Company Name: tgin (Thank God It’s Natural)
Years in Business: 17 years
Website/Social Media: tginatural.com | @tginatural | @tginfoundation
Your Name/Role: Aris Singleton, CEO, tgin (Thank God It’s Natural)
What does giving back mean to your company?
For tgin, giving back is personal. Our founder, Chris-Tia Donaldson, my aunt, was diagnosed with breast cancer at 36, and that experience showed her firsthand how much financial resources and access to care shape a woman’s chances of survival. Giving back means closing that gap, not just raising awareness, but funding real access to screening, care, and support for women who need it most. Today, that mission is carried forward by my mother, Dr. Piper Farrell, who serves as tgin’s Chief Operating Officer and as Executive Director of the tgin Foundation.
How do you encourage your employees or business partners to participate in the causes your company cares about?
A big part of this happens through our Foundation events, like Cocktails for the Cure. This year, we participated in the Chicago Sky Breast Cancer Awareness Night activation, bringing our team and partners together around a shared cause. Beyond that, I encourage our employees to volunteer and give back in their own communities when they’re able to. It’s less about a mandate and more about creating a culture where giving back feels natural, whether that’s through tgin’s platform or in ways that are personal to them.
Can you tell us about your company’s community involvement this year and some of the ways you’ve worked to make a difference?
The tgin Foundation is our year-round vehicle for this work, founded by my aunt, Chris-Tia Donaldson, and led today by my mother, Dr. Piper Farrell, who serves as tgin’s Chief Operating Officer and as the Foundation’s Executive Director. It’s focused on closing the breast cancer care gap for low- and moderate income women, who face a 43% higher risk of dying from breast cancer than women with greater financial stability and access to care. The Foundation works across four areas: early detection and resource navigation, community education and awareness, patient and survivor support, and community partnership and advocacy, including the Chris-Tia Donaldson Breast Cancer Equity Symposium with Northwestern Medicine and new 2026 partnerships with the Chicago Sky and Chi Gives Back. This year’s flagship event is the 9th Annual Cocktails for the Cure on Saturday, October 10, 2026, at Venue West in Chicago, themed “Finding Beauty in the Fight.” Our 2026 goal is to raise $150,000 for programs serving low- and moderate-income women. To date, the Foundation has educated more than 2,500 women annually, provided nearly 1,000 rides to medical care, and activated 48 community organizations across Chicago. Alongside this, tgin has also set a longer-term company goal that by 2036, $1M in sales will go toward supporting health and wellness initiatives for women.
What is one lesson your company has learned through its community involvement that you hope to carry forward?
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned at tgin is that our impact has to extend beyond the products we sell. Through the tgin Foundation, we’ve seen firsthand how important it is to listen to the community and understand what women truly need, not just from a beauty perspective, but when it comes to their health, wellness, and access to resources. Our work supporting women impacted by breast cancer has reinforced that showing up for your community requires consistency, empathy, and action. As tgin continues to grow, that’s something I want us to carry forward: success isn’t just about how much we grow as a business, but how we use that growth to create meaningful impact for the communities that have supported us.
In what ways do you believe businesses in the beauty and personal care industry can use their influence to make a positive difference in their community?
Beauty brands are personal to our consumers. They look to brands such as tgin to provide problem solving products for their everyday problems, and that closeness comes with real responsibility. It means meeting our consumers where they are, not just with products, but with support for the causes and community initiatives they’re already passionate about. Beauty and personal care brands have the platform, the community trust, and often the resources to fund health fairs and wellness events. Influence works best when it moves past awareness and into funding real access.
