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Private
AdoptAClassroom.org · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 2, 2026 · 24 days left
- Award
- Up to $500
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Teachers with a free AdoptAClassroom.org classroom page can apply for $500 grants for supplies. The fall round helps students in special education and English learners.
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Private
ProLiteracy Worldwide · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due Jan 4, 2027
- Award
- Up to $6,000
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- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Grants up to $6,000 for nonprofits that teach adults to read, write and do math. Money can pay staff, teacher stipends, supplies or rent. There are four rounds each year.
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Private
Friends of NRA / The NRA Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 22, 2026 · 74 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Equipment, supplies, and funding for shooting sports, firearm and hunting safety, marksmanship, and conservation programs. Tennessee committee recommends grants from funds raised at Tennessee events.
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Foundation
NBA Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Oct 31, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- From $25K
- ! Local program: Shelby County
- ✓ No match required
The NBA Foundation funds nonprofits that help young people ages 14 to 24 get ready for jobs and careers. Programs must serve youth in an NBA team market, such as Memphis. Grants start at $25,000.
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Utility / co-op
Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 1, 2026 · 53 days left
- Award
- Up to $2,500
- ! Local program: Bledsoe County, Grundy County, Marion County, Sequatchie County
- ✓ No match required
Sequachee Valley Electric sets aside up to $10,000 a year for creative, hands-on classroom projects. K-12 teachers in co-op area schools can request up to $2,500 per project for equipment and materials that would not otherwise be funded; the principal must...
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Tennessee state
Tennessee Historical Commission · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 14, 2026 · 36 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ✓ No match required
Supports preservation, archaeology, interpretation, markers, and education about Tennessee sites tied to wars from the French and Indian War through the Civil War. Individuals, museums, schools, private organizations, and local governments can apply.
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Federal
Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 30, 2026 · 21 days left
- Award
- Up to $2M
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 24
This is a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for the FY26 Students, Teachers, and Officers Prevention (STOP) School Violence Program. This opportunity supports programs to prevent and reduce school violence by implementing training, developing school...
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Local
Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Utility District · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 10, 2026 · 32 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Cannon County, Cumberland County, DeKalb County, Grundy County and 8 more counties
Groups in Middle Tennessee Natural Gas areas can apply for grants from customer round-up money. Funds support schools, local charities and job growth. A committee reviews requests every other month.
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Corporate
Domtar · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 30, 2026 · 52 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Only near the company's Tennessee locations — check the program page
Domtar funds groups working on education and literacy, people in need, and the environment near its sites. Apply through the online form between January 1 and November 30. Requests are reviewed every two months.
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Private
Southern Extension Risk Management Education Center (University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 12, 2026 · 34 days left
- Award
- Up to $100K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
USDA-funded grants for groups that teach farmers how to manage money, market, legal and weather risks. Main projects get up to $75,000, crop insurance projects up to $100,000, and small exploratory projects up to $10,000.
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Corporate
Brown-Forman (Jack Daniel's) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 1, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Brown-Forman funds nonprofits in arts and culture, lifelong learning, and community well-being, with Louisville groups getting priority. Groups may apply once per year for a grant or event sponsorship. Deadlines are May 1, August 1, November 1, and February 1.
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Tennessee state
Volunteer Tennessee (Governor's Commission on Volunteerism & Service) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 16, 2026 · 7 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- ! Only 7 days left to apply
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 61
Federal AmeriCorps funds, run through Volunteer Tennessee, for nonprofits and public agencies to operate AmeriCorps programs in disaster services, economic opportunity, education, environment, health and veterans. Competitive and Education Award Program...
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Private
IBMA Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 2, 2026 · 54 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $2,500
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Funds projects that share or preserve bluegrass music through education, arts and culture, writing or history. Grants usually run $1,000 to $2,500. Nonprofits, public schools and colleges are the usual grantees.
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Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 2, 2026 · 24 days left
- Award
- $175K – $2.5M
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 3
Congress in 1988 established the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP) with a purpose of providing funding to entities to work alongside HUD to "prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices" 42 USC § 3616a(a). FHIP provides funds to eligible...
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Local
Junior League of Memphis · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- Up to $2,500
- ! Local program: Fayette County, Shelby County, Tipton County
Grants of up to $2,500 for PK–12 teachers in the Memphis metro area for creative classroom projects in academics, social and emotional learning, or professional development. At least 80% of funds go to Title I schools. Past recipients can't apply this cycle.
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Federal
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education · Department of Labor · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 10, 2026 · 32 days left
- Award
- $400K – $8M
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 103
The Employment and Training Administration at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is soliciting applications in support of the administration of the Impact Aid Discretionary Construction Grant Program on behalf of the U.S. Department of Education (ED). The...
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Foundation
Robinson Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 6 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ! Only 6 days left to apply
A family foundation that funds charities serving the Southern U.S., including Tennessee. Areas include children and families, disaster relief, medical help, veterans, animal welfare and education. Apply online during the spring or fall window.
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Private
Paralyzed Veterans of America Education Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 2, 2026 · 54 days left
- Award
- Up to $75K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Grants for education projects that help people with spinal cord injury or disease, their families, and caregivers. Funds consumer and caregiver education, training for health workers, and conferences. Project grants can reach $75,000 for one year.
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Private
SeedMoney · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 12, 2026 · 34 days left
- Award
- $100 – $1,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Gives $100 to $1,000 challenge grants to public food gardens, including school gardens. You run a 30-day online fundraiser and earn a bigger grant the more you raise. There are no platform fees.
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Corporate
TC Energy (Columbia Gulf Transmission) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 16, 2026 · 38 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $25K
- ! Only near the company's Tennessee locations — check the program page
TC Energy gives grants to groups within about 20 miles of its pipelines, including the Columbia Gulf line in Tennessee. It funds gear and hazmat training for first responders and other community needs. Most grants are $1,000 to $25,000.
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