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Tennessee state
USDA Rural Development – Tennessee State Office · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- Groups like yours won it
- In Tennessee
- Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- 148 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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Nonprofit
The US Chess Trust · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
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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Nonprofit
Wild Ones Natural Landscapers · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 18, 2026 · 38 days left
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
Native plants for schools, nature centers, youth groups, libraries, and community groups to build learning gardens. Most awards are plants shipped to you. A small cash grant up to $500 is possible in some cases.
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Nonprofit
The Lisa Libraries · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
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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Association
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC, American Library Association) with Candlewick Press · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 18, 2026 · 68 days left
- Award
- Up to $3,000
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
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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Nonprofit
The Pilcrow Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $800
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
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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Nonprofit
Society of American Archivists Foundation (with Society of Southwest Archivists) · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Up to $5,000
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
Grants of up to $5,000 help archives, libraries and museums save records hurt by a major disaster. Money can pay for freeze drying, storage, moving materials and supplies. You do not need to be a member to apply.
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Nonprofit
Little Free Library · Open
- Deadline
- Rolling: apply any time
- Award
- Amount not specified
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
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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Association
American Library Association (with Cummins Inc.) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 28, 2026 · 17 days left
- Award
- Up to $5,000
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
Twenty-five U.S. public libraries receive a $5,000 programming stipend, four STEM kits, and training for 12 months of early-childhood STEM programs.
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Nonprofit
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 20, 2026 · 9 days left
- Award
- $50K – $300K
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
- Only 9 days left to apply
Nonprofit libraries, archives and museums can apply to digitize rare items. Projects should share stories of groups often left out of history. Grants range from $50,000 to $300,000.
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Association
American Library Association (Publishing Committee) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 6, 2026 · 26 days left
- Award
- Up to $5,000
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
Grants up to $5,000 to make reading lists, indexes, web guides, or other guides to library resources. Libraries, groups, and individuals can apply. Proposals are due November 6, 2026.
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Federal
National Endowment for the Humanities · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 13, 2027 · 94 days left
- Award
- Up to $325K
- Open to your kind of group
- In Tennessee
- No match
National Endowment for the Humanities expects to make 11 awards of up to $325,000. Open to many kinds of groups. See who can apply.
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