Tennessee Housing Development Agency
Emergency Solutions Grants (ESG)
Key facts
- Deadline
- Next round: about Apr 1 – Jun 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder ?
- Award size
- $35K – $125K
- Match ?
- Required: you cover 50% of the total project · Work out your budget and match
- Who can apply
- Nonprofit with 501(c)(3), City or town government, County government
- Where
- Anywhere in Tennessee
Your share in dollars
For a $125,000 grant you'd put in about $125,000 of your own money or donated help, for a total project of about $250,000.
Based on the funder's stated 50% applicant share. Some programs lower it for distressed counties or accept donated help.
Before you apply: Tennessee state agencies usually require you to be registered as a supplier in the state's Edison system before they can pay a grant. Ask the program contact, and register early. Get-ready checklist
How this fits you
- Open to: Church or faith-based group
- Tennessee groups like yours (church or faith-based group) have won this program
- Available in Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- Past Tennessee awards of the federal program behind it (all its uses): 122
About this grant
Official notice: https://thda.org/govt-non-profit/emergency-solution-grants-esg-program/ · Printed from grantme.click/grants/7d3b1a9d-6626-411f-b28a-81681b2de448
Groups like yours that won this
Proof that a church or faith-based group can apply: these Tennessee groups won it (some through a state agency). Ask one of them how they did it.
- Area Relief Ministries · Jackson, Madison County · fiscal year 2026 · $125K · through Tennessee Housing Development Agency · who else funds them
- Chattanooga Church Ministries, Inc. · Chattanooga · fiscal year 2025 · $20K spent that year · through Tennessee Housing Development Agency · who else funds them
- Volunteer Ministry Center, Inc. · Knoxville · fiscal year 2024 · $273K spent that year · through City of Knoxville · who else funds them
- Chattanooga Church Ministries Dba Chatt Foundation · Chattanooga, Hamilton County · fiscal year 2023 · $121K spent that year · through State of Tennessee · who else funds them
Who in Tennessee has won the federal program behind it
This grant is paid from federal program 14.231, which also pays for other work. These groups won that program, not necessarily this grant.
35 awards to Tennessee groups in 5 counties since 2011. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $6.6M | 2021 |
| Kentucky Housing Corporation | Frankfort | $3.9M spent that year | 2024 |
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | $3.5M spent that year | 2025 |
| Tennessee Housing Development Agency | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.4M | 2025 |
| Tennessee Housing Development Agency | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.2M | 2024 |
| Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.2M | 2022 |
| Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | Nashville, Davidson County | $3.2M | 2023 |
| City of Knoxville | Knoxville, Knox County | $2.7M | 2020 |
| Kingsport Housing and Redevelopment Authority | Kingsport | $908K spent that year | 2025 |
| City of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | $615K spent that year | 2025 |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $584K | 2020 |
| City of Memphis, Tennessee | Memphis, Shelby County | $578K | 2022 |
Source: USAspending.gov; Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Past awards show who this program funds. They don't guarantee future awards.
Tennessee groups that got this money through a state agency or another organization
This federal money also reaches local groups as pass-through grants. In Tennessee, Tennessee Housing Development Agency and Tennessee Department of Health pass it on: watch those agencies for applications, not the federal agency. 87 pass-through grants on file. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency | Nashville, Davidson County | Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davison County, Tennessee | $1.6M spent that year | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Development & Housing Agency | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Housing & Development Agency | $1M spent that year | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army, Nashville, Tennessee Area Command | Nashville, Davidson County | Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency | $747K spent that year | 2023 |
| The Hospitality Hub of Memphis | Memphis, Shelby County | City of Memphis, TN | $500K spent that year | 2023 |
| Susanville Indian Rancheria Housing Authority | Susanville | State of California Department of Housing and Community Development | $495K spent that year | 2024 |
| Tennessee Homeless Solutions | Jackson, Madison County | Tennessee Housing Development Agency | $333K spent that year | 2023 |
| Community Alliance for the Homeless, Inc | Memphis, Shelby County | City of Memphis, TN | $328K spent that year | 2023 |
| The Salvation Army, Nashville, Tennessee Area Command | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Housing and Development Agency | $288K spent that year | 2023 |
| Volunteer Ministry Center, Inc. | Knoxville | City of Knoxville | $273K spent that year | 2024 |
| Bradley Cleveland Community Services Agency | Cleveland, Bradley County | Tennessee Department of Housing and Development | $185K spent that year | 2023 |
| Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association | Memphis | City of Memphis | $178K spent that year | 2025 |
| Oasis Center, Inc. | Nashville, Davidson County | Metro Development Housing Agency | $166K spent that year | 2023 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).
Similar grants open or opening soon
From other funders, about the same kind of work, for church or faith-based group.
- Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Programs – 2026 Request for Applications · Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency (MDHA), Nashville · Due Oct 16, 2026 · 5 days left
More from Tennessee Housing Development Agency
- Tennessee Housing Trust Fund Competitive Grants · Next round: about Mar 2 – Apr 16, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- HOME Homeowner Rehabilitation (Urban/Rural) · Next round: about May 4 – Jun 11, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- HOME Homeownership Development Round (CHDO) · Next round: about Jun 15 – Jul 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- HOME Rental Housing Development · Next round: about Jun 15 – Jul 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
About the federal program
Emergency Solutions Grant Program, also called “Emergency Solutions Grants Program”
Program number 14.231 (the federal Assistance Listing number) · U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development · Formula grant (amounts set by a formula)