Congratulations to the recipients of the Fund for Chattanooga Spring Grants!

As Chattanooga’s public foundation, we are privileged to work with so many incredible and inspiring nonprofit organizations that serve our neighbors and meet essential needs in our community. We focus on grantmaking strategies that support our vision of a community where all our neighbors have access to the resources and opportunities they need to reach their fullest potential, regardless of where they started in life.

Our team, supported by a committee of Board and community members, considered applications from organizations whose primary mission focuses on one or more of the following: Addressing Hunger; Supporting Affordable Housing and Shelter; Supporting Mental Wellbeing; Creating Access to Affordable Healthcare; and Workforce Development.   

‍The following organization received funding this spring:

Addressing Hunger

• KELCURT Foundation
• Resounding Minds
• Vision of Mercy  
• Be The Change Youth Initiative

Supporting Affordable Housing and Shelter

• Habitat for Humanity of Greater Chattanooga Area
• Launch Pad
• WillowBend Farms
• Relief, Empower, Strengthen to Triumph

Supporting Mental Wellbeing

• AIM Center
• B4CK
• The Brave Effect
• NAMI of Chattanooga
• SPLASH

Creating Access to Affordable Healthcare

• Chattanooga Autism Center
• Chattanooga Unite Veterans Coalition
• Greater Chattanooga Colon Cancer Foundation
• LifeSpring Community Health
• Orange Grove Center
• Volunteers in Medicine, Chattanooga
• Walter E. Boehm Birth Defects Center

Workforce Development

• Launch
• Project Return
• Greenspaces  

Thank you to all of the organizations that applied. Supporting the great work of our local nonprofit ecosystem is core to our mission as your Community Foundation.