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Apply now (9)
- Nonprofit
Healthcare advocacy and financial grants for music professionals
Music Health Alliance · Open
Rolling: apply any time
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- No match required
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Checked 5 days ago against the source
- Nonprofit
AIDSWatch@Home grants (HIV advocacy and organizing)
AIDS United · Up to $15K · Open
Due Oct 30, 2026 · 19 days left
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
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Checked 4 days ago against the source
- Nonprofit
Equipment and Technology Support (ETS) Grants for Children's Advocacy Centers
National Children's Alliance · $5,000 – $50K · Open
Due Jun 30, 2027 · 262 days left
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
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Checked 5 days ago against the source
- Nonprofit
Quick Reaction Fund (rapid anti-hunger advocacy grants)
MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger · $500 – $15K · Open
Rolling: apply any time
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
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Checked 5 days ago against the source
- Foundation
Advocacy, Research, and Knowledge Sharing & Awareness Raising grants (national-reach projects)
RRF Foundation for Aging (Retirement Research Foundation) · Open
Due Nov 2, 2026 · 22 days left
- Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
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Checked 5 days ago against the source
Not open yet (14)
Opening soon, or closed until next year's round. You can't apply yet: use the time to get ready.
- Tennessee state
TN Child Advocacy Center Drug Endangered Children Initiative Training – FY27
TN Office of Criminal Justice Programs (Dept. of Finance & Administration) · Closed for this year
Next round: about Aug 20 – Sep 18, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
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- Nonprofit
Grants for grassroots biodiversity campaigns
Fund for Wild Nature · Opening soon
Opens Mar 20, 2027 · due about May 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
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- Federal
OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Sexual Assault Services Formula Program
Office on Violence Against Women · Closed for this year
Next round: about Jun 3 – Jul 7, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
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- Federal
Centers for Independent Living Competition - Guam
Administration for Community Living · Closed for this year
Next round: about Jul 2 – Aug 3, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
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- Federal
OVW Fiscal Year 2026 Rural Domestic Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking Grant Program (Rural Grant Program)
Office on Violence Against Women · Closed for this year
Next round: about Jun 1 – Jul 24, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
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Foundations to approach (56)
Most foundations never post an open call. These funded similar work in Tennessee and don't say they're invitation only.
- Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Chapter of Children's Advocacy
28 Tennessee grants · typical grant $70,505 to $147,477 (tax year 2024)
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- Public charity · Nashville
Tennessee Justice Center Inc.
7 Tennessee grants · typical grant $11,700 to $42,578 (tax year 2024)
Next step: check how to apply before sending anything.
- Public charity · MO
Saint Thomas Rutherford Hospital
4 Tennessee grants · typical grant $10,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
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- Private foundation · IN
David E Simon & Jacqueline S Simon Charitable Foundation
1 Tennessee grant · typical grant $2,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
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- Public charity · NY
Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors Inc.
11 Tennessee grants · typical grant $25,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2024)
Next step: check how to apply before sending anything.
25 invitation-only foundations hidden. Show them and their boards. Don't send them a proposal. Look for a connection.
Federal money you apply for through a Tennessee agency (1)
No open federal notice right now. Tennessee groups have received this money as pass-through grants from a state agency. Watch that agency for its application round.
- Federal program 93.630
(State Councils on Developmental Disabilities and Protection and Advocacy Systems)
7 Tennessee pass-through grants on file
Next step: contact Tennessee Department of Human Services or Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging about its next round.