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Foundation
EQUUS Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jul 15, 2027 · due about Aug 15, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $500 – $5,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
EQUUS gives $500 to $5,000 to horse rescues and other equine charities that earn its Guardian seal. Money pays for vet care, feed, farrier work and supplies. The Guardian review serves as the grant application.
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Nonprofit
National Humanities Center · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jul 1, 2027 · due Oct 1, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
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The National Humanities Center gives scholars a semester or year in residence in North Carolina to research and write. Emerging, mid-career and senior humanities scholars may apply. Faculty at HBCUs have an extra path through a UNCF/Mellon program.
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Nonprofit
United Spay Alliance with the Summerlee Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens once funding details are confirmed (no exact date yet)
- Award
- $4,000 – $8,000
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This program helps groups build lasting community cat (TNR) programs. Staff take a certification course, plan a project and join a learning cohort. Awards are usually $4,000 to $8,000 after certification.
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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
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Overton 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 · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jul 1, 2027 · due Jul 31, 2027
- Award
- Up to $500
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- In Overton County
- No match
Two $500 grants for speculative fiction. One goes to a writer from an underrepresented group; one goes to work showing a diverse world. Writers may apply for both.
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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
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Overton 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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Foundation
George & Barbara Bush Foundation (Barbara Bush Fund for Family Literacy) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens January 2027 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Overton County
- No match
New grants for family literacy programs that teach parents and children together. Programs must include adult education, child education, parent education, and parent-child literacy time. Nonprofits and schools may apply.
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Nonprofit
ProLiteracy Worldwide · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due Jan 4, 2027
- Award
- Up to $6,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Overton County
- No match
Grants up to $6,000 for nonprofits that teach adults to read, write and do math. Money can pay staff, teacher stipends, supplies or rent. There are four rounds each year.
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Association
Association for Library Service to Children / Young Adult Library Services Association (American Library Association) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Due Dec 1, 2026 · 50 days left
- Award
- Up to $1,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Overton County
- No match
A $1,000 award for a librarian with a creative literacy project for youth ages 10 to 19. You do not need to be an ALA member to apply, but the winner must join ALA/YALSA, and the grant can pay that cost.
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Education foundation
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Nov 16, 2026
- Award
- $250 – $2,500
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- In Overton County
- No match
Gives $250 to $2,500 to groups that run bird and nature learning events. Community-led ideas that reach people new to birding get priority. The form is simple and no formal proposal is needed.
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Corporate
Norfolk Southern · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Feb 1, 2027 · due Aug 2, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
Thriving Communities grants fund sustainability, workforce training and community resilience projects near Norfolk Southern rail lines. Public 501(c)(3) nonprofits can apply. The 2027 application window runs February 1 to August 2, 2027, at 5 p.m. ET.
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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
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Available in Overton 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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Corporate
DoorDash (with Global Entrepreneurship Network) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens When the fund is activated (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Overton County
- No match
DoorDash gives $5,000 grants to small local businesses hurt by a declared natural disaster. Each disaster fund opens for about 4 to 6 weeks. DoorDash merchants get priority.
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Federal
Health Resources and Services Administration · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 23, 2027 · due about Mar 23, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $100K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Overton County
- No match
- 72 past Tennessee awards
Health Resources and Services Administration expects to make 10 awards of up to $100,000. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
Centers for Disease Control-GHC · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 14, 2026 · due about Feb 12, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Overton County
- No match
- 5 past Tennessee awards
Centers for Disease Control-GHC expects to make 1 award. Anyone can 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
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Available in Overton 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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Foundation
Two Mauds, Inc. · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Mar 1, 2027 · due about Jul 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $10K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Available in Overton County
Two Mauds gives small groups money for spay and neuter work in and near the Appalachian region. Groups must have a budget of $250,000 or less. Grants are up to $10,000 a year.
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Federal
Veterans Employment and Training Service · Department of Labor · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 29, 2027 · due about Mar 17, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $150K – $500K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Overton County
- No match
- 1 past Tennessee award
Veterans Employment and Training Service expects to make 31 awards of $150,000 to $500,000. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- The funder's estimated date (Aug 1, 2022) has passed. Check the official notice Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $3M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Overton County
- No match
- 3 past Tennessee awards
Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response expects to make 1 award of up to $3 million.
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Tennessee state
TN Highway Safety Office (Dept. of Safety & Homeland Security) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Mar 1, 2027 · due Mar 31, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Overton County
- 318 past Tennessee awards, incl. your county
Federal traffic safety grants for local governments, law enforcement, colleges, and nonprofits in areas such as impaired and distracted driving, occupant protection, pedestrian safety, and emergency medical services. Applications are taken in March each year.
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