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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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Local
Friends of the Morton Museum (Morton Museum of Collierville History, Town of Collierville) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $500
- ! Local program: Shelby County
The Friends of the Morton Museum repay local schools up to $500 for buses to museum field trips. Trips include 3rd-grade community and 5th-grade Civil War programs. Contact the museum to ask.
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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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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
Museums Empowered: Professional Development Opportunities for Museum Staff is a special initiative of the Museums for America grant program, designed to support projects that use learning and training to generate change and growth within museums of all...
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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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Foundation
Wyeth Foundation for American Art · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Oct 15, 2026 · due Dec 15, 2026
- Award
- $5,000 – $25K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Grants for museums and other nonprofits doing research, exhibitions, catalogues or conservation of historic American art. Grants are usually $5,000 to $25,000. Art of the last 30 years and living artists are not funded.
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Foundation
Samuel H. Kress Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Feb 15, 2027 · due about Mar 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Grants for U.S. nonprofits caring for European art and buildings from ancient times to the early 1800s. Money can pay for research, training, meetings and conservation projects. Start with a short letter of inquiry.
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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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Private
Speculative Literature Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens May 1, 2027 · due May 31, 2027
- Award
- Up to $1,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
A $1,000 grant for speculative fiction writers age 50 or older who are early in their careers. Writers decide how to use the money. It is free to apply.
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Private
Speculative Literature Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Sep 1, 2027 · due Sep 30, 2027
- Award
- Up to $1,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
A $1,000 grant for working-class, low-income, or homeless writers of speculative fiction. Winners may stay anonymous. It is free to apply.
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Private
Speculative Literature Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jul 1, 2027 · due Jul 31, 2027
- Award
- Up to $500
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- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Two $500 grants for speculative fiction. One goes to a writer from an underrepresented group; one goes to work showing a diverse world. Writers may apply for both.
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Private
Speculative Literature Foundation (with DesiLit) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Up to $1,500
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
A $1,500 yearly grant for a South Asian or South Asian diaspora writer of speculative fiction. Winners are named in March. It is free to apply.
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Community foundation
Community Foundation for Dickson County (CFMT affiliate) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due about Jan 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $5,000
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- ! Local program: Dickson County
Grants up to $5,000 for Dickson County nonprofits working on conservation, youth and older adults, or historic preservation.
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Local
Berea College Appalachian Fund · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Due Apr 19, 2027 · 192 days left
- Award
- $5,000 – $15K
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- ! Local program: Anderson County, Bledsoe County, Blount County, Bradley County and 29 more counties
Berea College gives small grants for Appalachian folk arts and culture, as funding allows. Nonprofits serving Appalachian counties, including East Tennessee, can apply. The next deadline is April 19, 2027.
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Foundation
Terra Foundation for American Art · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Aug 3, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $25K – $100K
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- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Grants help museums and community cultural groups plan or carry out new ways to show their American art collections. Planning grants are about $25,000 to $75,000. Building grants go up to $100,000.
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Foundation
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Feb 25, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $30K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Grants for nonprofits making exhibitions, films, public programs or books about architecture and design. Grants are up to $30,000 and often smaller. Each group can apply once a year.
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