Community Shares
Community Shares is dedicated to supporting Tennessee social change organizations in order to promote a more just and caring community. Its purpose is to raise funds for its member groups, primarily through employee giving campaigns, to foster a strong and viable network of social change organizations in Tennessee, and to provide members with training and technical assistance.
Community Shares Partner Agencies and Descriptions
Creating Healthier Communities
Creating Healthier Communities brings nonprofits, businesses and communities together around a shared commitment to better health and wellbeing. For more than 65 years, CHC has worked together with partners to address the barriers to good health and equity and create resilient communities where everyone can thrive.
United Way of Greater Knoxville
United Way of Greater Knoxville brings together resources to improve the lives of people in our community by helping them achieve their potential for self-sufficiency.
United Way Impact Areas and Partner Agency Information
United Way’s work is focused on the building blocks for a good life:
- Education
- Income
- Health
- Basic needs
Independent Agencies
Listed below are agencies receiving contributions from ten or more employees in the 2022–2023 campaign.
4-H Foundation
Appalachian Bear Rescue
Barnabas Ministries International
Doctors Without Borders
East Tennessee Children’s Hospital
Feral Feline Friends
FISH Hospitality Pantries of Knoxville
Friends of the Smokies
Habitat for Humanity – Knoxville
Knoxville Area Rescue Ministries (KARM)
Knoxville Public Safety Foundation
Legacy Parks Foundation
Love Kitchen, Inc.
Nature Conservancy
Pat Summitt Foundation
Remote Area Medical, Inc.
Ronald McDonald House
Sexual Assault Center of East Tennessee
Shriners Hospitals for Children
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Wounded Warrior Project
Young-Williams Animal Center
UT Foundation
- Companion Animal Initiative of TN (CAIT)
- Human Animal Bond in TN (HABIT)
- WUOT Radio