Grants

Category Children and Youth Services

Grants Made in 2022 $166,000

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater

Amount
$20,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
Grants Made in 2022
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Beyond School Walls Workplace Mentoring

Chattanooga Christian School

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
Grants Made in 2022
Location
Chattanooga, TN

The Learning Center at Chattanooga Christian School – Year-round need-based assistance to students with more significant needs, advancing educational opportunities for marginalized families.

Chattanooga Prep Inc.

Amount
$12,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
Grants Made in 2022
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Chattanooga Prep School Breakfast and Lunch Program

Friends of the Chattanooga Library

Amount
$18,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
Grants Made in 2022
Location
Chattanooga, TN

2022 Make. Play. Read. Learn – Chattanooga Public Library Summer Learning

Lookout Mountain Land Trust

Amount
$22,500
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
Grants Made in 2022
Location
Lookout Mtn, TN

Lookout Mountain Conservancy’s: The Howard School & Intern Program

Montessori Elementary At Highland Park

Amount
$23,500
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
Grants Made in 2022
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Montessori Elementary at Highland Park Technology Integration

Partnership For Families Children And Adults Inc

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
Grants Made in 2022
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Partnership’s Camp HOPE youth program

Street Grace

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
Grants Made in 2022
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Protecting Chattanooga’s Youth from Sex Trafficking

Teach for America

Amount
$20,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
Grants Made in 2022
Location
Chattanooga, TN

TFA seeks to impact Chattanooga’s most vulnerable students by recruiting and developing a diverse corps of outstanding leaders who make an initial two-year commitment to teach in high-need schools and become lifelong leaders in ending education inequity.

Urban League of Greater Chattanooga

Amount
$20,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
Grants Made in 2022
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Project Ready and National Achievers Society

Grants Made in 2021 $223,500

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Chattanooga

Amount
$15,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2021
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Beyond School Walls – Workplace Mentoring

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattanooga

Amount
$25,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2021
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Summer Lunch Program

Chattanooga Christian School

Amount
$25,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2021
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Purpose Point Learning Academy – Programmatic materials for a new early childhood center for underserved students/families, helping break the cycle of poverty in East Chattanooga.

Chattanooga Prep Inc.

Amount
$18,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2021
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Chattanooga Prep School Breakfast and Lunch Program

Friends of the Chattanooga Library

Amount
$15,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2021
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Summer Learing – Make. Play. Read. Learn.

Friends of the Zoo

Amount
$8,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2021
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Hamilton County Title 1 Elementary Education Assistance Program

Hamilton County Schools Foundation

Amount
$25,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2021
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Hamilton County Schools Care Closets

Scenic Land School/SKYUKA HALL

Amount
$25,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2021
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Supporting Need-Based Families with Financial Assistance

Teach for America

Amount
$20,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2021
Location
Chattanooga, TN

TFA advances educational outcomes for Chattanooga’s most vulnerable students by finding, developing, and supporting equity-oriented leaders to transform education and expand opportunity with children.

The Young Women’s Leadership Foundation

Amount
$22,500
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2021
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Montessori Elementary at Highland Park

Urban League of Greater Chattanooga

Amount
$25,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2021
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Project Ready STEAM and National Achievers Society

Grants Made in 2020 $99,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattanooga

Amount
$25,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2020
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Feeding Program throughout Semester

Chattanooga Area Food Bank

Amount
$9,600
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2020
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Hamilton County School Mobile Pantries

Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County, Inc.

Amount
$8,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2020
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Education Program for Children

Children’s Home / Chambliss Shelter

Amount
$25,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2020
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Covid 19 Safeguard Support

Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga

Amount
$6,400
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2020
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Bridge Scholars of Chattanooga

Urban League of Greater Chattanooga

Amount
$25,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2020
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Community Schools Program

Grants Made in 2019 $180,800

Bethel Bible Village

Amount
$7,500
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2019
Location
Hixson, TN

Hope Through Education Program

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattanooga

Amount
$25,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2019
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Summer Lunch Program

Chattanooga Area Food Bank

Amount
$20,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2019
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Sack Pack Program at Hillcrest & Clifton Hills

Chattanooga Christian School

Amount
$15,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2019
Location
Chattanooga, TN

The Learning Center

Chattanooga Prep

Amount
$7,500
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2019
Location
Chattanooga, TN

School Breakfast and Lunch Program

Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County

Amount
$25,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2019
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Education Program

Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga

Amount
$15,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2019
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Bridge Scholars of Chattanooga

Friends of the Zoo

Amount
$13,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2019
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Hamilton Cty – Title 1 ElementaryTransportation Assistance

Girls Inc. of Chattanooga

Amount
$5,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2019
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Girls Inc. of Chattanooga STEM Summer Camps

Net Resource Foundation

Amount
$5,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2019
Location
Chattanooga, TN

The Net Resource Foundation Youth After School Program

Public Education Foundation

Amount
$12,800
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2019
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Camp College

Scenic Land School/Skyuka Hall

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2019
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Financial Assistance – Learning Differences

Urban League of Greater Chattanooga

Amount
$20,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2019
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Community Schools – Orchard Knob & East Lake Elementary

Grants Made in 2018 $118,000

Bethel Bible Village

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2018
Location
Hixson, TN

Disrupting the Pattern of Crisis in Children and Families

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattanooga

Amount
$22,500
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2018
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Summer Lunch Program – to provide a nutritious lunch for 350 – 400 children during the summer.

