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Nonprofit
Firefighters Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This foundation gives small grants to fire departments and safety groups. Money can buy firefighting gear, start an AED program, install smoke alarms, or run a youth fire-setting prevention program. Apply with one online form.
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Corporate
TC Energy (Columbia Gulf Transmission) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 16, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $25K
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
TC Energy gives grants to groups within about 20 miles of its pipelines, including the Columbia Gulf line in Tennessee. It funds gear and hazmat training for first responders and other community needs. Most grants are $1,000 to $25,000.
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Nonprofit
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 19 days left
- Award
- Up to $10K
DAR gives up to $10,000 to nonprofits that save historic buildings, records, objects, markers and cemeteries. Each application needs a support letter from a local DAR chapter. Smaller projects are encouraged.
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Nonprofit
Archaeological Institute of America · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Nov 1, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $15K
AIA gives up to $15,000 to protect threatened archaeological sites through conservation, site protection and monitoring. Projects with public education and outreach are favored. It does not pay for digs, surveys, field schools or salaries.
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Corporate
CHS Inc. · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- $1,000 – $10K
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. 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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Foundation
The Mockingbird Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Jan 15, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $100 – $10K
Mockingbird funds music education for children through schools and nonprofits in all 50 states. Send a short inquiry first; selected groups are invited to send a full proposal. Grants range from $100 to $10,000.
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Foundation
Jason Debus Heigl Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
The Heigl Foundation pays the full cost of spay and neuter surgeries, pain meds and needed shots on free clinic days. A 501(c)(3) group partners with a clinic to host the day. Apply at least two months before the first clinic day.
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Nonprofit
Who Will Let The Dogs Out · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
InstaSnip pays a vet or clinic directly for spay and neuter surgeries for dogs at partner shelters in the South. Shelters must set up their own spay/neuter fund with a public donation link. Raising $2,000 locally unlocks another $1,000.
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Foundation
T & T Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Nashville family foundation that decides grants once a year at a meeting usually held in October. Send a written request with your group's name, address, amount and purpose. Most past grants went to Nashville charities.
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Association
Tennessee Center for Health Workforce Development (Tennessee Hospital Association) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $50K
Grants up to $50,000 help clinics and hospitals in rural or underserved Tennessee areas hire and keep doctors, psychiatric nurse practitioners and dentists. Money can pay sign-on bonuses, moving costs, malpractice insurance, temporary doctors or loan...
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Foundation
Blair J. Wilson Charitable Trust · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This Nashville trust gives grants to 501(c)(3) charities. There is no deadline. Contact the trust at the address on its GrantMe funder page (from its IRS tax return).
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Foundation
Clayton Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
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
AHB Foundation (formerly Bailey Family Foundation) · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Nov 30, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Knoxville family foundation that gives only to 501(c)(3) charities and prefers East Tennessee groups. Most past grants went to Knoxville arts, schools, parks and health groups. Send a written request by May 31 or November 30.
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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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Federal
Rural Business-Cooperative Service · Department of Agriculture · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 31, 2027 · 111 days left
- Award
- $600K – $1M
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Rural Business-Cooperative Service expects to make 3 awards of $600,000 to $1 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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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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Foundation
Irvin Lansky Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Memphis-area foundation with no deadline. Ask for its grant form and send it with your IRS letter and latest Form 990. Past grants went to Memphis-area charities.
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Association
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC, American Library Association) with Candlewick Press · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 18, 2026 · 67 days left
- Award
- Up to $3,000
A $3,000 grant for a library outreach project for underserved children from birth to age 14. The project can be new or an expansion of current work. Reports are due in June and September.
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Nonprofit
ProLiteracy Worldwide · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
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
SeedMoney · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 12, 2026 · 31 days left
- Award
- $100 – $1,000
Gives $100 to $1,000 challenge grants to public food gardens, including school gardens. You run a 30-day online fundraiser and earn a bigger grant the more you raise. There are no platform fees.
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