Making a Difference Through Local Charities This Holiday Season
Signal Centers
The Impact You’ll Make:
Hart Gallery is kicking off the holiday season with the release of the fourth annual official City of Chattanooga ornament. This festive tradition promotes our city’s notable landmarks while benefiting those served by the gallery. One hundred percent of ornament proceeds provide those living with mental and physical disabilities, experiencing homelessness, fleeing abusive situations, and many other underserved populations an opportunity to create and sell artwork for their benefit.
Learn more at hartgallery.org
How to Donate:
In-Person: 110 E. Main Street, Chattanooga, TN 37408 | Online: hartgallery.org
Un-Teal
The Impact You’ll Make:
One in 78 women is affected by ovarian cancer – now the fifth most common cause of cancer-related death among women in the United States. The Karen Collins “Un-Teal” There is a Cure fund was established in 2012 to promote ovarian cancer awareness and raise money for lifesaving research. All donations made to “Un-Teal” go directly to ovarian cancer research projects.
Learn more at unteal.org
How to Donate:
Online: unteal.org
Volunteers in Medicine, Chattanooga
The Impact You’ll Make:
Together, lives are being changed. Your support makes an immediate impact on urgently needed health services for individuals in the greatest of need and who have nowhere else to turn. Volunteers in Medicine, Chattanooga, has touched the lives of nearly 84,000 uninsured neighbors since 2005. The value of the primary care provided by volunteers is $30 million at clinic rates and $115 million at ER rates, costing nearly $13 million to VIM, along with $1 million annually for patients’ prescription assistance.
Learn more at vim-chatt.org | 423.855.8220
How to Donate:
Mail: P.O. Box 81057, Chattanooga, TN 37414 | Online: vim-chatt.org/donate
Chattanooga Room in the Inn
The Impact You’ll Make:
Donations make Chattanooga Room in the Inn’s mission possible. Your generosity provides safe shelter and supportive services for women and children experiencing homelessness. Each gift helps families take steps toward stability, whether securing employment or permanent housing. Beyond meeting immediate needs, donors help restore hope and dignity, empowering residents to rebuild their lives. Every purchase made at their thrift store, located at 3807 Ringgold Road in East Ridge, also funds these vital programs.
Learn more at chattanoogaroomintheinn.com
How to Donate:
Mail: 230 N. Highland Park Avenue, Chattanooga, TN 37404 | Online: chattanoogaroomintheinn.com/donate
Erlanger Foundation
The Impact You’ll Make:
Attendance or corporate sponsorship of the Believe Bash, Chattanooga’s premier annual fundraising gala, supports Erlanger’s mission to provide comprehensive care to children and adults, regardless of ability to pay. Funds raised have supported projects like the Kennedy Outpatient Center, Angel Eye 24/7 video access for NICU families, and expanded trauma bays to enhance emergency care. Your participation directly contributes to life-saving technology and services that benefit our entire region. Reserve your sponsorship or donate online today.
Learn more at erlangerbelievebash.org
How to Donate:
Online: erlangerbelievebash.org
Downside Up
The Impact You’ll Make:
A gift of any amount will help Downside Up continue to provide creative spaces and experiences that encourage growth, inspire learning, and develop connections for children with disabilities and their families. Downside Up offers inclusive opportunities for children and families of all abilities and ages through their family camp – Camp Wakawalu – summer camps, preschool programs, and a multitude of other events throughout the year. With your support, Downside Up can continue to develop meaningful opportunities through true inclusion for children of all abilities and their families.
Learn more at downsideupinc.org
How to Donate:
Mail: P.O. Box 455, Hixson, TN 37343 | Online: downsideupinc.org
Orange Grove Center
The Impact You’ll Make:
Financial gifts to Orange Grove guarantee the success of their mission to recognize, support, and celebrate the qualities of the individual. Orange Grove’s goal is to maximize the opportunities each individual has to participate fully in every aspect of our community. Serving 1,000 people in Tennessee and North Georgia, Orange Grove’s person-centered programs are holistic in their approach to helping people with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) build the lives they want to live. As a community, everyone’s lives are enriched by investing in the success of others.
Learn more at orangegrovecenter.org | 423.629.1451
How to Donate:
Mail: 615 Derby Street, Chattanooga, TN 37404| Online: orangegrovecenter.org
Goodwill
The Impact You’ll Make:
When you donate or shop at Goodwill Industries of the Greater Chattanooga Area, you’re not just decluttering or finding a great deal; you’re investing in lives. Your support fuels education, training, and employment for people right here in our community. Goodwill’s mission is to help people transform potential into opportunity, and its vision is a community where everyone can thrive. It’s more than Goodwill – it’s good work. Find a Goodwill Donation XPress Center near you and make a difference today.
Learn more at goodwillchatt.org/donate
How to Donate:
Online: goodwillchatt.org/financial-donation
Warrior Freedom Service Dogs
The Impact You’ll Make:
Warrior Freedom Service Dogs gives the gift of life and reconnection to the Veterans in our community. Your generous contributions change Veterans’ lives by funding the training, care, and placement of highly trained Service Dogs. These incredible dogs help Veterans better cope with service-induced brain injuries, perform life-saving tasks, and offer Veterans the freedom to reconnect with the communities they courageously defended.
Learn more at warriorfreedom.org | 706.944.3699
How to Donate:
Mail: P.O. Box 31, Flintstone, GA 30725 | Online: warriorfreedom.org/donate
Kidney Foundation
The Impact You’ll Make:
As the holiday season approaches, many kidney patients are living on a limited income, with access to renal-friendly foods being costly. Join the Kidney Foundation of Chattanooga in their annual campaign, Adopt-A-Box, to help feed kidney patients and their families during the holidays. Your tax-deductible donation will spread holiday joy by delivering kidney-friendly foods, shopping lists, and meal ideas straight to a local patient’s doorstep, just in time for Christmas day.
Learn more at kidneyfoundation.com
How to Donate:
Online: kidneyfoundation.com/adoptabox | Phone: 423.265.4397
Doing What We Can Homeless Outreach
The Impact You’ll Make:
Entirely staffed by volunteers, Doing What We Can Homeless Outreach uses 100% of their revenue to provide Christ-centered benevolence services to the homeless of Chattanooga, with a focus on those living in the Brainerd and East Ridge areas. Your donations help provide clothing, hygiene products, campsite gear, and other essential items directly to the homeless in our community. Supported by the greater Chattanooga public at-large, with no government funding, your contributions make a powerful difference.
Learn more at dwwcho.org
How to Donate:
Online: dwwcho.org
The Moth Ball® by CityScope®
The Impact You’ll Make:
The Moth Ball® by CityScope® is Chattanooga’s ultimate girls’ night out. Each year, the event benefits a different nonprofit in Hamilton County that supports women. A ticket to the Moth Ball® includes food, drinks, and a night filled with dancing to your favorite throwbacks. The 2026 beneficiary is Downside Up. Sponsorship opportunities for local businesses are also available.
Learn more at themothball.org
How to Donate:
Online: themothball.org
