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Local
Maury County Historical Society · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Apr 15 – Jun 15, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Maury County
- ✓ No match required
Helps save historic places, objects and records in Maury County. Nonprofits, museums, the county archives, libraries, 100-year-old school buildings, and groups or people preserving county history can apply. Funded projects must be open to the public at...
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Private
The Carter Center · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens the end of January 2027 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
A year-long fellowship with a stipend and training for U.S. journalists reporting on mental health. Fellows report from home and do not move. Freelancers may apply with a letter from someone who knows their work.
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Corporate
La-Z-Boy Incorporated / La-Z-Boy Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Claiborne County, Rhea County
La-Z-Boy and its foundation give cash and donated furniture to charities near its plants. In Tennessee that means groups within 30 miles of Dayton or New Tazewell. Requests are taken all year and reviewed four times a year.
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Foundation
Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $1,000 – $10K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Grants of $1,000 to $10,000 for nonprofit poetry projects, like reading series, translation and poetry in schools or hospitals. Poets apply through a nonprofit. New Mexico groups get extra attention, but others can apply.
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Foundation
Thackston Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Bedford County, Cannon County, Cheatham County, Clay County and 37 more counties
A Nashville-area family foundation for projects tied to Middle Tennessee, with a preference for Wilson County. It favors religious and educational themes. Requests are open, with no deadline.
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- $25K – $1M
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 14
National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG-L) projects enhance the quality of library services nationwide. The program supports projects that: promote adult reading, and health and financial literacies; focus on programming and archival practices...
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Foundation
The Rich Foundation (c/o Truxton Trust) · Open
- Deadline
- Due about May 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Nashville foundation run through Truxton Trust that takes mailed requests due May 31 each year. It lists no area limits. Most past grants were small gifts to Nashville arts, history and health groups.
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Private
National Geographic Society · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 1, 2026 · 53 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
National Geographic now funds people through specific requests for proposals. This one, backed by Lilly Endowment, seeks storytelling projects about the human experience. Applicants must be 18 or older and lead the project themselves.
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Private
Newberry Library · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 15, 2027 · 98 days left
- Award
- Up to $3,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Gives artists and writers a $3,000 stipend and research space to use the Newberry Library's collections for a creative project. It is open to visual and performing artists, authors, cartoonists, journalists, playwrights, and filmmakers. Studio space is not...
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $350K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 18
he Museums for America (MFA) program invests in museums of all sizes – from small to large – and disciplines in project-based efforts to serve the public through educational programs and exhibits, community partnerships, and collections stewardship activities.
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- $50K – $750K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 14
The National Leadership Grants for Museums program (NLG-M) invests in projects that address critical needs of the museum field. NLG-M projects have the potential to advance practice in the profession to strengthen museum services for the public through the...
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- $75K – $1M
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 8
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) projects build a library and archival workforce that can meet the information needs of communities of all types and sizes and increase the institutional capacity of libraries, archives, and library and information...
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $75K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 18
Inspire Grants for Small Museums (Inspire) is a special initiative of the Museums for America grant program designed to support small museums of all disciplines, including small rural or small remote institutions and small museums that have not previously...
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- $100K – $500K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
The 21st Century Museum Professionals (21MP) grant program supports projects that build career pathways, strengthen professional networks, and identify and share effective workforce education and training practices in the museum field.
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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $500K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 6
The Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) program builds the capacity of African American museums and supports the growth and development of museum professionals at African American museums. The program supports projects that...
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Private
American Library Association (Publishing Committee) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 6, 2026 · 28 days left
- Award
- Up to $5,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Grants up to $5,000 to make reading lists, indexes, web guides, or other guides to library resources. Libraries, groups, and individuals can apply. Proposals are due November 6, 2026.
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Private
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 12, 2026 · 3 days left
- Award
- Up to $1,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Only 3 days left to apply
Schools and colleges that teach Japanese can get up to $1,000 for textbooks and teaching materials. The grant pays back costs after purchase. Laptops and other electronics are not covered.
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Private
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $5,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Nonprofit groups and colleges can get up to $5,000 for Japanese teacher workshops or projects that help many schools. Apply two months before the project starts. Projects must end by March 31, 2027.
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Local
South Arts · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 20, 2026 · 42 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $10K
Pilot grants for arts journalism and cultural coverage: travel grants for reporting trips, grants to individual arts journalists, and larger grants to media outlets that hire them. Applicants must live in or be headquartered in a South Arts state such as...
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Foundation
Massengill-DeFriece Foundation Inc · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
A Bristol, Tennessee foundation that gives to charities. Send a one- or two-page letter; there is no deadline. Most grants go to Tri-Cities groups in Tennessee and Virginia.
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