Supporting Our Communities' Charities & Team Members in Need
The SquareUp Foundation
is a collection of restaurants supporting local charities and team members.
SquareUp empowers our Team Members, guests and community to engage in local issues that affect our neighbors and families every day.
We support charity partners in their mission to aid the hungry, homeless, and disenfranchised. We also provide grants to team members during times of crisis.
Charity Partners
The SquareUp Foundation engages and supports local charity partners making a difference in our communities. Our charity partners tackle issues such as homelessness, hunger, nature conservancy and cancer.
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Events
Our Team Members come from different backgrounds and are energized to serve. The SquareUp Foundation brings motivated volunteers and passionate neighbors to local organizations and events.
Employee Assistance
We work together every day — including the bad days. The SquareUp Foundation provides helpful financial support during times of economic hardship through an employee-administered grant program called the HOPE Fund.
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Our Charity Partners
Chattanooga, TN - Homelessness
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The CHATT Foundation opened as a feeding program in 1982 when seven downtown churches partnered together to better meet the needs of Chattanooga’s growing homeless population. Since then, they have expanded, providing food and supportive services to the homeless and needy of Chattanooga 365/7.
Raleigh, NC - Homelessness
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Oak City Cares is a services hub for connecting individuals and families at risk of, or currently experiencing, homelessness to coordinated services that create a path to stable housing and renewed hope.
Charlotte, NC - Pediatric Cancer
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It was Isabella’s dream to Beat Cancer, Grow Hair, and Live Her Dreams. Although research and advanced treatments didn’t come in time for her dreams to come true, her legacy gives others a fighting chance against rare pediatric cancer.
Knoxville, TN - Cancer Care
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The Stephens Cancer Care Fund benefits patients in the Knoxville community as they journey through cancer treatments, medications, costs, and services at The University of Tennessee Medical center’s Cancer Institute.
Chattanooga, TN - Veteran Support
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The Medal of Honor Heritage Center helps memorialize the legacy of the Medal of Honor and educate the next generation of Americans about the six character values that embody the Medal of Honor and all of its recipients
Knoxville, TN - Well Being
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The McNabb Center is the Knoxville’s leading nonprofit provider of mental health, substance use, social and victim services. Today, the McNabb Center delivers support to more than 45,000 people throughout East Tennessee each year.
Chattanooga, TN - Nature and Healing
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The Healing Gardens at Siskin Hospital is a unique opportunity to provide hope in an entirely new way. These beautiful outdoor spaces will offer a place for patients to not only reflect and relax, but also to engage in specialized, targeted therapies. The project will culminate in multiple healing, therapeutic gardens that we will use to enhance our patients’ recovery journeys. They will have gardens in the lower courtyard, 2nd level terrace, health and fitness center terraces and a newly created therapy park!
Chattanooga, TN - Homelessness
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The CHATT Foundation opened as a feeding program in 1982 when seven downtown churches partnered together to better meet the needs of Chattanooga’s growing homeless population. Since then, they have expanded to provide food and supportive services to the hungry, homeless and vulnerable of Chattanooga.
Charlotte, NC - Pediatric Cancer
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It was Isabella’s dream to Beat Cancer, Grow Hair, and Live Her Dreams. Although research and advanced treatments didn’t come in time for her dreams to come true, her legacy gives others a fighting chance against rare pediatric cancer.
Coastal, NC - Nature Conservancy
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Outer Banks Forever is an official nonprofit partner of the three national parks of the Outer Banks (Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial), helping to protect and enhance these special places through public engagement, programming, and project support.
Knoxville, TN - Youth Development
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Emerald Youth Foundation engages with urban Knoxville communities and youth through sports, spirituality and education to develop a next generation of engaged community leaders.
Clarksville, TN - Childhood Literacy
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library provides a free book gift each month for children before their fifth birthday. The Montgomery County TN affiliate is responsible for 8,404 enrolled children.
Clarksville, TN - Childhood Literacy
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Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library provides a free book gift each month for children before their fifth birthday. The Montgomery County TN affiliate is responsible for 8,404 enrolled children.
Chattanooga, TN - Childhood Leukemia
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The Children's Hospital at Erlanger Hematology and Oncology Clinic will use donations for the purchase of a specialized surgical procedure/infusion bed, benefiting children undergoing treatments for diseases like childhood leukemia. These beds offer comfort to children during their numerous sedated procedures, which can amount to as many as 25 in a two-year period, creating a supportive and less stressful environment for them.
Chattanooga, TN - Arboretum & Nature Center
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Reflection Riding actively manages 300-acre landscape at the foot of Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga to safeguard populations of imperiled plant and animal species. Their team cares for a collection of non-releasable wildlife representing 21 species and more than 40 individuals, all native to east Tennessee. They will use donations to continue conservation efforts and encourage people to enjoy nature.
Clarksville, TN -CMC Childhood Education
The Clarksville-Montgomery County Education Foundation exists to support the improvement of public education by providing additional funding for the programs and initiatives that contribute to student achievement.
Clarksville, TN -CFF
The Clarksville Firefighters Foundation was created to help support Clarksville firefighters, their families and the local community that they serve.
Clarksville, TN -Campbell Strong Defense Alliance
Campbell Strong Defense Alliance addresses all matters of military significance to ensure the region achieves its full economic potential while supporting and partnering with Fort Campbell to embrace our military and their families with enduring economic and workforce opportunities.
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The Foundation coordinates, supports, and administers our member stores’ efforts with the local charity of choice.
