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Foundation
AHB Foundation (formerly Bailey Family Foundation) · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Nov 30, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Knoxville family foundation that gives only to 501(c)(3) charities and prefers East Tennessee groups. Most past grants went to Knoxville arts, schools, parks and health groups. Send a written request by May 31 or November 30.
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Corporate
ALDI US · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 20 days left
- Award
- $100 – $1,000
Gives ALDI gift cards worth $100 to $1,000 to schools and nonprofits with after-school or out-of-school youth programs. Food banks and pantries can also apply. You take an eligibility quiz before applying.
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Corporate
First Horizon Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 31, 2026 · 81 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Madison County, Shelby County
The First Horizon Foundation gives grants to nonprofits in Memphis, Shelby County, and Jackson. The application opens October 1, 2026, and closes December 31, 2026. Decisions come in February 2027.
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Corporate
Whirlpool Corporation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
Whirlpool gives products, sponsorships, and grants for safe, healthy homes and strong neighborhoods. Nonprofits must be 501(c)(3)s within 20 miles of a Whirlpool site; schools, churches, fire and police departments, and sports teams are excluded. Send...
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Corporate
BNSF Railway · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- 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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Local
Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- 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
The Valentine Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Knox County
Grants for Knox County capital projects, historic preservation, arts, education and wellness. Applications open each September 1 and awards are announced in December. Apply with the online form or email the application document.
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Tennessee state
Tennessee Arts Commission · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $3,000
Reimburses Tennessee public K-12 schools for artist fees, tickets, and transportation for arts field trips and in-school arts programs. Apply at least 30 days before the activity; some counties have already used up their funds.
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Corporate
Gene Haas Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 1, 2026 · 51 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Grants to high schools and high school tech centers that teach CNC machining. The school gives the money to students as scholarships or uses it for supplies, camps or competitions. It can't buy machines. The foundation suggests $500 to $2,500 per student.
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Corporate
Arconic Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 20, 2026 · 40 days left
- Award
- Up to $7,500
- Local program: Blount County, Knox County, Loudon County, Monroe County and 1 more counties
Fifteen $7,500 grants for SkillsUSA chapters with manufacturing programs in Arconic communities. Money can pay for recruiting, competitions, equipment and classroom materials. In Tennessee only Blount, Knox, Loudon, Monroe and Sevier counties qualify.
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Tennessee state
USDA Rural Development – Tennessee State Office · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- 68 past Tennessee awards
Long-term, low-interest loans, sometimes paired with grants, for drinking water, sewer, solid waste and storm drainage systems serving rural areas and towns of 10,000 or fewer that cannot get reasonable commercial credit.
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Tennessee state
Volunteer Tennessee (Governor's Commission on Volunteerism & Service) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Feb 5, 2027 · 117 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 61 past Tennessee awards
Tennessee's formula share of AmeriCorps funding, awarded by Volunteer Tennessee to new and recompeting local AmeriCorps programs. A notice of intent comes first, then the full application.
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Tennessee state
USDA Forest Service (applications via TN Dept. of Agriculture Division of Forestry) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 13, 2026 · 2 days left
- Award
- Up to $600K
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- Only 2 days left to apply
Helps local governments, tribes and qualified conservation nonprofits buy privately owned forestland outright to create a community forest with public access. Tennessee applicants submit to the state forester (TDA Division of Forestry), not through...
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Federal
Forest Service · Department of Agriculture · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 8, 2026 · 58 days left
- Award
- Up to $1M
- Location limits unclear. Check who can apply
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Forest Service expects to make 6 awards of up to $1 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Tennessee state
TN Department of Agriculture – Division of Forestry · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $20K
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Loggers, sawmills and other Tennessee wood-using businesses can get back 50% of the cost of stream-crossing bridges, mats and erosion control. A separate cost share pays for first thinning of small pine stands. Each program pays up to $20,000 per year;...
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Association
Tennessee Forestry Foundation / Tennessee Forestry Association (with TN Department of Agriculture) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $19K
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Commercial logging businesses can get back half the cost of pallet mats, silt fencing and steel bridge panels. These tools protect streams during logging. You must apply and be approved before you buy.
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Nonprofit
United Way of Maury County · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Maury County
United Way of Maury County takes funding requests by email. Its board reviews them at quarterly meetings in March, June, September and December. Ask first what a request should include.
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Nonprofit
AKC Reunite · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Matching grants help police and sheriff departments buy a new K-9. A local AKC dog club must sponsor you and help raise money. The department shows the AKC Reunite logo on the K-9 vehicle.
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Foundation
O'Sullivan Family Charitable Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This Birmingham, Alabama family foundation gives to 501(c)(3) groups for charitable, educational or religious work. Requests are taken at any time and reviewed when received. Past Tennessee gifts included St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.
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Association
Tennessee Forestry Association (with NFWF, Brown-Forman/Jack Daniel and partners) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $20K
- Local program: Bedford County, Benton County, Bledsoe County, Campbell County and 25 more counties
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Private forest landowners in 29 Tennessee counties can get back half the cost of planting or caring for white oak or shortleaf pine. The most paid per ownership is $20,000. Money goes out first come, first served.
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