Apply for a Grant

1. Attend a Grant Info Session 

These are held before each grant round. They last for about an hour and are held in person and virtually. You need to attend one session within the calendar year of your application. These are usually held in late February and early June each year. See the grants calendar section for up to date information. Register for a 2026 grant info session at this link.

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2026 Grant Info Session Dates:

• Saturday, 2/28 at 10:00 A.M. at Grundy EMS, 90 Phipps St. in Coalmont

• Monday, 3/2 at Noon at TN’s South Cumberland Tourism Office, 115 Depot St. in Tracy City

• Tuesday, 3/3 at 5:30 P.M. in the Fellowship Hall at Morton Memorial United Methodist Church, 322 W. Main St. in Monteagle

2. Reach out to Staff

Send us an email at grants@southcumberlandcommunityfund.org to set up an appointment to discuss the project you wish to fund through one of our grants. We may suggest you submit a letter of intent (what is the dream you hope will come true?) describing your project.

3. Apply

You can find our grant application at this link. The first step will be to create a personal login with GivePulse, our grant portal. Register there at any time. Between grant rounds, the application will be in viewing mode only. You can familiarize yourself with the application after creating a personal login, and we will make the application live when grant rounds are open, in early March, May, June, and September.

4. Get funds

Grants are competitive! If you are awarded a grant, you will typically hear within two months of the deadline for the application. Whether or not you are awarded a grant, we encourage you to attend Celebrations of the grant in June and November and try again. 

5. Submit Grant Reports 

To complete your grant program, you will submit a grant report every six months until your project is complete. As long as you are in good standing with reports, you may apply again. The report form is at this link.

6. Apply Again!

As long as you are in good standing with reports, you may apply again. We may ask you to take a pause in applying if you have active grants that are unspent.