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Private
Mid-America Arts Alliance (with the National Endowment for the Arts) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens November 2026 (the funder's words)
- Award
- $10K – $25K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
These matching grants pay for arts programs that help service members, veterans and military families who have been through trauma. Groups need three years of arts work with military communities. The next round opens in November 2026.
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Tennessee state
Tennessee Arts Commission · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Apr 1 – Jul 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ✓ No match required
Small locally administered grants for arts projects that widen access to the arts or address community needs, run with 12 regional designated agencies. Operating Support grantees cannot apply.
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Private
Calvin Institute of Christian Worship (Calvin University) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 7 days left
- Award
- $8,000 – $25K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Only 7 days left to apply
Grants for churches and other worshiping communities to try year-long projects that renew worship and preaching. Awards range from $8,000 to $25,000. Groups in the U.S. or Canada with tax-exempt status may apply.
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Corporate
The Hershey Company · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- 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
The Allen Foundation (Nashville) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
This Nashville foundation helps people in struggling communities in the U.S. and abroad. It likes small projects that big charities pass over. There is no deadline; past Tennessee grants went to Nashville groups.
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Tennessee state
Tennessee Arts Commission · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Oct 9, 2026 · due Jan 8, 2027
- Award
- Up to $200K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ✓ No match required
Helps rural communities build, renovate, or expand arts and cultural facilities owned by nonprofits or local governments. No dollar-for-dollar match is required.
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Local
South Arts · Open
- Deadline
- Due Apr 30, 2027 · 204 days left
- Award
- Up to $3,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Fast-turnaround grants for nonprofits and local governments in rural or small communities (cities of 50,000 or fewer) to present a Southern artist with at least two community engagement activities. Requires a dollar-for-dollar cash match, and you must...
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 36 days left
- Award
- $75K – $1M
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 8
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) projects build a library and archival workforce that can meet the information needs of communities of all types and sizes and increase the institutional capacity of libraries, archives, and library and information...
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Private
Pop Culture Collaborative · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $20K – $200K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
This fund backs pop culture projects like TV, film, games and fan communities that reach over a million people. Anyone can send a short idea through its portal. Staff invite full proposals only for ideas that fit.
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Corporate
Ryman Hospitality Properties Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Davidson County
The foundation of Ryman Hospitality Properties (Gaylord Opryland, the Grand Ole Opry, and the Ryman) takes online grant requests from 501(c)(3) organizations in communities near its properties, including Nashville. It focuses on arts and culture education,...
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 36 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $500K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
The Museum Grants for American Latino History and Culture (ALHC) program supports projects that build the capacity of American Latino history and culture museums to serve their communities and advance the growth and development of a professional workforce...
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 36 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $75K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 18
Inspire Grants for Small Museums (Inspire) is a special initiative of the Museums for America grant program designed to support small museums of all disciplines, including small rural or small remote institutions and small museums that have not previously...
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 36 days left
- Award
- $25K – $1M
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 14
National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG-L) projects enhance the quality of library services nationwide. The program supports projects that: promote adult reading, and health and financial literacies; focus on programming and archival practices...
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Federal
National Endowment for the Arts · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about May 27 – Aug 7, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $820K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 23
The purpose of this Program Solicitation is to select an organization (“Cooperator”) to assist the NEA with the 2027 NEA National Heritage Fellowships Awards program. The agency anticipates that the Cooperator will coordinate a range of events, including...
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 36 days left
- Award
- $50K – $150K
- ✕ Only tribes or Native American / Native Hawaiian organizations can apply
The Native American Library Services Enhancement Grants program (NAE) assists eligible Native Communities in sustaining and improving library services with their communities. As information needs change, Tribal libraries must be able to serve as knowledge...
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 36 days left
- Award
- $6,000 – $10K
- ✕ Only tribes or Native American / Native Hawaiian organizations can apply
The Native American Basic Grants (NAB) program assists eligible Native Communities in establishing, sustaining, and improving library services and operations with their communities. As information needs change, Tribal libraries must be able to serve as...
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 36 days left
- Award
- $50K – $150K
- ✕ Only tribes or Native American / Native Hawaiian organizations can apply
The Native Hawaiian Library Services (NH) program is designed to assist Native Hawaiian serving organizations in sustaining and improving library services with their communities. As information needs change, Native Hawaiian organizations must be able to...
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Private
Newberry Library · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 15, 2027 · 99 days left
- Award
- Up to $3,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Gives artists and writers a $3,000 stipend and research space to use the Newberry Library's collections for a creative project. It is open to visual and performing artists, authors, cartoonists, journalists, playwrights, and filmmakers. Studio space is not...
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Local
ARTSmemphis · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $500 – $5,000
- ! Local program: Shelby County
- ✓ No match required
Unrestricted emergency cash grants for Shelby County professional artists hit by a recent catastrophic emergency (within the past six months) that disrupts their ability to work. Applicants take an eligibility quiz in the ARTSmemphis grant portal;...
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Foundation
The Jim Henson Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Mar 3, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $10K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Grants for new puppet theater made in the U.S. by puppet companies or artists. Workshop grants are $4,000, family show grants $5,000 and production grants $10,000. Artists without nonprofit status apply through a fiscal sponsor.
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