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2022 Maddox Philanthropy Fellowship

The Philanthropy Fellowship is Maddox’s second participatory grantmaking initiative.  This paid opportunity is open to local undergraduate students attending a Historically Black College or University.  Fellows will explore current issues facing Middle Tennessee, local nonprofits, and philanthropy in order to grant $100,000 to nonprofit organizations working with youth and the environment.  Applicants should be prepared to meet Thursday evenings from 6:00 – 8:00 PM through the Fall semester starting September 22nd.  Participants will be compensated $1,000 for their work.

For any questions about the program, please contact Joseph Gutierrez at [email protected].

2021 - 2022 Youth Philanthropic Advisory Board

Maddox’s first participatory grantmaking initiative was with high school students from Antioch.  These students granted $100,000 to local nonprofit organizations.  To learn more about the process and the grants they made, check out the link below.

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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).

email Jen: [email protected]