Funding search · EIN 621546736 · Goodlettsville, TN

Dollar General Literacy Foundation

Name: Dollar General Literacy Foundation grants, 2022–2025
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

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 2022–2025. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

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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