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Private
Founders First CDC · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 7 days left
- Award
- Up to $1,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- ! Only 7 days left to apply
Founders First picks 25 veteran or military-spouse business owners for a $1,000 grant. Each finalist also gets a free seat in a paid business-growth program. A review team scores past results and plans to add jobs.
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Corporate
Darcy's Business · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 31, 2026 · 84 days left
- Award
- Up to $1,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
A business coach awards one $1,000 grant to a new or growing business. Judges score your idea, plan, impact and drive on a 10-point scale. Joining a free online group adds 2 bonus points.
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Corporate
Main Street America · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 7 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Only 7 days left to apply
Grants that help rural Main Street programs find and promote local science history and assets. Only Main Street America accredited or affiliate programs in towns of 50,000 people or fewer, with budgets under $1 million, can apply.
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Private
American Library Association (with Cummins Inc.) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 28, 2026 · 20 days left
- Award
- Up to $5,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Twenty-five U.S. public libraries receive a $5,000 programming stipend, four STEM kits, and training for 12 months of early-childhood STEM programs.
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Private
Keep America Beautiful · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 6, 2026 · 29 days left
- Award
- $10K – $25K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Dollar Tree-funded awards to communities whose elected local leaders run innovative, data-driven litter solutions. Prizes are $10,000, $15,000 or $25,000 by population, and a KAB affiliate is not required.
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Foundation
Levitt Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 20, 2026 · 43 days left
- Award
- Up to $5,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Nonprofits can get up to $5,000 for a free outdoor festival in 2027. The festival must feature paid professional musicians. It must run at least four hours in a public space.
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Foundation
The Lawrence Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $10K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
A family foundation that gives program and general operating grants anywhere in the US. It funds environment and human services work, plus some disaster relief. Most grants are $5,000 to $10,000.
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Foundation
Sparkplug Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 1, 2026 · 24 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $20K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
One-year grants for new groups and new projects in education, community organizing and music. It favors small, community-led work that has trouble getting other funding. Budgets must be under $1 million.
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Foundation
The Rota Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- $250 – $10K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Small grants for local community nonprofits anywhere in the US. Areas include animals, education, health, hunger, homelessness, veterans and human rights. Grants run $250 to $10,000 and average about $5,000.
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Foundation
Folke H. Peterson Foundation (Truist, trustee) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
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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Federal
Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 36 days left
- Award
- Up to $645K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Act Program. This opportunity supports state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies, including prosecution agencies, in investigating and...
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Federal
Office for Victims of Crime · Department of Justice · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 14, 2026 · 6 days left
- Award
- Up to $1.6M
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- ! Only 6 days left to apply
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 18
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the FY 2026 Improving Outcomes for Child and Youth Victims of Human Trafficking. The purpose of this program is to improve outcomes for children and youth who are victims of human trafficking by...
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Corporate
Toast (via Hello Alice) · Open
- Deadline
- Due today (Oct 8, 2026)
- Award
- Up to $10K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Due today — apply now
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Federal
Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 29, 2026 · 21 days left
- Award
- Up to $450K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 3
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the BJA FY 2026 Capital Case Litigation Initiative: Improving the Quality of Legal Representation in State Capital Cases. This opportunity will enhance the ability of prosecutors to effectively represent...
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Federal
69A350 OSDBU · Department of Transportation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- Up to $231K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), Office of the Secretary (OST), Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU), announces the availability of funding under Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) Number...
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Local
Murfreesboro Community Investment Trust (Committee on Contributions) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Rutherford County
Annual City of Murfreesboro trust grants for charities whose programs benefit city residents, for activities between July 2027 and June 2028. Applicants must be 501(c)(3)s in operation at least three years; faith-based groups may apply on equal terms.
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Private
Youth Service America (YSA) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 25, 2026 · 17 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $10K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Grants help groups run youth-led service projects around MLK Day in January 2027. Each $1,000 must engage at least 100 youth volunteers. You must match the grant with cash or in-kind support.
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Private
USA Swimming Foundation (with U.S. Masters Swimming) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 15, 2026 · 38 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Grants help instructors and programs teach adults to swim. The goal is fewer adult drownings. Winners must register as a U.S. Masters Swimming club or workout group.
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Federal
Employment and Training Administration · Department of Labor · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 30, 2026 · 22 days left
- Award
- $1.9M – $457.7M
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 51
This UIPL is to provide states with information about preliminary Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Unemployment Insurance (UI) State Administration base resource planning targets, with general guidelines for resource planning, and an explanation of how the U.S....
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Private
Tennessee Trails Association · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Jan 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ✓ No match required
Small grants help volunteer groups improve hiking trails in Tennessee. Most requests are under $1,000, but larger asks are considered. Projects must be open to the public.
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