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Foundation
Dr. Scholl Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
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The Dr. Scholl Foundation funds projects in social services, health care, education, civic and cultural work, and the environment. Nonprofits send a letter of inquiry in January. Approved groups then send a full application by March 31.
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Association
USTA · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 31, 2026 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Up to $5,000
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Supports development and promotion of an existing or planned grassroots wheelchair tennis program at a facility. Up to $5,000.
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Local
Vanderbilt University (Community Relations) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 14, 2026 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
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- Available in Davidson County
Vanderbilt gives program support, event sponsorships and in-kind help to Davidson County nonprofits working on K-12 and adult education, arts and humanities, social services, and child and youth development. The spring cycle covers events and programs...
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Nonprofit
National FFA Organization · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Up to $1,500
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Middle and high school FFA chapters can get up to $1,500 for a one-semester service-learning project. The spring round opens December 1 and is due January 31.
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Foundation
Elevance Health Foundation (Wellpoint Tennessee parent) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due Jan 31, 2027
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- Amount not specified
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This foundation funds programs that help more people get treatment for mental health or substance use. Tennessee groups can apply only for national-scale programs. Applications open January 1, 2027.
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Association
Tennessee Center for Health Workforce Development (Tennessee Hospital Association) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- $2,000 – $2,500
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- In Davidson County
- No match
Awards of $2,000 go to Tennessee health clinics and rural hospitals that logged 500 or more volunteer hours in the past year. Sites with 250 or more hours of student rotations or shadowing get $500 more. Money should go back into volunteer support.
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Nonprofit
Speculative Literature Foundation (with DesiLit) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Up to $1,500
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- In Davidson County
- No match
A $1,500 yearly grant for a South Asian or South Asian diaspora writer of speculative fiction. Winners are named in March. It is free to apply.
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Community foundation
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due about Jan 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $15K
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- Available in Davidson County
A set of focused CFMT funds - animal welfare, performing arts, visual arts, and youth team activities - that open each January. Caps are $15,000 for animal welfare and each arts fund and $5,000 for the Sports Fund; 501(c)(3)s and government entities may apply.
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Community foundation
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (The Women's Fund) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due about Jan 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $20K
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- Available in Davidson County
Unrestricted operating grants for groups helping women and girls in Middle Tennessee with health, safety, money stability, and growth. Groups 3 years or older may ask up to $20,000; newer groups up to $5,000. Applications open January 1-31.
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Association
Southern Tennis Foundation (USTA Southern) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due Jan 31, 2027
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- Amount not specified
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Grants for tennis programs that serve players with intellectual, emotional or physical challenges. This includes players with hearing or vision loss. Programs must be in the national adaptive tennis database.
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Association
Southern Tennis Foundation (USTA Southern) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
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Grants to grow wheelchair tennis, such as coaching, equipment and travel to events. Applicants must be a registered tennis group or USTA member organization.
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Association
USTA Southern (with Southern Tennis Foundation) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due about Jan 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
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Grants for tennis programs or players that serve underserved groups. Programs must run several sessions, not a one-day event. Applicants must be a registered tennis group or USTA member organization.
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Association
USTA Southern (with Southern Tennis Foundation) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
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Grants to start or grow a National Junior Tennis & Learning chapter. These youth programs mix tennis with learning. Chapters in the capacity-building program cannot apply.
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Nonprofit
The Herb Society of America · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Up to $10K
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- In Davidson County
- No match
Funds small, short research projects on growing or using herbs for food, medicine or industry. Up to $10,000 is awarded each year. Applications are emailed in January.
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Nonprofit
Atlas Network (Atlas Economic Research Foundation) · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Feb 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
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- Amount not specified
Atlas Network gives grants to independent think tanks and policy groups that promote free markets and limited government. Most grants are for Atlas partners, and joining is free. Groups that are not partners can send a letter of interest for a...
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Federal
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Oct 30, 2026 · due about Feb 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $150K – $400K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Davidson County
- No match
- 2 past Tennessee awards, incl. your county
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA expects to make 1 award of $150,000 to $400,000. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Association
Tennessee Ornithological Society · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Feb 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
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- Amount not specified
Small grants for projects that protect Tennessee birds, study them, or teach people about them. A total of $15,000 is shared among winners. Professionals, independent workers and students may apply.
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Feb 1, 2027 · 112 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Davidson County
- No match
- 63 past Tennessee awards, incl. your county
A grant from U.S. National Science Foundation.
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Foundation
Esther A. & Joseph Klingenstein Fund and Simons Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Feb 1, 2027 · 112 days left
- Award
- Up to $450K
- In Davidson County
- No match
Three-year awards for new neuroscience faculty within four years of their postdoc. Each fellow gets $150,000 a year. The applicant needs a tenure-track job at a U.S. institution.
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Health foundation
Muscular Dystrophy Association · Open
- Deadline
- Due Feb 1, 2027 · 112 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Davidson County
- No match
Grants for postdoctoral researchers studying neuromuscular diseases in a senior scientist's lab. Applicants must be at a U.S.-based institution.
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