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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
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! 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
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ 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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Private
Freedom to Read Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Apr 6, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $1,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Libraries, schools, colleges, and nonprofits can get $1,000 for Banned Books Week events. The events teach people about the freedom to read. Groups that won in the past five years cannot apply.
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Private
The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Apr 10, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $30K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Schools and districts facing money problems can get help paying a Japanese teacher's salary, up to $30,000 per school per year. The school shares the cost. The next application comes out in early 2027.
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Corporate
Amazon Literary Partnership · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Mar 19 – May 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $5,000 – $20K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Gives $5,000 to $20,000 to U.S. nonprofit groups that help writers, such as literary centers, magazines, and small presses. Applications open once a year in spring. School programs like K-12 or MFA programs are not funded.
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Private
Center for Craft · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Feb 25 – May 20, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Four researchers or artists get $5,000 each to study craft history in an archive of their choice. It focuses on craft histories that have been left out, such as Black, Indigenous, Latinx or queer makers.
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Foundation
Whiting Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about May 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $40K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Gives $40,000 each to ten writers finishing a deeply researched nonfiction book for adults. The book must already be under contract with a U.S., UK or Canadian publisher. Self-published books do not qualify.
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Private
Academy of American Poets · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jan 16 – Mar 24, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $50K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Gives $50,000 to poets serving as an official state, city, county or tribal poet laureate. The money supports poetry projects that reach their neighbors, including young people. Poets must be 21 or older and have a published book.
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Local
South Arts · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jul 15 – Sep 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $30K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Anderson County, Bledsoe County, Blount County, Bradley County and 48 more counties
- ✓ No match required
Pays $30,000 to nonprofits in Appalachian Tennessee counties that support folk arts and traditional culture. Money covers things most grants skip, like training, equipment, software, planning and marketing. Two Tennessee groups are picked each year.
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Local
South Arts · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jul 15 – Sep 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Anderson County, Benton County, Bledsoe County, Blount County and 69 more counties
- ✓ No match required
Gives $5,000 to early-career traditional artists, like quilters, fiddlers or basket makers, plus workshops and a meeting with peers. Tennessee artists in Appalachian or Delta counties, or tribal members, can apply. Artists must be 18 or older.
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Local
Town of Jonesborough · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $2,500
- ! Local program: Washington County
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
The Town of Jonesborough pays back half the cost of fixing the front of downtown historic buildings, up to $2,500. Owners of commercial or mixed-use buildings in the Downtown Historic District can apply. Work must be approved before it starts.
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Foundation
L A M P Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Knoxville foundation that gives to 501(c)(3) groups, mostly in the arts. Tell them what the money is for and how it will be used; there is no deadline. About two-thirds of past dollars went to Knoxville groups.
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Foundation
Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation (Wells Fargo, trustee) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $50K
- ! Local program: Shelby County
This foundation pays for specific arts, music, culture and education projects. It mostly funds groups in Memphis, Miami and New York City. It does not pay for general operating costs, buildings or endowments.
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Local
Vanderbilt University (Community Relations) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 14, 2026 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
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- ! Local program: Davidson County
Vanderbilt gives program support, event sponsorships and in-kind help to Davidson County nonprofits working on K-12 and adult education, arts and humanities, social services, and child and youth development. The spring cycle covers events and programs...
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Private
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
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! 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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Corporate
Vulcan Materials Company Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Dickson County, Hamilton County, Maury County
Vulcan's foundation gives grants to charities and local governments, like public schools and parks, near Vulcan quarries and offices. It funds education, environmental learning, basic needs and local history and culture. Send a letter with your plan,...
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Local
Henry County Helping Hand, Inc. · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Oct 12, 2026 · due Nov 13, 2026
- Award
- Amount not specified
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- ! Local program: Henry County
Henry County's yearly radio auction gives its proceeds to local groups. Nonprofits, schools, colleges, local government and fire departments in Henry County can apply online. The window is October 12 to November 13, 2026.
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Foundation
Aslan Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Apr 17, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Knox County
Grants for greater Knoxville nonprofits in arts, animal welfare, land conservation, historic preservation, and parks. Email a one-page letter of inquiry first. The 2026 inquiry deadline was April 17.
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