One Campaign. Two Ways to Give. Limitless Impact.
The UT Campus Chest consolidates employee giving into a single, efficient campaign that directs 100% of your contribution exactly where you designate with zero administrative fees. There are two ways to give:
- Payroll Deduction: Spread your gift across the year through automatic payroll deductions, making generosity manageable and sustainable.
- One-Time Gift: Mail cash or a check (payable to UT Campus Chest) for the entire sum of your pledge.
Why Give?
Like this university, the Division of Access and Engagement is committed to accessibility, belonging, community engagement, and creating pathways to higher education. By managing Campus Chest, DAE makes it simple for Volunteers to support causes that matter to them as individuals. Why give?
For the Community: Your gift helps our partner agencies invest millions in education, economic mobility, healthy communities, and basic needs that create pathways to opportunities for children and families in East Tennessee.
For UT’s Mission: As a land-grant university, we are called to serve Tennessee. Campus Chest is a powerful way we live that commitment – strengthening community partnerships and uniting in collective action for a bigger community impact.
For Each Other: When faculty and staff invest in our community, we demonstrate to alumni, donors, and prospective students that UT truly cares about Tennessee. Our participation shows that we practice what we teach about civic engagement and service.
Choose Your Impact
You choose how to direct your contribution. Designate your gift to any of the agencies listed below:
United Way of Greater Knoxville
Community Shares
Creating Healthier Communities
Independent partner agencies
Other eligible agencies
By contributing to Campus Chest, you must designate your gift to an agency or agencies. Campus Chest deductions come from after-tax earnings, meaning your gift is tax-deductible.
Thank you for being part of something bigger.
PLEDGE TODAY