Chattanooga Area Food Bank

Amount
$22,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2018
Location
Chattanooga, TN

School Mobile Pantry Program at Clifton Hills Elementary

Chattanooga Football Club Foundation

Amount
$6,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2018
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Operation Get Active Youth Soccer Program

Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2018
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Intervention, Prevention, and Clinical Services

Friends of the Zoo

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2018
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Hamilton County Title I Elementary Education Program

Public Education Foundation

Amount
$12,500
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2018
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Camp College

Urban League of Greater Chattanooga

Amount
$25,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2018
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Community Schools Program

Grants Made in 2017 $115,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattanooga

Amount
$25,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2017
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Summer Lunch Program: to provide lunches and snacks for 350-400 children during summer ($15,000) and matching grant to support the Stake ‘n Burger Dinner ($10,000)

Chattanooga Area Food Bank

Amount
$15,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2017
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Sack Pack Program

Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2017
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Intervention, Clinical and Prevention Services

Father to the Fatherless

Amount
$15,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2017
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Tearing Down walls and Rebuilding Lives

Friends of the Zoo

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2017
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Hamilton County Title 1 Elementary Education Program

Girls Inc. of Chattanooga

Amount
$5,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2017
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Innovative Out of School Time Programming

Lookout Mountain Land Trust

Amount
$15,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2017
Location
Lookout Mountain, TN

When a Mountain Transforming Lives, Inspires Change: Partnership with At-Risk at The Howard School

Public Education Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2017
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Camp College

Scenic Land School/SKYUKA HALL

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2017
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Providing Financial Assistance to Learning Challenged Students in Need at Skyuka Hall

Grants Made in 2016 $148,825

Bethel Bible Village

Amount
$15,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Hixson, TN

Bethel Bible Village – providing Christ-centered homes and education for children and families in crisis

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattanooga

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Summer Lunch Program – To provide nutritious lunches and snacks for 350 – 400 children during the summer.

Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy

Amount
$16,250
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Chattanooga, TN

CGLA Mobile Pantry

Cherokee Area Council Boy Scouts of America

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Chattanooga, TN

ScoutReach Initiative

Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County

Amount
$7,500
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Prevention and Intervention Services

Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga

Amount
$10,075
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Bridge Scholars is a tuition-free educational program that aims to prepare disadvantaged students for academic success. Requested funds will provide healthy meals throughout programming.

Father to the Fatherless

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Orchard Knob Creative Discovery Program

Friends of the Zoo

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Hamilton County Title 1 Education Programs

Girls Inc. of Chattanooga

Amount
$5,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Girls Inc. Out of School Time Programming

Little Miss Mag Early Learning Center

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Learning & Literacy in Motion and Food for Thought initiatives at Little Miss Mag Early Learning Center.

Lookout Mountain Land Trust

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Lookout Mountain, TN

Lookout Mountain Conservancy Intern and Leadership Program

Public Education Foundation

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Chattanooga, TN

“Camp College and Beyond” will ensure that sixty low income high school seniors will earn admission to a rigorous college where they will thrive

Scenic Land School/SKYUKA HALL

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Moving the Class of 2020 Forward

Urban League of Greater Chattanooga

Amount
$15,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2016
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Urban League Academic Enrichment Program

Grants Made in 2015 $87,500

Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County

Amount
$7,500
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2015
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Prevention and Intervention Services

E K Woodlee Memorial Youth Camp

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2015
Location
Columbia, TN

Kitchen facility renovation/Bathhouse renovation

Friends of the Zoo

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2015
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Hamilton County Title 1 Education Program

Girls Inc. of Chattanooga

Amount
$5,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2015
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Girls Inc.’s Elementary Afterschool Programming

Little Miss Mag Early Learning Center

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2015
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Pathways to Learning Scholarships for Little Miss Mag Early Learning Center

Lookout Mountain Land Trust

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2015
Location
Lookout Mountain, TN

Lookout Mountain Conservancy Intern and Leadership Program

Miracle League Of Chattanooga

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2015
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Miracle Field Sports Complex Capital Project

Scenic Land School/SKYUKA HALL

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2015
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Transformation Through Technology: Maximizing the Potential of Students with Learning Differences

Urban League of Greater Chattanooga

Amount
$15,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2015
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Urban League Academic Enrichment Program

Grants Made in 2014 $55,000

Boys & Girls Clubs of Chattanooga

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2014
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Summer Lunch Program – to provide a nutritious lunch for 350 – 400 children during the summer

Chattanooga Elite Basketball

Amount
$5,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2014
Location
Chattanooga, TN

$50 per player for uniforms (purchased every three years). Each player needs a reversible uniform top/ shorts (home/away) to be able to play in tournaments

Children’s Advocacy Center of Hamilton County

Amount
$5,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2014
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Prevention and Intervention Services

Children’s Home / Chambliss Shelter

Amount
$15,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2014
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Supporting programs for at-risk children

Friends of the Zoo

Amount
$10,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2014
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Hamilton County Title 1 Elementary Education Program

Hart Gallery Tennessee

Amount
$5,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2014
Location
Chattanooga, TN

Story Creators afterschool art and literacy education program for poor and homeless elementary school children in the East Lake neighborhood and other low-income neighborhoods (provided for free to the students)

The Salvation Army

Amount
$5,000
Category
Children and Youth Services
Year
2014
Location
Chattanooga, TN

The Chattanooga Salvation Army School of Music & Art (SOMA)

Total: $1,193,625