This week in Tennessee grants
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New on GrantMe this week (203)
- Chronic Disease Education and Awareness · Centers for Disease Control - NCCDPHP · Due about Apr 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Bridge & Pallet Mat Incentive Program (logging water-quality cost-share) · Tennessee Forestry Foundation / Tennessee Forestry Association (with TN Department of Agriculture) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $19K
- White Oak & Shortleaf Pine Restoration on Family Forests Grant (landowner cost-share) · Tennessee Forestry Association (with NFWF, Brown-Forman/Jack Daniel and partners) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $20K
- Improvement Grants (facade, signage, lighting, build-out) · Memphis Medical District Collaborative (MMDC) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $25K
- Pre-Development Grants · Memphis Medical District Collaborative (MMDC) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $3,500
- Downtown Improvement Grant (DIG) property-owner subgrants (pending state award) · City of Paris, TN (with Tennessee Main Street / TNECD Downtown Improvement Grant) · Opening date not announced
- Elliott Carter Special Grant Program · The Amphion Foundation · Due Nov 19, 2026 · 40 days left
- For Farmers Grants (Foundational, Land Stewardship and Transformational) · For Farmers Movement · Due Oct 12, 2026 · 2 days left · $500 – $10K
- Small Business Readiness for Resiliency (R4R) $5,000 disaster recovery grant · U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $5,000
- R4R $5,000 Mitigation Grant (Fall 2026) · U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation · Due Nov 15, 2026 · 36 days left · Up to $5,000
- TFBF Sponsorship and Donation Requests · Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Building & Facade Improvement Grant · City of East Ridge · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $10K
- Business Façade Improvement Grant · City of Soddy-Daisy · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $10K
- Downtown Jonesborough Façade & Architectural Improvement Grant · Town of Jonesborough · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $2,500
- Façade Rehabilitation Grant Program (2026-27 cycle) · City of Elizabethton · Due Oct 13, 2026 · 3 days left · Up to $7,500
- 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
- Sign Enhancement Grant · City of Tullahoma (Finance Department / Business Loan Committee) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $500
- Redevelopment Grant Program · City of Goodlettsville Industrial Development Board · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $25K
- New Office or Retail Tenant Incentive Program · City of Goodlettsville Industrial Development Board · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- OJJDP FY 2026 Internet Crimes Against Children On-Line Child Protection System (ICACCOPS) · Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · Due Nov 16, 2026 · 37 days left · Up to $900K
- Early-stage venture philanthropy funding (nonprofits and social enterprises) · Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $300K
- 2027 Global Climate Challenge · MIT Solve · Due Nov 2, 2026 · 23 days left · From $10K
- 2027 Global Economic Prosperity Challenge · MIT Solve · Due Nov 2, 2026 · 23 days left · From $10K
- 2027 Global Health Challenge · MIT Solve · Due Nov 2, 2026 · 23 days left · From $10K
- 2027 Global Learning Challenge · MIT Solve · Due Nov 2, 2026 · 23 days left · From $10K
- 2027 Indigenous Communities Fellowship · MIT Solve · Due Nov 2, 2026 · 23 days left · From $10K
- Kenneth B. and Stephen L. Tadlock Veteran Business Grant · Founders First CDC · Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left · Up to $1,000
- Business Freedom Grant ($1,000) · Darcy's Business · Due Dec 31, 2026 · 82 days left · Up to $1,000
- Idea submission for Infrastructure and Rapid Response grants · Pop Culture Collaborative · No deadline listed: see the official notice · $20K – $200K
- Pride Fund LGBTQIA+ National Grant · Founders First CDC · Due Jun 1, 2027 · 234 days left · Up to $1,000
- WFN Fast Pitch Competition (2027) · Women Founders Network · Due May 31, 2027 · 233 days left · $5,000 – $25K
- Cultivate Small Business (food entrepreneurs) · Santander US (with Babson College and ICIC) · Opening date not announced · $2,500 – $20K
- Breva Thrive Grant (construction businesses) · Breva · Opening date not announced · Up to $5,000
- Local Business Disaster Relief Fund · DoorDash (with Global Entrepreneurship Network) · Opening date not announced · Up to $5,000
- Kitty Fund National Grant for mother-owned businesses · Founders First CDC · Due Apr 13, 2027 · 185 days left · Up to $1,000
- Host Newsroom Application 2027-2028 (reporter salary grants) · Report for America (The GroundTruth Project) · Due Oct 19, 2026 · 9 days left · Up to $30K
- Halstead Grant for emerging silver jewelry businesses (2027) · Halstead (Halstead Bead, Inc.) · Due May 1, 2027 · 203 days left · Up to $7,500
- Grants for Processors / Materials Recovery Facilities (MRFs) · The Recycling Partnership · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Regular and Seed Grants for investigative reporting · Fund for Investigative Journalism · Due Jan 29, 2027 · 111 days left · $1,000 – $10K
- Practice Site Recruitment and Retention Incentive · Tennessee Center for Health Workforce Development (Tennessee Hospital Association) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $50K
- TN SNAP Employment & Training Third-Party Partner (50/50 reimbursement) · United Way of Greater Nashville (TN SNAP E&T intermediary) · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Tory Burch Foundation Fellows Program (2027 cohort) · Tory Burch Foundation · Due Nov 17, 2026 · 38 days left · Up to $2,000
- Memphis Empowerment Fund (grassroots neighborhood grants) · Community LIFT · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $2,500
- Impact Library Program (free book-sharing boxes) · Little Free Library · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Next Generation Farmer Fund · National Young Farmers Coalition (with Whole Foods Market) · Due Dec 1, 2026 · 52 days left · $10K – $50K
- Fund-a-Farmer Welfare Improvement Grants · Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) · Opening date not announced · Up to $3,500
- Fund-a-Farmer Systems Change and Innovation Grant · Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT) · Opening date not announced · Up to $10K
- Brighter Future Fund: Farm to Stay Grant · American Farmland Trust (with Airbnb) · Opening date not announced · $5,000 – $10K
- Heritage Breed Microgrant Program (National, Youth, Breed Association) · The Livestock Conservancy · Due about Aug 15, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder · $500 – $2,000
- Safety Reimbursement Program for Logging Professionals · TN Department of Agriculture with the Tennessee Forestry Association · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Cost Share for Forest Industry (TAEP BMP and SPBI First Commercial Thinning) · TN Department of Agriculture – Division of Forestry · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $20K
- Preserving Land for Agriculture Now (PLAN) – conservation easement funding · TN Department of Agriculture · Due Jan 8, 2027 · 90 days left
- FastTrack Job Training Assistance Program · TN Department of Economic & Community Development · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- New Employer Workforce (NEW) Care Partnership Grants · TN Department of Human Services (Child Care Services) · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- TEC Film/TV Production Incentive (25% grant rebate) · Tennessee Entertainment Commission (TN Dept. of Economic & Community Development) · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- TEC Music Scoring Incentive Grant · Tennessee Entertainment Commission (TN Dept. of Economic & Community Development) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $500K
- Grassroots Wheelchair Grant · USTA · Due Jan 31, 2027 · 113 days left · Up to $5,000
- Tennessee Hybrid Vehicle Manufacturing Conversion Grants · TN Department of Environment & Conservation · Opening date not announced · $500K – $1M
- Start Here Pitch Competition 2026 · The Biz Foundry · Due Oct 28, 2026 · 18 days left · $2,500 – $10K
- TTAC Travel Grants for tech startups · Launch Tennessee · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $2,500
- Idea Leap Grant Contest (2027, 10th annual) · Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union · Due Oct 26, 2026 · 16 days left · $10K – $50K
- RCPP: Ridges to Rivers (Cumberland Plateau & Sequatchie Valley) – ACT NOW · USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service – Tennessee · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Agricultural Resources Conservation Fund (ARCF) Cost-Share – FY2027 · TN Department of Agriculture – Land and Water Stewardship Section · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) – FY2027 Tennessee ranking · USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service – Tennessee · Due Nov 20, 2026 · 41 days left
- Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) – FY2027 Tennessee ranking · USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service – Tennessee · Due Nov 20, 2026 · 41 days left
- Agricultural Conservation Easement Program (ACEP: Agricultural Land & Wetland Reserve Easements) – FY2027 Tennessee · USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service – Tennessee · Due Nov 20, 2026 · 41 days left
- Tennessee Riparian Incentives Program (riparian forest buffer bonus) · TN Department of Agriculture – Land and Water Stewardship Section · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $15K
- TAEP Forest Establishment & Improvement Cost Share · TN Department of Agriculture – Division of Forestry · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $20K
- Arts Journalism Grants (pilot) · South Arts · Due Nov 20, 2026 · 41 days left · $1,000 – $10K
- Southern Pine Beetle Initiative (SPBI) Landowner Cost Share · TN Department of Agriculture – Division of Forestry · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $20K
- Producer Grants – 2027 cycle · Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (Southern SARE) · Due Nov 6, 2026 · 27 days left · Up to $25K
- Visit Clarksville Sports Event Sponsorship · Visit Clarksville (Clarksville-Montgomery County Convention & Visitors Bureau) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · $1,000 – $7,000
- Facade & Awning Grant Program · Operation CityScape (Cookeville Main Street program) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $2,500
