This week in Tennessee grants
Every grant GrantMe added in the last seven days, and every deadline in the next two weeks. No sign-up and no email: bookmark this page, print it for your board, or follow it in a feed reader.
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New on GrantMe this week (46)
- Craft Artists from Underrepresented Populations Scholarship (professional development funds) · Tennessee Craft · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $500
- Elliott Carter Special Grant Program · The Amphion Foundation · Due Nov 19, 2026 · 40 days left
- Short-Term Fellowships (2027-28) · The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens · Due Nov 15, 2026 · 36 days left · $4,000 – $12K
- Marketing Grant (tour promotion) · Music Export Memphis · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $1,000
- Publicity Grant (album/EP release PR) · Music Export Memphis · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $3,000
- USArtists International · Mid Atlantic Arts (with NEA, Doris Duke Foundation, Mellon Foundation) · Due Feb 24, 2027 · 137 days left · Up to $11K
- Pare Lorentz Documentary Fund · International Documentary Association (IDA) · Opening date not announced
- VSA Emerging Young Artists Program 2027: Thrive · The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Office of Access/VSA) · Due about Nov 19, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder · Up to $3,000
- Access/VSA International Young Musicians Program · The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Office of Access/VSA) · Due Nov 19, 2026 · 40 days left
- Special Events Local Grant (Hotel/Motel Fund) · City of Shelbyville (Mayor & City Council, Hotel/Motel Fund) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · $500 – $7,500
- Idea submission for Infrastructure and Rapid Response grants · Pop Culture Collaborative · No deadline listed: see the official notice · $20K – $200K
- Halstead Grant for emerging silver jewelry businesses (2027) · Halstead (Halstead Bead, Inc.) · Due May 1, 2027 · 203 days left · Up to $7,500
- The Human Thread storytelling RFP (Lilly Endowment) · National Geographic Society · Due Dec 1, 2026 · 52 days left
- Master Artist Apprentice Program (MAAP) 2027 · Tennessee Craft (with Tennessee Arts Commission) · Due Nov 7, 2026 · 28 days left · Up to $1,900
- Arnold Shultz Fund grants (project and individual) · IBMA Foundation · Due Jan 31, 2027 · 113 days left
- Artist-in-Residence Fellowship 2027-28 · Newberry Library · Due Jan 15, 2027 · 97 days left · Up to $3,000
- Older Writers Grant · Speculative Literature Foundation · Due May 31, 2027 · 233 days left · Up to $1,000
- Working Class Writers Grant · Speculative Literature Foundation · Due Sep 30, 2027 · 355 days left · Up to $1,000
- Diverse Writers and Diverse Worlds Grants · Speculative Literature Foundation · Due Jul 31, 2027 · 294 days left · Up to $500
- A.C. Bose Grant for South Asian Speculative Literature · Speculative Literature Foundation (with DesiLit) · Due Jan 31, 2027 · 113 days left · Up to $1,500
- Individual Support Grant · Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation · Due Jan 15, 2027 · 97 days left · Up to $25K
- Musicians' Emergency Fund (housing and emergency assistance) · Jazz Foundation of America · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Healthcare advocacy and financial grants for music professionals · Music Health Alliance · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Emergency Grant Program · Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $15K
- Music Teachers of Excellence (2027 class) · CMA Foundation (Country Music Association) · Due Nov 12, 2026 · 33 days left · Up to $5,000
- Financial Assistance for music professionals · MusiCares (Recording Academy) · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Opry Trust Fund financial assistance · Grand Ole Opry (Opry Trust Fund) · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Emergency Financial Assistance · Entertainment Community Fund · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Puffin Foundation Grants - 2027 cycle (film/video and theater round) · The Puffin Foundation · Due Nov 20, 2026 · 41 days left
- Grants to visual artists · The Pollock-Krasner Foundation · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $50K
- Emergency Grants · Foundation for Contemporary Arts · No deadline listed: see the official notice · $500 – $3,000
- Emergency Relief Grant (craft artists) · CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $3,000
- Financial Assistance Grants for professional musicians · Musicians Foundation · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Financial Assistance (medical, mental health, disaster, older musicians) · Sweet Relief Musicians Fund · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Get Ready Grant (craft artist emergency preparedness) · CERF+ (Craft Emergency Relief Fund) · Due Feb 16, 2027 · 129 days left · Up to $500
- Education, Arts and Animal Welfare Grants · Julia C. West Foundation · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Artist Emergency Fund · ARTSmemphis · No deadline listed: see the official notice · $500 – $5,000
- GRACE Fund (Giving Relief to Arts & Culture in Emergencies) · Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $2,000
- Community Cultural Connections (CCC) Grants 2026-27 · ArtsBuild · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $2,000
- Merch Fund · Music Export Memphis · Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left · Up to $1,000
- Ambassador Tour Grant · Music Export Memphis · Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left · $500 – $2,500
- Arts Journalism Grants (pilot) · South Arts · Due Nov 20, 2026 · 41 days left · $1,000 – $10K
- Teacher Grant Program (2026) · Lebanon Wilson County Chamber of Commerce (Business & Education Coalition) · Due Oct 30, 2026 · 20 days left · Up to $599
- Mural Funding Request (Public Art Mural Program) · City of Johnson City Public Art Committee · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Thrive Project Grants · Metro Nashville Arts Commission · Due about Jun 26, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Individual Artist Fellowship – FY28 · Tennessee Arts Commission · Due Jan 15, 2027 · 97 days left · Up to $5,000
Deadlines in the next 14 days (2)
- Merch Fund · Music Export Memphis · Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left · Up to $1,000
- Ambassador Tour Grant · Music Export Memphis · Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left · $500 – $2,500
Next rounds estimated to open in the next 60 days (1)
Grants that are closed for this year. Each date is an estimate: one year on from the funder's last stated dates. Watch the funder's page to confirm.
- New Music Creator Fund · New Music USA · opens about Nov 6, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder