Dollar General Literacy Foundation

About Dollar General Literacy Foundation

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation gives at scale through repeated partnership grants to a small set of literacy organizations. Across the recent grants listed, Save the Children received $1.7 million in 2023, another $1.7 million in 2024, and $1.7 million in 2025, showing a multi-year commitment to youth literacy. The foundation also backed The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy with $1.6 million in 2023 for adult literacy, and it supported The Ad Council, Reading Is Fundamental Inc, Learning Ally Inc, and Proliteracy Worldwide with large grants that extend its reach across age groups and delivery models. Its portfolio points to a funder that works through established intermediaries rather than direct service to individuals. Recent awards include support for youth literacy, adult literacy, family literacy, and English language learning, along with grants tied to school libraries, summer reading, and GED/HSE preparation. The foundation’s giving pattern suggests a sector-specific strategy: fund organizations already operating at national or regional scale, then direct resources to literacy programming that serves children, adults, and families. Nashville Public Library Foundation appears in the recent grants list with awards for adult, family, and youth work, reinforcing that the foundation funds literacy across life stages rather than a single age segment.

What Dollar General Literacy Foundation Funds

In youth literacy, the foundation backed Sesame Workshop with $1 million in 2024 for a youth literacy partnership, and it also gave Donors Choose $1 million in 2023 for youth literacy. Reading Is Fundamental Inc received multiple youth-literacy grants as well, including $570,074 in 2024 and $564,165 in 2023. Adult learning is another consistent lane. The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy received $1.6 million in 2023 for adult literacy, while Proliteracy Worldwide was awarded $1 million in 2024 for adult literacy and an additional $850,000 in 2025 as a partner. Southern Methodist University received $400,000 in 2024 for adult literacy. The foundation also funds family-oriented and community-based literacy work. Nashville Public Library Foundation received $1,449,254 in 2025 for adult, family, and youth programming, and The Ad Council was supported in 2025 with $1,459,973 as a partner and in 2024 with $358,175 for adult literacy.

How Dollar General Literacy Foundation Gives