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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
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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Association
Knox County Retired Teachers Association · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Sep 25, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $500
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Knox County
The Knox County Retired Teachers Association gives four grants of up to $500 to Knox County Schools educators. Full-time classroom teachers, librarians, special area teachers and administrators can apply. Winners present their project at a member lunch the...
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Foundation or nonprofit
Southern Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (Southern SARE) · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Nov 14, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $100K
Should we apply? · Get ready
Grants to train Extension agents, NRCS staff and other farm advisers in sustainable farming. One- or two-year projects can get up to $100,000. Mentor farmers can be partners.
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Local
Shelby County Government (Office of Education and Youth Services) · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Mar 17 – Mar 20, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $10K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Shelby County
Shelby County gives $10,000 grants to summer camp groups so at least ten local children can attend free. Camps need two years of experience and 501(c)(3) status. The 2026 round closed March 20.
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Corporate
Ingram Charities · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Davidson County
Ingram Charities, the giving arm of the Ingram family and businesses, funds nonprofits and programs that make Nashville and Middle Tennessee better places to live and work, mainly in the arts, education, and health and human services. Most K-12 schools,...
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Foundation
Grace Foundation of Memphis · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Memphis family foundation that lists a contact person for grant requests on its tax return. It posts no deadlines or limits. Past grants went mostly to Memphis-area health, school and service groups.
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Foundation
Ezell Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Nashville family foundation that lists a contact for grant requests on its tax return. It states no deadlines and no limits. Past grants went mostly to Nashville-area charities and colleges.
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Foundation
Purity Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Nashville family foundation that lists a contact for grant requests on its tax return. It states no deadlines and no limits. Past grants went mostly to Nashville-area charities.
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Foundation
Wolftever Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This family foundation on Signal Mountain gives grants to charities. Its tax return lists a contact and no deadlines or limits. Past grants went to Signal Mountain groups, like a school fund and an emergency services group.
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Foundation
Dudley and Walter Morgan Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This family foundation in Nashville gives grants to charities. Its tax return lists a contact and no deadlines or limits. Past grants went to Nashville groups, like a creek conservation group and a school.
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Foundation
Allenberg Rosen Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This family foundation in Memphis gives grants to charities. Its tax return lists a contact but no deadlines or limits. Past grants went to Memphis groups, like a health center and a learning center.
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Foundation
Cartledge Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This family foundation in Roanoke, Virginia gives grants to charities. Send a short memo of need and your financial statement; there is no deadline. Past Tennessee grants went to animal shelters in Kingsport, Blountville and Johnson City.
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Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
The Kellogg Foundation takes letters of inquiry any time for work that helps children, families and communities thrive. Areas include early learning, family health, good food and job pathways. It funds across the U.S., not just in its focus states.
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Foundation
Citizens Bank Tri-Cities Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A bank-linked foundation in Elizabethton that gives to charities and schools. Send your group's name and how the gift helps the community; there is no deadline. Past grants went mostly to Carter County and Tri-Cities 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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Corporate
Target · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- $25 – $500
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
Local Target stores give gift card donations to 501(c)(3) nonprofits and accredited schools. Fill out the request form, print it and bring it to your store, February through December. Gifts average $25 to $50, up to $500 per year.
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Education foundation
MIT Solve · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 2, 2026 · 22 days left
- Award
- From $10K
Solve wants tech-enabled work for and with Indigenous communities in the US and Canada. Every team picked gets a $10,000 grant, and some win larger prizes. Nonprofits, companies and individuals may apply.
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Corporate
Main Street America · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 4 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- Only 4 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
Henry Luce Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
All Luce programs accept unsolicited Concept Notes through an online portal, reviewed within eight weeks. Selected applicants develop full proposals for board meetings in March, June and November.
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Foundation
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Funds 501(c)(3) public charities that support constitutional government, free markets, civil society and informed citizens. Start with a short letter of inquiry at any time. Invited full applications have four yearly deadlines.
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