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Foundation
Bishop Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Signal Mountain family foundation that gives to 501(c)(3) charities. Email the foundation to get an application form; there is no deadline. Recent grants went mostly to Chattanooga groups.
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Foundation
Rucker-Donnell Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Murfreesboro family foundation that gives to charities. Send a written request that explains what you need and how the money will be used; there is no form or deadline. Many past grants went to Rutherford County groups.
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Foundation
Brayton Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A bank-managed foundation in Dyersburg that makes small gifts to charities. Applicants must show financial need and say how the gift will be used. Past gifts went mostly to Dyersburg groups.
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Foundation
Big Guy Foundation Inc · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A small New York family foundation that gives to charities. Contact the foundation for information; there is no deadline. Recent grants went mostly to New York and Nashville-area groups.
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Foundation
James E. Campbell Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Jackson, Tennessee family foundation that gives grants to charities. Send the history of your group, what you need and how you will use the money. There is no deadline; most grants go to Jackson groups.
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Foundation
Charles and Debby Campbell Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Jackson, Tennessee family foundation that gives grants to charities. Send the history of your group, what you need and how you will use the money. There is no deadline; most grants go to Jackson groups.
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Foundation
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $300K
DRK backs early-stage groups tackling urgent social or environmental problems. Picks get up to $300,000 over three years, plus hands-on support. Groups should be two to five years old and past a pilot.
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Utility / co-op
Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVECares) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Bledsoe County, Grundy County, Marion County, Sequatchie County
Sequachee Valley Electric's round-up fund makes grants to local organizations such as volunteer fire departments, rescue squads, food banks, libraries, and cancer-support groups. Organizations file the organization/charity application at an SVEC office.
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Corporate
Main Street America · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 5 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- Only 5 days left to apply
Grants that help rural Main Street programs find and promote local science history and assets. Only Main Street America accredited or affiliate programs in towns of 50,000 people or fewer, with budgets under $1 million, can apply.
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Foundation or nonprofit
Lilly Endowment Inc. · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 19, 2027 · 101 days left
- Award
- Up to $5M
Concept papers for programs helping Christian congregations collaborate with local charities to serve community needs. Planning grants up to $50,000 in March 2027; invited implementation grants up to $5 million.
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Nonprofit
Peace Development Fund · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $1,500
Quick grants of up to $1,500 for sudden organizing chances in poor urban and rural communities. Groups without 501(c)(3) status may apply. Proposals are taken all year.
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Foundation or nonprofit
The Episcopal Church - United Thank Offering · Open
- Deadline
- Due Feb 5, 2027 · 118 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Grants for Episcopal churches and dioceses to meet the unique needs of their local communities. U.S. applicants first send materials to their bishop by December 4, 2026. Final applications are due February 5, 2027.
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Foundation
Charles P. Wilson Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Paris, Tennessee family foundation with no stated limits on where it gives. Most past grants went to groups in Jackson, Humboldt, Paris and Milan, Tennessee. It has no form or deadline yet, so contact the foundation first.
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Nonprofit
The Pollination Project · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $500
One-time seed grants of up to $500 for people starting projects that make their community kinder. Individuals and informal groups anywhere may apply. Group budgets must be under $50,000 and projects under $10,000.
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Local
City of Chattanooga · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 11, 2026 · 1 day left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Hamilton County
- Only 1 day left to apply
Small grants for projects led by registered Chattanooga neighborhood associations that improve the neighborhood or build a sense of place. The city pays vendors directly for approved purchases, and projects must wrap up by November 20, 2026.
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Utility / co-op
Southwest Tennessee Electric Membership Corp. (Southwest Members Care) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 31, 2026 · 82 days left
- Award
- Up to $10K
- Local program: Chester County, Crockett County, Fayette County, Hardeman County and 7 more counties
Round-up grants of up to $10,000 a year per organization for community projects in Southwest Tennessee EMC's service area. Individuals can't apply directly, and normal school-budget items aren't funded, though PTOs and open youth groups may qualify.
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Community foundation
South Cumberland Community Fund · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Franklin County, Grundy County, Marion County
Small, non-competitive grants for strengthening an organization's internal systems, such as AmeriCorps host fees, pilot projects, planning, strategic planning, board or website development. Applications are accepted any time and decided case by case; the...
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Federal
AmeriCorps · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 13, 2027 · 95 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 61 past Tennessee awards
A grant from AmeriCorps. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Foundation
Mary G. K. Fox Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Greene County
This foundation gives grants only to charities in Greeneville and Greene County. There is no deadline. Contact the trustee in Knoxville listed on its GrantMe funder page (from its IRS tax return).
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Foundation
The Frist Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Davidson County
Nashville foundation grants that help nonprofits strengthen systems and effectiveness (strategic planning, earned revenue, technology) or invest in buildings, renovation and land. New applicants take an eligibility quiz, then submit a short request...
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