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135 foundations that funded “library”
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Private foundation · Eagle River, AK
Brabson Library & Educational Foundation Inc.
How to apply: not stated
1 Tennessee grant totaling $5,000 · typical grant $5,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Cultural
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Public charity · Sevierville
Foundation for the Sevier County Library System
How to apply: not stated
3 Tennessee grants totaling $62,601 · typical grant $5,732 to $39,575 (tax year 2024)
33% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: Program materials and expenses; Tile wall; Rm furnishings building
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Private foundation · Houston, TX
The Lanier Theological Library Foundation
Takes applications
2 Tennessee grants totaling $435,147 · typical grant $10,000 to $425,147 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Franklin
W H & Edgar Magness Community House & Library Trust
Invitation only
1 Tennessee grant totaling $8,009 · typical grant $8,009 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Birmingham, AL
Patrick Wilson Library Trust Fbo Montgomery Bell Academy
Invitation only
1 Tennessee grant totaling $115,300 · typical grant $115,300 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
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Private foundation · Monroe, MI
La-Z-Boy Foundation
Takes applications
45 Tennessee grants totaling $259,000 · typical grant $2,000 to $5,000 (tax year 2024)
No fixed deadline, per its 2024 IRS filing
40% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Public benefit; Education-libraries; Human services; Health care; Education-libraies
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Private foundation · Nashville
James Stephen Turner Family Foundation Inc.
Takes applications
26 Tennessee grants totaling $2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $50,000 (tax year 2024)
67% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
4 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Relief efforts in western north carolina and eastern Tennessee from hurricane helene; Recovery in community capital campaign; Capital fund support - new building; Fall bash -...
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Private foundation · Atlanta, GA
The Arthur M Blank Family Foundation
Invitation only
4 Tennessee grants totaling $843,000 · typical grant $150,000 to $350,000 (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Imagination library for the mt program; Scaling climate smart ranching practices and; Good governance
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Private foundation · Lincoln, IL
Fulk Family Foundation Inc.
Invitation only
2 Tennessee grants totaling $150,000 · typical grant $50,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Biomedical library
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Private foundation · Jacksonville, IL
Bound to Stay Bound Books Foundation
Invitation only
1 Tennessee grant totaling $18,000 · typical grant $18,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Imagination Library Donation
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Private foundation · Wilmington, DE
Charles R Wood Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $110,000 · typical grant $110,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Imagination Library Program in the New York counties of Essex, Clinton, Franklin and Hamilton
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Private foundation · Athens
Athens Federal Foundation
Takes applications
43 Tennessee grants totaling $314,160 · typical grant $3,010 to $8,000 (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Jun 1 · next Jun 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
62% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
9 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Purchase books for Imagination Library program; Purchase of food for food pantry; Recruitment, screening and training for volunteer advocates; Funding to stock clothing and...
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Private foundation · Ninety Six, SC
Bond Memorial Tr
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $4,000 · typical grant $4,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Stated deadlines: Apr 1 · next Apr 1, 2027 (from its 2025 IRS filing; confirm with the foundation)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Fund school library
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Private foundation · Katy, TX
The Snapdragon Book Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $2,100 · typical grant $2,100 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
100% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
Funded: Books for school library
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Private foundation · Logan, KS
Dane G Hansen Foundation
Takes applications
1 Tennessee grant totaling $100,000 · typical grant $100,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Funds to replenish the imaginiation library program
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Private foundation · Nashville
Mba Wilson Tr Agreement
Invitation only
1 Tennessee grant totaling $1 million · typical grant $1 million (1 grant) (tax year 2025)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: General use with special attention to library
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Private foundation · Seattle, WA
The Roots and Wings Foundation Inc.
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1 Tennessee grant totaling $300,000 · typical grant $300,000 (1 grant) (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Dane co. Imagination library
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Private foundation · Dyersburg
Edward H & June F Lannom Jr
Invitation only
2 Tennessee grants totaling $25,000 · typical grant $10,000 to $15,000 (tax year 2024)
Funded only returning groups in its latest year
Funded: Charitable works in the community; Library funding
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Private foundation · Knoxville
Bill and Crissy Haslam Foundation
Invitation only
96 Tennessee grants totaling $13.2 million · typical grant $5,000 to $100,000 (tax year 2024)
27% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
5 grants for buildings or equipment
Funded: Missions fund; Legacy dinner; Knox county imagination library; Data capacity building support; Community circle
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Private foundation · Greeneville
Bartlett-Patterson Corporation
Takes applications
18 Tennessee grants totaling $164,108 · typical grant $1,500 to $10,000 (tax year 2024)
6% of its latest Tennessee winners were new to it
1 grant for buildings or equipment
Funded: To instill values in youth and build character.; Acquire books for the library; To provide care of young people; To assist young people in the community and to assist in the...
Source: each funder's latest e-filed IRS return. Private foundations file Form 990-PF, which lists the grants they paid and how to apply. Community foundations, United Ways and other public charities file Form 990, and we use its Schedule I (grants over $5,000). We include every funder, wherever it is based, whose latest return lists grants to Tennessee groups. Corporate and community-foundation grant rounds are in the grant search.