Grants – 2019
Athens Land Trust, Athens, Georgia
For support of the Northeast Georgia Invasive Plant Cooperative, which features the recruitment and employment of young adults to eradicate invasives and restore native populations on public lands.
$38,000
Athens YMCA, Athens, Georgia
For renewed support of the music therapy program for children and adults, including instructor stipends, the purchase of equipment and instruments, scholarship assistance, and marketing and administration.
$3,000
Books for Keeps, Athens, Georgia
Renewed support for the Stop Summer Slide! literacy program at Elbert County Primary School and Elementary School during the 2018-2019 academic year.
$30,000
Charles H. Coolidge Medal of Honor Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee
For support of the development of the Korean War exhibit in conjunction with the museum’s capital campaign.
$75,000
Chattanooga Design Studio, Chattanooga, Tennessee
For support of the CIVIQ urban design speaker series in 2019 and 2020.
$25,000
Chattanooga Zoo, Chattanooga, Tennessee
For the development of a new hellbender salamander research facility and exhibit and the continuation of the PEDZ employment and life skills program for disadvantaged minority youth.
$85,000
City of Chattanooga Department of Transportation, Chattanooga, Tennessee
For the purchase of BOOST and E-Fit electric assist bicycles and related equipment to expand the Bike Chattanooga transit system.
$80,000
City of Lookout Mountain, Georgia, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
For support of the Fairyland Trails and Enchanted Garden project to expand public open space and trail connectivity proximate to the town center and Fairyland Elementary School.
$85,000
Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville, Tennessee
For support of public event programming in conjunction with the Outlaws and
Armadillos exhibition.
$25,000
Crabtree Farms, Chattanooga, Tennessee
For support of general operations and improvements to the Evelyn Center meeting and event space.
$25,000
Firefly Trail, Inc., Athens Georgia
For support of the expansion of the southern segment of the Firefly rail-trail, including project management, trail construction, and safety and amenity upgrades in the towns of Maxeys and Union Point.
$150,000
Friends of Outdoor Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee
For support of the Fireside: Noches Latina outdoor concert series in the Highland Park neighborhood of Chattanooga.
$5,000
Lula Lake Land Trust, Lookout Mountain, Georgia
For support of the Timbre Roots outdoor music fundraising festival, featuring local and regional performing artists.
$16,000
Metropolitan Ministries, Chattanooga, Tennessee
For support of the alliance’s 2019 annual conference, to be held in Chattanooga and featuring songwriting workshops, guest concerts, open mic night, and community outreach events.
$50,000
Mountain Goat Trail Alliance, Monteagle, Tennessee
For general operations to assist the alliance in the expansion of the forty-mile Mountain Goat rail trail on Monteagle Mountain.
$37,500
The Nature Conservancy in Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
For support of the replacement of two damaged culverts located at Rocky Flats road along Mill Creek to improve fish passage and reduce sedimentation.
$75,000
Oconee River Land Trust, Athens, Georgia
For support of the 2020 Oconee River Belles benefit concert, featuring Grammy-award winning banjoist, Alison Brown.
$21,600
Paint Rock River Forest Research Center, Paint Rock, Alabama
For general operating support, including supplemental insurance coverage to enable students and faculty from the University of Georgia to engage in research activities on the census plot.
$10,000
Songbirds Foundation, Chattanooga, Tennessee
For support of the Guitars for Kids educational and music therapy program.
$40,000
SoundCorps, Chattanooga, Tennessee
For support of programmatic work, including Sidewalk Stages, SongScripts, and the Rail & Hops Brewers Festival.
$25,000
Southeastern Cave Conservancy, Signal Mountain, Tennessee
For support of the development of a master plan and natural resource plan to guide future management decisions and activities at the Charles B. Henson Cave Preserve at Johnson’s Crook.
$10,000
Tennessee Aquarium, Chattanooga, Tennessee
For support of the initial regional launch and promotion of the film Hidden Rivers, produced by Freshwaters Illustrated.
$25,000
Thrive Regional Partnership, Chattanooga, Tennessee
For general operating support during the 2019 calendar year.
$50,000
Trust for Public Land – Tennessee Office, Chattanooga, Tennessee
For support of the design and construction of the Cromwell Connector segment of the South Chickamauga Creek Greenway.
$125,000
Unified Government of Athens-Clarke County, Athens, Georgia
For support of a habitat restoration pilot project in conjunction with the construction of the M.L. King Greenway extension and for augmentation of the county’s Geographic Information System.
$55,250
University of Chattanooga Foundation, Chattanooga, Tennessee
For support of the installation and monitoring of three Motus tracking stations, which use coordinated automated radio telemetry to facilitate research and education on the ecology and conservation of migratory animals.
$50,000
University of Georgia Foundation, Athens, Georgia
For support of the Paint Rock Forest Dynamics Project – a partnership between the UGA Department of Plant Biology and the Paint Rock River Forest Research Center.
$35,000
University of Georgia Foundation, Athens, Georgia
For general operating support, including supplemental insurance coverage to enable students and faculty from the University of Georgia to engage in research activities on the census plot.
$10,000
University of Georgia Foundation, Athens, Georgia
For renewed support of the UGA Music Business program during the 2019-2020 school year.
$150,000
Whitfield County Government, Dalton, Georgia
For support of the development of amenities at Rocky Face Ridge Park, including backcountry privies, wayfinding and interpretive signage, trails, shelters, architectural and engineering services, and landscape enhancements.
$50,000
Total Grants: $1,476,350.00
Direct Charitable Activities: $1,315.00
Refunds: -0-
Total Grants and Charitable Activities: $1,477,665.00