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Corporate
Tractor Supply Company / National FFA · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Mar 1, 2027 · due May 17, 2027
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Grants for Growing gives middle and high school FFA chapters up to $5,000 for hands-on learning projects. Projects can grow the classroom, the chapter, or farm awareness. The 2027 application opens March 1 and closes May 17, 2027.
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Private
Charter School Growth Fund · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $250K – $750K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
General operating grants of $250,000 to $750,000 for nonprofits running strong public charter schools. It is for groups that plan to open one to three more schools in two years. Applications are taken September to November.
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Private
Charter School Growth Fund · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- From $750K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Multi-year grants and low-interest loans of $750,000 or more for charter school networks. It is for networks that plan to serve about 1,000 more students in three to five years. Start any time with a short Connect form.
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Foundation
Louis Calder Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
This foundation funds new high-performing charter schools and groups that teach early reading using the science of reading. It funds work across the country. Send a funding request by email to proposals@calderfdn.org.
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Foundation
Speedway Children's Charities - Nashville Chapter · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Jun 26, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Bedford County, Cannon County, Cheatham County, Clay County and 37 more counties
Nashville Superspeedway's children's charity chapter makes one-time grants to Middle Tennessee nonprofits whose primary focus is children, with priority for homeless, foster and orphaned children and trafficking victims. Two-round application; capital...
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Foundation
Delta Boule Charitable Foundation (Sigma Pi Phi, Memphis) · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Dec 31, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Shelby County
The Memphis chapter of Sigma Pi Phi gives community grants to grassroots groups working on education, health and fairness in Memphis. Describe your program and how the money will help. Requests are due December 31.
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Local
United Way of South Central Tennessee · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
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- ! Local program: Bedford County, Cannon County, Coffee County, Lincoln County and 3 more counties
Annual grants to nonprofits serving Bedford, Cannon, Coffee, Lincoln, Moore, Rutherford and Warren counties, supporting health, education and financial stability. This chapter now covers the former Rutherford & Cannon and Tullahoma/Coffee areas.
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Private
National FFA Organization · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $500
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
FFA chapters can get up to $500 for a one-day service event. Middle school, high school and FFA alumni chapters can apply. Applications are due the first of each month.
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Private
National FFA Organization · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Up to $1,500
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Middle and high school FFA chapters can get up to $1,500 for a one-semester service-learning project. The spring round opens December 1 and is due January 31.
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Private
National FFA Organization · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Apr 15, 2027 · due about Jun 15, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $3,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Middle and high school FFA chapters can get up to $3,000 for a service-learning project that lasts a full school year. Applications open each April 15 and are due June 15.
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Private
Southern Tennis Foundation (USTA Southern) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens October 2026 (the funder's words)
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
Assistance to National Junior Tennis & Learning chapters for equipment, program essentials, and minor facility improvements. Serves the nine-state USTA Southern section, which includes Tennessee.
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Local
Tennessee Farm Bureau (Agriculture in the Classroom) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $500
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Small grants for schools, 4-H clubs and FFA chapters that grow production crops or garden vegetables on or next to school grounds as an outdoor classroom. New gardens can get up to $500 with matching funds, ongoing gardens up to $250; projects need an...
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Foundation
Speedway Children's Charities - Bristol Chapter · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Jun 12, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Carter County, Greene County, Hamblen County, Hancock County and 5 more counties
Bristol Motor Speedway's children's charity makes one-time grants to nonprofits whose main focus is children in Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia, with priority for work on homelessness, foster care and orphans, and trafficking victims. Two-round...
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Federal
Department of Education · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about May 13 – Jul 13, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $1M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 36
Program Description: The purposes of the Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program are to (1) help address State-identified shortages and needs for personnel preparation in special education and early...
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Federal
Department of Education · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jun 15 – Aug 10, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $3.7M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 13
Program Description: The purpose of the Technical Assistance and Dissemination to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program is to promote academic achievement and to improve results for children with disabilities by providing...
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Federal
Department of Education · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Apr 27 – Jun 26, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $1.1M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 7
Program Description: The purpose of the Educational Technology, Media, and Materials for Individuals with Disabilities Program is to improve results for children with disabilities by (1) promoting the development, demonstration, and use of technology; (2)...
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Federal
U.S. National Science Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Feb 1, 2027 · 116 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 63
Developmental Sciences supports basic research that increases our understanding of perceptual, cognitive, linguistic, social, cultural, and biological processes related to human development across the lifespan. Research supported by this program will add...
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