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Nonprofit
Paralyzed Veterans of America Education Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 2, 2026 · 52 days left
- Award
- Up to $75K
Grants for education projects that help people with spinal cord injury or disease, their families, and caregivers. Funds consumer and caregiver education, training for health workers, and conferences. Project grants can reach $75,000 for one year.
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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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Nonprofit
Rural Schools Collaborative · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 30, 2026 · 19 days left
- Award
- Up to $2,500
Teachers in rural public school districts can get up to $2,500 for a class project tied to their own town or land. One award goes near each regional hub, including a Tennessee hub in Chattanooga.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Economic & Community Development · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
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
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service – Tennessee · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 20, 2026 · 40 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Multi-year payments to Tennessee producers who already practice conservation and agree to maintain and expand it across their operation. Apply at a local USDA Service Center by the state cutoff to be considered for FY2027.
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Nonprofit
Sweet Relief Musicians Fund · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Career musicians and music workers with serious health problems can ask for money help. There are separate forms for mental health and natural disasters. Older workers age 65 and up can get basic-needs help.
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Nonprofit
United Way of Maury County · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Maury County
United Way of Maury County takes funding requests by email. Its board reviews them at quarterly meetings in March, June, September and December. Ask first what a request should include.
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Foundation
Reader's Digest Partners for Sight Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- $5,000 – $10K
This foundation funds U.S. nonprofits that help blind and low-vision people live on their own, learn and work. Small grants of $5,000 to $10,000 are considered all year until money runs out. Larger grants start with a call with staff in spring or summer.
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Foundation
Alice M. Ditson Fund (Columbia University) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 4 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- No match
- Only 4 days left to apply
Helps pay to record and share music by younger or lesser-known living American classical composers. There is one deadline each year, October 15. Awards are paid to a U.S. nonprofit or fiscal sponsor.
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Nonprofit
Speculative Literature Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens May 1, 2027 · due May 31, 2027
- Award
- Up to $1,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
A $1,000 grant for speculative fiction writers age 50 or older who are early in their careers. Writers decide how to use the money. It is free to apply.
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Association
USTA Southern (with Southern Tennis Foundation) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
Grants to start or grow a National Junior Tennis & Learning chapter. These youth programs mix tennis with learning. Chapters in the capacity-building program cannot apply.
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Community foundation
Tipton County Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Sep 1, 2027 · due about Sep 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Tipton County
Once a year the Tipton County Foundation gives general operating grants. These pay for running costs like salaries, utilities and buildings. Only invited groups may apply.
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Nonprofit
Center for Craft · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Feb 25 – May 20, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
Four researchers or artists get $5,000 each to study craft history in an archive of their choice. It focuses on craft histories that have been left out, such as Black, Indigenous, Latinx or queer makers.
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Corporate
Halstead (Halstead Bead, Inc.) · Open
- Deadline
- Due May 1, 2027 · 202 days left
- Award
- Up to $7,500
A yearly cash grant for new jewelry makers who mainly work in silver and are starting a business. The winner gets $7,500 plus supplies and feedback. You answer 15 business questions and send photos of your work.
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Corporate
VCA Charities · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Feb 28, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $10K
Animal shelters and rescues can get up to $10,000 to help pets get ready for adoption. Money can pay for enrichment, training, food, supplies and transport. The group must adopt out at least 500 pets a year.
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Foundation
Crews Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Shelby County
A Germantown family foundation that gives to groups in the Memphis area. It funds education, fighting poverty, social services and community projects. The board reviews grant requests four times a year.
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Corporate
Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Beyond Words helps public K-12 school libraries rebuild after a natural disaster, fire or similar event. The school must be within 15 miles of a Dollar General store in a state where Dollar General operates. There is no set window.
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Nonprofit
Jazz Foundation of America · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Musicians in crisis can ask for help with rent, utilities, food or medical care. The fund focuses on jazz and blues musicians and their families. It also gives disaster relief.
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Nonprofit
Southern Partners Fund · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Quick grants for rural groups in 12 Southern states, including Tennessee, that help their communities after disasters. The goal is fair rebuilding, not just recovery. Apply through SPF's online portal.
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Foundation or nonprofit
Tennessee Baptist Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $10K
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Grants up to $10,000 for new ministry projects of Tennessee Baptist churches and groups that cooperate with the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board. The church must have half the cost already. A church can win once every three years.
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