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Community foundation
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jul 24, 2027 · due Aug 14, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Hamilton County
One grant round a year for nonprofits serving Hamilton County. Focus areas are affordable housing, health, and job training. Talk to staff first, then they invite you to apply.
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Local
City of Murfreesboro Community Development Department · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens winter 2026-27 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Rutherford County
- 200 past Tennessee awards
The city's yearly federal HOME allocation is passed to nonprofit organizations and public agencies that build, buy or rehabilitate affordable housing or provide rental assistance to low-income households in Murfreesboro. Applications open each winter for a...
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Foundation
Carolyn Smith Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Feb 1, 2027 · due Mar 1, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Davidson County, Sumner County
One-year operating grants for nonprofits that mainly serve Middle Tennessee, especially Davidson and Sumner counties. Top 2026 priorities were housing, hunger, job and income paths, and dementia. Groups must be 501(c)(3) and at least two years old.
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Foundation
The 1772 Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Sep 18, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $10K – $75K
Should we apply? · Get ready
Grants for nonprofits that run or want to start a revolving fund that buys, fixes and resells many historic buildings. Program grants are usually $50,000 to $75,000. Feasibility study grants are usually $10,000 to $20,000.
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Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jul 17 – Aug 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $1M – $7.8M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 18 past Tennessee awards
Department of Housing and Urban Development expects to make 30 awards of $1 million to $7.8 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Local
Knox County Grants and Community Development · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jan 28 – Feb 28, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Knox County
Knox County gives federal CDBG money to nonprofits that help people facing homelessness. Projects can cover job training, homeless services, or help for people leaving jail. Work must serve low-income residents outside Knoxville city and Farragut.
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Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Nov 5, 2026 · due about Feb 3, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $250K – $35M
Should we apply? · Get ready
Department of Housing and Urban Development expects to make 60 awards of $250,000 to $35 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
Department of Housing and Urban Development · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 11, 2027 · due about Mar 11, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $400K – $3M
Should we apply? · Get ready
Department of Housing and Urban Development expects to make 6 awards of $400,000 to $3 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Foundation
McCauley Lindsay Charities of Tennessee · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This Nashville foundation gives grants only to 501(c)(3) charities. No deadline is listed. Contact the foundation at the address on its GrantMe funder page (from its IRS tax return).
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Corporate
The TJX Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 20 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
The TJX Foundation funds basic needs, out-of-school help for at-risk youth, youth job training and safety from relationship abuse. Nonprofits must serve people within 15 miles of a TJX store or office. Send a short letter of inquiry first.
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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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Local
City of Johnson City Office of Community Development · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Carter County, Sullivan County, Washington County
- 205 past Tennessee awards
Johnson City seeks agencies to carry out CDBG-funded work that benefits low- and moderate-income residents, such as homeless services, affordable housing, homeowner rehab and neighborhood revitalization. Applications are scored competitively and funds are...
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Nonprofit
Community LIFT · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Shelby County
Grants for Memphis community development corporations (CDCs) to cover early project costs. Uses include site studies, design plans, and community outreach. Applications are taken any time.
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Local
City of Clarksville Neighborhood & Community Services · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Montgomery County
Clarksville uses federal CDBG money to pay for building and facility projects that serve low- and moderate-income residents. Nonprofits, public housing agencies and other public bodies may send proposals at any time of year.
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Corporate
The Hershey Company · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Shelby County
Hershey funds nonprofits in communities where it has plants, including its Memphis plant. Focus areas are basic needs, education and workforce, and community culture such as arts and recreation. Start with the online eligibility quiz linked on the page.
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Foundation
Athens Federal Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens August 2027 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Amount not specified
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- Local program: Bradley County, McMinn County, Meigs County, Monroe County and 1 more counties
A bank-created foundation that makes one-time grants each year to 501(c)(3) nonprofits and charitable agencies in Bradley, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe and Polk counties. Stated priorities are community development through affordable housing, job training and...
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Health foundation
Trinity Health Foundation of East Tennessee · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Feb 1, 2027
- Award
- Up to $15K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Anderson County, Blount County, Grainger County, Jefferson County and 5 more counties
- No match
Health grants for nonprofits serving Knox County and the eight counties next to it. Phase I planning grants pay up to $5,000 for small groups and $15,000 for large groups. Phase I winners may then apply for Phase II grants of up to $50,000 or $150,000.
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Foundation
Mary Kay Ash Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due about Apr 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $20K
Should we apply? · Get ready
$20,000 grants to emergency domestic violence shelters that house women and children fleeing abuse. At least one grant goes to each state. Shelters must be a 501(c)(3), open more than 5 years, and run a physical shelter.
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Local
City of Clarksville Neighborhood & Community Services · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Feb 9, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Montgomery County
- 205 past Tennessee awards
Clarksville passes part of its federal CDBG and ESG money to nonprofits that serve low- and moderate-income city residents. The 2026 proposal deadline was February 9, 2026. The next deadline has not been posted.
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Foundation or nonprofit
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America - ELCA World Hunger · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Apr 15 – Jul 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $10K
Should we apply? · Get ready
Three-year grants of up to $10,000 a year for local work on hunger and poverty. Applicants must be 501(c)(3) nonprofits tied to an ELCA congregation. Letters of inquiry usually open each spring.
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