Funding search · EIN 621546736 · Goodlettsville, TN

Dollar General Literacy Foundation

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

2,066
grants reported
$57.8M
total given
2022–2025
filing years
$10,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 20222025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

literacyadultfamilyyouthpartnersummereducationenglish

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Funding pattern

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41 grants matching “english · $398,645

  • $20,000

    Serving Our Neighbors Ministries · Hilliard, OH · 2025

    Festa adult english

  • $19,000

    Literacy Volunteers of the New Rive · Christiansburg, VA · 2025

    English for life: co

  • $18,000

    Gallatin Shalom Zone · Gallatin, TN · 2025

    English as a second

  • $15,000

    Conexion Americas · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Esl - english as a s

  • $11,500

    Blue Ridge Literacy · Roanoke, VA · 2025

    Leveled english for

  • $10,000

    8th College Connections · Des Moines, IA · 2025

    English language lea

  • $10,000

    Catherine McAuley Center · Cedar Rapids, IA · 2025

    English education fo

  • $10,000

    Catholic Charities of the Texas Pan · Amarillo, TX · 2025

    Adult english as a s

  • $10,000

    Dogwood Literacy Council · Siloam Springs, AR · 2025

    Improving english li

  • $10,000

    Hispanic Family Center of Southern · Camden, NJ · 2025

    Adult english langua

  • $10,000

    Immigrant Home English Learning Pro · Saint Louis, MO · 2025

    In-home english tuto

  • $10,000

    La Casa De Amistad · South Bend, IN · 2025

    Dynamic english lear

  • $10,000

    Laamistad · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    Laamistad english fo

  • $10,000

    Memorial Assistance Ministries · Houston, TX · 2025

    Mam's english as a s

  • $10,000

    Msd of Warren Countywarren County · Williamsport, IN · 2025

    Teaching english as

  • $10,000

    New American Pathways · Atlanta, GA · 2025

    English skill develo

  • $10,000

    Opening Word · Amityville, NY · 2025

    Improving english la

  • $10,000

    The Branch of Nashville · Antioch, TN · 2025

    English classes --in

  • $9,000

    Multinational Memphis · Memphis, TN · 2025

    English for moms

  • $8,500

    Casa · York, PA · 2025

    English for speakers

  • $8,250

    Aquinas Literacy Center · Chicago, IL · 2025

    One-on-one english l

  • $8,000

    Greenville Multicultural Church · Greenville, SC · 2025

    English class for en

  • $8,000

    Coalicion De Lideres Latinos · Dalton, GA · 2025

    English as a second

  • $7,500

    Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley · St Charles, IL · 2025

    One-on-one english l

  • $7,500

    Beacon for English Language and Lit · Bristow, VA · 2025

    Student link to succ

  • $7,450

    The Salvation Army · Painesville, OH · 2025

    Adult english as a s

  • $7,000

    Refuge Bowling Green · Bowling Green, KY · 2025

    Refuge english acade

  • $7,000

    Center for English and Integration · Knoxville, TN · 2025

    Enhanced english lit

  • $6,400

    Easton English School at Trinity · Easton, MD · 2025

    Easton english schoo

  • $6,000

    Working Mission · Murfreesboro, TN · 2025

    English as a second

  • $6,000

    Wesley House Community Services · Louisville, KY · 2025

    English as a second

  • $11,500

    Immigrant Home English Learning Pro · Saint Louis, MO · 2024

    Adult & youth lit.

