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Corporate
Smurfit Westrock Foundation (Smurfit Westrock) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Davidson County, Gibson County, Hamilton County, Knox County and 5 more counties
This packaging company's foundation funds lasting projects that help people in need near its plants. Focus areas are health and nutrition, education and basic care. Apply through the foundation's online portal.
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Corporate
BNSF Railway · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Only near the company's Tennessee locations — check the program page
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Private
MLB-MLBPA Youth Development Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Grants for youth baseball and softball: field construction and renovation, lighting, programs, equipment, and education initiatives. Priority for underserved youth, girls, and minorities age 20 and under.
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Private
American Legion Child Well-being Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens May 1, 2027 · due Jul 15, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
One-year grants for programs or research benefiting the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual welfare of children. Projects must have potential to help children nationally or across a large geographic area.
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Corporate
Kroger · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 4, 2026 · 57 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Only near the company's Tennessee locations — check the program page
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Foundation
ECMC Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
ECMC Foundation funds projects that help underserved students finish college or career-technical credentials. Nonprofits, colleges, and government agencies can send a letter of inquiry any time. Strong ideas are invited to send a full proposal.
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Foundation
DanPaul Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $15K
Grants from a few hundred dollars up to $15,000 a year for 501(c)(3) programs serving youth health, education and welfare. There are no geographic limits. Contact the foundation through its website to apply.
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Foundation
Tory Burch Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 17, 2026 · 40 days left
- Award
- Up to $2,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
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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Local
The Education Foundation for Clinton City & Anderson County Schools · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Nov 1, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
- Award
- Up to $1,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Anderson County
- ✓ No match required
Grants for Anderson County and Clinton City schools to support students' emotional, mental or physical health and wellness. Grantees are asked to help with the foundation's Clinton 5K.
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Local
Mountain Education Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opening date not announced
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Hamilton County
The Mountain Education Foundation gives yearly grants to each public school on Signal Mountain. Principals and PTAs plan how to use the money, then present it to the foundation board. Funds are paid back as schools spend them during the next school year.
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Local
Greeneville City Schools Education Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $500
- ! Local program: Greene County
Greeneville City Schools teachers can request small grants under $500 for classroom projects. Requests are taken August through May with principal approval. The foundation aims to answer within two weeks.
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Local
McMinn County Education Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Sep 21, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $2,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: McMinn County
- ✓ No match required
Mini-grants for teachers in each McMinn County school system, for individual teachers or teacher groups. Funded by local United Way, family foundation and business sponsors.
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Foundation
Fund for Teachers (local partners: Public Education Forward Chattanooga and Bradley/Cleveland Public Education Foundation) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 21, 2027 · 105 days left
- Award
- Up to $10K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Grants for experienced PreK-12 teachers to design their own summer learning experience, at home or abroad, and bring it back to the classroom. In Hamilton County, Bradley County and Cleveland, the local education foundations help teachers prepare proposals.
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Local
Putnam Education Partnership (PEP) Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opening date not announced
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Putnam County
The PEP Foundation in Cookeville funds band, choir and theatre programs in Putnam County Schools. The goal is to let students from low-income families take part like their classmates. Past grants bought instruments and choir uniforms.
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Corporate
Knoxville TVA Employees Credit Union Foundation for Education · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opening date not announced
- Award
- Up to $1,500
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Blount County, Carter County, Hamblen County, Jefferson County and 6 more counties
Classroom project grants for educators at public high schools in the credit union's East Tennessee service area. Each eligible high school can receive up to $1,500 in total. Apply through the foundation's online portal.
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Foundation
Hazel Montague Hutcheson Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Anderson County, Bledsoe County, Blount County, Bradley County and 29 more counties
Chattanooga foundation that makes grants once a year to charities mainly in East Tennessee. Priorities are education, wellness, arts and culture, and military and veterans. Send a letter and proposal with your IRS letter and latest Form 990.
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Foundation
Clayton Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
A Knoxville family foundation that takes applications all year and usually answers within 90 days. Charities and government agencies can apply. Past grants went mostly to Knoxville museums, schools and arts groups.
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Foundation
Adams Family Foundation I · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
Murfreesboro family foundation that gives first in Tennessee, then in the Southeast. Send an open letter with your request; there is no deadline. Most 2025 grants went to Rutherford County groups such as libraries, clinics and youth programs.
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Foundation
Burgess Family Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
Murfreesboro family foundation that gives first to Tennessee charities, then to others in the Southeast. Send a letter about your nonprofit at any time. Most past grants went to Murfreesboro groups.
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Foundation
Allan Jones Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Bradley County
A Cleveland, Tennessee family foundation started by the founder of Check Into Cash. It has no published guidelines or deadlines; inquiries and proposals are sent in writing by mail. Its listed past giving centers on Cleveland and Bradley County causes such...
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