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Education foundation
Grow Appalachia (Berea College) · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Oct 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Anderson County, Bledsoe County, Blount County, Bradley County and 29 more counties
- No match
Grow Appalachia pays local nonprofits to run backyard garden programs that help families grow their own food. Partners hire a coordinator, teach six organic gardening and cooking classes, and give out supplies. It serves central Appalachia, including East...
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Education foundation
Grow Appalachia (Berea College), Appalachian Studies Association and Mid Atlantic Arts · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jul 10 – Aug 17, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Anderson County, Bledsoe County, Blount County, Bradley County and 48 more counties
- No match
This fellowship gives $5,000 to people who keep Appalachian food traditions alive. Cooks, bakers, seed savers, farmers, hunters and foragers can apply for their own work. You must live in an Appalachian county and be 18 or older.
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Nonprofit
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
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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Nonprofit
Maury County Historical Society · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Apr 15 – Jun 15, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- Local program: Maury County
- No match
Helps save historic places, objects and records in Maury County. Nonprofits, museums, the county archives, libraries, 100-year-old school buildings, and groups or people preserving county history can apply. Funded projects must be open to the public at...
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Nonprofit
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
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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Federal
Bureau of Land Management · Department of the Interior · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jul 27 – Aug 28, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $50K – $2M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- No match
- 1 past Tennessee award
Bureau of Land Management expects to make 60 awards of $50,000 to $2 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Federal
DOT - Federal Railroad Administration · Department of Transportation · Closed for this year · Opening date changed Oct 11
- Deadline
- Next round: about Aug 20 – Sep 4, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $5M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
DOT - Federal Railroad Administration expects to make 1 award of up to $5 million.
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Federal
Community Oriented Policing Services · Department of Justice · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jun 9 – Aug 4, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $500K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 4 past Tennessee awards
Community Oriented Policing Services expects to make 200 awards of up to $500,000. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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Nonprofit
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) with Lockheed Martin · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 4, 2026 · 52 days left
- Award
- Up to $10K
Lockheed Martin and PLTW give $10,000 grants to public and charter schools across the U.S. Schools can start or grow PLTW Gateway, Computer Science or Engineering classes in 2027-28.
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Nonprofit
American Veterinary Medical Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Dec 1, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $150K
Practicing veterinarians can apply for up to $150,000 to test lower-cost ways to diagnose or treat common dog illnesses. Results must be usable right away in everyday vet clinics. One grant is given each year.
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Federal
Office of Science · Department of Energy - Office of Science · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 19, 2026 · 6 days left
- Award
- $250K – $200M
- In Tennessee
- No match
- Only 6 days left to apply
- 83 past Tennessee awards
Office of Science expects to make 10 awards of $250,000 to $200 million. Open to larger business or small business.
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Nonprofit
Virginia Museum of History & Culture (Virginia Historical Society) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 29, 2027 · 108 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Pays researchers $1,000 a week, or $500 a week for commuters, to study the museum's collections on Virginia and Southern history in Richmond. Academic researchers and PhD candidates who live outside the Richmond area can apply.
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Nonprofit
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 15, 2026 · 33 days left
- Award
- Up to $450K
AFSP funds research on the causes of suicide and on ways to prevent it. Grant types include pilot, standard, early-career, postdoctoral and multi-site studies. Every project must measure a suicide outcome.
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Association
NADP Foundation (National Association of Dental Plans) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 2, 2026 · 20 days left
- Award
- Up to $50K
The NADP Foundation funds research and education projects that improve access to dental care. Projects can also improve how dental benefits work. Up to $50,000 per project, with three to four awards for 2027.
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Foundation
The Commonwealth Fund · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
The Commonwealth Fund pays for research and projects that make health care better, fairer and more affordable. Groups start with a short letter of inquiry online. Most get an answer within six weeks.
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Health foundation
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 3, 2026 · 21 days left
- Award
- Up to $175K
A paid fellowship for mid-career health professionals to work on federal health policy in Washington, D.C. Applicants need at least 10 years of full-time work in a health-related field. Each fellow gets a stipend of up to $175,000 over 12 to 24 months.
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Association
Tennessee Ornithological Society · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Feb 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Small grants for projects that protect Tennessee birds, study them, or teach people about them. A total of $15,000 is shared among winners. Professionals, independent workers and students may apply.
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Nonprofit
ASPCA · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Pays up to $5,000 in open-access fees to publish animal welfare research. Researchers, students and staff at schools, shelters or agencies may apply. Money goes straight to the journal.
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Corporate
Microsoft · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $2,000
Verified nonprofits get $2,000 in Microsoft Azure cloud credits each year. Credits can host websites, databases and AI tools. Register in the Microsoft Nonprofit Hub to claim them.
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Nonprofit
Activate · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 30, 2026 · 17 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Activate backs first-time founders building hard-science hardware. Fellows get a $100,000 yearly living stipend and up to $100,000 for research. The Anywhere track lets you stay in Tennessee.
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