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Tennessee state
Tennessee State Museum · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jul 1 – Aug 25, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $5,000 – $100K
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State-funded capital grants for Tennessee museums run by 501(c)(3) nonprofits or tied to a government entity, for repairs and improvements such as roofs, HVAC, restrooms, electrical and accessibility. Museums must have been open to the public for at least...
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Foundation
Wyeth Foundation for American Art · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Oct 15, 2026 · due Dec 15, 2026
- Award
- $5,000 – $25K
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Grants for museums and other nonprofits doing research, exhibitions, catalogues or conservation of historic American art. Grants are usually $5,000 to $25,000. Art of the last 30 years and living artists are not funded.
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Foundation
Terra Foundation for American Art · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Aug 3, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $25K – $100K
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Grants help museums and community cultural groups plan or carry out new ways to show their American art collections. Planning grants are about $25,000 to $75,000. Building grants go up to $100,000.
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Foundation
Samuel H. Kress Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Feb 1, 2027 · due about Mar 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
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Grants for U.S. nonprofits, like museums and colleges, doing projects about European art and buildings from ancient times to the early 1800s. Send a short letter of inquiry first. There are spring and fall rounds.
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 33 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $500K
- In Knox County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 6 past Tennessee awards
Institute of Museum and Library Services expects to make 32 awards of $5,000 to $500,000.
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 33 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $500K
Institute of Museum and Library Services expects to make 16 awards of $5,000 to $500,000.
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 33 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $350K
- In Knox County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 18 past Tennessee awards, incl. your county
Institute of Museum and Library Services expects to make 20 awards of $5,000 to $350,000.
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 33 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $350K
- In Knox County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 18 past Tennessee awards, incl. your county
Institute of Museum and Library Services expects to make 122 awards of $5,000 to $350,000.
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 33 days left
- Award
- $50K – $750K
- In Knox County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 14 past Tennessee awards, incl. your county
Institute of Museum and Library Services expects to make 17 awards of $50,000 to $750,000.
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 33 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $75K
- In Knox County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 18 past Tennessee awards, incl. your county
Institute of Museum and Library Services expects to make 75 awards of $5,000 to $75,000.
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 33 days left
- Award
- $100K – $500K
- In Knox County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Institute of Museum and Library Services expects to make 8 awards of $100,000 to $500,000.
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Nonprofit
GRAMMY Museum (funded by the Recording Academy) · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Sep 25, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $20K
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Groups and people can apply to preserve old sound recordings or study how music affects health. You first send a short letter of inquiry. Preservation grants go up to $20,000.
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 33 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $250K
- Only tribes or Native American / Native Hawaiian organizations can apply
Institute of Museum and Library Services expects to make 20 awards of $5,000 to $250,000.
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Foundation
The Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Grants for museums and other art institutions to show, buy or publish photography. There are no deadlines; the board reviews requests four times a year. Read the photography guidelines before you apply.
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Foundation
Helen Frankenthaler Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jan 15 – Mar 27, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $100K
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Grants help museums, art centers and other visual arts groups use less energy and switch to clean power. Small groups can get up to $20,000; big building projects can get up to $100,000. The visual arts must be central to your mission.
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Foundation
The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts · Open
- Deadline
- Due Mar 1, 2027 · 141 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Museums and artist-centered groups can apply for contemporary visual art projects. Proposals are due March 1 and September 1 each year. Funded work includes exhibitions, programs and curator research.
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Nonprofit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 15, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- $4,000 – $12K
About 120 fellowships pay $4,000 a month for one to three months of research at The Huntington in California. Graduate students, professors, working artists, creative writers and independent researchers can apply.
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Nonprofit
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 15, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- $25K – $50K
Funds scholars with a PhD to spend four to nine months doing research at The Huntington. Academic-year fellowships pay $50,000 and term fellowships pay $25,000.
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