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Nonprofit
The Recycling Partnership · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
Helps recycling sorting facilities buy equipment to process more material. Public, private and nonprofit facilities across the U.S. can ask. Start by filling out an interest form.
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Local
Metro Nashville Department of Finance · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Davidson County
Nonprofits that extend or enhance a Metro Nashville department's services can propose a partnership year-round through the Metro HUB; approved partnerships are funded through that department's budget request.
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Corporate
Norfolk Southern · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
This program gives Norfolk Southern materials, not cash, to groups with projects that match the company's focus areas. It is open all year with no deadline. Apply online through the Norfolk Southern grant programs page.
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Corporate
BNSF Railway · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
The BNSF Railway Foundation funds groups near BNSF rail lines, with preference for environment, health and human services, public safety and STEM education. Public charity 501(c)(3)s, first responders and local government divisions can apply online....
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Utility / co-op
Middle Tennessee Electric (SharingChange) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Cannon County, Rutherford County, Williamson County, Wilson County
Middle Tennessee Electric members' round-up donations fund grants to local charities and community organizations in MTE's service area. Schools and school support groups, government agencies, political causes, and expressly religious organizations are not eligible.
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Utility / co-op
Tri-State EMC Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $10K
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Polk County
Tri-State EMC members' round-up donations fund grants for charitable needs in the co-op's three counties, including Polk County, Tennessee. Awards are generally capped at $10,000 a year per organization.
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Utility / co-op
Upper Cumberland EMC (UCEMC Cares) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: DeKalb County, Jackson County, Overton County, Putnam County and 1 more counties
Monthly round-up grants from Upper Cumberland Electric members to local organizations such as fire departments, booster clubs, museums, and charities. Organizations apply with the Organization/Agency application.
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Utility / co-op
Volunteer Energy Cooperative (VECustomers Share) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $10K
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Bledsoe County, Bradley County, Cumberland County, Fentress County and 13 more counties
Volunteer Energy Cooperative members round up their bills to fund grants for community organizations and projects in VEC's service area, reviewed monthly by a volunteer board. Individuals cannot apply directly, and public schools, religious organizations,...
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Local
City of Knoxville Office of Neighborhood Empowerment · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $500 – $6,500
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Knox County
Grants of $500-$5,000 (up to $6,500 for partnerships) for resident-led neighborhood groups in Knoxville to carry out projects during 2027. A representative had to attend one of the mandatory pre-application workshops held in September 2026.
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Utility / co-op
Mountain Electric Cooperative (Operation Pocket Change) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $10K
- Open to your kind of group
- 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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Local
Appalachian Community Fund · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Anderson County, Bledsoe County, Blount County, Bradley County and 48 more counties
Knoxville-based public foundation grants for LGBTQ-led organizing and organizational development in Central Appalachia, with priority for new and emerging efforts and those building leadership and safe spaces for LGBTQ youth. Proposals are accepted...
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Community foundation
South Cumberland Community Fund · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Franklin County, Grundy County, Marion County
A summer collaborative grant round for the South Cumberland Plateau. The 2026 round, called the Yellow Ribbon Initiative, seeks projects on addiction prevention, recovery, or re-entry after jail or prison. No deadline or award size is posted, so contact the fund.
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Local
Memorial Foundation, Inc. (Madison, TN) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Davidson County, Robertson County, Sumner County
Health-conversion foundation (from the sale of Nashville Memorial Hospital) funding nonprofits in health care access, human and social services, education, youth, senior services and community services. There are no deadlines; each applicant must first...
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Local
United Way of East TN Highlands · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Carter County, Johnson County, Sullivan County, Washington County
Funding outside the main cycle for urgent needs or timely opportunities. Agencies may apply at any time and the board decides.
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Local
Operation CityScape (Cookeville Main Street program) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $2,500
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Putnam County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
First-come, first-served reimbursement grants for downtown Cookeville property or business owners in the CityScape footprint who are improving facades, awnings, windows, lighting, paint or entrances. A grant committee must approve projects before work starts.
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Local
City of Johnson City Public Art Committee · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Carter County, Sullivan County, Washington County
Johnson City's Public Art Committee can help fund and approve outdoor murals visible from public streets. Artists, building or business owners, and community groups (501(c)(3) status not required) may request funding after meeting with the mural program...
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Local
Covenant Health · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Anderson County, Claiborne County, Cumberland County, Hamblen County and 4 more counties
Knoxville-based Covenant Health gives cash and in-kind support to local charitable and community groups across its East Tennessee service area. Priorities include care for underserved people, at-risk youth, mental health and substance use, disease...
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Local
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Fayette County, Shelby County
Memphis-based Methodist Le Bonheur takes online requests from nonprofits whose work fits its giving pillars of healthcare, education, sustainability, diversity and humanitarian aid. Requests can be for money or in-kind support, and it aims to answer within 30 days.
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Foundation
Maury Regional Health Care Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Lewis County, Marshall County, Maury County, Wayne County
The hospital foundation funds health and wellness programs and services offered by public agencies and 501(c)(3) groups in Maury Regional Health's southern Middle Tennessee service area; it does not fund sponsorships. Requests over $1,000 go to an...
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Local
Youth Educational Foundation (Maury County) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Local program: Maury County
Funds teacher-, counselor- and staff-proposed projects for Maury County youth that go beyond the normal classroom, such as cross-subject, leadership or mental well-being programs. Requests are accepted year-round and reviewed in funding rounds.
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