Tennessee · Nonprofit
CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE
CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,185 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($6,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- Revenue FY2025
- $88k
- Funders on record
- 2
- Grants received
- $6k
- Net assets
- $35k
What Chattanooga Free Store does
Mission
The Chattanooga Free Store is a mutual aid organization. We operate a storefront where anyone can access things like clothing, food, sexual health items, harm reduction supplies, and more, all for free, and without having to show any form of ID. Our organization is non religious and volunteer run. We're funded through donations from community members throughout the area. Donations go to purchasing diapers and hygiene items for community members to access for free. We also accept clothing and household item donations which are also given away for free.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ.
Programs
Hygiene Product Program: We gave away 23,389 hygiene items to the 13,677 people who visited us. This includes shampoo, soap, household cleaner, laundry detergent, toothpaste, deodorant. This program is designed to help our visitors maintain their health and home so they can meet their needs and continue to work with dignity.
$12,655 spentof which $12,655 as grants36% of program spendingDiaper Program: We gave away 83,844 diapers and packages of wipes to 13,677 people through our diaper program. This program allows parents to meet other essential needs and helps keep their kids in daycare so they can continue to work.
$18,172 spentof which $18,172 as grants51% of program spendingPersonal Health Program: We gave away 36,025 period products and pregnancy tests to the 13,677 people who visited us. These products allow our visitors to maintain dignity, safety, and health so they can achieve their goals.
$4,526 spentof which $4,526 as grants13% of program spending
The 3 programs described on its FY2025 Form 990-EZ. Program spending in total: $35,353.
Who funds it, year by year
2022 → 2023: the base held at 1 funder, grant income rose $70 → $115.
2 of 2 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 100% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE’s funders (the co-funder graph). Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE leans on a few funders — its largest provides 97% of grant income and the top three 100%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
100% of the income these shares are computed over arrives through pass-through sponsors or from payers whose filings do not say what kind of payment it is. Concentration is still measured over all of it, because the money is real; what it does not support is a claim about how many institutions have chosen to fund CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE.
Largest funder’s share by year: 2022 100% · 2023 100% — broadly stable.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Where its funders are
100% of CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE's grant income arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors, whose addresses record where the money is held rather than where the donor is. Too little is directly attributable to place on a map.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $6k arriving through sponsors registered in 2 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE runs a healthier operating margin than three-quarters of the 9,787 human services nonprofits its size.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 9,787 human services nonprofits under $100k, FY2025
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Public support
100%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE?
- CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE (Tennessee) receives grants from 2 organizations whose IRS filings report $6,185 to it, the largest being DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC ($6,000). 1 of them have funded it in more than one year, and 100% of the money arrives through donor-advised or pass-through sponsors rather than from an institution directly.
- How many funders does CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE have?
- IRS filings report 2 organizations giving $6,185 in grants to CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE, 1 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE?
- DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING INC is the largest funder on record, with $6,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like CHATTANOOGA FREE STORE find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Tennessee. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2025 (financials across 2025–2025), and the filings of 2 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 14, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing