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U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

Twenty-First Century Community Learning Centers

Federal program · program number 84.287 (the federal Assistance Listing number)

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Type of help
Formula grant (amounts set by a formula)
Typical award
FY 23: Range $6,515,398 - $150,630,726; Average: $25,059,222. FY 24: Range $6,515,398 - $146,608,219; Average: $25,059,222. FY 25 (est.): Range $6,515,398 - $158,006,496; Average: $25,059,222.

How this money reaches Tennessee: this is a formula program. The federal government sends it to the state (or to large cities and counties), and a Tennessee agency usually passes it on to local groups as pass-through grants. Ask the state agency that runs it, or your regional development district, when their next local round opens.

What it pays for

To provide opportunities for communities to establish or expand activities in community learning centers that provide opportunities for academic enrichment for children, particularly students who attend high-poverty and low-performing schools. The program is intended to help students meet state and local student academic achievement standards in core academic subjects, such as reading and math; to offer students a broad array of enrichment activities that reinforce and complement their regular academic programs; and to offer literacy and other educational services to the families of participating children.

Who can apply

State educational agencies (SEAs) are eligible for funds under this program. Local educational agencies, community-based organizations, and other public or private entities are eligible to apply to the SEA in state in which they are located for subgrants.

How applications are judged

Contact the program office for information.

Match

None required (federal program listing).

Who in Tennessee has won this program

16 awards to Tennessee groups since 2019 · 0 in Hamilton County. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereAmountFiscal year
Tennessee Department of EducationNashville, Davidson County$27M2026
Tennessee Department of EducationNashville, Davidson County$25.7M2023
Tennessee Department of EducationNashville, Davidson County$25M2022
Tennessee Department of EducationNashville, Davidson County$24M2024
Tennessee Department of EducationNashville, Davidson County$23.6M2025
State of TennesseeNashville$23.5M spent that year2025
Tennessee Department of EducationNashville, Davidson County$23.4M2020
Tennessee Department of EducationNashville, Davidson County$23M2019
Tennessee Department of EducationNashville, Davidson County$2.9M2021
Iota Community SchoolsMemphis, Shelby County$383K spent that year2025
Trenton Special School DistrictTrenton, Gibson County$313K spent that year2024
Tennessee Department of EducationGreeneville, Greene County$276K spent that year2025

Source: USAspending.gov, Federal Audit Clearinghouse.

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 Education and Tennessee Department of Human Services pass it on: watch those agencies for applications, not the federal agency. 126 pass-through grants on file · 10 in Hamilton County. Largest shown:

Past winnerWhereThroughAmountFiscal year
Shelby County Board of EducationMemphis, Shelby CountyU.S. Department of Education$2M spent that year2023
Tennessee Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs, Inc.Knoxville, Knox CountyTennessee Department of Education$1M spent that year2024
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Tennessee ValleyKnoxville, Knox CountyTennessee Department of Education$972K2025
Boys & Girls Clubs in TennesseeKnoxville, Knox CountyTennessee Department of Education$964K2025
The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, TennesseeNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Education$836K spent that year2025
Metropolitan Nashville Public SchoolsNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Education$815K2025
Shelby County Board of EducationMemphis, Shelby CountyTennessee Department of Education$740K2025
Young Mens Christian Association of Metropolitan ChattanoogaChattanooga, Hamilton CountyGeorgia Dept of Education$700K2024
Young Mens Christian Association of Metropolitan ChattanoogaChattanooga, Hamilton CountyGeorgia Dept of Education$700K2026
Tipton County, TennesseeCovington, Tipton CountyTennessee Department of Education$680K spent that year2025
Boys and Girls Clubs of Middle TennesseeNashville, Davidson CountyTennessee Department of Education$673K spent that year2024
County of CampbellJacksboro, Campbell CountyTennessee Department of Education$668K2025

Source: USAspending.gov pass-through reports (the first recipient reports each one of $30,000 or more).

Official program listing (SAM.gov) Program website