  • $7,500

    Beacon for English Language and Lit · Bristow, VA · 2024

    Adult literacy

  • $10,000

    Immigrant Home English Learning Program · Saint Louis, MO · 2023

    Adult literacy

  • $9,745

    Tutoring English To Advance Change · La Grange, IL · 2023

    Adult literacy

  • $7,500

    Montgomery Coalition for Adult English Literacy · Rockville, MD · 2023

    Adult literacy

  • $7,500

    Beacon for English Language and Literacy · Bristow, VA · 2023

    Adult literacy

  • $10,000

    Immigrant Home English Learning Program · Saint Louis, MO · 2022

    Adult literacy

  • $9,300

    The Volunteer English Program in Chester County · West Chester, PA · 2022

    Adult literacy

  • $8,000

    The English Center · Poland, OH · 2022

    Adult literacy

  • $7,500

    English Skills Learning Center · Salt Lake City, UT · 2022

    Adult literacy

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

  • The Ad Council27 grants · $4.9M
  • Proliteracy Worldwide7 grants · $3.5M
  • Save the Children Federation2 grants · $3.4M
  • Nashville Public Library Foundation8 grants · $3.1M
  • Reading Is Fundamental4 grants · $2.8M
  • The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy2 grants · $2.1M
  • Save the Children1 grant · $1.7M
  • Save the Children Federation1 grant · $1.3M
  • American Indian College Fund4 grants · $1.3M
  • Learning Ally2 grants · $1.1M

Giving over time

$13.6M
2022
$15.2M
2023
$14.5M
2024
$14.5M
2025

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,066 grants.

  • $1.7M

    Save the Children · Fairfield, CT · 2024

    Partner

  • $1.7M

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $1.7M

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2022

    Youth literacy partner

  • $1.6M

    The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy · Washington, DC · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $1.5M

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2024

    Partner

  • $1.4M

    Nashville Public Library Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Adult, family, youth

  • $1.3M

    Save the Children Federation · Fairfield, CT · 2025

    Investing in rural c

  • $1.3M

    Proliteracy Worldwide · Syracuse, NY · 2025

    Innovative approache

  • $1.0M

    Proliteracy Worldwide · Syracuse, NY · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $1.0M

    Sesame Workshop · New York, NY · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $1.0M

    The Dollywood Foundation · Sevierville, TN · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $1.0M

    Donors Choose · New York, NY · 2022

    Youth literacy partner

  • $942,996

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2025

    Program execution -

  • $870,000

    Reading Is Fundamental · Washington, DC · 2025

    Rif x dollar general

  • $850,000

    Proliteracy Worldwide · Syracuse, NY · 2024

    Partner

  • $756,124

    Reading Is Fundamental · Washington, DC · 2024

    Partner

  • $602,000

    Learning Ally · Princeton, NJ · 2024

    Partner

  • $580,000

    National Center for Families Learni · Louisville, KY · 2025

    Family learning in t

  • $570,074

    Reading Is Fundamental · Washington, DC · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $564,165

    Reading Is Fundamental · Washington, DC · 2022

    Youth literacy partner

  • $500,000

    Nashville Public Library Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Limitless libraries

  • $500,000

    Learning Ally · Princeton, NJ · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $500,000

    The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy · Washington, DC · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $434,000

    American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2025

    Native students step

  • $432,928

    Nashville Public Library Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Youth literacy partner

  • $400,000

    Proliteracy · Syracuse, NY · 2025

    All in 2.0 backbone

  • $400,000

    Nashville Public Library Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $400,000

    Southern Methodist University · Dallas, TX · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $372,000

    National Afterschool Association · Oakton, VA · 2022

    Youth literacy partner

  • $358,175

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $350,000

    United Through Reading · San Diego, CA · 2025

    Storytime and litera

  • $300,000

    American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2024

    Partner

  • $300,000

    American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $300,000

    American Indian College Fund · Denver, CO · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $286,840

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $265,000

    National Center for Families Learni · Louisville, KY · 2024

    Partner

  • $250,000

    Kids in Need Foundation · Roseville, MN · 2024

    Partner

  • $250,000

    Children'S Defense Fund · Washington, DC · 2022

    Youth literacy partner

  • $230,000

    Ywca Nashville & Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Ywca nashville's fam

  • $230,000

    National Center for Families Learning · Louisville, KY · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $230,000

    National Center for Families Learning · Louisville, KY · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $227,236

