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Corporate
The TJX Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Only near the company's Tennessee locations — 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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Federal
Centers for Disease Control - OD · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Due about Dec 1, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $500K – $1.2M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
The purpose of the program is to provide funding for the administrative expenses of the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NFCDC). This grant will aid in the NFCDC's overall ability to carry out its mission to help CDC...
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Private
National Police Dog Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
This foundation helps police agencies buy and train police dogs. It also helps pay emergency vet bills for working K9s. Agencies register online and then fill out a grant application.
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Foundation
William Stamps Farish Fund · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
A Houston foundation that funds social services, health and education. It prefers the Houston area and gives a limited number of grants out of state. Recent out-of-state grants include several Nashville charities.
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Private
BISSELL Pet Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Helps private and city shelters pay for medical care that keeps a pet from being adopted. Reach out before the surgery is done. Contact the foundation by email to ask.
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Foundation
Terra Foundation for American Art · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Aug 3, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $25K – $100K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Grants help museums and community cultural groups plan or carry out new ways to show their American art collections. Planning grants are about $25,000 to $75,000. Building grants go up to $100,000.
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Local
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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Local
Bartlett Education Foundation (Bartlett City Schools) · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about May 22, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Shelby County
Annual classroom grants for employees of Bartlett City Schools, with funds paid out after the new school year starts. Winners report how the money was used, signed off by their principal.
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Private
Chef Ann Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Gives K-12 schools a free salad bar kit, plus staff training and marketing materials. Schools must take part in the National School Lunch Program. Apply any time; awards go out once a year in May or June.
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Private
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Apr 10, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $30K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Schools and districts facing money problems can get help paying a Japanese teacher's salary, up to $30,000 per school per year. The school shares the cost. The next application comes out in early 2027.
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Foundation
The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Aug 15, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $500 – $3,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Groups that run a lending bookmobile for at-risk children can get $500 to $3,000 to buy children's books. Public libraries and schools with bookmobiles can apply. The yearly form usually comes out around February 15.
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Foundation
Lillian L. Colby Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Feb 1, 2027 · 116 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Hamilton County
Grants for nonprofits in the greater Chattanooga area that help children, adults and families move out of poverty. It funds education, preventive health, hunger and homelessness work. Apply online by February 1 or August 1.
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Federal
National Institute of Food and Agriculture · Department of Agriculture · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 7 days left
- Award
- $150K – $750K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- ! Only 7 days left to apply
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 9
The purpose of HEC, under assistance listing 10.217, is to strengthen institutional capacities, including curriculum, faculty, scientific instrumentation, and student recruitment and retention. The HEC program is focused on developing and improving formal...
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Federal
National Institute of Food and Agriculture · Department of Agriculture · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 7 days left
- Award
- $78K – $705K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- ! Only 7 days left to apply
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 1
The purpose of the NNF program, Assistance Listing 10.210, is to provide funding to support new graduate (master’s, DVM, or doctoral) student training and completion of degree programs to develop human capital to participate in meeting the mission of the...
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Feb 16, 2027 · 131 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 177
This funding partnership between the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) supports projects to develop and advance knowledge concerning dynamic language infrastructure in the context of endangered human...
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 6, 2076 · 18261 days left
- Award
- $200K – $700K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 129
Recognizing the importance of international collaborations in promoting scientific discoveries, the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation, DFG) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)...
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 7, 2076 · 18262 days left
- Award
- From $202K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 46
The Division of Atmospheric and Geospace Sciences (AGS), awards Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (PRF) to highly qualified early career investigators to carry out an independent research program. The research plan of each Fellowship must address...
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 7 days left
- Award
- From $110K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- ! Only 7 days left to apply
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 68
NSF Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowships provide an opportunity for highly qualified, recent doctoral scientists to carry out an integrated program of independent research and education. Fellows may engage in observational, instrumental,...
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 1, 2026 · 54 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 63
The Archaeology Program administers an annual Archaeometry competition with a target date of December 1. The goal is to fund projects in two main categories:
• To develop or refine anthropologically relevant archaeometric techniques. Examples include the...
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 1, 2026 · 54 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 63
The Archaeology Program supports anthropologically relevant archaeological research to increase understanding of past behaviors. This means that the value of the proposed research can be justified within an anthropological context. It is the responsibility...
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