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2008 Grant Announcements

The 2008 Dollar General Grants are available. Click here to download the materials.

The Virginia Literacy Foundation applications for 2008-2009 matching grants are now available. If you are interested in applying for one of these grants, you may either request a packet of grant application forms by calling Julia Norman at 804-237-8909 or by clicking on the links below. This year, all applicants are required to fill out a 2008 Survey Form and return it with their grant application. (This form is filled out once every three years. QuAl-D programs that filled out the survey form last fall do not need to fill one out again.)

This year programs may request the VLF QuAL-D database in their grant. The request is competitive, and only two programs will be chosen per year to receive it. (Look for Instruction Sheet.)

Our 2008-2009 matching grants are offered in tiered categories. The amount of funding for which an organization is eligible is tied to the numbers of adult literacy students it served in the last full fiscal year.* Funding tiers are as follows:

Tier One: One-year matching grants

  • Programs that served 30-49 students* are eligible to apply for a $2,500 matching grant
  • Programs that served 50+ students* are eligible to apply for a $5,000 matching grant

    Tier Two: Two-year matching grants

  • Programs that served 200-399 students* are eligible to apply for $7,500 per year
  • Programs that served 400 + students* are eligible to apply for $10,000 per year

    * "Students served" is defined as permanently matched adult students who have received at least six hours of basic literacy instruction in 2006-2007 in one or more of these areas: one-on-one tutoring, small group classes, family literacy (adult literacy component), pre-GED instruction, computer literacy, jail program, etc.

    Click here for the documents:

  • 2008 Grant Application (Required)
  • 2008 Budget Form (Required)
  • 2008 Survey (Required)
  • Instructions (Advice on how to write the 2008 grant)
  • 2008 Goal Chart (We suggest you use this format)
  • How to Request the VLF Database (This is competitive)
  • Ten Characteristics (Required for Tier Two Programs)
  • 2008 Guidelines for Writing a grant (General advice)

    Posted on Wednesday, January 23, 2008 | In Categories: Grants, Homepage, Literacy