Dollar General Literacy Foundation Awards Over $1.5 Million in
Grants
GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn., May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Dollar General Literacy
Foundation, a philanthropic arm of Dollar General Corporation , announced that
it has awarded over $1,516,000 in grants to 136 nonprofit organizations across
the company's 30-state market area. The Foundation awarded $1,000,000 in grants
to 129 nonprofit organizations through its annual open solicitation process and
over $516,000 in targeted grants for national and regional literacy
initiatives. The grants went to nonprofit literacy providers dedicated to
increasing the functional literacy of adults and families.
Dollar General Literacy Foundation grants provide program support to nonprofit
literacy organizations in the Dollar General market area with the intent of
helping literacy providers increase their capacity to serve low- level literacy
adults and their families. Programs supported through the Foundation's grants
include adult basic education, GED preparation, English as a second language,
family literacy and workforce literacy initiatives.
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation accepts proposals on an annual basis. The next Request for Proposal submission deadline is April 8, 2005. RFP
packages will be available online January 7, 2005. For more information on the
Dollar General Literacy Foundation, visit the company's Web site at
http://www.dollargeneral.com/ . To place your name on the RFP mailing list for
future RFPs, send your organization's name, a contact name and mailing address
to The Dollar General Literacy Foundation, P.O. Box 1064, Goodlettsville, TN
37072-1064.
About Dollar General Corporation Dollar General is a Fortune 500(R) discount retailer with over 6,900
neighborhood stores. Dollar General stores offer convenience and value to
customers by offering consumable basic items that are frequently used and
replenished, such as food, snacks, health and beauty aids and cleaning
supplies, as well as a selection of basic apparel, housewares and seasonal
items at everyday low prices. The Company store support center is located in
Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Dollar General's Web site can be reached at
http://www.dollargeneral.com/ .
The following lists the 129 organizations that received funding from the Dollar
General Literacy Foundation during the 2004 open solicitation grant cycle.
Organization City State
Adult Literacy Advocates of Baton Rouge Baton Rouge LA
Adult Literacy League Orlando FL
Ardmore City Schools Foundation Ardmore OK
Association for the Advancement of Mexican Americans Houston TX
AVANCE - Dallas Dallas TX
AVANCE - El Paso El Paso TX
Beaver Lake Literacy Council Bentonville AR
Bell County Council on Literacy Middlesboro KY
Canton City Schools Adult Basic & Literacy Education Canton OH
Cape Girardeau School District Cape Girardeau MO
Catholic Community Services - McDowell County Eckman WV
Catholic Social Services Athens GA
Centers for Youth and Families Little Rock AR
Central Alabama Laubach Literacy Council Montgomery AL
Cherokee County Literacy Association Gaffney SC
Colleton County Literacy Council Walterboro SC
Columbus County Literacy Council Whiteville NC
Common Place Peoria IL
Crawford County Volunteers for Literacy Van Buren AR
Dallas Reads Garland TX
Danville Area Community College Danville IL
Dominican Learning Center Columbus OH
Drake University Adult Literacy Center Des Moines IA
Dyer County Literacy Program Dyersburg TN
Dysart Community Center El Mirage AZ
El Centro Kansas City KS
Episcopal Community Services Philadelphia PA
Fayette County Board of Education Fayetteville GA
Fond du Lac Adult Literacy Services Fond du Lac WI
Foundation for Orange County Public Schools Orlando FL
Friends of the Watauga Library Watauga TX
Gaston Literacy Council Gastonia NC
Good Shepherd Community Center Vicksburg MS
Greater Columbia Literacy Council Columbia SC
Guadalupe Centers Kansas City MO
Hardeman County Literacy Council Bolivar TN
Horry County Literacy Council Conway SC
InterReligious Council of Central New York Syracuse NY
Jefferson County Library System Louisville GA
Johnson County Community College Olathe KS
Kleberg County Adult Literacy Council Kingsville TX
