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Local
VFW Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $500 – $1,500
Reimburses VFW Posts, Districts and Auxiliaries, including those in Tennessee, $500 to $1,500 for community service projects their members carry out. Applicants complete the project first and then apply with proof of spending.
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Local
VFW Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $500 – $2,500
Reimburses VFW Posts $500 to $2,500 for building repairs and equipment that restore or improve the post's ability to serve veterans and the community. A post can receive this grant once every three years.
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Foundation
The Bob & Susan Card Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Cleveland, Tennessee family foundation. Send a written request no longer than two pages; there is no deadline. Most past grants went to Cleveland and Bradley County groups.
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Foundation
Covenant Legacy Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A West Tennessee family foundation based in Bells. It has no deadlines. A request should give the group's history, what it needs, and how the money will be used.
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Foundation
Bornblum Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Memphis family foundation with no deadlines or stated limits. Ask the foundation for its application. Past grants went to Memphis groups, many in the Jewish community.
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Nonprofit
Youth Service America (YSA) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 25, 2026 · 14 days left
- Award
- Up to $2,000
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Grants of $2,000 help start or grow youth councils. Grantees hold a youth leadership summit near MLK Day 2027. A $1,000 match is required.
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Corporate
Trustmark · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Shelby County
Trustmark bank gives funding to groups in its market areas, including Tennessee. Requests must fit arts, community, economic development, education, or health and social services. Apply online any time; answers usually come in 6-8 weeks.
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Corporate
Cisco / Cisco Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $100K
Cisco takes letters of inquiry all year from nonprofits using technology to solve community problems. First-time grants can be up to $100,000. You take a short eligibility quiz first, then send a letter of inquiry.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Health · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $40M
A $104 million state program, paid from TennCare shared savings, for capital projects that expand rural health care (renovations, expansions, new construction) and for seed grants of up to $500,000 to open or expand rural primary care, especially pediatric...
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Nonprofit
Pulitzer Center · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Pays reporting costs for in-depth stories on issues the news often misses. Staff and freelance journalists anywhere may apply, on any topic. Most awards for international travel run $5,000 to $10,000.
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Nonprofit
Rural Schools Collaborative · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 30, 2026 · 19 days left
- Award
- Up to $2,500
Teachers in rural public school districts can get up to $2,500 for a class project tied to their own town or land. One award goes near each regional hub, including a Tennessee hub in Chattanooga.
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Local
City of Knoxville · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Knox County
City of Knoxville help for owners and businesses improving the street-facing façades of commercial buildings in low- to moderate-income neighborhoods, meant to boost the economic health of those areas. Applicants contact the city's Urban Design &...
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Local
Connect Downtown Johnson City (Main Street program) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $250 – $4,000
- Local program: Carter County, Sullivan County, Washington County
Small annual grants for businesses and property owners in Johnson City's Main Street Program area for improvements (including façades, signage, lighting, outdoor seating, ADA upgrades), business development, and downtown events. Projects must be finished...
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Local
River City Company (with City of Chattanooga funding) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Hamilton County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
A 1:1 matching reimbursement grant for permanent interior and exterior improvements to ground-floor retail storefronts in downtown Chattanooga, prioritizing visible exterior projects for retail, food and beverage and other pedestrian-facing businesses....
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Local
Operation CityScape (Cookeville Main Street program) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $2,500
- Local program: Putnam County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
First-come, first-served reimbursement grants for downtown Cookeville property or business owners in the CityScape footprint who are improving facades, awnings, windows, lighting, paint or entrances. A grant committee must approve projects before work starts.
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Local
City of Johnson City Public Art Committee · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Carter County, Sullivan County, Washington County
Johnson City's Public Art Committee can help fund and approve outdoor murals visible from public streets. Artists, building or business owners, and community groups (501(c)(3) status not required) may request funding after meeting with the mural program...
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Foundation
Nashville Predators Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 8, 2027 · 89 days left
- Award
- $500 – $10K
- Local program: Bedford County, Cannon County, Cheatham County, Clay County and 37 more counties
Annual grants for specific projects, durable goods, or one-time programs that benefit youth and families in Nashville and Middle Tennessee. Charities and government agencies may submit one application per cycle; general operating costs, salaries, capital...
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Foundation
George R. Johnson Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Bradley County, Hamilton County, Loudon County, McMinn County and 6 more counties
Cleveland-based family foundation that gives to charities mainly in ten Southeast Tennessee counties and five North Georgia counties. Send a letter of two pages or less about the project. There is no deadline.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Disability and Aging · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $10K
Pays for buying and installing powered, height-adjustable adult changing tables in single-occupancy public restrooms so people with disabilities and their caregivers have somewhere to change. Businesses and local governments with facilities open to the...
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Environment & Conservation – Division of Remediation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $500K
State grants for counties, cities, development districts and similar public bodies to inventory, plan, assess, clean up and close out brownfield sites, with caps by category up to $500,000. Nonprofits cannot apply directly but can partner with an eligible...
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