Tennessee · Public charity
Governor's Early Literacy Foundation
The mission of governor's early literacy foundaion (gelf) is to strengthen early literacy in tennessee. Gelf equips tennessee's children with books and innovative literacy tools that encourage lifelong learning for a brighter future. We do this by serving as a thought leader, advisor, and catalyst to sustain early literacy programs for…
- $47k
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 3
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 2
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 100%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $39k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,100
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $23,644
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 14
- FY2017 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 1
- Total assets, FY2025
- $26M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 100% of the organizations Governor's Early Literacy Foundation funded were first-time grantees, receiving 100% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 0% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $22k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 3 | $39k | 100% |
| FY2024 | 2 | $22k | 100% |
| FY2023 | 3 | $27k | 100% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $5k | 100% |
| FY2021 | 14 | $145k | 93% |
| FY2020 | 3 | $33k | 100% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $35k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 2 | $11k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee State Parks Conservancy | $40,095 | 2 | 10% |
| Friends of the Clarksville Montgomery Co Public Library | $25,302 | 2 | 12% |
| Macon County School Disitrct | $23,644 | 1 | n/a |
| Grundy County Dept of Education | $19,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Hawkins County Schools | $17,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Haywood County School District | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Union County Schools | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Chattanooga | $12,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Cheatham County School District | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Central Human Resource Agency Inc | $10,537 | 2 | 0% |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee State Parks Conservancy | $40,095 | 2 | 10% |
| Friends of the Clarksville Montgomery Co Public Library | $25,302 | 2 | 12% |
| Macon County School Disitrct | $23,644 | 1 | n/a |
| Grundy County Dept of Education | $19,900 | 1 | n/a |
| Hawkins County Schools | $17,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Haywood County School District | $17,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Union County Schools | $15,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Chattanooga | $12,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Cheatham County School District | $11,000 | 1 | n/a |
| South Central Human Resource Agency Inc | $10,537 | 2 | 0% |
| City of Dayton | $10,100 | 1 | n/a |
| The University of Tennessee Foundation Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| South Carroll Special School District | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Hickman County Board of Education | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Dickson County Board of Education | $10,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lebanon Special School District Family Resource Ctr | $9,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Robertson County Schools | $7,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Alcoa City Schools | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Greene County Local Educational Advancement Foundation | $6,000 | 1 | 5% |
| Elizabethton City Schools | $5,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Boys and Girls Clubs of the Cumberland Plateau | $5,400 | 1 | n/a |
| Grainger County Imagination Library | $5,005 | 1 | n/a |
| Anne Arundel County Public Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Bledsoe County School District | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rhea County Schools | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Rhea County School Nutrition | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Morgan Co Board of Education | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Johnson County Board of Education | $5,000 | 1 | n/a |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Share Our Strength · The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc · United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Save The Children Federation Inc · Amazonsmile Foundation
How this is measured
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About Governor's Early Literacy Foundation
- How much does Governor's Early Literacy Foundation give?
- Governor's Early Literacy Foundation reported 3 itemized grants totaling $39,144, out of $46,944 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 14 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2024.
- What does Governor's Early Literacy Foundation fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (72%), Environment (13%), Community Improvement (7%).
- Who are Governor's Early Literacy Foundation's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: Tennessee State Parks Conservancy ($40k), Friends of the Clarksville Montgomery Co Public Library ($25k), Macon County School Disitrct ($24k).
- Does Governor's Early Literacy Foundation fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 100% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Governor's Early Literacy Foundation?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Share Our Strength, The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee Inc, United Way of Middle Tennessee Inc.
- Where is Governor's Early Literacy Foundation based?
- Governor's Early Literacy Foundation is based in TN.
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