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Nonprofit
IBMA Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $500
Pays up to $500 for a bluegrass music program or assembly for students at a school. Schools or groups that set up the school show can apply. Funds come from a youth education fund.
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Foundation
A. O. Smith Foundation (A. O. Smith / Lochinvar) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Cheatham County, Wilson County
The A. O. Smith Foundation gives grants to nonprofits in towns where the company has a plant, including Ashland City and Lebanon. It funds education, arts and culture, and health and human services. Requests are accepted all year by mail or email.
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Corporate
Smurfit Westrock Foundation (Smurfit Westrock) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Davidson County, Gibson County, Hamilton County, Knox County and 5 more counties
This packaging company's foundation funds lasting projects that help people in need near its plants. Focus areas are health and nutrition, education and basic care. Apply through the foundation's online portal.
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Nonprofit
Keep Tennessee Beautiful (with TDOT and the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Grants of up to $5,000 for Tennessee city police departments to fight litter. Money can pay for litter patrol overtime, cleanup gear, trail cameras and signs. Officers must take a free litter-law training.
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Federal
National Aeronautics and Space Administration · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $700K
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 57 past Tennessee awards
National Aeronautics and Space Administration expects to make 52 awards of up to $700,000.
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Nonprofit
Paws 4 Blue K-9 · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Paws 4 Blue K-9 helps pay emergency vet costs for working police dogs. Active dogs must serve with a U.S. police agency whose K9 program runs on donations. Grants depend on funds on hand.
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Foundation
Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation (Wells Fargo, trustee) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $50K
- Local program: Shelby County
This foundation pays for specific arts, music, culture and education projects. It mostly funds groups in Memphis, Miami and New York City. It does not pay for general operating costs, buildings or endowments.
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Nonprofit
Music Export Memphis · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $1,000
- Local program: Shelby County
- No match
Helps Memphis musicians with a tour planned pay for ads and promotion in the cities they will play. Grants go up to $1,000. Artists must live within 25 miles of Memphis, record there, and play original music.
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Nonprofit
Music Export Memphis · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $3,000
- Local program: Shelby County
- No match
Helps Memphis musicians releasing an album or EP pay a publicist or PR firm. Grants go up to $3,000 and are paid straight to the publicist. Artists must also plan to tour to support the release.
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Nonprofit
Community LIFT · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $2,500
- Local program: Shelby County
Small grants up to $2,500 for community projects in under-resourced Memphis neighborhoods. Residents, business or property owners, and neighborhood associations can apply. Projects should build community ties or improve the neighborhood.
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Federal
Idaho Field Office · Department of Energy · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 46 past Tennessee awards
A grant from Idaho Field Office. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
Headquarters · Department of Energy · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
A grant from Headquarters.
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Federal
Rural Business-Cooperative Service · Department of Agriculture · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $1,500 – $500K
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 27 past Tennessee awards
Rural Business-Cooperative Service expects to make 1,000 awards of $1,500 to $500,000. Open to small business or tribal organization.
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Federal
Department of Commerce · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $1.5M
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 6 past Tennessee awards
Department of Commerce expects to make 15 awards of up to $1.5 million.
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Federal
Department of Commerce · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $300K
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 21 past Tennessee awards
Department of Commerce gives grants of up to $300,000. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Nonprofit
Slingshot Memphis · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens February 2027 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Shelby County
Slingshot studies how well Memphis anti-poverty groups help people, at no cost. Groups that finish the study can get yearly funding from its Accelerate Impact Fund. New groups are added twice a year.
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Corporate
Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $10K
Should we apply? · Get ready
Dollar General Literacy Foundation Adult Literacy grants (up to $10,000). Applicants must be located in a state where Dollar General operates and have an address within 15 miles of a Dollar General store. The next application cycle is expected to open in...
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Corporate
Santander US (with Babson College and ICIC) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Spring 2027 cohort will open soon (no exact date yet)
- Award
- $2,500 – $20K
Should we apply? · Get ready
This free 12-week online class helps small food businesses build a business plan. Everyone who finishes gets a $2,500 grant. Top graduates can win up to $20,000.
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Corporate
Breva · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Every quarter (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
Each quarter one US trade contractor or small general contractor wins $5,000 cash. Judges pick on merit, not by lottery. The winner must join a free Breva plan and do a podcast.
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Foundation or nonprofit
The Skatepark Project · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens January (LOIs taken January-March) (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Up to $25K
Should we apply? · Get ready
Grants of up to $25,000 for free, public, concrete skateparks in underserved communities. Requires community involvement, a preliminary design, and at least 30% of funds raised locally.
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