Tennessee · Nonprofit
INVEST CHATTANOOGA
INVEST CHATTANOOGA (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being CHA CHARITABLE BENEFIT CORPORATION ($75,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2025
- $21M
- Funders on record
- 1
- Grants received
- $75k
- Net assets
- $21M
What Invest Chattanooga does
Mission
Invest Chattanooga uses flexible, low-cost capital and strategic public-private partnerships to produce financially sustainable, mixed-income housing with deep permanent affordability that the market alone cannot deliver.
As stated on its FY2025 Form 990.
Program
Invest Chattanooga advances the development and preservation of affordable and mixed-income housing in chattanooga, tennessee by providing gap financing, below-market loans, and other capital to housing developments. The organization partners with public and private developers to support projects that create and maintain housing affordable to low- and moderate-income households, including units serving families at 30%-80% of area median income (ami). These investments help increase the supply of affordable housing and support stable communities in the city of chattanooga.
$27,255 spent100% of program spending
The program described on its FY2025 Form 990. Program spending in total: $27,255.
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Chief executive
Matt Bedsole
President and CEO
Board chair
Skip Schwartz
Chair
As listed on its FY2025 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
Grant support over time, funder by funder — shade shows the grant size each year.
From the IRS filings of INVEST CHATTANOOGA’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.
Where its funders are
100% of INVEST CHATTANOOGA's grant income comes from Tennessee funders.
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. 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
INVEST CHATTANOOGA receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $75k to it.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 449 housing & shelter nonprofits $10M–$100M, FY2025
Organizations like INVEST CHATTANOOGA
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Tennessee
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
10% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 1 state
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- Chattanooga Housing Authority · exempt
Screen this organization
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INVEST CHATTANOOGA?
- INVEST CHATTANOOGA (Tennessee) receives grants from 1 organization whose IRS filings report $75,000 to it, the largest being CHA CHARITABLE BENEFIT CORPORATION ($75,000). 0 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INVEST CHATTANOOGA have?
- IRS filings report 1 organization giving $75,000 in grants to INVEST CHATTANOOGA.
- Who is the largest funder of INVEST CHATTANOOGA?
- CHA CHARITABLE BENEFIT CORPORATION is the largest funder on record, with $75,000 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INVEST CHATTANOOGA 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.
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 1 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