This is copied and pasted from the family and literacy listserv:

Title: Grants for the Advancement of Literacy
Sponsor: Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Sponsor Type: Other Nonprofit
Deadline: February 17, 2006
Eligibility: Proposals will be considered from eligible tax-exempt organizations as defined by the IRS Code described in Section 501(c)(3). 

To be eligible for consideration, organizations 
- must provide direct literacy-based programs and services to adults or families in the thirty-one states where Dollar General stores are located; 
- be located within fifteen miles of a Dollar General store (visit the store locator section of the Dollar General Web site for store locations); 
- have not received funding from the Dollar General Literacy Foundation for the past two consecutive years; and 
- have met all reporting requirements from previous Dollar General Literacy Foundation grants. 

Family literacy programs applying for funding must have the following four components: adult education instruction; children's education; parent and child together time (PACT); and parenting classes that teach parents to be the primary teacher for their child.

Abstract: Since 1993, the Dollar General Literacy Foundation has increased the functional literacy of adults by providing grants to non-profit organizations dedicated to the advancement of literacy. The foundation will award grants to direct service providers in adult Literacy, including adult basic education, GED preparation, and English for speakers of other languages; and family literacy instruction.


URL for more information: http://www.dollargeneral.com/community/dgliteracy.aspx