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Foundation
Allenberg Rosen Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This family foundation in Memphis gives grants to charities. Its tax return lists a contact but no deadlines or limits. Past grants went to Memphis groups, like a health center and a learning center.
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Nonprofit
AIDS United · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 30, 2026 · 19 days left
- Award
- Up to $15K
AIDS United gives up to $15,000 to local groups for a nine-month HIV advocacy and organizing program. Work happens at the state, local or Tribal level. About eight grants run December 2026 to August 2027.
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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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Foundation
Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $25K
The Macy Foundation gives small grants for projects that improve how doctors, nurses and other health workers are trained. Grants are up to $25,000 for one year or less. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.
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Nonprofit
State Justice Institute · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 1, 2026 · 21 days left
- Award
- Up to $300K
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
The State Justice Institute funds projects that improve how state and local courts work. Courts and national court support groups can apply. Every grant needs a cash match at least equal to the award.
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Foundation
The Chrysalis Foundation (Chattanooga) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Chattanooga family foundation that gives grants to charities. Send a written summary of your project, two pages or less. There is no deadline; recent grants went mostly to Chattanooga groups.
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Foundation
Sparkplug Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 1, 2026 · 21 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $20K
One-year grants for new groups and new projects in education, community organizing and music. It favors small, community-led work that has trouble getting other funding. Budgets must be under $1 million.
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Corporate
Tractor Supply Company · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
Tractor Supply takes requests for money or product donations for local events. You pick the Tractor Supply store closest to your event on the online form. You must upload your group's tax-exempt letter.
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Local
Murfreesboro Community Investment Trust (Committee on Contributions) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 20 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Rutherford County
Annual City of Murfreesboro trust grants for charities whose programs benefit city residents, for activities between July 2027 and June 2028. Applicants must be 501(c)(3)s in operation at least three years; faith-based groups may apply on equal terms.
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Association
National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) with Nike · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 23, 2026 · 12 days left
- Award
- Up to $5,000
- In Tennessee
- No match
- Only 12 days left to apply
Five park agencies get $5,000 to host a girls' sports event in February 2027. Events must reach at least 25 girls. Applications are due October 23, 2026.
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Nonprofit
Fund for Investigative Journalism · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 29, 2027 · 110 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $10K
Pays reporting costs for freelance and staff journalists doing investigative stories. Regular grants go up to $10,000; seed grants of $1,000 to $2,500 help with early reporting. Full proposals need a letter from a news outlet that plans to run the story.
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Nonprofit
National Geographic Society · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 1, 2026 · 51 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
National Geographic now funds people through specific requests for proposals. This one, backed by Lilly Endowment, seeks storytelling projects about the human experience. Applicants must be 18 or older and lead the project themselves.
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Local
Arts & Culture Alliance of Greater Knoxville · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $2,000
- Local program: Knox County
- No match
Quick, confidential emergency grants for Greater Knoxville artists and arts workers facing urgent costs such as rent, utilities or medical bills. Applicants must have worked in the local arts community for at least two of the last five years and may apply...
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Health foundation
Erlanger Health · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Hamilton County
Erlanger funds nonprofits whose work improves health and wellness in the areas it serves. A committee reviews requests every month. Apply at least 60 days before your event.
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Tennessee state
Tennessee Arts Commission · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- $1,000 – $5,000
- Local program: Crockett County, Dyer County, Giles County, Henderson County and 6 more counties
- No match
Small capacity-building arts grants for ten counties the Commission has identified as underserved by its funding. Governments, public schools, and nonprofits in those counties apply at least 30 days before the project starts.
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Nonprofit
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 20, 2026 · 9 days left
- Award
- $50K – $300K
- In Tennessee
- No match
- Only 9 days left to apply
Nonprofit libraries, archives and museums can apply to digitize rare items. Projects should share stories of groups often left out of history. Grants range from $50,000 to $300,000.
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Nonprofit
Best Friends Animal Society (Binky Foundation) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- $1,000 – $10K
Grants of $1,000 to $10,000 for young animal welfare groups. Your group must be under five years old and a Best Friends Network Partner. A leader must have finished a Best Friends Learning Advancement course.
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Nonprofit
Wild Ones Natural Landscapers · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 18, 2026 · 38 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Native plants for schools, nature centers, youth groups, libraries, and community groups to build learning gardens. Most awards are plants shipped to you. A small cash grant up to $500 is possible in some cases.
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Foundation or nonprofit
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) - Self-Development of People (SDOP) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Grants for community groups of low-income people who own and run their own projects. There are no deadlines, and review can take up to six months. Three letters of recommendation are required.
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Nonprofit
Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 33 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
People with a permanent physical disability can apply for help with sports equipment or sport costs. All ages and skill levels can apply. Awards are announced in March.
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