Adult Literacy Grants

Adult Literacy Grants are offered by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, a private foundation established in 1993 by Cal Turner and Cal Turner Jr. to honor Dollar General co-founder J.L. Turner. The Foundation states that it helps individuals of all ages pursue educational goals and achieve their dreams by investing in literacy programs. Its broader literacy work supports students learning to read, individuals preparing for high school equivalency testing, and people learning English. The Foundation describes its focus as increasing access to literacy programs, enhancing the quality of instruction, and inspiring and advancing innovation in literacy and education. The Adult Literacy Grants specifically provide funding to organizations that deliver direct services to adults who need literacy assistance. The source identifies three supported service areas: Adult Education Instruction, GED or high school equivalency preparation, and English Language Acquisition. These activities align with the Foundation's broader commitment to basic education and literacy and its stated goal of supporting personal, professional, and economic growth through improved literacy. The provided material does not state additional allowable expenditures, prohibited expenditures, project-budget restrictions, indirect-cost limits, grant periods, or cost-sharing requirements for the Adult Literacy Grants. The Dollar General Literacy Foundation states that its grant programs fund nonprofit organizations, schools, and libraries within a 15-mile radius of Dollar General stores in the states in which Dollar General operates. For this Adult Literacy opportunity, funded organizations must provide direct literacy services to adults in one or more of the identified program areas. The supplied source does not provide additional organizational requirements such as tax-exempt classification, minimum operating history, fiscal sponsorship rules, organization size, faith-based restrictions, or specific requirements for educational institutions or libraries. It also does not enumerate the individual states in which eligible organizations may apply. The supplied information does not describe the application portal, application form, required narratives, budget documents, attachments, organizational documentation, registration procedures, or other submission mechanics for the next Adult Literacy Grants cycle. It likewise does not provide application questions, evaluation or scoring criteria, due-diligence procedures, review stages, or an invitation or pre-application requirement. No letter of intent, concept paper, pre-proposal, notice of intent, or other application gating deadline is identified in the provided material. Applicants should therefore rely on the application materials released by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation when the next cycle opens for the complete submission requirements. As of August 28, 2026, the next Adult Literacy grant application cycle is not yet open. The Foundation explicitly states that the next cycle for Adult Literacy grant applications will open in January 2027. Because January 2027 is later than the analysis date, the opportunity is treated as being in the Early Engagement stage and Forecasted status. The source gives only the month of the anticipated opening and does not identify a specific opening day or a final application deadline. The reference to the "next cycle" supports treating the program as recurring, with January 2027 recorded as the next cycle and January 1, 2027 used as the internal next-check date under the data-entry rules. The supplied source does not state the award floor, award ceiling, total program funding, anticipated number of awards, matching requirement, award notification date, or performance period. It also does not identify a named grant contact, program email address, or telephone number. The source does provide a direct official PDF containing the 2026 Adult Literacy grant recipients, which can be used as the available PDF reference for this entry. Organizations considering the next cycle should note the Foundation's explicit focus on direct adult literacy services and the geographic requirement that funded nonprofit organizations, schools, and libraries be located within 15 miles of a Dollar General store in a state where Dollar General operates.

Align the proposed program with direct literacy services to adults in Adult Education Instruction, GED or high school equivalency preparation, or English Language Acquisition, and confirm the organization is within a 15-mile radius of a Dollar General store in a state where Dollar General operates.