TN Department of Economic & Community Development
Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) – Regular Round, 2027 program year
Key facts
- Deadline
- Opens spring 2027 (no exact date yet)
- Award size
- Up to $1M
- Match ?
- Required · Work out your budget and match
- Who can apply
- City or town government, County government
- Where
- Anywhere in Tennessee
Opening soon: the funder has announced this grant, but you can't apply yet. Use the time to get ready and check whether it fits.
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
- Available in Davidson County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- Past Tennessee awards of the federal program behind it (all its uses): 214, including your county
Tell us who you are to see whether you're eligible.
About this grant
Davidson County: Who gets CDBG money here
Davidson County: Metro Nashville-Davidson County gets CDBG money directly from HUD. Apply through it. Elsewhere in Tennessee, cities and counties apply to TNECD's state CDBG program. TNECD's CDBG program
Fiscal year 2024 CDBG from HUD: Metro Nashville-Davidson County $5.1M.
Source: HUD, Community Development Block Grant Grantee Areas, data updated Feb 25, 2025. The counties each city reaches come from the Census 2020 place file.
231 of 487 Census block groups (neighborhood-sized areas) in Davidson County are at least 51% low- and moderate-income. A CDBG project that serves an area usually needs that area to be at least 51% low/mod, so it depends on your exact service area, not the county. Check your area on HUD's CPD Maps.
Source: HUD, Low to Moderate Income Population by Block Group (2016–2020 American Community Survey), data updated Apr 24, 2025.
Official notice: https://www.tn.gov/ecd/community-development-block-grant/cdbg/cdbg-community-development-regular-round.html · Printed from grantme.click/grants/f3a8a7bb-16de-4aac-b6ab-25c3529380a6
Writing the need statement? Davidson County facts with citations.
Who in Tennessee has won the federal program behind it
This grant is paid from federal program 14.228, which also pays for other work. These groups won that program, not necessarily this grant.
31 awards to Tennessee groups in 26 counties since 2022 · 0 in Davidson County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|
| State of Tennessee | Nashville | $37M spent that year | 2025 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee | Maryville, Blount County | $1M spent that year | 2023 |
| Jackson Energy Authority | Jackson, Madison County | $773K spent that year | 2023 |
| City of Savannah | Savannah, Hardin County | $531K spent that year | 2024 |
| City of Milan | Milan, Gibson County | $354K spent that year | 2025 |
| City of Henderson | Henderson, Chester County | $343K spent that year | 2025 |
| City of Mcminnville | Mcminnville, Warren County | $299K spent that year | 2025 |
| City of Lenoir City | Lenoir City, Loudon County | $254K spent that year | 2025 |
| City of Tullahoma | Tullahoma, Coffee County | $254K spent that year | 2023 |
| Sevier County, Tennessee | Sevierville, Sevier County | $172K spent that year | 2024 |
| City of Baxter | Baxter, Putnam County | $160K spent that year | 2023 |
| City of Smithville, Tennessee | Smithville, DeKalb County | $138K spent that year | 2025 |
Source: 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 Department of Economic and Community Development and Tennessee Housing Development Agency and Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation pass it on: watch those agencies for applications, not the federal agency. 189 pass-through grants on file · 6 in Davidson County. Largest shown:
| Past winner | Where | Through | Amount | Fiscal year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| County of Putnam | Cookeville | Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | $8.8M | 2026 |
| County of Hamilton | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | $3.5M | 2026 |
| County of Hamilton | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | $3.5M | 2026 |
| Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee | Nashville, Davidson County | Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | $2M spent that year | 2025 |
| County of Hamilton | Chattanooga, Hamilton County | Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | $1.8M | 2026 |
| Mid-South Food Bank | Memphis, Shelby County | TN Dept of Economics and Community Development | $1.5M spent that year | 2025 |
| City of Waverly | Waverly, Humphreys County | Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | $1.4M | 2026 |
| Bradley County Government | Cleveland | Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | $1.4M | 2026 |
| Town of Tracy City Town Hall | Tracy City | Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | $1M | 2025 |
| City of Ducktown | Ducktown, Polk County | Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | $1M | 2025 |
| Scott County, TN | Huntsville | Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | $1M | 2026 |
| Town of Whiteville | Whiteville | Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development | $1M | 2026 |
Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).
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About the federal program
Community Development Block Grants/State's program and Non-Entitlement Grants in Hawaii, also called “State CDBG”
Program number 14.228 (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)