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Local
The Knoxville Garden Club · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about May 11 – Jun 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Knox County
The Knoxville Garden Club gives yearly grants for local garden, conservation, tree and beautification projects. Mail the request form by the June deadline. The 2026 deadline was June 30.
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Private
Society of American Archivists Foundation (with Society of Southwest Archivists) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $5,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Grants of up to $5,000 help archives, libraries and museums save records hurt by a major disaster. Money can pay for freeze drying, storage, moving materials and supplies. You do not need to be a member to apply.
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Private
Peace Development Fund · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $1,500
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Quick grants of up to $1,500 for sudden organizing chances in poor urban and rural communities. Groups without 501(c)(3) status may apply. Proposals are taken all year.
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Private
Jazz Foundation of America · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
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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Private
IBMA Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 31, 2027 · 114 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Supports bluegrass activities that bring more people of color into bluegrass music. Project grants are due January 31 each year. Individual musicians of color can also ask for smaller grants any time.
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Community foundation
South Cumberland Community Fund · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Franklin County, Grundy County, Marion County
Small, non-competitive grants for strengthening an organization's internal systems, such as AmeriCorps host fees, pilot projects, planning, strategic planning, board or website development. Applications are accepted any time and decided case by case; the...
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Local
ARTSmemphis · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $500 – $5,000
- ! Local program: Shelby County
- ✓ No match required
Unrestricted emergency cash grants for Shelby County professional artists hit by a recent catastrophic emergency (within the past six months) that disrupts their ability to work. Applicants take an eligibility quiz in the ARTSmemphis grant portal;...
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Local
Adventure Science Center (Nashville) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
Helps qualifying schools visit Adventure Science Center by paying for buses, free admission or add-on programs. Title I schools in Metro Nashville Public Schools and schools from rural counties may apply.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Agriculture – Land and Water Stewardship Section · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
State cost-share incentive payments to Tennessee landowners for installing agricultural best management practices that cut water pollution, delivered mainly through county Soil and Water Conservation Districts, plus funding for water-quality education...
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Tennessee state
Tennessee Historical Commission · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 22 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Matching money for 501(c)(3)s to buy and permanently protect land at Tennessee's most significant Civil War battlefields, or Underground Railroad sites eligible for the National Register.
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Corporate
Grand Ole Opry (Opry Trust Fund) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
People who work or worked full time in country music can ask for help in an emergency. It covers extraordinary need, not just lost work. Contact the fund by email to request help.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Agriculture · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 10, 2026 · 1 day left
- Award
- Up to $500K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- ! Only 1 day left to apply
Grants for new or growing agriculture, food, and forestry businesses whose value-added or processing projects raise income or open markets for other Tennessee farmers. The grant can cover no more than a quarter of the project budget.
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Private
ProLiteracy Worldwide · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
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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Local
Metro Nashville Department of Finance · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! 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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Local
Lincoln County Opioid Fund Committee · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Lincoln County
Lincoln County's Opioid Fund Committee advises the County Commission on spending opioid settlement money for prevention, harm reduction, treatment and recovery. Organizations can submit a funding application to the County Mayor's office at any time; it is...
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Local
Episcopal Diocese of East Tennessee · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Hamilton County, McMinn County, Marion County
Seed money for new outreach ministries run by Episcopal parishes in the southeast region of the Diocese of East Tennessee. Parish members must take part hands-on. There is no deadline. Open to Episcopal parishes in the diocese's southeast...
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Local
Community LIFT · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Shelby County
Grants for Memphis community development corporations (CDCs) to cover early project costs. Uses include site studies, design plans, and community outreach. Applications are taken any time.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Economic & Community Development · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- 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
Tennessee Historical Commission · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 14, 2026 · 36 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ✓ No match required
Supports preservation, archaeology, interpretation, markers, and education about Tennessee sites tied to wars from the French and Indian War through the Civil War. Individuals, museums, schools, private organizations, and local governments can apply.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Agriculture · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 30, 2026 · 82 days left
- Award
- Up to $1M
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Larger cost-share grants for agriculture, food, and forestry business projects with at least $2 million in capital spending that benefit other producers. The grant can cover no more than a quarter of the project budget.
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