YWCA

 

Mission

YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee is dedicated to eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all.

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Grants

Grant Year Amount Program Name Program Area Description
2018 $50,000 education Learn more

Girls Inc. at the YWCA serves 360 at-risk girls through in-school programming, spring break camp, and summer camp. The key objective of Girls Inc. is to equip girls to navigate gender, economic, and social barriers and grow up healthy, educated, and independent.

2017 $35,000 Lead, Empower, Achieve, Discover (LEAD) marginalized youth Learn more

Through L.E.A.D., underserved girls from lower socioeconomic families and geographic areas participate in educational and enjoyable activities Girl Scout activities. Trained volunteers serve as troop leaders and offer valuable mentoring. Girls earn badges through programs and camps, and grow in courage, confidence, and character making the world a better place.

2017 $50,000 Girls Inc. at YWCA Nashville education Learn more

Girls Inc. at the YWCA serves 360 at-risk girls through in-school programming, spring break camp, and summer camp. The key objective of Girls Inc. is to equip girls to navigate gender, economic, and social barriers and grow up healthy, educated, and independent.

2016 $50,000 Girls Inc. at YWCA education Learn more

Girls Inc. at the YWCA serves 360 at-risk middle school girls through in-school programming, spring break camp, and summer camp. The key objective of Girls Inc. is to equip girls to navigate gender, economic, and social barriers and grow up healthy, educated, and independent.

2015 $50,000 Girls Inc. at YWCA education Learn more

Girls Inc. at the YWCA serves 275 at-risk middle school girls through in-school programming, afterschool programming, spring break camp, and summer camp. Girls Inc. inspires all girls to become “strong, smart, and bold” by blending academics and social experiences in a hands-on learning environment.

Girls Inc. at the YWCA serves 275 at-risk middle school girls through in-school programming, afterschool programming, spring break camp, and summer camp. Girls Inc. inspires all girls to become “strong, smart, and bold” by blending academics and social experiences in a hands-on learning environment.

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]