Applicants are invited to ap[ply for the 2025 CNS Y-12 Community Investment Fund.
Donor Name: East Tennessee Foundation
State: Tennessee
County: Selected Counties
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 06/11/2025
Size of the Grant: $10,000 to $100,000
Grant Duration: 1 Year
Details:
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC (CNS), the contractor at Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, TN, and the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, TX, established funds at East Tennessee Foundation and Amarillo Area Foundation as part of their commitment to the host communities of Amarillo and Oak Ridge, as well as their local counties and regions. With the leadership of an employee-based CNS Y-12 Investment Advisory Committee, CNS employees have the opportunity to recommend grant support where the need is the greatest and the resources are best allocated in their 20-county service area in East Tennessee. Since 2015, this fund has awarded more than 200 grants benefiting more than 140 nonprofits in their 20-county service area in East Tennessee.
Funding Priorities
In 2025, applicant organizations must address one of the following funding priorities:
- Acute Mental Health Support
- Grant proposals should demonstrate how programs provide immediate, short-term response to people experiencing a mental health crisis.
- Pre and Postnatal Family Services
- Grant proposals should demonstrate how programs provide access to healthcare, educational services, or other resources pre and/or post-delivery for individuals and families.
- Early Learning and Academic Support
- Grant proposals should explain how programs support the development of cognitive, reading, writing, and numeric skills to children and youth.
Funding Information
Organizations can apply for an amount between $2,000 and $15,000.
Grant Period
Grants will be awarded for one-year terms in September 2025. The grant term is September 15, 2025 – September 14, 2026.
Geographical Areas
By establishing the CNS Y-12 Community Investment Fund at ETF, CNS has created opportunities for its employees to award grants benefiting nonprofit organizations in their 20-county service area in East Tennessee, which includes but is not limited to the City of Oak Ridge, and Anderson and Roane counties. The 20 counties served are Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Cumberland, Grainger, Hamblen, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Rhea, Roane, Scott, Sevier, and Union.
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible organizations must have and be able to provide documentation to verify the following:
- Confirmation that the organization is a 501(c)(3) public charity, unit of government, or public educational institution
- New or emerging groups that do not have nonprofit status may apply if they have an established nonprofit organization as a fiscal sponsor
- Employee Identification Number (EIN)
- Legal name of organization, address, and contact information (phone, email address, fax)
- Primary contact person and title
- Most recent financial statements and/or most recent audit and/or IRS Form 990
- Current year organization operating budget
- List of current board of directors or equivalent governing body
- List of staff administering the project
- Confirmation that the organization operates and is organized so as to not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, familial status, sexual orientation, age, disability, covered veteran status, or other characteristics as identified in the Foundation’s Diversity and Non-Discrimination Statement.
For more information, visit East Tennessee Foundation.
