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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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Association
National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) with AmeriCorps · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 30, 2026 · 18 days left
- Award
- Up to $10K
Park agencies can get $10,000 to run MLK Day volunteer projects and keep volunteers involved all year. Funds are paid back after you spend them. Applications are due October 30, 2026.
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Foundation
Haegele-Blount Animal Shelters · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This Knoxville foundation gives grants only to groups that run animal shelters or work for animal welfare. There is no deadline. Past grants went mostly to shelters and rescues in East Tennessee.
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Local
South Arts · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 20, 2026 · 39 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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Nonprofit
United Spay Alliance · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Mar 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $2,000
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
United Spay Alliance gives small cat rescue and TNR groups a $2,000 match for a new fundraiser. Groups get coaching calls while they plan and run the event. Groups with yearly revenue near or under $150,000 can apply.
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Nonprofit
United Way of Greater Nashville (TN SNAP E&T intermediary) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 72 past Tennessee awards
Job training groups can join Tennessee's SNAP job training program and get back half of eligible costs with federal money. They must already spend their own non-federal funds on the training. Fill out the interest form anytime.
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Nonprofit
Association of American Educators Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Mar 1, 2027 · 140 days left
- Award
- Up to $500
Teachers may apply for up to $500 for professional development or classroom materials. Awards are competitive and open to all educators, not just members. There are two deadlines each year.
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Foundation
M A Rikard Charitable Trust · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A family trust that gives to charities. Send a letter with a copy of your IRS 501(c)(3) letter; there is no deadline. Most grants go to Alabama groups, with some in Nashville and Franklin.
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Foundation
Betsy Ross Foundation Inc (Paris, TN) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A small Paris, Tennessee foundation that gives to charities and schools. Ask in writing or by phone; there is no deadline. Most past grants went to Henry County and West Tennessee groups.
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Foundation
Claude & Elizabeth Robinson Charity · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A bank-managed charitable trust that gives to charities. Send a written request; there is no deadline. All recent grants went to Knoxville-area groups.
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Foundation
Lebovitz Family Charitable Trust · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Chattanooga family trust that gives to charities. Send a letter that explains why you need the money. Recent grants went mostly to Chattanooga and Atlanta groups, many of them Jewish community groups.
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Foundation
Massengill-DeFriece Foundation Inc · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
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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Foundation
Nat R & Martha M Knaster Charitable Trust · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A family trust that gives to charities, colleges and Jewish groups. Send a plain letter request; there is no deadline. Most grants go to New York and Florida groups, with some in Nashville and Knoxville.
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Foundation
Christenberry-Anderson-Loomis Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Nashville family foundation that funds charity projects in education, health and the arts. There is no deadline; explain why you need the money. Recent grants went to groups in Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and other states.
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Corporate
Georgia-Pacific · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Madison County, Wilson County
Georgia-Pacific gives grants in towns where it has manufacturing plants. It funds education, community needs, small business growth and the environment. Groups must pass an online eligibility quiz, then apply online.
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Foundation
Overwatch Alliance · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Dec 31, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $15K
Overwatch Alliance, based in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, gives up to $15,000 to small charities that serve service members, veterans and their families. Charities must have $500,000 or less in yearly revenue. Applications are due December 31 and July 31 each year.
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Foundation or nonprofit
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 19, 2026 · 7 days left
- Award
- $250K – $1M
- In Tennessee
- Only 7 days left to apply
Walmart-funded national program for large land acquisitions and conservation easements protecting fish and wildlife habitat. Two-phase process: pre-proposal, then invited full proposal due December 2, 2026. Requires at least 1:1 match.
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Federal
Bureau of Justice Assistance · Department of Justice · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 2, 2026 · 21 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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Foundation
Alice M. Ditson Fund (Columbia University) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 3 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- In Tennessee
- No match
- Only 3 days left to apply
Supports professional music groups, festivals and conferences that perform works by younger or lesser-known living American classical composers. There are two deadlines a year, April 1 and October 15. Music education programs are not funded.
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Federal
Fish and Wildlife Service · Department of the Interior · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 31, 2026 · 80 days left
- Award
- $100K – $600K
- Location limits unclear. Check who can apply
- No match
- 4 past Tennessee awards
Fish and Wildlife Service expects to make 8 awards of $100,000 to $600,000. Anyone can apply.
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