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Foundation
Haegele-Blount Animal Shelters · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This Knoxville foundation gives grants only to groups that run animal shelters or work for animal welfare. There is no deadline. Past grants went mostly to shelters and rescues in East Tennessee.
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Foundation
O'Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This Birmingham, Alabama family foundation gives to 501(c)(3) groups for charitable, educational or religious work. Requests are taken at any time and reviewed when received. Past Tennessee gifts included St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
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Foundation
The Allen Foundation (Nashville) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This Nashville foundation helps people in struggling communities in the U.S. and abroad. It likes small projects that big charities pass over. There is no deadline; past Tennessee grants went to Nashville groups.
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Federal
Golden Field Office · Department of Energy · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 15, 2027 · 96 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Montgomery County
- No match
- 14 past Tennessee awards
A grant from Golden Field Office. Anyone can apply.
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Foundation
Col. R. McDonald Gray Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This Cincinnati, Ohio family foundation lists no deadline and no limits on who can ask. Most past gifts went to barbershop harmony singing groups. Its Tennessee grants went to barbershop music groups based in Nashville.
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Association
Tennessee Forestry Association (with NFWF, Brown-Forman/Jack Daniel and partners) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $20K
- Available in Montgomery County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Private forest landowners in 29 Tennessee counties can get back half the cost of planting or caring for white oak or shortleaf pine. The most paid per ownership is $20,000. Money goes out first come, first served.
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Foundation
Nathan Cummings Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $250K
This foundation funds nonprofits working on racial, economic, or environmental justice. It has a special interest in work in the U.S. South. You start with a short letter of inquiry online, any time of year.
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Nonprofit
Atlas Network (Atlas Economic Research Foundation) · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Feb 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- 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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Foundation
Wayne G Basler Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Sep 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
This Kingsport foundation gives general operating grants to 501(c)(3) charities. Send a written application that describes your group and proves its charity status. The yearly deadline is September 30.
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Foundation
James Walter Pickle Charitable Foundation (Mariner Trust Company, trustee) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This foundation pays for medical care, services, and equipment that change lives, given through 501(c)(3) groups. Send a letter about how you will use the money, your mission, and your IRS letter. There is no deadline.
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Foundation
Timken Foundation of Canton · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
The Timken Foundation gives grants to 501(c)(3) groups for charitable and educational projects, often buildings and equipment. No form is needed; include proof of your 501(c)(3) status. Most past grants went to Ohio, especially the Canton area.
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Corporate
Ryder System Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
The Ryder company foundation reviews written grant requests from 501(c)(3) groups all year. Send one letter about your project, finances, board, and services. Many past gifts were employee matches and sponsorships, mostly in Florida.
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Nonprofit
RedRover · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Mar 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $60K
Grants up to $60,000 help domestic violence survivors keep their pets while they seek safety. Money can build pet housing, start foster programs, or pay for boarding. Deadlines are March 1, June 1, and September 1.
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Local
South Arts · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 20, 2026 · 40 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $10K
Pilot grants for arts journalism and cultural coverage: travel grants for reporting trips, grants to individual arts journalists, and larger grants to media outlets that hire them. Applicants must live in or be headquartered in a South Arts state such as...
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Nonprofit
RedRover · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Mar 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $60K
Grants up to $60,000 help homeless shelters let people keep their pets on site. Shelters must partner with an animal group. Deadlines are March 1 and June 1.
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Foundation
Clif Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Mar 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $5,000 – $50K
- In Montgomery County
- No match
This foundation gives general operating grants to small and mid-size nonprofits. Typical grants are $5,000 to $50,000 for one year. It reviews applications twice a year.
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Nonprofit
United Spay Alliance · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Mar 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $2,000
- In Montgomery County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
United Spay Alliance gives small cat rescue and TNR groups a $2,000 match for a new fundraiser. Groups get coaching calls while they plan and run the event. Groups with yearly revenue near or under $150,000 can apply.
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Nonprofit
United Way of Greater Nashville (TN SNAP E&T intermediary) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Montgomery County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 72 past Tennessee awards
Job training groups can join Tennessee's SNAP job training program and get back half of eligible costs with federal money. They must already spend their own non-federal funds on the training. Fill out the interest form anytime.
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Tennessee state
Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Montgomery County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 81 past Tennessee awards, incl. your county
Federal transit funds passed through TDOT to buy accessible vehicles and fund mobility management for seniors and people with disabilities in small urban and rural Tennessee. Federal and state funds cover 90% of capital costs.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Agriculture – Division of Forestry · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $20K
- In Montgomery County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 19 past Tennessee awards
Cost share for private forest owners to replant pine stands lost to or harvested after southern pine beetle, and for thinning and other treatments that make pine stands less vulnerable. Work with the local Area Forester on a plan before one of the sign-up periods.
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