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Private
The Pilcrow Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Up to $800
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Rural public libraries hit by a tornado, flood, hurricane, or other natural disaster can get $800 in new hardcover children's books. No local match is needed. You ask for the application by email or mail.
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Private
The Lisa Libraries · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
The Lisa Libraries gives new children's books to groups in low-income or underserved U.S. areas. Books can start or rebuild a small library or go home with children. Small grassroots groups are a priority.
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Private
Little Free Library · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Gives free Little Free Library book-sharing boxes to people and groups in places where books are hard to find. The box must be open to everyone. Applications are reviewed every month.
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Private
The Pilcrow Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Due Apr 1, 2027 · 175 days left
- Award
- Up to $1,200
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! 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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Foundation
The Lois Lenski Covey Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Aug 15, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $500 – $3,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Groups that run a lending bookmobile for at-risk children can get $500 to $3,000 to buy children's books. Public libraries and schools with bookmobiles can apply. The yearly form usually comes out around February 15.
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Private
Duke University Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Feb 27, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $1,500
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Pays up to $1,500 in travel costs for people who need to visit Duke's rare book library in person. Students, teachers, artists, writers, filmmakers and independent researchers can apply. You must live more than 100 miles from Durham, N.C.
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Private
Laura Bush Foundation for America's Libraries · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Dec 31, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Amount not specified
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- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
Grants to low-income school libraries to update and diversify book collections. Title I public schools and private schools with 50%+ students on financial aid are eligible.
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Foundation
Whiting Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about May 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $40K
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- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Gives $40,000 each to ten writers finishing a deeply researched nonfiction book for adults. The book must already be under contract with a U.S., UK or Canadian publisher. Self-published books do not qualify.
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Private
Arts Midwest (with the National Endowment for the Arts) · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens fall 2026 (the funder's words)
- Award
- $5,000 – $20K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Matching grants of $5,000 to $20,000 for a community-wide reading program built around one book. Public libraries, schools, colleges, and nonprofits can apply. Groups that are not libraries must partner with a library.
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Local
South Arts · Open
- Deadline
- Due Apr 30, 2027 · 204 days left
- Award
- Up to $8,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
First-come, first-served grants that help nonprofit and government presenters in the South Arts region, including Tennessee, book artists from the South Arts roster for public performances, screenings or exhibitions plus community engagement. Covers up to...
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Foundation
Watson-Brown Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Apr 15, 2027 · 189 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
Grants to public charities and colleges that study or preserve the history and culture of the South. It funds research, museums and archives, book costs, preservation and programs. Send a short letter of inquiry first; applications are due April 15.
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Private
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
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
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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Local
South Arts · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Aug 12 – Oct 7, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $10K – $25K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ✓ No match required
Unrestricted awards for individual writers in the South Arts region, including Tennessee, who are developing a book-length manuscript. One winner receives $25,000 and two runners-up $10,000 each; there is a $25 application fee.
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Private
Academy of American Poets · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jan 16 – Mar 24, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $50K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Gives $50,000 to poets serving as an official state, city, county or tribal poet laureate. The money supports poetry projects that reach their neighbors, including young people. Poets must be 21 or older and have a published book.
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Foundation
Wenner-Gren Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 15, 2026 · 7 days left
- Award
- Up to $80K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- ! Only 7 days left to apply
Gives $80,000 for nine months of writing a book on anthropology for general readers. Applicants need an anthropology PhD earned within 15 years. Independent scholars are encouraged to apply.
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Federal
National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens Feb 2, 2027 · due about May 25, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- $10K – $80K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 62
This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) solicits applications for the NLM Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health program. The program supports the preparation of book-length manuscripts and other scholarly works of academic and/or public...
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