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Foundation
Homer Skelton Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A foundation tied to Olive Branch, Mississippi that gives to charities by written request. There is no deadline and no stated limit. Past grants went mostly to Memphis-area and DeSoto County, Mississippi groups.
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Foundation
Elsie P. and Lucius B. McCowan Private Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This private foundation in Elma, New York gives grants to charities. Requests must be in writing, with no deadline or limits listed. Past Tennessee grants went to Memphis-area groups like St. Jude and Ducks Unlimited.
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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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Foundation
The Tucker Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Mar 31, 2027 · 172 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Bradley County, Hamilton County, Marion County, Polk County and 1 more counties
An Ooltewah-based private foundation that funds 501(c)(3) organizations in the Chattanooga/Hamilton County and Cleveland/Bradley County metro areas (plus two Wyoming counties). Interests are education (mainly scholarships, special capital projects and...
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Corporate
Delek US (Delek Fund for Hope, a component fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Bedford County, Cannon County, Cheatham County, Clay County and 37 more counties
Delek US employee-driven fund that grants to 501(c)(3) public charities where Delek does business, including the Middle Tennessee area. Requests are reviewed by a local Fund for Hope committee, then by the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. The...
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Community foundation
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Sep 8 – Oct 7, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Benton County, Carroll County, Chester County, Crockett County and 17 more counties
General operating grants help Memphis-area nonprofits stay stable. About $500,000 is available for 2027. Typical grants are $20,000 to $25,000.
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Foundation
The Assisi Foundation of Memphis · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 6, 2026 · 27 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Fayette County, Shelby County, Tipton County
Grants to Greater Memphis nonprofits in health and human services, education, social justice and ethics, arts and culture, and community capacity building. Some focus areas can apply only in certain quarters (arts in Q1, education in Q2, digital news in...
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Foundation
Louie M. & Betty M. Phillips Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 30, 2026 · 20 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Davidson County
Grants for health, human services, civic, education and arts groups, with priority for the greater Nashville area. Send a two-page letter proposal by email; there is no form. Deadlines are the last business day of May and October.
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Community foundation
Christian Community Foundation of Memphis (Hope for Memphis Fund) · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Sep 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Shelby County
Grants to Gospel-centered Christian ministries in the Memphis metro area that serve underserved people and work toward citywide change. The fall 2026 round has closed.
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Community foundation
Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jul 24, 2027 · due Aug 14, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Hamilton County
One grant round a year for nonprofits serving Hamilton County. Focus areas are affordable housing, health, and job training. Talk to staff first, then they invite you to apply.
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Corporate
Nike, Inc. (Nike Community Impact Fund, administered by Charities Aid Foundation of America) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Shelby County
- No match
Nike funds sports and physical activity projects for kids in the Memphis area. Projects that keep girls active get special focus. Decisions come about 30 days after you apply.
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Aug 10, 2027 · 304 days left
- Award
- From $8M
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 63 past Tennessee awards
A grant from U.S. National Science Foundation.
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jul 20, 2027 · 283 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 63 past Tennessee awards
A grant from U.S. National Science Foundation.
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Federal
National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Feb 1, 2027 · due about Jun 8, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $1M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 65 past Tennessee awards
National Institutes of Health expects to make 8 awards of up to $1 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Feb 11, 2027 · 124 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 196 past Tennessee awards
U.S. National Science Foundation expects to make 30 awards.
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Accepts applications through Oct 5, 2076. Rounds may close sooner: check the notice
- Award
- From $500K
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 74 past Tennessee awards
U.S. National Science Foundation expects to make 300 awards.
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Federal
National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- The funder's estimated date (Oct 5, 2026) has passed. Check the official notice Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 211 past Tennessee awards
A grant from National Institutes of Health. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
National Institute of Food and Agriculture · Department of Agriculture · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 31, 2026 · 82 days left
- Award
- $10K – $650K
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 84 past Tennessee awards
National Institute of Food and Agriculture expects to make 245 awards of $10,000 to $650,000.
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $10M – $45M
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 386 past Tennessee awards
U.S. National Science Foundation expects to make 10 awards of $10 million to $45 million.
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jul 27, 2027 · 290 days left
- Award
- From $15M
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 63 past Tennessee awards
U.S. National Science Foundation expects to make 4 awards.
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