Funding Amount

Various (over $89,000 dispersed in multiple rounds)

Deadline

Rolling / Open

Grant Type

foundation

Deadline history & next window

Cycle
One-time opportunity
Tracked since
April 2026

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Other requirements

  • Chattanooga-area Christian ministries and organizations serving frontline needs

Overview

GeneroCity COVID-19 Fund Grants

Overview: Emergency relief fund established in response to COVID-19 pandemic. The Generosity Trust made multiple rounds of grants from this fund to support Chattanooga-area Christian ministries serving frontline needs.

Geographic Scope: Chattanooga area

Focus Areas:
Grants were made to organizations for:

  • Provide groceries and meal deliveries

  • Provide lunches to students who cannot attend school

  • Provide student activity packs

  • Provide meals to home-bound senior citizens

  • Keep food pantries open

  • Counsel patients with medical concerns

  • Provide services to the Hispanic community

  • Provide diapers and cleaning supplies

  • Care for the needs of recently COVID-paroled inmates

  • Provide tech services to inner-city churches

  • Provide healthcare to at-risk teens

  • Provide shelter alternatives for the homeless

  • Meet food/utilities/rent assistance for at-risk communities
  • Eligible Applicants:

  • Chattanooga-area Christian ministries and organizations serving frontline needs
  • Recipients to Date:
    Eleven Chattanooga-area Christian ministries: Bethel Bible Village, The Bethlehem Center, Choices Pregnancy Resource Center, First Things First, Hope for the Inner City, House of Refuge, Kingdom Partners, LifeSpring Community Health, Shepherd's Arms Rescue Mission, Union Gospel Mission, and the Salvation Army

    Status: Multiple rounds of grants completed, additional rounds anticipated

    Contact: The Generosity Trust, 345 Frazier Ave., Unit 205, Chattanooga, TN 37405 | 423.266.5257 | info@thegenerositytrust.org

    What Chattanooga Christian Community actually gave

    Source: IRS Form 990, 2024

    Grants in 2024
    567
    Total given
    $36.41M
    Median grant
    $18K
    Range
    $5,002–$2.5M
    • By dollars: Tennessee 55%, Georgia 15%, North Carolina 12%. Top recipient cities: Chattanooga, TN; Atlanta, GA; Hixson, TN.
    • 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
    • 21% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.

    Example grants

    • Crossnore School & Children's Home · Crossnore, NC

      Organizational support

      $2.5M

    • Lookout Mountain Presbyterian Church · Lookout Mountain, TN

      Organizational support

      $1.99M

    • Bible in the Schools · Chattanooga, TN

      Organizational support

      $1.53M

    • Covenant College · Lookout Mountain, GA

      Organizational support

      $1.16M

    • Grace Peace Church · Ooltewah, TN

      Organizational support

      $1.05M

    IRS Form 990, 2024. Amounts as reported by the funder. Full 990 history →

    Focus Areas & Funding Uses

    Fields of Work

    faith-basedhuman-serviceshomelessfood-securityhardship

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