Opportunity Overview
The HCA Healthcare Foundation Middle Tennessee Fund — Q4 2026 General Operating & Program Grants supports Middle Tennessee nonprofits addressing basic needs, primary care, health and wellbeing, education, and nonprofit capacity building. General Operating & Program Grants are considered in Q2, Q3 and Q4. Capital Requests are invitation-only and considered exclusively in Q4.
Deadline
The Q4 application deadline is September 11, 2026. The controlling Foundation pages do not publish a deadline time or time zone, so Atlas does not infer either.
Eligibility and Geography
Applicants must be 501(c)(3) organizations established for at least three years and headquartered in Davidson, Williamson, Wilson, Rutherford, Cheatham, Dickson, Robertson, or Sumner County, Tennessee. The Foundation states that it is currently focused on existing grantee partners and is not accepting inquiries from organizations new to its funding portfolio. Returning applicants apply through GrantsConnect using a Blackbaud ID.
Funding and Cost Controls
The current public grant pages do not publish a per-applicant award maximum, total Q4 funding pool, match or cost-share requirement, detailed eligible or ineligible cost schedule, procurement/vendor rules, reference requirements, or a complete application-document checklist. Atlas will not infer these terms.
N9+ / QC Healthcare Relevance
N9+ Fit Score: 15/100, conditional. The Fund explicitly supports primary care and health and wellbeing, which creates a possible programmatic pathway for remote clinical-access projects. However, the current public pages do not establish technology or equipment allowability, and Q4 capital requests are invitation-only. The Nonagon N9+ remote physical examination platform should not be represented as an allowable cost unless the Foundation confirms it for a specific existing grantee and project. QC Healthcare fit is similarly conditional and low pending project-level cost confirmation.
Atlas Analysis
Atlas Opportunity Score: 76/100. This was a verified Tennessee healthcare and education-related foundation opportunity for the 2026 Q4 cycle. The cycle closed September 11, 2026. The score reflected strong thematic relevance but was constrained by the restriction to existing grantee partners, the invitation-only treatment of capital requests, and the absence of a published award ceiling and detailed cost rules.
The Q4 2026 application deadline passed September 11, 2026. Do not initiate new applicant outreach or late application activity. Preserve this record for award monitoring and future-cycle intelligence.
Controlling Sources
HCA Healthcare Foundation — Middle Tennessee Fund
HCA Healthcare Foundation — Apply for a Grant
Atlas verified September 12, 2026.