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Tennessee state
Tennessee State Library and Archives · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Jul 10, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $20K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ In Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i 88 past Tennessee awards
LSTA-supported grants that let recognized Tennessee public libraries buy or replace computers, software, networking hardware and peripherals for staff and public use. Requests must be under $20,000 and need a dollar-for-dollar local match, paid as...
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Tennessee state
Tennessee State Library and Archives · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Mar 31, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $20K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ In Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
Grants to Tennessee public libraries for public training, mobile hotspots, solar charging tables and internal network connections, funded through the Department of Economic and Community Development. Every participating library must offer public digital...
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Private
American Library Association · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Dec 1, 2026 – Feb 2, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $2,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
Annual grant to two libraries for community engagement projects led by the library with at least one partner. Open to school, public, academic, tribal and special libraries.
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Private
The US Chess Trust · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Libraries and Title I schools can ask for free chess sets for a chess program. Apply with an online form at any time. Schools must give a link to their federal school listing.
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Private
Little Free Library · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
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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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- $25K – $1M
- ✓ In Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i 14 past Tennessee awards
Institute of Museum and Library Services expects to make 45 awards of $25,000 to $1 million.
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Private
Snapdragon Book Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens the beginning of November 2026 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- $2,500 – $10K
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PreK-12 school libraries that serve disadvantaged children can get money for books. Grants usually range from $2,500 to $10,000.
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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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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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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
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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Corporate
Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Beyond Words helps public K-12 school libraries rebuild after a natural disaster, fire or similar event. The school must be within 15 miles of a Dollar General store in a state where Dollar General operates. There is no set window.
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Private
The Lisa Libraries · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
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
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC, American Library Association) with Candlewick Press · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 18, 2026 · 70 days left
- Award
- Up to $3,000
A $3,000 grant for a library outreach project for underserved children from birth to age 14. The project can be new or an expansion of current work. Reports are due in June and September.
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Private
The Pilcrow Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Due Apr 1, 2027 · 174 days left
- Award
- Up to $1,200
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ 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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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
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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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Foundation
Adams Family Foundation I · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
Murfreesboro family foundation that gives first in Tennessee, then in the Southeast. Send an open letter with your request; there is no deadline. Most 2025 grants went to Rutherford County groups such as libraries, clinics and youth programs.
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Tennessee state
USDA Rural Development – Tennessee State Office · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ In Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i 127 past Tennessee awards
Low-interest loans and grants to build, buy or improve essential community facilities in rural towns of 20,000 or fewer, such as clinics, fire stations, child care centers, libraries and food banks. Grants cover a share of the cost that depends on...
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Tennessee state
Tennessee Arts Commission · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Due Jan 8, 2027 · 91 days left
- Award
- Up to $25K
Should we apply? · Get ready
Hands-on arts education projects in three tiers, from a series of single sessions up to year-round programs. Schools, districts, libraries, colleges, local governments, and arts or education nonprofits can apply.
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Tennessee state
Tennessee State Library and Archives · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jul 6 – Aug 14, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $10K
Should we apply? · Get ready
Secretary of State grants of up to $10,000 that help official county or city archives (or a nonprofit legally authorized to keep local government records) buy archival shelving and supplies, pay for conservation or digitization, hire part-time help or...
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Tennessee state
Tennessee State Library and Archives · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: about Jul 6 – Aug 14, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $5,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ In Tennessee
- ✓ No match
- i 16 past Tennessee awards
Regrants of up to $5,000 from NHPRC money, run by the Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board, for government bodies and nonprofits that hold permanent historical records. Funds can cover digitization technology, training, contracted conservation or...
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Federal
National Institutes of Health · Department of Health and Human Services · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Due about Dec 15, 2026 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $1.5M
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ In Tennessee
- ✓ No match
- i 62 past Tennessee awards
National Institutes of Health expects to make 1 award of up to $1.5 million. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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