Your non-profit organization may apply for a Community Agency Grant if it operates within the City of Knoxville, has been in operation for at least five years, and has current registration as a charitable organization with the Tennessee Secretary of State.
Community Agency Grants support non-profit organizations that help the City meet its goals and priorities in two categories: Arts & Culture and Community and Social Services.
(Providers of homeless services should apply for the Homeless Grant via Housing and Neighborhood Development.)
• 2025 Cover Letter [PDF]
• 2025 Community Agency Grants Goals & Priorities [PDF]
• 2025 Community Agency Grant APPLY HERE WITH ZOOMGRANTS
ZoomGrants is offering training on how to use their platform on
January 24th at 10 a.m. and January 27th at 1 p.m. You can view a video of the training
HERE (use passcode #8=mack&). In addition, online assistance is available at ZoomGrants University. Please email Jennifer Searle at
[email protected] to get the link if you want to attend one of the training sessions.
2025 DEADLINE: Applications will be available January 22, 2025. Applications due by 4 p.m. on February 21, 2025.
Learn more about Community Agency Grants or contact Jennifer Searle at 865-215-2267 or [email protected].
The City of Knoxville is committed to addressing the opioid epidemic through its first responders and by supporting non-profits that specialize in this area. Multiple legal settlements with opioid manufacturers and pharmaceutical distributors have been allocated to states, counties and cities throughout the country to address the opioid epidemic. These settlement amounts vary and are staggered over many years. The settlements require that funds be used specifically for opioid mitigation.
As part of its funding received to date, the City of Knoxville is allocating $300,000 for the 2025-26 fiscal year to provide grant funding to non-profits who provide opioid remediation and prevention services to City of Knoxville residents. These are one-time funds to be utilized between July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026.
This is a competitive process. Some applications may not be funded, and some may be only partially funded. Your organization may apply for Opioid Settlement Funds if it operates within the City of Knoxville, has been in operation for at least two years and has current registration as a charitable organization with the Tennessee Secretary of State.
When filling in PDFs, please use the default font found in each form.
• 2025 Cover Letter [PDF]
• 2025 Opioid Abatement Grant Application [PDF]
• 2025 Opioid Abatement Grant Goals & Priorities [PDF]
2025 DEADLINE: Applications will be available January 22, 2025. Applications due by 4 p.m. on February 21, 2025 to Jennifer Searle in the Mayor's Office.
For more information contact Jennifer Searle at 865-215-2267 or [email protected].
Community Safety and Empowerment offers five different grant opportunities. The department seeks to provide grant funding to non-profit and community-based organizations capable of implementing efforts in Knoxville, TN through five different grant opportunities. Grant Proposals should focus on the mission and objectives of the African American Equity Restoration Task Force, Empower Knox, or the Office of Community Safety.
Interested in applying for more than one opportunity? You may do so, but you must complete and submit a separate application for each funding opportunity by the appropriate grant program deadline.
Learn more on Community Safety and Empowerment's Grant Funding page.
Questions? Contact Chief Community Safety Officer LaKenya Middlebrook at 865-215-3155 or [email protected].
The City of Knoxville is taking applications for Homeless Grants (aka Homeless Agency Grants) funds for programs beginning July 1, 2025. Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on February 21, 2025
• 2025 Homeless Agency Grant
APPLY HERE WITH ZOOMGRANTS
Click here to learn more about Homeless Agency Grants.
The City of Knoxville is taking applications for CDBG funds for programs beginning July 1, 2025. Applications are due by 4:30 p.m. on February 21, 2025
• 2025 CDBG Grant
APPLY HERE WITH ZOOMGRANTS
Click here to learn more about CDBG Grants
The Neighborhood Small Grants Program (NSGP) strengthens neighborhoods in the City of Knoxville by supporting a wide range of community-based initiatives through grants and technical assistance. The program is aimed at resident-controlled, resident-led neighborhood groups such as neighborhood watch groups, neighborhood associations, tenant associations, and homeowners associations.
Click here to learn more about the Neighborhood Small Grants Program or contact Contact Debbie Sharp at 215-4382 or email [email protected].
During certain time periods, the City of Knoxville will accept proposals from owners of historic residential or commercial buildings seeking funding for property-improvement projects through the Historic Preservation Fund
Click here to learn more about the Historic Preservation Fund Grant
The City of Knoxville Community Development Office is providing an incentive program to improve the façades of certain types of buildings within targeted redevelopment areas. By bettering the appearance of building façades, the program serves to improve the economic viability of these areas. Better aesthetics increase property values, improve the marketability of space within the buildings and draw business and residents to the area.
Click here to learn more about the Façade Improvement Program
The City of Knoxville Parks and Recreation Department accepts applications for its Challenge Grant Program, which offers grants to nonprofit projects associated with public parks or recreation facilities within the City limits. The grants are available to 501(c)(3), 501(c)(4), and 501(c)(6) status community groups, homeowner associations, schools, scout troops and other organizations.
Click here to learn more about the Recreation Challenge Grant or call 865-215-1712.
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