For the second consecutive year, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation (DGLF) set a record for its largest one-day grant announcement by awarding nearly $16 million today to support adult, family, and summer literacy programs across the country. The grants will positively support more than 1,400 schools, libraries, and non-profit organizations and approximately 1.5 million individuals, including four in the area. The milestone surpasses the Foundation’s previous record of more than $13.2 million granted in May 2025 .
The Twin Lakes Literacy Council is receiving a $6,000 grant as part of the DGLF’s adult literacy grants. That money can be used for salaries, instructional materials, software, supplies, travel, training, printing and publications, computers and technology and professional development.
Three area schools received grants for their summer reading programs. Harrison and Mountain View each got $3,000 and Ava received a grant as well. The money can be used for books, computers and technology, incentives, instructional materials, salaries/staff support and software.
A complete list of grant recipients is available online at dgliteracy.org.
The Dollar General Literacy Foundation annually awards grants to public schools, libraries and nonprofit organizations within a 15-mile radius of a Dollar General store or distribution center. Since its founding 33 years ago, the DGLF has awarded more than $292 million to literacy efforts across the country.
The Foundation plans to launch its seventh annual The Yellow Glasses Project campaign on July 20 in which customers can purchase yellow sunglasses at Dollar General stores for $2 each to benefit the DGLF. Additionally, the Foundation plans to announce its 2026 youth literacy grant recipients in September and applications for the 2027 literacy grant cycle are currently scheduled to open in January 2027.
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