Grantmaking
Annual Grant Application Process
The Maddox Fund will have one grant application deadline for requests over $30,000. Applications will be due March 1st. Applications may be submitted through our online portal which uses the Common Application. Alternative application processes — verbal, video, or other — can be accepted. Please contact the Maddox staff to explore these options.
Anticipated schedule:
- December 2022 grant application available
- March 1, 2023 – application deadline
- May 15, 2023 – grant announcement
- July 1, 2023 – funds available
- July 15, 2024 – grant reports due
Responsive Grants
Responsive Grants are generally $10-15,000 and can be requested throughout the year. These grants can be made by working with a staff member or through the online portal. These grants will be reviewed on a monthly basis or quicker when rapid response is needed.
Participatory Grants
The Maddox Fund is committed to sharing power with the community. In 2023, we will have to participatory grant processes — a second cohort of HBCU students and a LGBTQ+ student-led cohort. Each of these groups will be distributing up to $100,000 to local nonprofits. Please follow the Maddox Fund on social media for announcements about participatory grantmaking opportunities.
Types of Grants
Advocacy
These grants will support youth-led movement/power building and policy change advocacy that advances our focus areas. Strategies may include direct actions, organizing training, and
Direct Services
These grants will support program delivery in our two focus areas.
Capacity & Care
These grants will support capacity building for organizations as well as staff development and leadership care for organizations working in our focus areas. These grants might include strategic planning, leadership transitions, staff respite/healing, and celebration of organizational milestones.
Where We Fund
The Dan and Margaret Maddox Fund serves 41 counties of Middle Tennessee listed below. Programs must operate within this geographic area.
Bedford, Cannon, Cheatham, Clay, Coffee, Davidson, Dekalb, Dickson, Fentress, Franklin, Giles, Grundy, Hickman, Houston, Humphreys, Lawrence, Lincoln, Macon, Marion, Marshall, Maury, Montgomery, Moore, Overton, Perry, Pickett, Putnam, Robertson, Rutherford, Sequatche, Smith, Jackson, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Van Buren, Warren, Wayne, White, and Williamson
