Grants awarded
Who does Dollar General Literacy Foundation fund?
Dollar General Literacy Foundation has awarded $87 million across 4,367 grants to 2,846 grantees between 2020 and 2025. Its giving concentrates in education. Its typical grant is $8,000, with most between $3,000 and $10,000. Repeat grantees receive a median $9,000 versus $4,000 for first-time grantees.
Total awarded
$87.0M
Typical grant
$8K
Grantees
2,846
Grants
4,367
Years
2020–2025
Organizations this funder supports
Each grantee's funding from this organization, summed across all reported years. Largest first — click any column to re-sort.
| Grantee | Total received | Grants | Years | Latest | State | Support |
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Save the Children Federation INC
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$7.1M | 5 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | CT | |
| T The Ad Council | $6.6M | 49 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $4.1M | 18 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Nashville Public Library Foundation
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$4.0M | 13 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| R Reading Is Fundamental INC | $3.6M | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $2.5M | 4 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$2.5M | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | FL | |
| S Save the Children | $1.7M | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
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$1.6M | 4 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | NJ | |
American Indian College Fund
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$1.5M | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CO | |
| S Save the Children Federation | $1.3M | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| K Kids in Need Foundation | $1.3M | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$1.1M | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
The Dollywood Foundation
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$1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | TN | |
Sesame Workshop
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$1.0M | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NY | |
Southern Methodist University
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$960K | 3 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
National Center for Families Learning INC
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$922K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
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$886K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
United Through Reading
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$875K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | CA | |
| N National Center for Families Learni | $845K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Pencil Foundation
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$775K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| Y YMCA of Nashville and Middle Tennessee | $700K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
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$612K | 3 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | VA | |
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$505K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| I Individual recipient | $500K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| N Nashville Public Library Foundation | $500K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A American Indian College Fund | $434K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| P Proliteracy | $400K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$400K | 2 | 2020 | 2020 | IL | |
| C Coalition on Adult Basic Education (coabe) | $390K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| Y YMCA of Middle Tennessee | $350K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| U United Through Reading | $350K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| C Coalition on Adult Basic Education | $350K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Children's Defense Fund
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$325K | 3 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | DC | |
Martha O'Bryan Center INC
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$304K | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Nashville Public Television INC
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$302K | 10 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Instruction Partners
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$300K | 3 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| S Sacramento County Office of Education | $275K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
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$250K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| Y YWCA Nashville & Middle Tennessee | $230K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| J Jobs for America's Graduates | $200K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| P Pencil Foundation | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Afterschool Assiociation | $200K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Afterschool Association I | $200K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | — | — |
| G Goal Collective (tennessee College Access & Success Network Fiscal Agent) | $200K | 2 | 2022–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
World Education INC
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$190K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | MA | |
| F Fiftyforward | $188K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N Nashville Adult Literacy Council I | $185K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $180K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| T The Oasis Institute | $175K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Conexion Americas
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$171K | 11 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Project Transformation Tennessee INC
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$165K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| T Tennessee College Access and Succes | $160K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Jumpstart for Young Children INC
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$150K | 1 | 2024 | 2024 | MA | |
| T Tennessee Performing Arts Center | $150K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $148K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Literacy Coalition of Central Texas
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$143K | 4 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TX | |
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$140K | 8 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | KY | |
Nashville International Center for Empowerment
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$134K | 15 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | TN | |
| G Glencliff High School | $118K | 10 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| Z Zanesville City Schools | $110K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $108K | 10 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$105K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Valueusa
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$100K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | PA | |
| P Public Health Foundation Enterprises | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| B Bill Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| R Reading Connections INC | $100K | 10 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| N National Black Child Development Institute INC | $100K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| T The Barbara Bush Foundation for Fam | $100K | 1 | 2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$100K | 6 | 2020–2023 | 2023 | NY | |
| S St Luke's Community House | $96K | 9 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| F Foundation for Rural Education Excellence | $95K | 2 | 2021–2023 | 2023 | — | — |
| T The Literacy Center | $92K | 10 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
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$90K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
Lee County Literacy Coalition
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$90K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AL | |
| N Nashville International Center for | $86K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| A Ardmore Public Library | $84K | 8 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| W Western Kentucky University Foundat | $83K | 2 | 2024–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| V Vox Press INC | $82K | 9 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MS | |
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$81K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | AL | |
| T Teach for America - Greater Delta Mississippi & Arkansas | $80K | 2 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | — | — |
United Ways of Tennessee
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$80K | 2 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | TN | |
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$80K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| M Martin Methodist College | $76K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
Reading Assist Institute
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$75K | 4 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | DE | |
Usahello
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$75K | 5 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OR | |
| E Easterseals INC | $75K | 1 | 2020 | 2020 | — | — |
| C Cooperative Educational Services | $75K | 1 | 2023 | 2023 | NM | |
Program Believe
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$73K | 7 | 2021–2024 | 2024 | MS | |
Kedila Family Learning Center INC
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$73K | 8 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | LA | |
Water for Ishmael
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$70K | 7 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | OH | |
Reach Out and Read INC
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$70K | 3 | 2020–2021 | 2021 | MA | |
| I Individual recipient | $68K | 7 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Help US Grow Foundation INC
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$66K | 2 | 2023–2024 | 2024 | KY | |
Backfield in Motion INC
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$65K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| T The Literacy Alliance INC | $63K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
Literacy Minnesota
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$62K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | MN | |
Gallatin Shalom Zone INC
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$61K | 6 | 2020–2024 | 2024 | TN | |
| F Family Support Center | $60K | 6 | 2020–2025 | 2025 | — | — |
| I Individual recipient | $57K | 6 | 2020–2022 | 2022 | — | — |
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