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Private
AdoptAClassroom.org · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 2, 2026 · 26 days left
- Award
- Up to $500
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Teachers with a free AdoptAClassroom.org classroom page can apply for $500 grants for supplies. The fall round helps students in special education and English learners.
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Local
Mountain Education Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opening date not announced
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Hamilton County
The Mountain Education Foundation gives yearly grants to each public school on Signal Mountain. Principals and PTAs plan how to use the money, then present it to the foundation board. Funds are paid back as schools spend them during the next school year.
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Corporate
Bridgestone Americas · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about May 1 – Jun 15, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
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Local
Youth Educational Foundation (Maury County) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Maury County
Funds teacher-, counselor- and staff-proposed projects for Maury County youth that go beyond the normal classroom, such as cross-subject, leadership or mental well-being programs. Requests are accepted year-round and reviewed in funding rounds.
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Foundation
Fund for Teachers (local partners: Public Education Forward Chattanooga and Bradley/Cleveland Public Education Foundation) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 21, 2027 · 106 days left
- Award
- Up to $10K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Grants for experienced PreK-12 teachers to design their own summer learning experience, at home or abroad, and bring it back to the classroom. In Hamilton County, Bradley County and Cleveland, the local education foundations help teachers prepare proposals.
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Local
Adventure Science Center (Nashville) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
Helps qualifying schools visit Adventure Science Center by paying for buses, free admission or add-on programs. Title I schools in Metro Nashville Public Schools and schools from rural counties may apply.
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Community foundation
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (Lillian Ashley Fund) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due about Jan 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $20K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Coffee County
Grants up to $20,000 for Coffee County nonprofits and public schools working on children and youth, animal welfare, or environmental conservation.
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Local
Vanderbilt University (Community Relations) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 14, 2026 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Davidson County
Vanderbilt gives program support, event sponsorships and in-kind help to Davidson County nonprofits working on K-12 and adult education, arts and humanities, social services, and child and youth development. The spring cycle covers events and programs...
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Community foundation
East Tennessee Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opening date not announced
- Award
- Up to $20K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Anderson County, Blount County, Campbell County, Carter County and 21 more counties
Grants up to $20,000 for youth programs serving ETF's 25 counties. No 2026 awards; next-cycle details are due by January 31, 2027.
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Community foundation
South Cumberland Community Fund · Open
- Deadline
- Due about Oct 10, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $5,000
- ! Local program: Franklin County, Grundy County, Marion County
Fall project grants of up to $5,000, funded by two University of the South endowments and reviewed by a student grants committee. Same eligibility and focus areas as the spring round (education, health, community/economic development on the South...
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Local
Putnam Education Partnership (PEP) Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opening date not announced
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Putnam County
The PEP Foundation in Cookeville funds band, choir and theatre programs in Putnam County Schools. The goal is to let students from low-income families take part like their classmates. Past grants bought instruments and choir uniforms.
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Federal
Department of Education · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Nov 12 – Dec 3, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 3
Note: Each funding opportunity description is a synopsis of information in the Federal Register application notice. For specific information about eligibility, please see the official application notice. The official version of this document is the...
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Community foundation
East Tennessee Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opening date not announced
- Award
- Amount not specified
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Johnson County
Funds travel and leadership chances for middle and high school youth in Johnson County. Requests go through the Johnson County Community Foundation grant cycle. That cycle runs in 2027, with details due by January 31, 2027.
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Community foundation
East Tennessee Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jul 1 – Jul 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $7,500
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Monroe County
Two-year grants of $5,000-$7,500 for Monroe County well-being; next awards in 2028.
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Private
Freedom to Read Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Apr 6, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $1,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Libraries, schools, colleges, and nonprofits can get $1,000 for Banned Books Week events. The events teach people about the freedom to read. Groups that won in the past five years cannot apply.
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Private
Catholic Extension Society · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
Catholic Extension funds parishes and ministries in approved mission dioceses, which include Knoxville, Memphis, and Nashville. Support covers church buildings, leaders, youth faith formation, and outreach. Talk with your diocesan contact before requesting funds.
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Corporate
Delek US (Delek Fund for Hope, a component fund of the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee) · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ! Local program: Bedford County, Cannon County, Cheatham County, Clay County and 37 more counties
Delek US employee-driven fund that grants to 501(c)(3) public charities where Delek does business, including the Middle Tennessee area. Requests are reviewed by a local Fund for Hope committee, then by the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. The...
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Community foundation
East Tennessee Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opening date not announced
- Award
- Up to $12K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Anderson County, Roane County
Employee-directed grants up to $12,500 for nonprofits in the Y-12 contractor's East Tennessee service area around Oak Ridge. The next cycle is in 2027, with information by May 31, 2027.
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Local
United Way of Greater Chattanooga · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jan 12 – Feb 27, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $50K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ! Local program: Hamilton County
One-time grants that let nonprofits pilot or accelerate new, innovative strategies for ALICE families. Applied for through the same annual LOI and full-application cycle as the Bridge Fund.
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Corporate
Target · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- $25 – $500
- ! Only near the company's Tennessee locations — check the program page
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