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $215,000

    Ywca Nashville & Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Adult literacy

  • $210,000

    Ywca Nashville & Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Adult literacy

  • $208,695

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $200,000

    Coalition On Adult Basic Education · Bradenton, FL · 2025

    Coabe's transformati

  • $200,000

    Kids in Need Foundation · Roseville, MN · 2025

    Second responder

  • $200,000

    National Afterschool Assiociation · Oakton, VA · 2025

    Discover literacy

  • $200,000

    Pencil Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Dg pencil box: provi

  • $200,000

    National Afterschool Association I · Oakton, VA · 2024

    Partner

  • $200,000

    United Through Reading · San Diego, CA · 2024

    Partner

  • $200,000

    Kids in Need Foundation · Roseville, MN · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $200,000

    National Afterschool Association · Oakton, VA · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $200,000

    United Through Reading · San Diego, CA · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $200,000

    Ywca Nashville & Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Adult literacy

  • $200,000

    Kids in Need Foundation · Roseville, MN · 2022

    Youth literacy partner

  • $197,905

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $185,000

    Nashville Adult Literacy Council I · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Donor appreciation e

  • $175,000

    Ymca of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Ymca youth literacy

  • $175,000

    Pencil Foundation · Nashvie, TN · 2024

    Partner

  • $175,000

    Ymca of Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Youth literacy

  • $175,000

    Pencil Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $175,000

    Ymca of Nashville and Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $175,000

    Pencil Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Youth literacy partner

  • $175,000

    United Through Reading · San Diego, CA · 2022

    Youth literacy partner

  • $175,000

    Ymca of Nashville and Middle Tennessee · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Youth literacy partner

  • $150,000

    Coalition On Adult Basic Education · Bradenton, FL · 2024

    Partner

  • $150,000

    Jumpstart for Young Children · Boston, MA · 2024

    Partner

  • $140,000

    Nashville Adult Literacy Council · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Adult literacy

  • $125,000

    Instruction Partners · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Partner

  • $125,000

    Nashville Adult Literacy Council · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Adult literacy

  • $125,000

    Nashville Public Library Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Adult literacy

  • $125,000

    Nashville Adult Literacy Council · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $125,000

    Nashville Public Library Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Adult literacy

  • $120,000

    Proliteracy Worldwide · Syracuse, NY · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $100,000

    The Barbara Bush Foundation for Fam · Washington, DC · 2025

    All in phase 3: nati

  • $100,000

    The Oasis Institute · St Ann, MO · 2025

    Intergenerational tu

  • $100,000

    Governor'S Early Literacy Foundatio · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Partner

  • $100,000

    Jobs for America'S Graduates · Alexandria, VA · 2024

    Partner

  • $100,000

    Donors Choose · New York, NY · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $100,000

    Goal Collective (Tennessee College Access & Success Network Fiscal Agent) · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $100,000

    Governor'S Early Literacy Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $100,000

    Jobs for America'S Graduates · Alexandria, VA · 2023

    Youth literacy partner

  • $100,000

    Goal Collective (Tennessee College Access & Success Network Fiscal Agent) · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $100,000

    Governor'S Early Literacy Foundation · Nashville, TN · 2022

    Youth literacy partner

  • $100,000

    Proliteracy Worldwide · Syracuse, NY · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $98,646

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $97,059

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $93,045

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $91,238

    Proliteracy Worldwide · Syracuse, NY · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $87,389

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $87,208

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $85,000

    Tennessee College Access and Succes · Nashville, TN · 2024

    Partner

  • $84,294

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $80,828

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2022

    Adult literacy partner

  • $80,000

    Governor'S Early Literacy Foundatio · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Librotad

  • $76,312

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $75,000

    Tennessee College Access and Succes · Nashville, TN · 2025

    Goal collective (gro

  • $75,000

    Cooperative Educational Services · Trumbull, CT · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

  • $60,364

    The Ad Council · New York, NY · 2023

    Adult literacy partner

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