Advocate & Philanthropist

The Causes I Carry

People are my reason for everything. It's why I love to tell stories — to step into other lives, deepen my own empathy, and give an audience a moment of catharsis or escape. It's also why I care about shining a light on the things we don't talk about enough. This page is where that conviction lives.

My Main Passion

Foster Care & Adoption

This is the cause closest to my heart — as a foster and adoptive mom, and as someone who has watched firsthand what it means for a child to be seen, chosen, and loved. I've shared pieces of our story publicly because I believe honesty about foster care matters more than a polished version of it.

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Charities I Trust

Human Trafficking

Charities I Trust

Homelessness & Hunger

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The Water Crisis

This cause has narrowed in focus for me over the years, but it still matters — clean water changes everything downstream from it.

2020 – 2024

Christmas Is Not Cancelled

Began as a one-time campaign during the pandemic, Christmas Is Not Cancelled grew into a yearly drive providing toys and school supplies to children and families in foster care. Over its run, it became one of the projects I'm proudest of.

$3,283,864.95

Total Give-Back Impact, Over 4 Years

96,376

children served

79,988

toys distributed — $2,189,501.44 value

9,013

backpacks filled with school supplies

4,328

brand-new pajamas

1,695

blankets distributed

1,030

care packages for women & girls in crisis

Also: every bedroom furnished at the Tulsa Girls Home ($3,425 value), and $67,806.84 donated directly to partner organizations for operations — including Toys for Tots, Childhelp, Comfort Cases, Project Orphans, and the USO.

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And Here's What I Built

Jen Lilley Ministries

For years I channeled that through other people's organizations — and I still do, because I don't believe in reinventing a wheel that's already rolling. But I kept having ideas that needed a home of their own. So in January 2026, Jen Lilley Ministries became official: one nonprofit, many programs, one conviction underneath all of it.

Visit Jen Lilley Ministries