- Bartlett Station Design Assistance Program (Facade Improvement Grant) · City of Bartlett - Bartlett Station Development Commission · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $35K
- Bartlett Station New Office or Retail Tenant Incentive Program · City of Bartlett - Bartlett Station Development Commission · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Mural Funding Request (Public Art Mural Program) · City of Johnson City Public Art Committee · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Adult-Size Changing Table Grant · TN Department of Disability and Aging · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $10K
- Downtown Memphis Exterior Improvement Grant (EIG) · Downtown Memphis Commission / Center City Development Corporation · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $80K
- Downtown Johnson City Façade Improvement Grant Program · Johnson City Development Authority · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $15K
- Downtown Retail Tenant Improvement Grant · Downtown Memphis Commission / Center City Development Corporation · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $45K
- Good Neighbor Grant · Downtown Memphis Commission / Center City Development Corporation · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $25K
- Inner City Economic Development (ICED) Forgivable Loan · EDGE (Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis & Shelby County) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $25K
- Façade Grant Program · City of Kingsport (Kingsport Economic Development Board) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $15K
- Redevelopment Grant Program · City of Kingsport (Kingsport Economic Development Board) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $20K
- Downtown Micro-Grants · Connect Downtown Johnson City (Main Street program) · No deadline listed: see the official notice · $250 – $4,000
- Scenic Storefronts · River City Company (with City of Chattanooga funding) · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Sponsorship / donation requests (tscsponsorships.com) · Tractor Supply Company · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Verizon Small Business Digital Ready $10,000 national grant (2026) · Verizon · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $10K
- Agricultural Enterprise Fund (AEF) · TN Department of Agriculture · Due today (Oct 10, 2026) · Up to $500K
- CHS Seeds for Stewardship cooperative matching grants · CHS Inc. · No deadline listed: see the official notice · $1,000 – $10K
- Rural Healthcare Access Modernization Program (RAMP) · TN Department of Health · No deadline listed: see the official notice · Up to $40M
- Façade Improvement Program · City of Knoxville · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- AgTrack Cost Share Fund · TN Department of Agriculture · Due Dec 30, 2026 · 81 days left · Up to $1M
- Incumbent Worker Training (IWT) Grant · TN Department of Labor & Workforce Development · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- On-the-Job Training (OJT) Grant · TN Department of Labor & Workforce Development · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Community giving / Growing Rural community grants · Farm Credit Mid-America · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Hello Alice partner grant marketplace · Hello Alice (partners) · No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Community Benefits Grant (ZIP 38109) · City of Memphis · Opening date not announced · $5,000 – $50K
- Grants for Growing (FFA chapters) · Tractor Supply Company / National FFA · Due May 17, 2027 · 219 days left · Up to $5,000
- Opioid Abatement Settlement Grant · Lawrence County Opioid Board · Due about Apr 15, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
Deadlines in the next 14 days (9)
- Agricultural Enterprise Fund (AEF) · TN Department of Agriculture · Due today (Oct 10, 2026) · Up to $500K
- For Farmers Grants (Foundational, Land Stewardship and Transformational) · For Farmers Movement · Due Oct 12, 2026 · 2 days left · $500 – $10K
- F26AS00062: Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act FY 2026 · Fish and Wildlife Service · Due Oct 13, 2026 · 3 days left · $2,000 – $500K
- Façade Rehabilitation Grant Program (2026-27 cycle) · City of Elizabethton · Due Oct 13, 2026 · 3 days left · Up to $7,500
- Kenneth B. and Stephen L. Tadlock Veteran Business Grant · Founders First CDC · Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left · Up to $1,000
- SBIR/STTR Matching Fund – FY2027 · Launch Tennessee · Due Oct 16, 2026 · 6 days left · Up to $300K
- Host Newsroom Application 2027-2028 (reporter salary grants) · Report for America (The GroundTruth Project) · Due Oct 19, 2026 · 9 days left · Up to $30K
- Preservation and Reinvestment Initiative for Community Enhancement (PRICE) · Department of Housing and Urban Development · Due about Oct 19, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder · $1M – $5M
- BJA FY 2026 Tribal Justice Training and Technical Assistance Program · Bureau of Justice Assistance · Due Oct 21, 2026 · 11 days left · Up to $1.9M
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.
- SWIG Emerging Contaminants in Small or Disadvantaged Communities (EC-SDC) Grant · TN Department of Environment & Conservation · opens about Nov 17, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder