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Local
The University of Tennessee Medical Center · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Knox County
UT Medical Center in Knoxville funds nonprofits in the greater Knoxville area whose work fits its mission. Requests are made online and reviewed quarterly; larger requests may need extra justification and recipients of more than $1,000 file annual progress reports.
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Foundation or nonprofit
Keep America Beautiful · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 6, 2026 · 26 days left
- Award
- $10K – $25K
Dollar Tree-funded awards to communities whose elected local leaders run innovative, data-driven litter solutions. Prizes are $10,000, $15,000 or $25,000 by population, and a KAB affiliate is not required.
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Foundation
Levitt Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 20, 2026 · 40 days left
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Nonprofits can get up to $5,000 for a free outdoor festival in 2027. The festival must feature paid professional musicians. It must run at least four hours in a public space.
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Foundation
Sparkplug Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 1, 2026 · 21 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $20K
One-year grants for new groups and new projects in education, community organizing and music. It favors small, community-led work that has trouble getting other funding. Budgets must be under $1 million.
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Corporate
Hormel Foods · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Hormel Foods takes online requests for money from U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status. Requests must fit its giving areas: food security, community support, or impact programs like education and the environment. It prefers funding specific projects over...
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Corporate
The J.M. Smucker Co. · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Shelby County
Smucker takes donation requests from 501(c)(3) nonprofits located near its offices or plants, including its Memphis plant. Requests must fit its purpose and giving pillars. Send your request 60 to 90 days before you need the money.
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Nonprofit
Southern Partners Fund · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Quick grants for rural groups in 12 Southern states, including Tennessee, that help their communities after disasters. The goal is fair rebuilding, not just recovery. Apply through SPF's online portal.
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Nonprofit
Pop Culture Collaborative · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- $20K – $200K
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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Local
Ballad Health · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Carter County, Greene County, Hancock County, Hawkins County and 4 more counties
Ballad Health's committee reviews requests from 501(c)(3) organizations in the Appalachian Highlands for health-related grants and event or project contributions tied to its community benefit priorities. All of an organization's requests go in one...
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Corporate
Tractor Supply Company · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
Tractor Supply takes requests for money or product donations for local events. You pick the Tractor Supply store closest to your event on the online form. You must upload your group's tax-exempt letter.
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Nonprofit
Youth Service America (YSA) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 25, 2026 · 14 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $10K
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Grants help groups run youth-led service projects around MLK Day in January 2027. Each $1,000 must engage at least 100 youth volunteers. You must match the grant with cash or in-kind support.
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Foundation
Tory Burch Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 17, 2026 · 37 days left
- Award
- Up to $2,000
A free yearlong program for women who own a business that already makes money. About 160 Fellows get coaching, workshops, and a $2,000 education grant. Applications for 2027 close November 17, 2026.
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Corporate
GE Appliances (a Haier company) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: McNairy County
GE Appliances takes requests for donated appliances all year through an online portal. Its giving focuses on places where its employees live and work, including its Selmer plant. Cash grants are by invitation only.
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Nonprofit
Fund for Investigative Journalism · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 29, 2027 · 110 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $10K
Pays reporting costs for freelance and staff journalists doing investigative stories. Regular grants go up to $10,000; seed grants of $1,000 to $2,500 help with early reporting. Full proposals need a letter from a news outlet that plans to run the story.
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Nonprofit
Pulitzer Center · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Pays for in-depth enterprise and investigative stories published by local U.S. news outlets. Freelance and staff journalists may apply, as can groups of newsrooms working together.
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Local
ArtsBuild · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $2,000
- Local program: Hamilton County
Small NEA-funded grants for public arts programs, classes, performances and events that reach underserved people in Hamilton County. Nonprofits, neighborhood associations, cultural groups and individual artists can apply.
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Local
South Arts · Open
- Deadline
- Due Apr 30, 2027 · 201 days left
- Award
- $500 – $3,000
- 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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Health foundation
Erlanger Health · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Hamilton County
Erlanger funds nonprofits whose work improves health and wellness in the areas it serves. A committee reviews requests every month. Apply at least 60 days before your event.
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Utility / co-op
Middle Tennessee Natural Gas Utility District · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 10, 2026 · 30 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Cannon County, Cumberland County, DeKalb County, Grundy County and 8 more counties
Groups in Middle Tennessee Natural Gas areas can apply for grants from customer round-up money. Funds support schools, local charities and job growth. A committee reviews requests every other month.
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Health foundation
Ascension Saint Thomas · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Cannon County, Davidson County, DeKalb County, Rutherford County and 2 more counties
Ascension Saint Thomas funds outside groups working on things that shape health, like food, housing and access to care. Requests should match needs in its community health needs assessment. Apply with the online FY27 form.
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