The Chattanooga Zoo is a non-profit organization and relies on community support to flourish and grow. Support received from the community allows the Zoo to provide excellent animal care, improve facilities, and educate thousands of children each year.

Donation Requests

The Chattanooga Zoo is always happy to support the fundraising efforts of our local community. If you are a 501c3 organization located within 50 miles of the Chattanooga Zoo, we welcome you to apply for a donation to your cause. The Zoo donates 4 general admission tickets to donation requests we deem worthy of our donation. Each month we will accept at most 50 requests. Once that limit of 50 has been reached each month, we will not send out any others that month. Applicants will be notified if they apply after the limit of 50 has been reached so they can try again the next month if possible. We will send tickets out via email within 5-7 business days of accepting a request.