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Private
AKC Reunite · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Matching grants help police and sheriff departments buy a new K-9. A local AKC dog club must sponsor you and help raise money. The department shows the AKC Reunite logo on the K-9 vehicle.
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Corporate
Erie Insurance · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 6, 2026 · 29 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Erie Insurance funds nonprofits, schools and towns in the states where it sells insurance, including Tennessee. Focus areas are safety, community building and the environment. Requests up to $25,000 are taken any time; bigger requests have set deadlines.
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Corporate
Enbridge · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Anderson County, Bedford County, Benton County, Blount County and 49 more counties
Enbridge gives donations to groups within about 10 miles of its gas pipelines and sites. It funds safety, youth and education, social services and the environment. Its list of eligible places includes about 200 Tennessee towns.
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Private
Spike's K9 Fund · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Spike's K9 Fund helps certified police, military and search-and-rescue dogs with vests, gear, medical care and free training courses. Handlers apply online. For a vest, the handler must raise at least 10% of the cost through a fundraiser.
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Private
Throw Away Dogs Project · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
This nonprofit trains rescue dogs as police K9s and donates them to law enforcement departments across the U.S. The chief or sheriff must sign the application. The department must have budget approval to care for the dog before applying.
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Private
Keep Tennessee Beautiful (with TDOT and the Tennessee Association of Chiefs of Police) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Grants of up to $5,000 for Tennessee city police departments to fight litter. Money can pay for litter patrol overtime, cleanup gear, trail cameras and signs. Officers must take a free litter-law training.
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Private
Paws 4 Blue K-9 · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Paws 4 Blue K-9 helps pay emergency vet costs for working police dogs. Active dogs must serve with a U.S. police agency whose K9 program runs on donations. Grants depend on funds on hand.
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Corporate
CN (Canadian National Railway) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due about Mar 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Shelby County
CN gives cash donations to nonprofits near its rail lines, including Memphis and West Tennessee. It funds homelessness prevention, emergency response, firefighter and police training, and rail safety. Apply online in one of two yearly windows.
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Corporate
Norfolk Southern · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Feb 1, 2027 · due Aug 2, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Only near the company's Tennessee locations — check the program page
Safety First grants support groups that provide safety services or teach safe behavior, including first responders. Groups in Norfolk Southern's 22-state network can apply. The 2027 window runs February 1 to August 2, 2027, at 5 p.m. ET.
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Corporate
MSA Safety with DuPont and the National Volunteer Fire Council · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Feb 24 – Jun 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Volunteer fire departments can win four sets of new turnout gear and helmets. Thirteen departments won in 2026. The program usually opens in late winter. Each department needs one NVFC member; MSA gives free one-year memberships to the first 500...
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Private
State Justice Institute · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 1, 2026 · 24 days left
- Award
- Up to $300K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
The State Justice Institute funds projects that improve how state and local courts work. Courts and national court support groups can apply. Every grant needs a cash match at least equal to the award.
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Private
Urgent Action Fund for Feminist Activism · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $8,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Fast grants of up to $8,000 for women and trans activists facing a sudden risk or a short-lived chance to make change. Security grants help keep activists safe. Opportunity grants back advocacy and policy work.
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Corporate
CSX · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $1,000 – $25K
- ! Only near the company's Tennessee locations — check the program page
CSX Pride in Service Grants help groups that support veterans, active military, first responders or their families. Community Service Grants help groups with a strong local impact. Nonprofits, local governments and schools in the CSX service area apply...
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Corporate
Republic Services · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Carter County, Davidson County, Hamilton County, Montgomery County and 5 more counties
Republic Services, a trash and recycling company, supports local nonprofits where it works. It funds neighborhood fix-ups, safety, disaster relief and social services. Start with the online application.
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Corporate
CHS Inc. · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $1,000 – $10K
- ! Only near the company's Tennessee locations — check the program page
CHS matches gifts of $1,000 to $10,000 that farm co-ops make to rural projects, like fire department gear or FFA and 4-H. Only a CHS member co-op or CHS ag retail store can apply, not the local group. Applications are taken online all year.
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Utility / co-op
Mountain Electric Cooperative (Operation Pocket Change) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $10K
- ! Local program: Carter County, Johnson County, Unicoi County
Mountain Electric members' round-up donations fund one-time grants to charitable groups in the co-op's area for specific projects or equipment, such as gear for volunteer fire departments and rescue squads, youth programs, and food or clothing programs....
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Agriculture – Division of Forestry · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $1,000
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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Tennessee state
TN Office of Criminal Justice Programs (Dept. of Finance & Administration) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 6, 2026 · 29 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
OCJP solicitation for federal Coverdell forensic science funds, open Oct 5 to Nov 6, 2026 in TN Grants. The public portal record lists only the dates. Eligibility, award amounts and the federal listing number are in the solicitation package, which requires...
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Agriculture with the Tennessee Forestry Association · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Tennessee Master Loggers and log truck drivers can be paid back for safety gear. Dashcams are 75% reimbursed; lights, hard hats, chaps and other protective gear are 50% reimbursed. Send your receipt to the Tennessee Forestry Association.
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Local
Rhea County Government (Finance Department) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Rhea County
- ✓ No match required
Rhea County invites groups each year to apply for its opioid settlement money. Projects must use approved strategies such as naloxone, treatment, recovery support or prevention. Funds cannot pay administrative or indirect costs.
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