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Foundation
Hacker and Kitty Caldwell Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Chattanooga family foundation that takes a typed letter of up to two pages at any time. It lists no area limits. Most past grants were small general gifts to Chattanooga arts groups and schools.
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Nonprofit
Newberry Library · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 4, 2026 · 54 days left
- Award
- $3,000 – $6,000
Pays $3,000 a month for one to two months of research in the Newberry Library's collections in Chicago. Scholars with a PhD at any career stage may apply; they need not be faculty. Fellows find their own housing.
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Nonprofit
CMA Foundation (Country Music Association) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 12, 2026 · 32 days left
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Public school music teachers can apply to be named a Music Teacher of Excellence. Each year 30 teachers win $5,000, split between their classroom and themselves. Phase One is due November 12, 2026.
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Corporate
Grand Ole Opry (Opry Trust Fund) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
People who work or worked full time in country music can ask for help in an emergency. It covers extraordinary need, not just lost work. Contact the fund by email to request help.
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Nonprofit
National Geographic Society (with Lindblad Expeditions) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 22, 2026 · 11 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- Only 11 days left to apply
Full-time pre-K to 12 teachers can apply for a paid field trip aboard a National Geographic-Lindblad ship. Fellows bring what they learn back to students. Applications close October 22, 2026.
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Tennessee state
USDA Rural Development – Tennessee State Office · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- 68 past Tennessee awards
Long-term, low-interest loans, sometimes paired with grants, for drinking water, sewer, solid waste and storm drainage systems serving rural areas and towns of 10,000 or fewer that cannot get reasonable commercial credit.
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Association
USTA Southern · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Funds to start a new community tennis association. This is a local, volunteer-run nonprofit that grows tennis. Send the completed form to the USTA state office.
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Association
USTA Tennessee · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
USTA Tennessee helps pay for building or fixing tennis courts. It works with the national Tennis Venue Services program. Talk to the state grant specialist before you start.
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Federal
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA · Department of Health and Human Services · Open
- Deadline
- Accepts applications through Sep 30, 2030. Rounds may close sooner: check the notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 73 past Tennessee awards
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA expects to make 100 awards.
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Corporate
Daimler Truck North America · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Shelby County
Daimler Truck North America gives donations to nonprofits in places where its workers live and work. It focuses on education, environment, health and safety, and disaster relief. Nonprofits request support through an online form.
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Foundation
Cheryl L. Vaughn Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Small family foundation in Dayton, Tennessee, with no stated limits on place or field. Most past grants went to groups in Rhea County and East Tennessee. Mail a summary of two pages or less any time.
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Federal
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration · Department of Transportation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Sep 1, 2027 · 325 days left
- Award
- $300K – $20M
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 7 past Tennessee awards
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration expects to make 10 awards of $300,000 to $20 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA · Department of Health and Human Services · Open
- Deadline
- Accepts applications through Sep 30, 2030. Rounds may close sooner: check the notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 73 past Tennessee awards
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA expects to make 100 awards.
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Foundation
Journey For Good Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Due Jan 15, 2027 · 96 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
Grants for U.S. and Canadian charities that fight poverty. It funds hunger and nutrition, job training, education, and help for veterans and their families. Apply online by January 15, May 15 or September 15.
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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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Federal
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- The funder's estimated date (Jul 15, 2025) has passed. Check the official notice Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $3.5M
Should we apply? · Get ready
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health expects to make 1 award of up to $3.5 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Association
Southern Tennis Foundation (USTA Southern) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
Grants for tennis programs that serve players with intellectual, emotional or physical challenges. This includes players with hearing or vision loss. Programs must be in the national adaptive tennis database.
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Association
Southern Tennis Foundation (USTA Southern) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
Grants to grow wheelchair tennis, such as coaching, equipment and travel to events. Applicants must be a registered tennis group or USTA member organization.
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Nonprofit
Folger Shakespeare Library (Folger Institute) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Oct 15, 2026 · due Jan 15, 2027
- Award
- $4,000 – $15K
Should we apply? · Get ready
Pays scholars $5,000 a month in residence or $4,000 a month virtually for one to three months of research using Folger collections. Open to people with a terminal degree or PhD candidates who are all-but-dissertation.
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Federal
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- The funder's estimated date (Jul 15, 2025) has passed. Check the official notice Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $1.5M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 6 past Tennessee awards
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health expects to make 1 award of up to $1.5 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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