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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
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
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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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
- ✓ Available in Tennessee
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
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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Private
The US Chess Trust · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
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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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- $25K – $1M
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 14
National Leadership Grants for Libraries (NLG-L) projects enhance the quality of library services nationwide. The program supports projects that: promote adult reading, and health and financial literacies; focus on programming and archival practices...
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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
Snapdragon Book Foundation · Opening soon
- Deadline
- Opens the beginning of November 2026 (no exact date yet)
- Award
- $2,500 – $10K
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
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
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ 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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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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Corporate
Dollar General Literacy Foundation · Open
- Deadline
- No deadline listed: see the official notice
- Award
- Amount not specified
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
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
- 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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Federal
Institute of Museum and Library Services · Open
- Deadline
- Due Nov 13, 2026 · 35 days left
- Award
- $75K – $1M
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ! Needs a match (see how much in the notice)
- i Past Tennessee awards on file: 8
Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian (LB21) projects build a library and archival workforce that can meet the information needs of communities of all types and sizes and increase the institutional capacity of libraries, archives, and library and information...
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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
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
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
- ✓ 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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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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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
- ✓ Available 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
Freedom to Read Foundation · Closed for this year
- Deadline
- Next round: due about Apr 6, 2027 Estimate, not confirmed by the funder
- Award
- Up to $1,000
Should we apply? · Get ready
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Libraries, schools, colleges, and nonprofits can get $1,000 for Banned Books Week events. The events teach people about the freedom to read. Groups that won in the past five years cannot apply.
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Private
American Library Association (with Cummins Inc.) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 28, 2026 · 19 days left
- Award
- Up to $5,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
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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Private
Newberry Library · Open
- Deadline
- Due Dec 4, 2026 · 56 days left
- Award
- $3,000 – $6,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Pays $3,000 a month for one to two months of research in the Newberry Library's collections in Chicago. Scholars with a PhD at any career stage may apply; they need not be faculty. Fellows find their own housing.
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Private
Newberry Library · Open
- Deadline
- Due Jan 15, 2027 · 98 days left
- Award
- Up to $3,000
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
Gives artists and writers a $3,000 stipend and research space to use the Newberry Library's collections for a creative project. It is open to visual and performing artists, authors, cartoonists, journalists, playwrights, and filmmakers. Studio space is not...
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Private
Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) · Open
- Deadline
- Due Oct 20, 2026 · 11 days left
- Award
- $50K – $300K
- ✓ Available in Tennessee (nationwide program)
- ✓ No match required
- ! Only 11 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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