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Education foundation
MIT Solve · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 2, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- From $10K
Solve wants tech-based ways to improve health care access, primary care and care for chronic illness and aging. Every team picked gets a $10,000 grant, and some win larger prizes. Nonprofits, companies and individuals may apply.
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Education foundation
MIT Solve · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 2, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- From $10K
Solve wants tech tools that help teachers, support learners with disabilities and close education gaps. Every team picked gets a $10,000 grant, and some win larger prizes. Nonprofits, companies and individuals may apply.
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Education foundation
MIT Solve · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 2, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- From $10K
Solve wants tech-enabled work for and with Indigenous communities in the US and Canada. Every team picked gets a $10,000 grant, and some win larger prizes. Nonprofits, companies and individuals may apply.
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Foundation
Folke H. Peterson Foundation (Truist, trustee) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 21 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Grants to US nonprofits that prevent cruelty to animals and improve their lives. Funds can pay for programs, general operations, vet care, food and emergencies. Average grants are $5,000 to $20,000.
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Local
Presbytery of East Tennessee (PC(USA)) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 21 days left
- Award
- Up to $5,000
- Local program: Anderson County, Blount County, Bradley County, Campbell County and 11 more counties
Grants help congregations in the Presbytery of East Tennessee with building and property upkeep. The presbytery plans two to three grants of up to $5,000 in 2026. Applications are due October 31, 2026.
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Federal
Fish and Wildlife Service · Department of the Interior · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 30, 2026 · 20 days left
- Award
- $10K – $26M
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 15 past Tennessee awards
Fish and Wildlife Service expects to make 10 awards of $10,000 to $26 million. Open to state government.
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Education foundation
Berea College Appalachian Fund · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 19, 2026 · 9 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $25K
- Local program: Anderson County, Bledsoe County, Blount County, Bradley County and 29 more counties
- Only 9 days left to apply
Berea College gives grants to nonprofits that serve rural Appalachian counties, including East Tennessee. Money goes to health, education and social service programs. New groups must send a short inquiry form by October 10.
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Local
City of Chattanooga · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 11, 2026 · 1 day left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Hamilton County
- Only 1 day left to apply
Small grants for projects led by registered Chattanooga neighborhood associations that improve the neighborhood or build a sense of place. The city pays vendors directly for approved purchases, and projects must wrap up by November 20, 2026.
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Federal
Fish and Wildlife Service · Department of the Interior · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 24, 2026 · 14 days left
- Award
- $50K – $600K
- Location limits unclear. Check who can apply
- No match
- 11 past Tennessee awards
Fish and Wildlife Service expects to make 10 awards of $50,000 to $600,000. Anyone can apply.
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Corporate
Simmons First Foundation (Simmons Bank) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 21 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $2,500
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
Small grants of $1,000 to $2,500 for short-term needs of K-12 youth programs in education or health care. No letter of intent is needed. Email or use the website form to ask for an application.
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Nonprofit
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 21 days left
- Award
- Up to $10K
DAR gives up to $10,000 to nonprofits that save historic buildings, records, objects, markers and cemeteries. Each application needs a support letter from a local DAR chapter. Smaller projects are encouraged.
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Nonprofit
Archaeological Institute of America · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Nov 1, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $15K
AIA gives up to $15,000 to protect threatened archaeological sites through conservation, site protection and monitoring. Projects with public education and outreach are favored. It does not pay for digs, surveys, field schools or salaries.
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Local
Memphis Jewish Federation (Jewish Community Partners) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 2, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- Up to $25K
- Local program: Shelby County
Reimbursement grants for new or substantially redesigned programs that serve the Memphis Jewish community. Applicants send a letter of intent first, and selected groups are invited to submit a full application and present to the committee.
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Education foundation
Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (Calvin University) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left
- Award
- $8,000 – $25K
- In Tennessee
- Only 5 days left to apply
Grants for churches and other worshiping communities to try year-long projects that renew worship and preaching. Awards range from $8,000 to $25,000. Groups in the U.S. or Canada with tax-exempt status may apply.
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Nonprofit
Celebrate Munford, Inc. · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 24, 2026 · 14 days left
- Award
- Up to $1,000
- Local program: Tipton County
Celebrate Munford shares money raised at its yearly festival with groups that serve Munford and Tipton County. Requests can be up to $1,000. Mail the paper application by October 24, 2026.
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Local
Montgomery County Government · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 2, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Montgomery County
Montgomery County is granting $250,000 of its opioid settlement money to nonprofits that serve county residents, for new or expanded prevention, treatment, harm reduction, research or education projects on the state's approved remediation list. Awards...
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Foundation
Alice M. Ditson Fund (Columbia University) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- No match
- Only 5 days left to apply
Supports professional music groups, festivals and conferences that perform works by younger or lesser-known living American classical composers. There are two deadlines a year, April 1 and October 15. Music education programs are not funded.
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Foundation or nonprofit
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 19, 2026 · 9 days left
- Award
- $250K – $1M
- In Tennessee
- Only 9 days left to apply
Walmart-funded national program for large land acquisitions and conservation easements protecting fish and wildlife habitat. Two-phase process: pre-proposal, then invited full proposal due December 2, 2026. Requires at least 1:1 match.
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Foundation
Alice M. Ditson Fund (Columbia University) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- No match
- Only 5 days left to apply
Helps pay to record and share music by younger or lesser-known living American classical composers. There is one deadline each year, October 15. Awards are paid to a U.S. nonprofit or fiscal sponsor.
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Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Due about Oct 19, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $1M – $5M
Should we apply? · Get ready
Department of Housing and Urban Development expects to make 3 awards of $1 million to $5 million. Anyone can apply.
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