Vision & Culture

As a learning organization, Maddox embraces all stages of transformation and change toward liberation.

Our Vision

We seek a world in which people and planet flourish together in regenerative systems free from oppression and threat.

The Maddox Fund tends to its internal culture believing that how we work inside the foundation influences of all of our partnerships.  We see ourselves as an organic organization that will evolve over time in response to our environment and changing needs of our community.

Our Values

  • We champion just, equitable, and liberatory systems and policies
  • We honor the voices of systemically under-resourced communities
  • We believe learning is the first step toward transformation
  • We celebrate courageous leadership
  • We engage our work with humility and curiosity
  • We manage our resources with integrity and transparency

Our North Stars

The Maddox North Stars emerged out of our 2021 Equity Audit.  They serve as guides for how we operate as an organization and as a means of conceptualizing and assessing our work.  We will explore how we live into them on a regular basis and it is our belief that that these North Stars will evolve as our work and the needs of the community change.

Vision & Culture

As a learning organization, Maddox embraces all stages of transformation and change toward liberation.

People

Living in an ecosystem of trust, the Maddox Board and Staff enjoy a relationship of mutuality and are committed to restorative practices.

Partnerships

Maddox cultivates an environment of trust with our partners.

Community Leadership

Partnering with the community, Maddox leads and follows with courage.

Learning from Nature

The Maddox Fund looks to nature as we aspire to an internal eco-system of trust.  Through dwelling with nature, we observe:

  • Trees teach us we are stronger together
  • Grasslands show us that diversity feeds us
  • The Earth teaches us that seeds grow in fertile ground
  • Water teaches us to bend, adapt, and keep moving forward
  • Animal communities teach us how to lead and follow

For a full description of what we learn and what it means for the workplace, you can check out our full culture statement here.

Committed to Learning

The Maddox Fund is always approaching our work with humility and curiosity.  We recognize that painful seasons of awakening, wandering and releasing create fertile soil for reimagining our future.  We are committed to many awakenings and re-awakenings along the way.

image is adapted from GEO’s Seven Stages of Transformation

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: jen@maddoxfund.org