Laclede Literacy Council - LVA Lebanon MO
Latino Advocacy Coalition Hendersonville NC
Learn to Read of St. Lucie County Fort Pierce FL
Lee County Literacy Coalition Opelika AL
Lincoln County Literacy Coalition New Oxford PA
Literacy Action Atlanta GA
Literacy Advance of Houston Houston TX
Literacy Assistance in Mississippi Program Picayune MS
Literacy Center for the Midlands Omaha NE
Literacy Council of Arkansas County Stuttgart AR
Literacy Council of Brown County Green Bay WI
Literacy Council of Hot Spring County Malvern AR
Literacy Council of Midland County Midland MI
Literacy Council of Montgomery County Wheaton MD
Literacy Council of Williamson County Franklin TN
Literacy in Action DuPage Elmhurst IL
Literacy of America - Socorro County Socorro NM
Literacy Volunteers - Union County Westfield NJ
Literacy Volunteers of America - Montgomery County Conroe TX
Literacy Volunteers of America - West Hudson Kearny NJ
Literacy Volunteers of America Cape-Atlantic Pleasantville NJ
Literacy Volunteers of America in Mercer County Trenton NJ
Literacy Volunteers of Cibola County Grants NM
Literacy Volunteers of Coconino County Flagstaff AZ
Literacy Volunteers of Fauquier County Warrenton VA
Literacy Volunteers of Gloucester Gloucester VA
Literacy Volunteers of Greene & Columbia Counties Hudson NY
Literacy Volunteers of Harrison County Clarksburg WV
Literacy Volunteers of Jefferson/Lewis County Watertown NY
Literacy Volunteers of Lake County Waukegan IL
Literacy Volunteers of Middlesex South River NJ
Literacy Volunteers of New Jersey Bridgewater NJ
Literacy Volunteers of Roanoke Valley Roanoke VA
Literacy Volunteers of Santa Fe Santa Fe NM
Literacy Volunteers of Tucson Tucson AZ
Literacy Volunteers of Upshur County Buckhannon WV
Literacy Volunteers of Wayne County Lyons NY
Literacy Volunteers Serving Adults/Northern Delaware Wilmington DE
Logansport Community School Foundation Logansport IN
Lubbock Area Coalition for Literacy Lubbock TX
Lynchburg Literacy Council Lynchburg VA
Madison Area Literacy Council Madison WI
McAlester Regional Literacy Council McAlester OK
Middle Tyger Community Center Lyman SC
Monongalia County Literacy Volunteers Morgantown WV
Nashville Adult Literacy Council Nashville TN
Nashville Public Education Foundation Nashville TN
North Baldwin Literacy Council Bay Minette AL
Northeast Community College Foundation Norfolk NE
Northern Kentucky Community Action Commission Covington KY
Northwest Alabama Reading Aides Florence AL
Norwalk City Schools Adult Basic Literacy &
Education Program Norwalk OH
Oakland Literacy Council Pontiac MI
Oklahoma Literacy Resource Office Oklahoma City OK
Orange County Literacy Council Chapel Hill NC
Palm Beach County Literacy Council Delray Beach FL
Perry County Literacy Council Newport PA
Pickens County Schools - Adult Education Program Easley SC
Pontotoc County Literacy Council Ada OK
Progressive Education Program New Iberia LA
ProJeCt of Easton Easton PA
Project: Learn Cleveland OH
READ Chattanooga Chattanooga TN
Read La Porte County La Porte IN
Roosevelt County Literacy Council Portales NM
Ruth G. Hardeman Adult Literacy Service Tulsa OK
Santa Rosa Adult School Milton FL
SERVE, Inc. Fulton MO
Service Learning Center Blacksburg VA
South East Community Organization Baltimore MD
Steuben County Literacy Coalition Angola IN
Tate County Literacy Council Senatobia MS
Temple Literacy Council Temple TX
The Christian County Association for SPMD Dyslexia Hopkinsville KY
The Corrections Foundation Tallahassee FL
The Dominican Learning Center Aurora IL
The Learning Bank of COIL Baltimore MD
The Learning Place Syracuse NY
The Literacy Council of St. Joseph County Mishawaka IN
The Literacy Network of Greater Cincinnati Cincinnati OH
Twin Lakes Literacy Council Mountain Home AR
United Church Outreach Ministry Grand Rapids MI
United Presbyterians of Wilcox County Arlington AL
VITA Lafayette LA
Washtenaw Literacy Ypsilanti MI
Wayne County Public Library Kenova WV
Western Kentucky Refugee Mutual Assistance Society Bowling Green KY
Winnebago County Literacy Council Oshkosh WI
DATASOURCE: Dollar General Corporation CONTACT: Denine Torr, Charitable Contributions Administrator of Dollar General Literacy Foundation, +1-615-855-5208, or Web site: http://www.dollargeneral.com/
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