THRIVE Comprehensive Campaign
Building on 18 years of impact, our goal is to grow, expanding our reach to serve more families facing pediatric cancer. Your gift today empowers these families to cope in the present and thrive in the future.
About THRIVE
2025 THRIVE Update
About the THRIVE Comprehensive Campaign
In 2019, The Austin Hatcher Foundation purchased and remodeled a 33,000 sq ft. space to become our Education Advancement Center (EAC). This center was specifically designed to support the Foundation’s clinical and operational growth in order to serve more children and families.
To move efficiently and increase much-needed services, we obtained commercial financing with a plan of initiating a capital campaign once the facility was completed and the mission could be visualized. During buildout, important design elements were left out due to monetary constraints, with the goal of refitting these elements through a capital campaign.
The planning for the THRIVE comprehensive campaign began in 2022. The silent phase for fundraising began in the Spring of 2023 followed by an official campaign announcement in May 2024. This $5.5M campaign will allow for needed renovations and the completion of important design elements that were delayed during initial construction, provide access to much needed greenspace for Foundation families, and create a sustainability fund to ensure long-term stability and continued growth for the organization.
Facilities Expansion Update
The Austin Hatcher Foundation is thrilled to share the progress of our multi-phase facilities enhancement project, designed to better serve our families and support the continued growth of our programs.
Opportunity
Improvements to the Foundation's Education Advancement Center will include a new HVAC system, new roof, and an Outdoor Space complete with roll-up doors. Access to Montague Park, adjacent to AHF's property, will fulfill our vision of needed greenspace for the children and families served by AHF.
Growth
In 2009 the Foundation opened its first psychosocial clinic in a 2,500 sq. ft. office located in the Erlanger Medical Mall, then grew to 6,000 sq. ft. off 11th street in 2017. In 2019, AHF purchased and built out its existing 33,000 sq. ft. location on South Holtzclaw and within 18 months of opening, paved the way for a 371% increase in clinical services provided and an increase in staff by 100%.
The growth continued in 2022 with a 43% increase in clinical services provided and in 2023 with the value of services provided being over $4.7M. AHF, located in an area of Chattanooga seeing economic revitalization, helped to facilitate that growth with its investment in the current building which provided the opportunity for anchor tenants in the connected warehouse space (ClearStory Arts), along with further development of the connected warehouse space to include single unit, family housing.
