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Tennessee state
TN Department of Health · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $40M
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
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
ProLiteracy Worldwide · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
Adult literacy programs can get free licenses for online learning tools for their students. Apply any time during the year until the money runs out. You must start using the tools within 30 days.
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Nonprofit
The US Chess Trust · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
Libraries and Title I schools can ask for free chess sets for a chess program. Apply with an online form at any time. Schools must give a link to their federal school listing.
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Corporate
Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $50K
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
The Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation funds equipment and training for first responders, plus military, veteran, and other nonprofit groups. The portal opens at 2 p.m. Eastern on October 8, 2026, and takes only 600 applications per quarter. Average...
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Nonprofit
The Recycling Partnership · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
Helps recycling sorting facilities buy equipment to process more material. Public, private and nonprofit facilities across the U.S. can ask. Start by filling out an interest form.
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Corporate
Norfolk Southern · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
This program gives Norfolk Southern materials, not cash, to groups with projects that match the company's focus areas. It is open all year with no deadline. Apply online through the Norfolk Southern grant programs page.
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Corporate
BNSF Railway · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
The BNSF Railway Foundation funds groups near BNSF rail lines, with preference for environment, health and human services, public safety and STEM education. Public charity 501(c)(3)s, first responders and local government divisions can apply online....
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Foundation
Maury Regional Health Care Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Lewis County, Marshall County, Maury County, Wayne County
The hospital foundation funds health and wellness programs and services offered by public agencies and 501(c)(3) groups in Maury Regional Health's southern Middle Tennessee service area; it does not fund sponsorships. Requests over $1,000 go to an...
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Economic & Community Development · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- On our city or town guide
- In Tennessee
Supplies the local match for economically distressed or at-risk communities that are applying for a large federal or state grant they could not otherwise afford to match. Communities apply to TNECD before submitting the main application and receive a...
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Tennessee state
TN Office of Criminal Justice Programs (Dept. of Finance & Administration) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $200K
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
State grants for local governments that run jails housing state inmates to offer proven re-entry, education, and vocational programs that reduce repeat offending.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Disability and Aging · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $10K
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
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
USDA Rural Development – Tennessee State Office · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Groups like yours won it
- On our city or town guide
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 148 past Tennessee awards
Low-interest loans and grants to build, buy or improve essential community facilities in rural towns of 20,000 or fewer, such as clinics, fire stations, child care centers, libraries and food banks. Grants cover a share of the cost that depends on...
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Tennessee state
USDA Rural Development – Tennessee State Office · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Groups like yours won it
- On our city or town guide
- 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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Tennessee state
USDA Rural Development – Tennessee State Office · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $1M
- Open to your kind of group
- Groups like yours won it
- In Tennessee
- 4 past Tennessee awards
Grants to help rural communities of 10,000 or fewer prepare for or recover from an emergency that threatens safe drinking water, such as a sharp drop in water quantity or quality within the last two years.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Environment & Conservation – Division of Remediation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $500K
- Open to your kind of group
- On our city or town guide
- In Tennessee
- No match
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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Tennessee state
TN Department of Economic & Community Development · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- On our city or town guide
- Local program: Bradley County, Davidson County, Dickson County, Hamilton County and 5 more counties
Long-term recovery and mitigation funds from HUD for local governments in the counties hit by the 2020 Nashville/Cookeville tornadoes and the 2021 Waverly flood, among others. Local governments submit a separate application for each proposed activity until...
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Agriculture – Division of Forestry · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $1,000
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
A $1,000 start-up grant helps a community that is beginning its Community Wildfire Protection Plan cover early outreach, education, planning and field-work costs. On-the-ground mitigation work is not eligible under this grant. Contact the Division of...
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Foundation
Smith Family Foundation (Knoxville) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Anderson County, Blount County, Grainger County, Jefferson County and 5 more counties
Grants for nonprofits, churches, schools and government agencies in Knox County and nearby communities. Apply with the online form on the website. It does not fund debt, deficits, travel, lobbying or individuals.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Transportation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $2M
- Open to your kind of group
- On our city or town guide
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
State cost share for local roads that connect to an interstate. TDOT pays 50% of the first $4 million of project cost; the local government pays the other 50% and everything above $4 million. Local STBG funds may count toward the local share. To apply,...
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Tennessee state
Tennessee Department of Human Services · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Groups like yours won it
- In Tennessee
- 152 past Tennessee awards
Federal USDA money, run by TDHS, that pays back the cost of healthy meals and snacks. Child care centers, Head Start, afterschool programs in low-income areas, shelters, and adult day centers can join. You ask TDHS for access, then apply online in TIPS.
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