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Foundation
Eisen-Wald Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Nashville family foundation that takes written requests at any time and lists no limits. Most past grants were general gifts to Nashville groups, including Jewish community groups and Vanderbilt programs.
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Foundation
Adams Family Foundation II · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Murfreesboro family foundation that gives first to Tennessee groups, then the Southeast. Send a letter at any time. Most past grants went to Murfreesboro charities, youth groups and MTSU programs.
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Foundation
Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Chattanooga family foundation that takes a typed letter of up to two pages at any time. It lists no area limits. Most past grants were small general gifts to Chattanooga arts groups and schools.
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Foundation
William B. Stokely Jr. Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Knoxville family foundation that lists a contact for requests, with no form, deadline or limits. Most past grants went to Knoxville and Cocke County schools, health and relief groups.
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Foundation
Mark E. Smith Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Cleveland, Tennessee, foundation that gives only to 501(c)(3) groups. Contact the trustee to get the online application. Most past grants went to Cleveland-area schools, college and athletic programs.
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Foundation
The Hand Foundation, Inc. (Chattanooga) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Small Chattanooga foundation that sends its application details on request. It lists no deadline or area limits. Most past grants were gifts of $100 to $10,000 to Chattanooga groups.
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Nonprofit
Pets in the Classroom (Pet Care Trust) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- $50 – $125
- In Rutherford County
- No match
Helps Pre-K to 12th grade teachers buy a class pet and supplies. First-time grants are store coupons or rebates; later years bring a $50 sustaining grant. The grant follows the teacher, not the school.
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Nonprofit
The Pollination Project · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $500
- In Rutherford County
- No match
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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Nonprofit
American Geographical Society · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $300
- In Rutherford County
- No match
Gives AP Human Geography teachers $300 to buy geography or mapping activities and resources for students. Teachers anywhere in the U.S. may apply with a short online form.
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Nonprofit
Pulitzer Center · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Rutherford County
- No match
Pays for in-depth enterprise and investigative stories published by local U.S. news outlets. Freelance and staff journalists may apply, as can groups of newsrooms working together.
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Local
Tennessee Farm Bureau (Agriculture in the Classroom) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $500
- In Rutherford County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Small grants for schools, 4-H clubs and FFA chapters that grow production crops or garden vegetables on or next to school grounds as an outdoor classroom. New gardens can get up to $500 with matching funds, ongoing gardens up to $250; projects need an...
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Local
Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $20K
Standing grant program for households in federally or state-declared disaster counties in Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee to repair, rebuild or buy a primary home. Homeowners can receive up to $20,000 and renters up to $10,000 toward buying a home, applied...
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Federal
Economic Development Administration · Department of Commerce · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $100K – $30M
- In Rutherford County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 83 past Tennessee awards
Economic Development Administration expects to make 3,000 awards of $100,000 to $30 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Corporate
Atmos Energy · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Available in Rutherford County
Atmos Energy, the natural gas utility for parts of Tennessee, takes donation and sponsorship requests year-round through an online questionnaire. Its giving focuses on child literacy and education, first responders and community heroes, and neighbors in...
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Health foundation
Ascension Saint Thomas · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Available in Rutherford County
Ascension Saint Thomas funds outside groups working on things that shape health, like food, housing and access to care. Requests should match needs in its community health needs assessment. Apply with the online FY27 form.
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Foundation
Spirit of Blue Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Rutherford County
- No match
Provides officer-safety equipment, and sometimes training, to municipal, county and state law enforcement agencies across the U.S., usually with no match and with the foundation handling procurement. Fire departments are not eligible except sworn arson...
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Local
VFW Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $500 – $2,500
Reimburses VFW Posts $500 to $2,500 for building repairs and equipment that restore or improve the post's ability to serve veterans and the community. A post can receive this grant once every three years.
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Local
Adventure Science Center (Nashville) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Helps qualifying schools visit Adventure Science Center by paying for buses, free admission or add-on programs. Title I schools in Metro Nashville Public Schools and schools from rural counties may apply.
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Local
Tennessee Aquarium · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Schools that are Title I or take part in the National School Lunch Program may have all or part of a combined Aquarium and IMAX field trip covered. Title I schools may also ask for bus reimbursement.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Agriculture – Land and Water Stewardship Section · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
State cost-share incentive payments to Tennessee landowners for installing agricultural best management practices that cut water pollution, delivered mainly through county Soil and Water Conservation Districts, plus funding for water-quality education...
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