summit (TOYS) wildlife conservation Learn more

TOYS is an intensive, week-long outdoors education camp for high school students. Participants engage in outdoor activities such as boating, hunting, trapping, archery, photography, forestry, camping, and much more. The program provides expert instruction given by wildlife officers and subject matter experts on the importance of natural resources.

2015 $40,000 Tennessee Outdoor Youth Summit (TOYS) wildlife conservation Learn more

The TOYS program is an intensive, week-long outdoor education camp for high school age students.

Participants engage in a myriad of outdoor activities such as boating, hunting, trapping, archery, photography, forestry, camping and much more. The program provides expert instruction and teaches the importance of natural resources and conservation.

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]