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Foundation
The Sir Philip Sidney Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This small foundation gives grants to charities and schools. Its tax return lists a contact and no deadlines or limits. Past Tennessee grants went mostly to Adventist schools and a university near Chattanooga.
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Foundation
Kennedy Foundation Inc (Chattanooga) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Chattanooga foundation that gives to qualified charities. There is no set form and no deadline; write to the foundation. Recent grants went mostly to Chattanooga groups.
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Corporate
PEDIGREE Foundation (Mars Petcare) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
PEDIGREE Foundation gives disaster relief grants to nonprofit animal welfare groups hit by natural disasters. Applications are open all year. Download the application from the shelters grant page.
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Foundation
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Funds 501(c)(3) public charities that support constitutional government, free markets, civil society and informed citizens. Start with a short letter of inquiry at any time. Invited full applications have four yearly deadlines.
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Foundation
The Danner Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This Nashville family foundation gives grants to charities. It lists no deadline and no restrictions. Contact the foundation at the address on its GrantMe funder page (from its IRS tax return).
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Foundation
Mary G. K. Fox Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Greene County
This foundation gives grants only to charities in Greeneville and Greene County. There is no deadline. Contact the trustee in Knoxville listed on its GrantMe funder page (from its IRS tax return).
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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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Foundation
George R. Johnson Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Bradley County, Hamilton County, Loudon County, McMinn County and 6 more counties
Cleveland-based family foundation that gives to charities mainly in ten Southeast Tennessee counties and five North Georgia counties. Send a letter of two pages or less about the project. There is no deadline.
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Foundation
Jim Horne & Evelyn S. Hankins Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Wilson County
This Lebanon-based foundation gives grants to charities, mostly in Wilson County. There is no deadline. Contact the trustee listed on its GrantMe funder page (from its IRS tax return) to ask.
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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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Corporate
Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Local program: Bledsoe County, Bradley County, Grundy County, Hamilton County and 6 more counties
Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union sponsors nonprofit events and projects in its 17-county area around Chattanooga. It favors financial education, community-wide projects and innovation. It does not give plain cash donations. Apply online at least 60...
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Foundation
Alliant Credit Union Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This foundation gives grants to charities that help people get online. It funds internet access, computer skills classes and tech equipment. Groups across the United States can ask for a grant.
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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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Community foundation
Tipton County Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Apr 1, 2027 · due about Apr 30, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Tipton County
The Tipton County Foundation gives grants for charitable projects that help people in Tipton County. Most applicants are nonprofits or local governments. You start with a short statement of intent, then send a full proposal.
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Federal
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Admin · Department of Transportation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about May 18 – Jun 24, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $1,500 – $100K
Should we apply? · Get ready
Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Admin expects to make 7 awards of $1,500 to $100,000. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
National Institute of Food and Agriculture · Department of Agriculture · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jul 7 – Jul 24, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $200K – $1M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 1 past Tennessee award
National Institute of Food and Agriculture expects to make 12 awards of $200,000 to $1 million.
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Foundation
Witter Bynner Foundation for Poetry · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- $1,000 – $10K
Grants of $1,000 to $10,000 for nonprofit poetry projects, like reading series, translation and poetry in schools or hospitals. Poets apply through a nonprofit. New Mexico groups get extra attention, but others can apply.
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Foundation
Jane I. Pettway Foundation (First Horizon Bank, trustee) · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Mar 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
A Knoxville bank-managed foundation that funds Tennessee charities. Requests are due March 31 for funding in the current fiscal year. Ask the trustee for its grant policy document before applying.
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Foundation
Dudley and Walter Morgan Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This family foundation in Nashville gives grants to charities. Its tax return lists a contact and no deadlines or limits. Past grants went to Nashville groups, like a creek conservation group and a school.
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Foundation
Allenberg Rosen Family Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
This family foundation in Memphis gives grants to charities. Its tax return lists a contact but no deadlines or limits. Past grants went to Memphis groups, like a health center and a learning center.
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