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Foundation
Wallace Foundation (Morristown, TN) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A small Morristown family foundation, not the national Wallace Foundation. It lists a contact for requests and no deadlines. Grants are mostly small and go to East Tennessee groups.
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Foundation
Wolftever Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This family foundation on Signal Mountain gives grants to charities. Its tax return lists a contact and no deadlines or limits. Past grants went to Signal Mountain groups, like a school fund and an emergency services group.
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Foundation
Nochera Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This small family foundation in Nashville gives grants to charities. Send a note on what the money is for, with your IRS tax-exempt letter. Past Tennessee grants went to Nashville groups like Friends of Shelby Park and the YMCA.
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Bishop Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Signal Mountain family foundation that gives to 501(c)(3) charities. Email the foundation to get an application form; there is no deadline. Recent grants went mostly to Chattanooga groups.
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Rucker-Donnell Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Murfreesboro family foundation that gives to charities. Send a written request that explains what you need and how the money will be used; there is no form or deadline. Many past grants went to Rutherford County groups.
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Foundation
Brayton Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
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- Amount not specified
A bank-managed foundation in Dyersburg that makes small gifts to charities. Applicants must show financial need and say how the gift will be used. Past gifts went mostly to Dyersburg groups.
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Foundation
Big Guy Foundation Inc · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A small New York family foundation that gives to charities. Contact the foundation for information; there is no deadline. Recent grants went mostly to New York and Nashville-area groups.
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James E. Campbell Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Jackson, Tennessee family foundation that gives grants to charities. Send the history of your group, what you need and how you will use the money. There is no deadline; most grants go to Jackson groups.
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Charles and Debby Campbell Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
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- Amount not specified
A Jackson, Tennessee family foundation that gives grants to charities. Send the history of your group, what you need and how you will use the money. There is no deadline; most grants go to Jackson groups.
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Foundation
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $300K
DRK backs early-stage groups tackling urgent social or environmental problems. Picks get up to $300,000 over three years, plus hands-on support. Groups should be two to five years old and past a pilot.
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Corporate
Main Street America · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 4 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Lake County
- Only 4 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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Foundation or nonprofit
Lilly Endowment Inc. · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 19, 2027 · 100 days left
- Award
- Up to $5M
Concept papers for programs helping Christian congregations collaborate with local charities to serve community needs. Planning grants up to $50,000 in March 2027; invited implementation grants up to $5 million.
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Nonprofit
Peace Development Fund · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $1,500
Quick grants of up to $1,500 for sudden organizing chances in poor urban and rural communities. Groups without 501(c)(3) status may apply. Proposals are taken all year.
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Foundation or nonprofit
The Episcopal Church - United Thank Offering · Open
- Deadline
- Due Feb 5, 2027 · 117 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Grants for Episcopal churches and dioceses to meet the unique needs of their local communities. U.S. applicants first send materials to their bishop by December 4, 2026. Final applications are due February 5, 2027.
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Foundation
Charles P. Wilson Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Paris, Tennessee family foundation with no stated limits on where it gives. Most past grants went to groups in Jackson, Humboldt, Paris and Milan, Tennessee. It has no form or deadline yet, so contact the foundation first.
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Nonprofit
The Pollination Project · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $500
One-time seed grants of up to $500 for people starting projects that make their community kinder. Individuals and informal groups anywhere may apply. Group budgets must be under $50,000 and projects under $10,000.
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Federal
Rural Utilities Service · Department of Agriculture · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 31, 2026 · 81 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Lake County
- No match
- 18 past Tennessee awards
Rural Utilities Service expects to make 40 awards. Open to nonprofit with 501(c)(3).
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Federal
AmeriCorps · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 13, 2027 · 94 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Lake County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 61 past Tennessee awards
A grant from AmeriCorps. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Foundation
Unaka Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Greeneville, Tennessee company foundation open to tax-exempt groups. Ask for its application details; there is no deadline. Most gifts are small and many match employee donations to Greene County charities.
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Foundation
Hees Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Aug 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
A small family foundation that now favors small, local and start-up charities. Send a letter request before its fiscal year ends August 31. Recent grants went to small charities in several Tennessee counties.
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