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Foundation
Dunn Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- $5,000 – $25K
Grants for science-based education projects by 501(c)(3) groups with an office in Tennessee. Average grants are $5,000 to $25,000. Most decisions are made in the fourth quarter.
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Foundation
The Valentine Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
Grants for Knox County capital projects, historic preservation, arts, education and wellness. Applications open each September 1 and awards are announced in December. Apply with the online form or email the application document.
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Foundation
DanPaul Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $15K
Grants from a few hundred dollars up to $15,000 a year for 501(c)(3) programs serving youth health, education and welfare. There are no geographic limits. Contact the foundation through its website to apply.
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Nonprofit
Knoxville Ice Bears Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Available in Knox County
- No match
The Ice Bears Foundation takes donation requests from Knoxville-area groups. It supports young athletes, education access and stronger communities. Apply any time with the online form.
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Foundation
Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Chattanooga foundation that makes grants once a year to charities mainly in East Tennessee. Priorities are education, wellness, arts and culture, and military and veterans. Send a letter and proposal with your IRS letter and latest Form 990.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Economic & Community Development · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Supplies the local match for economically distressed or at-risk communities that are applying for a large federal or state grant they could not otherwise afford to match. Communities apply to TNECD before submitting the main application and receive a...
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Tennessee state
Tennessee Arts Commission · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $3,000
Reimburses Tennessee public K-12 schools for artist fees, tickets, and transportation for arts field trips and in-school arts programs. Apply at least 30 days before the activity; some counties have already used up their funds.
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Tennessee state
TN Office of Criminal Justice Programs (Dept. of Finance & Administration) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $200K
State grants for local governments that run jails housing state inmates to offer proven re-entry, education, and vocational programs that reduce repeat offending.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Labor & Workforce Development · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Helps Tennessee businesses pay to upskill their current full-time employees in new technologies, process improvement, and other training. Employers start with a pre-application through their local American Job Center.
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Corporate
Gene Haas Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Sponsorships for student competition teams that use CNC machining to build what they compete with, such as FIRST robotics teams. The page says SAE Baja, electric vehicle and Formula teams can get up to $4,000 a year. No deadline is posted.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Labor & Workforce Development · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Reimburses employers for part of a new hire's wages while the person is trained for a specific job, through an agreement with the local workforce development area.
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Foundation or nonprofit
Good Sports · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Donations of new sports equipment, apparel, and footwear for youth programs in high-poverty areas. Accepted organizations can receive up to 8 donations over two years. Recipients pay a shipping fee of about 5% of the equipment's value.
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Tennessee state
Launch Tennessee · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $2,500
Pays up to $2,500 of travel costs (airfare, hotel, registration) for Tennessee small businesses turning a new technology into a product, to attend commercialization or customer-discovery events. Apply at least 3 weeks before the event.
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Tennessee state
Tennessee Department of Veterans Services · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $7,500
Reimbursement grant for veteran service organizations that provide honor guard details at funerals of qualifying Tennessee veterans. It covers honor guard training, travel and meals, and ceremonial equipment such as flags, rifles, bugles and uniforms.
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Tennessee state
USDA Rural Development – Tennessee State Office · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Knox County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 148 past Tennessee awards, incl. your county
Low-interest loans and grants to build, buy or improve essential community facilities in rural towns of 20,000 or fewer, such as clinics, fire stations, child care centers, libraries and food banks. Grants cover a share of the cost that depends on...
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Tennessee state
USDA Rural Development – Tennessee State Office · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Knox County
- 68 past Tennessee awards
Long-term, low-interest loans, sometimes paired with grants, for drinking water, sewer, solid waste and storm drainage systems serving rural areas and towns of 10,000 or fewer that cannot get reasonable commercial credit.
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Tennessee state
USDA Rural Development – Tennessee State Office · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $1M
- In Knox County
- 4 past Tennessee awards
Grants to help rural communities of 10,000 or fewer prepare for or recover from an emergency that threatens safe drinking water, such as a sharp drop in water quantity or quality within the last two years.
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Tennessee state
USDA Rural Development – Tennessee State Office · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $10K
- In Knox County
- 25 past Tennessee awards
Repair grants for very-low-income rural homeowners age 62 or older to remove health and safety hazards, plus 1% repair loans for low-income homeowners. Apply through the local Tennessee RD office.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Agriculture – Land and Water Stewardship Section · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $15K
A one-time state bonus of $3,000 per acre (up to 5 acres) for landowners who plant and keep a riparian forest buffer under USDA FSA's Continuous CRP. Enroll through the local FSA office, then submit the completion paperwork to TDA.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Agriculture – Division of Forestry · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $20K
- In Knox County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Tennessee Agricultural Enhancement Program cost share (50-75%) for family forest owners to establish new hardwood or pine stands and improve existing forests. Requires at least 10 acres of forestland (waived for riparian zones) and planning with a local...
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