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Corporate
BNSF Railway · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
The BNSF Railway Foundation funds groups near BNSF rail lines, with preference for environment, health and human services, public safety and STEM education. Public charity 501(c)(3)s, first responders and local government divisions can apply online....
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Utility / co-op
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA EnergyRight) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $200K
- In Unicoi County
- No match
A free year-long energy-efficiency program for public and private K-12 schools in the TVA region; participating schools compete within their cohort for grants to fund energy upgrades. Enrollment is open for the 2027-28 school-year cohort.
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Corporate
Publix Super Markets · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Publix Super Markets Charities helps nonprofits that serve youth, education, hunger, and homelessness in eight Southern states, including Tennessee. Hunger requests are due March 1 to April 30, and housing requests July 1 to August 31. Other program and...
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Association
USTA · Open · Status changed Oct 12
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $8,000
Grants for ongoing community adapted tennis programs serving people with intellectual, physical, sensory, or social-emotional disabilities. Programs must register with USTA before applying.
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Corporate
D'Addario Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Unicoi County
- No match
Nonprofit music programs can ask for donated D'Addario products. Requests are taken January through October, with awards made as they come in. You must pass an eligibility quiz first.
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Nonprofit
Firefighters Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This foundation gives small grants to fire departments and safety groups. Money can buy firefighting gear, start an AED program, install smoke alarms, or run a youth fire-setting prevention program. Apply with one online form.
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Foundation or nonprofit
VFW Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $500 – $1,500
Reimburses VFW Posts, Districts and Auxiliaries, including those in Tennessee, $500 to $1,500 for community service projects their members carry out. Applicants complete the project first and then apply with proof of spending.
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Utility / co-op
Mountain Electric Cooperative (Operation Pocket Change) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $10K
- Available in Unicoi County
Mountain Electric members' round-up donations fund one-time grants to charitable groups in the co-op's area for specific projects or equipment, such as gear for volunteer fire departments and rescue squads, youth programs, and food or clothing programs....
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Local
Appalachian Community Fund · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Available in Unicoi County
Knoxville-based public foundation grants for LGBTQ-led organizing and organizational development in Central Appalachia, with priority for new and emerging efforts and those building leadership and safe spaces for LGBTQ youth. Proposals are accepted...
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Disability and Aging · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $10K
Pays for buying and installing powered, height-adjustable adult changing tables in single-occupancy public restrooms so people with disabilities and their caregivers have somewhere to change. Businesses and local governments with facilities open to the...
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Corporate
PEDIGREE Foundation (Mars Petcare) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
PEDIGREE Foundation gives disaster relief grants to nonprofit animal welfare groups hit by natural disasters. Applications are open all year. Download the application from the shelters grant page.
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Foundation
Bob Woodruff Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
National grants to nonprofits serving veterans, service members and their families in areas such as mental health, housing, employment, legal help, food and basic needs. The full application is always open, with periodic review windows; organizations may...
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Tennessee state
USDA Rural Development – Tennessee State Office · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Unicoi County
- 10 past Tennessee awards
Small USDA grants help poor rural towns plan water, sewer, trash or storm drain projects. They pay for feasibility studies, early design and help writing funding applications. The town must have 2,500 people or fewer.
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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
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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Foundation
Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Available in Unicoi County
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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Foundation
The Ayers Foundation Trust · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Available in Unicoi County
A Parsons-based foundation focused on rural Tennessee education, conservation and social welfare. Its tax return says applications are taken at any time. Gifts go mainly to groups in six named Tennessee counties.
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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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