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Donate Online
The Community Foundation accepts online donations* to several funds. You may select one of the funds below to make a donation online. A new window will appear which will enable you to make a secure online donation. You will receive an acknowledgement receipt when you make the donation.
We hope you will choose to contribute to one of the following funds operated by the Community Foundation to channel your charitable giving and to have a positive influence on our community and its future.
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Fund for Chattanooga - provides grants to the community-at-large
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Environmental Fund - growing endowment for environmental issues
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Management Support Fund - supports our operating costs
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Together We Can Scholarship Fund - targets youth typically overlooked by traditional scholarships based primarily on academics
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Tornado Relief Fund - help meet the needs of residents impacted by the recent tornados in the greater Hamilton County area
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Women’s Fund - growing endowment for women’s issues
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Women’s Operating Fund - operating fund to handle the current activities of the Women's Fund
You may also chose to make an online donation to one of the other funds of the Community Foundation. Note - Payments for events, goods or services are not accepted online.
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ArtPart Fund - supports educational art programs to the students of Hamilton County who do not have access to art
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Bike Fund - fosters and maintains a healthy cycling community
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Brainerd High School Alumni Association Fund - helps provide scholarships for graduating seniors at Brainerd High School
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Center for Creative Arts Fund - facilitates art production and instruction at the Center for Creative Arts
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Ceros Fund - funds creative community storytelling through documentaries, shorts, photo-essays, books, musical albums and more
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Chattanooga Promise Packs Fund - help support educational success for children in subsidized housing communities
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City of Chattanooga Public Art Fund - supports public art projects in the Chattanooga area
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CSAS Enrichment Fund - supports Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences
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Eichental Fellows Fund - provides internships for college students committed to public service
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Elizabeth Roberta Smith Memorial Foundation Fund - supports research into the treatment and cure of melanoma cancer
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engage 3D Fund - promotes technology driven creation in the Chattanooga community
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Engel Stadium Fund - supports the restoration and preservation of Engel Stadium, a National Historic Register landmark
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Glass House Collective Fund - revitalizing a commercial district on historic Glass Street
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Green Spaces Fund - promotes sustainable design and building in the Chattanooga area
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Joe W Jackson II Memorial Scholarship Fund - provides educational opportunities to financially challenged students in Hamilton County
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Launch Fund - provides training, mentoring and business opportunities for the underserved who wish to better their lives and attain economic self-sufficiency
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MakeWork Fund - provides artists with the financial tools, entrepreneurial resources, and showcase opportunities needed to succeed and grow
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Normal Park Museum Magnet Education Fund - supports basic educational needs at Normal Park Museum Magnet School
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Pediatric Health Fund - creating a strategy to improve the health of all children in the Greater Chattanooga area
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Read20 Fund - creating a community of readers by encouraging everyone to read with a child for at least 20 minutes a day or more
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SecondLife Fund - create awareness and promote action to stop the sexual trafficking and exploitation of children
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STEM School Fund - supports the activities of the STEM School Chattanooga
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Take Root Fund - purchase, tranportation, planting and maintenance of trees in the Chattanooga area
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TVA/Hamilton County School System Golf Classic Fund - Chattanooga TVA employees partner in education
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UnFoundation Fund - funds and finds charitable projects to make Chattanooga the greatest city in the world
*5.5% processing fee will be deducted from gifts over $45.46. Gifts $45.45 and under will incur a $2.50 processing fee.
Donate by Check
Contributions can be made to existing funds or for unrestricted support. Your donation may also be made in honor or in memory of someone special. To make a donation using a check, please print and return a donation form along with your check. If you are interested in seeing a list of our funds, please visit our types of funds section.
Donate Over Time
Would you like to contribute to one of the Community Foundation funds over time? Do you have a bank account? If the answer to both questions is yes, simply go to your bank or online bank account and request a check be sent from your account to the Community Foundation weekly, bi-weekly, monthly or as often as you wish.
Here is the information your bank will need:
Payee/Organization: Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Inc.
Address: 1270 Market Street
City, ST Zip: Chattanooga, TN 37402
Phone: 423.265.0586
Account Number/Fund: You designate the fund you would like your contribution to go to.
Frequency: You decide.
Amount: You decide.
If you have any questions, please give us a call at 423.265.0586.
Additional Giving Options
Visit our giving options section.
