Stories

Tennessee

  • Confronting Hate: Our Statement on Charlottesville

    The board and staff of the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation denounce, in the strongest terms, the racism and anti-Semitism surfacing across the country. While the violence in Charlottesville has rightly drawn the world’s attention and scorn, subtle, socially acceptable forms of everyday bigotry are also nefarious in their hobbling effects on opportunity, dignity and humanity.

    We grieve...

  • Congratulations to our new and returning grantee partners

    Congratulations to the following organizations, which received funding Summer 2017:

    Advocates for Community and Rural Education (Rural Community Alliance)

    Alabama Possible

    Anderson Interfaith Ministries

    Arkansas Public Policy Panel

    Center for Heirs' Property Preservation

    Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

    Central Appalachian Network

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  • Introducing our new Network Officers

    The board and staff of the Babcock Foundation are excited to welcome two new network officers, Melanie Allen and Meisha McDaniel. In their new roles, Allen and McDaniel will manage grant portfolios, develop the Foundation’s relationships, identify investment opportunities, co-learn and consult with grantee partners, and help build strong, effective partnerships among people and organizations...

  • Staffing Changes and a Shifting Terrain

    In the aftermath of a terribly disorienting week, I have spent some time thinking about the things that give me strength. I keep returning to a set of values held by the committed board and staff at the Foundation: equity and inclusion, democracy, justice and respect for all voices, to name a few.

    I believe today it is even more important that we work from these values, live by these...