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Foundation
Elevance Health Foundation (Wellpoint Tennessee parent) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
This foundation funds programs that help more people get treatment for mental health or substance use. Tennessee groups can apply only for national-scale programs. Applications open January 1, 2027.
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Federal
Centers for Disease Control-GHC · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 14, 2026 · due about Feb 12, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 6 past Tennessee awards
Centers for Disease Control-GHC expects to make 1 award. Anyone can apply.
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Federal
Health Resources and Services Administration · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Oct 15, 2026 · due about Dec 15, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $1M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 9 past Tennessee awards
Health Resources and Services Administration expects to make 5 awards of up to $1 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Nonprofit
Lt. Joseph P. DiBernardo Memorial Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due about Jun 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $25K
Should we apply? · Get ready
This foundation helps fire departments buy personal safety systems that let firefighters escape from high windows. Grants are up to $25,000 a year and are paid to the vendor. Departments in need across the U.S. can apply.
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Foundation
Believe in Reading · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens October 2026 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Amount not specified
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Believe in Reading funds proven literacy programs run by nonprofits, schools and public libraries. Reading must be the main activity, for any age, including adult literacy and English learning. It does not pay for buildings, textbooks or general operating costs.
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Foundation
EQUUS Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jul 15, 2027 · due about Aug 15, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $500 – $5,000
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EQUUS gives $500 to $5,000 to horse rescues and other equine charities that earn its Guardian seal. Money pays for vet care, feed, farrier work and supplies. The Guardian review serves as the grant application.
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Nonprofit
National Humanities Center · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jul 1, 2027 · due Oct 1, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
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The National Humanities Center gives scholars a semester or year in residence in North Carolina to research and write. Emerging, mid-career and senior humanities scholars may apply. Faculty at HBCUs have an extra path through a UNCF/Mellon program.
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Nonprofit
United Spay Alliance with the Summerlee Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens once funding details are confirmed (no exact date yet)
- Award
- $4,000 – $8,000
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This program helps groups build lasting community cat (TNR) programs. Staff take a certification course, plan a project and join a learning cohort. Awards are usually $4,000 to $8,000 after certification.
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Federal
Centers for Disease Control - NCBDDD · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 29, 2027 · due about Mar 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 3 past Tennessee awards
Centers for Disease Control - NCBDDD expects to make 20 awards. Anyone can apply.
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Association
Tennessee Center for Health Workforce Development (Tennessee Hospital Association) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- $2,000 – $2,500
Should we apply? · Get ready
Awards of $2,000 go to Tennessee health clinics and rural hospitals that logged 500 or more volunteer hours in the past year. Sites with 250 or more hours of student rotations or shadowing get $500 more. Money should go back into volunteer support.
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Nonprofit
Speculative Literature Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jul 1, 2027 · due Jul 31, 2027
- Award
- Up to $500
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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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Nonprofit
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
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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Foundation
George & Barbara Bush Foundation (Barbara Bush Fund for Family Literacy) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens January 2027 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
New grants for family literacy programs that teach parents and children together. Programs must include adult education, child education, parent education, and parent-child literacy time. Nonprofits and schools may apply.
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Nonprofit
ProLiteracy Worldwide · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due Jan 4, 2027
- Award
- Up to $6,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
Grants up to $6,000 for nonprofits that teach adults to read, write and do math. Money can pay staff, teacher stipends, supplies or rent. There are four rounds each year.
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Association
Association for Library Service to Children / Young Adult Library Services Association (American Library Association) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Due Dec 1, 2026 · 49 days left
- Award
- Up to $1,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
A $1,000 award for a librarian with a creative literacy project for youth ages 10 to 19. You do not need to be an ALA member to apply, but the winner must join ALA/YALSA, and the grant can pay that cost.
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Education foundation
Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Nov 16, 2026
- Award
- $250 – $2,500
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Gives $250 to $2,500 to groups that run bird and nature learning events. Community-led ideas that reach people new to birding get priority. The form is simple and no formal proposal is needed.
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Federal
Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation · Department of Defense · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opening date not announced
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 10 past Tennessee awards
A grant from Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation. Open to county government, state government or city or town government.
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Local
Metro Nashville Office of Family Safety · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Mar 1, 2027 · due about Mar 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Davidson County
Annual Metro budget funding for nonprofit partners of Nashville's Office of Family Safety that serve victims of domestic and interpersonal violence. Applicants file an intent to apply and a proposal each March.
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Corporate
Norfolk Southern · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Feb 1, 2027 · due Aug 2, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Only near the company's Tennessee sites. Check the program page
Thriving Communities grants fund sustainability, workforce training and community resilience projects near Norfolk Southern rail lines. Public 501(c)(3) nonprofits can apply. The 2027 application window runs February 1 to August 2, 2027, at 5 p.m. ET.
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Community foundation
Community Foundation of Greater Memphis (Lichterman Loewenberg Foundation Fund) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Aug 16, 2027 · due about Sep 10, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Shelby County
A family donor fund at the Memphis community foundation that opens its application to any 501(c)(3), awarding one 12-month grant per agency per year.
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