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Foundation
Prometheus Charitable Trust · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Houston family trust that gives to charities. Send a written request with your 501(c)(3) letter and proof of current IRS status. Most grants go to Texas groups, with several Nashville music and education groups.
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Local
City of East Ridge · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $10K
- Local program: Hamilton County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
East Ridge pays back half the cost of fixing up commercial buildings in its main business corridor. Grants go up to $10,000 per project. Work must be approved before it starts, and funds go first come, first served.
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Federal
Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 29, 2026 · 18 days left
- Award
- Up to $3.5M
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 5 past Tennessee awards
Bureau of Justice Assistance expects to make 140 awards of up to $3.5 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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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
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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Local
Town of Jonesborough · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $2,500
- Local program: Washington County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
The Town of Jonesborough pays back half the cost of fixing the front of downtown historic buildings, up to $2,500. Owners of commercial or mixed-use buildings in the Downtown Historic District can apply. Work must be approved before it starts.
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Local
City of Elizabethton · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 13, 2026 · 2 days left
- Award
- Up to $7,500
- Local program: Carter County
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- Only 2 days left to apply
The City of Elizabethton pays back up to half the cost of outside repairs to downtown buildings, up to $7,500. Property and business owners in the Main Street District can apply. The building must have a street-level shop or service open to the public.
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Local
City of Goodlettsville Industrial Development Board · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Davidson County, Sumner County
Goodlettsville offers help to new office or retail businesses that lease space in the city. Apply with your lease or letter of intent and financial statements. See the city's program sheet for the amount.
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Federal
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service · Department of Agriculture · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 19, 2026 · 8 days left
- Award
- Up to $3.5M
- In Tennessee
- No match
- Only 8 days left to apply
- 18 past Tennessee awards
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service expects to make 25 awards of up to $3.5 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 33 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $350K
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 18 past Tennessee awards
Institute of Museum and Library Services expects to make 122 awards of $5,000 to $350,000.
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Corporate
The Hershey Company · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Shelby County
Hershey funds nonprofits in communities where it has plants, including its Memphis plant. Focus areas are basic needs, education and workforce, and community culture such as arts and recreation. Start with the online eligibility quiz linked on the page.
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Corporate
McKee Foods Corporation (Little Debbie) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Bledsoe County, Bradley County, Hamilton County, McMinn County and 4 more counties
McKee Foods gives up to two cases of Little Debbie and Sunbelt snacks once a year to churches, schools and nonprofits near Collegedale. Bring a signed request letter on letterhead and your 501(c)(3) form to the Collegedale Bakery Store on a Wednesday.
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Corporate
TN Members 1st Federal Credit Union · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Anderson County, Knox County, Roane County
TN Members 1st Federal Credit Union takes online requests for donations, sponsorships and advertising from local groups. The form asks about your group, its 501(c)(3) status and what you need. It is separate from the yearly Community Giving Grants.
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Foundation
Philip Snyder Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Family foundation that funds charitable, educational and scientific work, with no stated place limit. Most past grants were small gifts in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, plus some in Nashville. Send a written request any time.
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Federal
National Endowment for the Humanities · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 13, 2027 · 94 days left
- Award
- Up to $325K
National Endowment for the Humanities expects to make 11 awards of up to $325,000. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
DOT Federal Highway Administration · Department of Transportation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 16, 2026 · 36 days left
- Award
- Up to $80M
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
DOT Federal Highway Administration expects to make 8 awards of up to $80 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Nonprofit
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Office of Access/VSA) · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Nov 19, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $3,000
This juried show is for visual artists with disabilities, ages 16 to 25, who live in the U.S. Fifteen artists each get a $3,000 stipend, career training and a spot in a touring exhibition. Apply by November 19 for the 2027 theme, Thrive.
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Nonprofit
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Office of Access/VSA) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 19, 2026 · 39 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
This award is for musicians with disabilities ages 14 to 25, in any genre or instrument. Winners get a stipend, career workshops and chances to perform. Apply by November 19.
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Corporate
Farm Credit Mid-America · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Farm Credit Mid-America funds programs that help young and beginning farmers, youth in agriculture, or the farm industry in its territory, including Tennessee. Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) status get priority. Requests are reviewed the first full week of each...
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Corporate
Dollar Tree / Gift Card Bank · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 16, 2026 · 5 days left
- Award
- $2,500 – $10K
- In Tennessee
- Only 5 days left to apply
This program gives Dollar Tree gift cards to hand out to families in need for food and other essentials. 501(c)(3) nonprofits and Title I schools in the 48 lower states can apply. Round Two applications are due October 16, 2026, and winners are picked by lottery.
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Federal
Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 2, 2026 · 22 days left
- Award
- Up to $600K
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 3 past Tennessee awards
Bureau of Justice Assistance gives grants of up to $600,000. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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