Competitive Grants

East Tennessee Foundation's (ETF) field-of-interest and affiliate funds support a competitive grantmaking process in broad charitable areas including arts and culture, community development, youth-at-risk or a particular East Tennessee county (Affiliate Funds) within the Foundation's 25-county service area. Since 1986, East Tennessee Foundation has awarded over $168 million in grants through its competitive grantmaking process. All current Requests for Proposals (RFP or grant applications and guidelines) are available for download at the end of each field-of-interest and affiliate fund grants program description.

General Grant Information

Field-of-Interest Grants

Affiliate Funds & Grants

Coker Creek Workshops - Coker Creek Economic Development Group Indigenous Crafts

Workshops Supported by an Arts Fund for East TN Grant

Grant Program Overview

General Eligibility

Field-of-interest and affiliate fund grants are offered annually or bi-annually and made through a competitive application and review process. Any organization determined to be a 501(c)(3) by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that is located within our 25-county service area (unless otherwise stipulated) may apply for a grant from one of our field-of-interest funds. Grants will also be made to other tax-exempt entities such as schools, universities, units of government, or, in some instances, churches and other religious institutions. Organizations that have not received 501(c)(3) status from the IRS must be fiscally sponsored by a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization.

Although each proposal will be considered on its own merits, the following types of requests will normally be ineligible for funding: grants to individuals; endowments or general fundraising campaigns or capital campaigns; general operating support (office supplies, utilities and other general expenses); and projects that have implicit religious content, express a particular religious view or advance a religious purpose.

For each grants program, only one application per organization may be submitted per grant cycle.

General Information

Please note that all dates are subject to change.

The Foundation does not encourage unsolicited proposals but will periodically review them. For further information, please contact Terry Holley (865) 524-1223, toll-free at 877-524-1223 or by e-mail at tholley@etf.org.

Calendar of Competitive Grants

2011 Calendar of Competitive Grants

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Contact Information

Please contact Jan Elston at East Tennessee Foundation by phone (865)524-1223, toll-free at 877-524-1223 or by e-mail at jelston@etf.org if you wish to be placed on our mailing list(s) to receive grant information and applications.

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