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Foundation
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Mellon takes short funding inquiries year round for its Humanities in Place program. It funds museums, historic sites and community groups that share overlooked local history and culture. Staff review inquiries and invite the best fits to send a full proposal.
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Federal
National Endowment for the Humanities · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Mar 3 – Apr 6, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $1.7M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 3
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Federal/State Partnership is accepting applications for State and Jurisdictional Humanities Councils General Operating Support Grants for NEH’s designated humanities councils. State and...
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Corporate
Smith+Nephew · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Smith+Nephew gives grants and product donations for medical training, patient care and charity work. Only organizations can apply, not individuals. Submit at least 60 days ahead.
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Foundation
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
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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Private
Fund for Investigative Journalism · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 29, 2027 · 113 days left
- Award
- $1,000 – $10K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Pays reporting costs for freelance and staff journalists doing investigative stories. Regular grants go up to $10,000; seed grants of $1,000 to $2,500 help with early reporting. Full proposals need a letter from a news outlet that plans to run the story.
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Private
Newberry Library · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 4, 2026 · 57 days left
- Award
- $3,000 – $6,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Pays $3,000 a month for one to two months of research in the Newberry Library's collections in Chicago. Scholars with a PhD at any career stage may apply; they need not be faculty. Fellows find their own housing.
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Private
Pulitzer Center · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Pays for in-depth enterprise and investigative stories published by local U.S. news outlets. Freelance and staff journalists may apply, as can groups of newsrooms working together.
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Private
McGraw Center for Business Journalism (CUNY Newmark) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 12, 2026 · 4 days left
- Award
- Up to $15K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- ! Only 4 days left to apply
Grants up to $15,000 help experienced journalists report big stories about money, business, or the economy. You do not need to be a business reporter. Freelancers may use part of the grant as a living stipend.
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Tennessee state
Tennessee Historical Commission · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Matching money for 501(c)(3)s to buy and permanently protect land at Tennessee's most significant Civil War battlefields, or Underground Railroad sites eligible for the National Register.
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Federal
National Endowment for the Humanities · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 15, 2026 · 68 days left
- Award
- $50K – $500K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Collections & Infrastructure is accepting applications for Collections Stewardship, a program to advance the preservation and availability of physical and digital collections important for...
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Private
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 20, 2026 · 12 days left
- Award
- $50K – $300K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- ! Only 12 days left to apply
Nonprofit libraries, archives and museums can apply to digitize rare items. Projects should share stories of groups often left out of history. Grants range from $50,000 to $300,000.
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Private
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- Up to $10K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
DAR gives up to $10,000 to nonprofits that save historic buildings, records, objects, markers and cemeteries. Each application needs a support letter from a local DAR chapter. Smaller projects are encouraged.
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Private
Archaeological Institute of America · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Nov 1, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $15K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
AIA gives up to $15,000 to protect threatened archaeological sites through conservation, site protection and monitoring. Projects with public education and outreach are favored. It does not pay for digs, surveys, field schools or salaries.
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Private
Pulitzer Center · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Pays reporting costs for in-depth stories on issues the news often misses. Staff and freelance journalists anywhere may apply, on any topic. Most awards for international travel run $5,000 to $10,000.
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Federal
National Endowment for the Humanities · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 9, 2026 · 62 days left
- Award
- Up to $460K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Lifelong Learning is accepting applications for the Landmarks of American History and Culture and Summer Institutes program. The purpose of this program is to support humanities education through...
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Local
Presbytery of East Tennessee (PC(USA)) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 31, 2026 · 23 days left
- Award
- Up to $5,000
- ! Local program: Anderson County, Blount County, Bradley County, Campbell County and 11 more counties
Grants help congregations in the Presbytery of East Tennessee with building and property upkeep. The presbytery plans two to three grants of up to $5,000 in 2026. Applications are due October 31, 2026.
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Tennessee state
Tennessee Historical Commission · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 14, 2026 · 37 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ✓ No match required
Supports preservation, archaeology, interpretation, markers, and education about Tennessee sites tied to wars from the French and Indian War through the Civil War. Individuals, museums, schools, private organizations, and local governments can apply.
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Foundation
Ridgeview Foundation (ACH Ridgeview Fdn Share R) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
A small trust-run foundation that lists a contact for requests and no deadlines. Its gifts are unrestricted cash. Recent gifts of $1,000 to $4,500 went to Nashville history, school, zoo and recovery groups.
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Foundation
Watson-Brown Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Apr 15, 2027 · 189 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Grants to public charities and colleges that study or preserve the history and culture of the South. It funds research, museums and archives, book costs, preservation and programs. Send a short letter of inquiry first; applications are due April 15.
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Federal
National Endowment for the Humanities · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 13, 2027 · 97 days left
- Award
- Up to $325K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Division of Collections and Infrastructure is accepting applications for the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP). The purpose of this program is to create a national digital resource of historically...
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