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Nonprofit
Arts Midwest (with the National Endowment for the Arts) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens fall 2026 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- $5,000 – $20K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Matching grants of $5,000 to $20,000 for a community-wide reading program built around one book. Public libraries, schools, colleges, and nonprofits can apply. Groups that are not libraries must partner with a library.
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Utility / co-op
Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative (SVECares) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Bledsoe County, Grundy County, Marion County, Sequatchie County
Sequachee Valley Electric's round-up fund makes grants to local organizations such as volunteer fire departments, rescue squads, food banks, libraries, and cancer-support groups. Organizations file the organization/charity application at an SVEC office.
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Foundation
James Stephen Turner Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Nashville family foundation that uses its own application form, with no deadline. Nearly all past grants went to Nashville-area groups in arts, schools, libraries, parks, recovery and homelessness. It does not fund individuals, government agencies, dinners...
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Nonprofit
Wild Ones Natural Landscapers · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 18, 2026 · 40 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Native plants for schools, nature centers, youth groups, libraries, and community groups to build learning gardens. Most awards are plants shipped to you. A small cash grant up to $500 is possible in some cases.
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Utility / co-op
Gibson Electric Membership Corp. (with CoBank) · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Apr 1 – Sep 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Crockett County, Dyer County, Gibson County, Lake County and 1 more counties
- No match
Gibson Electric and Gibson Connect donate to local nonprofits, schools, PTOs, libraries and fire departments and have CoBank match the gift. The program runs each year from April 1 until September 30 or until CoBank's match money runs out; recipients are...
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Foundation
The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Aug 15, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $500 – $3,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
Groups that run a lending bookmobile for at-risk children can get $500 to $3,000 to buy children's books. Public libraries and schools with bookmobiles can apply. The yearly form usually comes out around February 15.
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Nonprofit
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
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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Federal
National Endowment for the Humanities · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 13, 2027 · 96 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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Association
Knox County Retired Teachers Association · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Sep 25, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $500
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Knox County
The Knox County Retired Teachers Association gives four grants of up to $500 to Knox County Schools educators. Full-time classroom teachers, librarians, special area teachers and administrators can apply. Winners present their project at a member lunch the...
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Nonprofit
Library Company of Philadelphia · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 17, 2027 · 100 days left
- Award
- Up to $3,000
Funds short research stays using the Library Company's collections on early American history and culture in Philadelphia. One application covers all of its short-term fellowships.
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Federal
National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · Open
- Deadline
- Accepts applications through Mar 5, 2029. Rounds may close sooner: check the notice
- Award
- Up to $250K
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 62 past Tennessee awards
National Institutes of Health expects to make 10 awards of up to $250,000. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · Open
- Deadline
- Accepts applications through Mar 5, 2029. Rounds may close sooner: check the notice
- Award
- Up to $250K
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 62 past Tennessee awards
National Institutes of Health expects to make 10 awards of up to $250,000. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- The funder's estimated date (Sep 25, 2026) has passed. Check the official notice Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $500K – $775K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 62 past Tennessee awards
National Institutes of Health expects to make 25 awards of $500,000 to $775,000. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Education foundation
William L. Clements Library (University of Michigan) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 15, 2027 · 98 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Funds research visits to the Clements Library's early American history collections. Short-term fellows get $2,500 for at least a month, and long-term fellows get $3,500 to $5,000 a month. Some awards are for graduate students.
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Nonprofit
American Antiquarian Society · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 15, 2027 · 98 days left
- Award
- $2,400 – $4,800
Pays $2,400 a month for one to two months of research on early American history at the society's library in Worcester, Massachusetts. Holders of a terminal degree and independent scholars qualify for many of the 19 fellowships. One form covers all of them.
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Foundation
Amateur Radio Digital Communications (ARDC) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 15, 2027 · 98 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
ARDC funds amateur radio clubs, schools, libraries and colleges. Grants can pay for license classes, repeaters, youth radio programs, research and some emergency communications projects. Radio clubs without 501(c)(3) status need a nonprofit fiscal sponsor.
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Federal
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Due about Nov 2, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $750K – $1.1M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 4 past Tennessee awards
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - ERA expects to make 1 award of $750,000 to $1.1 million. Anyone can apply.
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Corporate
ORNL Federal Credit Union · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Anderson County, Bledsoe County, Blount County, Bradley County and 29 more counties
Donations and sponsorships for East Tennessee 501(c)(3) groups whose work fits the credit union's priorities of financial education, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) and community improvement. Past recipients include school education...
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Federal
National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- The funder's estimated date (Nov 26, 2025) has passed. Check the official notice Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 75 past Tennessee awards
National Institutes of Health expects to make 10 awards. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 11, 2027 · due about May 25, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $500K – $1.2M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 82 past Tennessee awards
National Institutes of Health expects to make 5 awards of $500,000 to $1.2 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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