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Foundation
Believe in Reading · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens October 2026 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Amount not specified
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Believe in Reading funds proven literacy programs run by nonprofits, schools and public libraries. Reading must be the main activity, for any age, including adult literacy and English learning. It does not pay for buildings, textbooks or general operating costs.
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Foundation
George & Barbara Bush Foundation (Barbara Bush Fund for Family Literacy) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens January 2027 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Amount not specified
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New grants for family literacy programs that teach parents and children together. Programs must include adult education, child education, parent education, and parent-child literacy time. Nonprofits and schools may apply.
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Nonprofit
ProLiteracy Worldwide · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due Jan 4, 2027
- Award
- Up to $6,000
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Grants up to $6,000 for nonprofits that teach adults to read, write and do math. Money can pay staff, teacher stipends, supplies or rent. There are four rounds each year.
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Association
Association for Library Service to Children / Young Adult Library Services Association (American Library Association) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Due Dec 1, 2026 · 51 days left
- Award
- Up to $1,000
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A $1,000 award for a librarian with a creative literacy project for youth ages 10 to 19. You do not need to be an ALA member to apply, but the winner must join ALA/YALSA, and the grant can pay that cost.
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Community foundation
Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (Lillian Ashley Fund) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 1, 2027 · due about Jan 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $20K
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- Local program: Coffee County
Grants up to $20,000 for Coffee County nonprofits and public schools working on children and youth, animal welfare, or environmental conservation.
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Community foundation
East Tennessee Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens details by January 31, 2027 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Up to $50K
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- Local program: Washington County
Grants up to $50,000 for 'life literacy' programs serving Washington County residents. Next-cycle information is due by January 31, 2027.
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Community foundation
East Tennessee Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens details by January 31, 2027 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Amount not specified
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- Local program: Loudon County, Monroe County
Grants for childhood development and education projects in Loudon and Monroe counties. Next-cycle information is due by January 31, 2027.
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Community foundation
East Tennessee Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens details by January 31, 2027 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Up to $20K
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- Local program: Anderson County, Blount County, Campbell County, Carter County and 21 more counties
Grants up to $20,000 for youth programs serving ETF's 25 counties. No 2026 awards; next-cycle details are due by January 31, 2027.
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Community foundation
South Cumberland Community Fund · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Mar 1, 2027 · due Apr 1, 2027
- Award
- Up to $10K
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- Local program: Franklin County, Grundy County, Marion County
Annual competitive project grants of up to $10,000 for work that broadly benefits residents of the South Cumberland Plateau, with priority on education, health, and community/economic development. Applicants must attend a grant info session in the calendar...
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Local
CMC Education Foundation (Clarksville-Montgomery County) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Oct 19, 2026 · due Oct 30, 2026
- Award
- Amount not specified
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- Local program: Montgomery County
Small grants to Clarksville-Montgomery County schools for staff-morale efforts open to all employees, such as appreciation-week meals or food trucks. A school may request $15 per full-time employee; only CMCSS schools may apply this year.
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Local
The Education Foundation for Clinton City & Anderson County Schools · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Nov 1, 2026 · due Dec 31, 2026
- Award
- Up to $1,000
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- Local program: Anderson County
- No match
Grants for Anderson County and Clinton City schools to support students' emotional, mental or physical health and wellness. Grantees are asked to help with the foundation's Clinton 5K.
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Foundation
Weldon F. Osborne Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Nov 1, 2026 · due Jan 31, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
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- Local program: Hamilton County
Grants for charities and religious groups in greater Chattanooga. Start with an online letter of inquiry. Trustees review requests three times a year.
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Foundation
McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 15, 2027 · due Apr 15, 2027
- Award
- Up to $10K
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PreK-12 educators who work with students from low-income homes can get up to $10,000 a year for enrichment projects. Grants go to one person, not to schools.
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Foundation
McCarthey Dressman Education Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Jan 15, 2027 · due Apr 15, 2027
- Award
- Up to $10K
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Licensed K-12 teachers, alone or in small teams, can get up to $10,000 a year to try new teaching methods. One person must be the named applicant.
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Nonprofit
The Pilcrow Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Due Apr 1, 2027 · 172 days left
- Award
- Up to $1,200
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- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Small rural public libraries can get up to $1,200 in new hardcover children's books. The library raises $200 to $400 from a local sponsor, and the foundation matches it 2-to-1. Deadlines are April 1 and October 1 each year.
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Nonprofit
Utrust (Tennessee Unemployment Compensation Trust, TNUCT) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Dec 1, 2026 · due Mar 31, 2027
- Award
- Amount not specified
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Utrust gives mini-grants to Tennessee school systems that are Utrust members. Grants pay for one-time school or system projects that local funds do not cover. The 2026-27 application deadline is March 31, 2027.
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Corporate
Casey's General Stores · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens October 12 - November 13 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- $3,000 – $50K
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- Local program: Humphreys County
Casey's gives grants of $3,000 to $50,000 to K-12 public and nonprofit private schools in the states where it has stores, including Tennessee. Money can pay for building repairs, supplies, technology, teacher training or student community projects.
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Corporate
Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens spring 2027 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- Up to $5,000
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Dollar General Literacy Foundation Youth Literacy grants (up to $5,000) help schools, libraries and nonprofits support K-12 students reading below grade level. Applicants must be in a Dollar General state and within 15 miles of a Dollar General store. The...
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Local
Bradley/Cleveland Public Education Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Sep 11, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $5,000
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- Local program: Bradley County
- No match
Project grants for full-time certified teachers and administrators in Cleveland City and Bradley County schools, either as individuals or as teams. Funds supplement, not replace, school budgets.
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Association
United for Libraries (ALA) and Penguin Random House · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Dec 17, 2026 – Jan 21, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $500 – $1,000
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Friends of the Library groups at small, rural libraries can win $500 or $1,000 for a priority project. Twenty more libraries get $500 in book donations. The library must be in a town of 25,000 people or fewer.
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