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GOVERNOR'S EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATION

GOVERNOR'S EARLY LITERACY FOUNDATION is a Public Charity headquartered in NASHVILLE, TN. Financial data from the 2025 filing: $22.6M revenue, $15.7M expenses, $26.5M total assets. 40 publicly reported grants to this organization, totaling roughly $869K, appear in IRS filings.

EIN: 201115704 NASHVILLE, TN Remedial Reading & Encouragement NTEE: B92 Latest filing: 2025
Total Revenue$22.6M
Total Expenses$15.7M
Total Assets$26.5M
Grant Records40
Funding Total$869K
Filing Years2021–2025

Mission

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 CHILDREN ACCROSS THE STATE, INCLUSING BIRTH-3 BOOK DELIVERY, K-3 HOME LIBRARIES, CAREGIVER ENGAGEMENT, STORYBOOK TRAILS, BOOK BUSES, AND THE STATEWIDE EARLY LITERACY EDUCATION COLLABORATIVE OF TENNESSEE.

Where $100 goes at Governor's Early Literacy Foundation

How Governor's Early Literacy Foundation divides every $100 it spends, from its own Form 990 filings, averaged across 8 years.

$92 Programs the work itself
$4 Management running the organization
$4 Fundraising raising the next dollar

Inside the $92 for programs

$52
Book delivery, through dolly parton's imagination library
56% of program spending
$32
Through our storybook trail program, gelf collaborates with tennessee state parks conservancy and local parks to create outdoor reading experience where families interact through literacy and physical activity
35% of program spending
$7
Summer
8% of program spending

Plus 1 more program. Cost per person served and the full program breakdown are on the full profile.

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Source: Form 990 filings with the IRS, latest fiscal year 2025. Shares are from the organization's reported expenses. Data by Imperigo; not affiliated with the IRS.

Officers & Directors

DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT Abigail Sanderson
CFO Angel Bebout
BOARD MEMBER Brandon Gibson
BOARD MEMBER Bryan Jones
SECRETARY Danielle Barnes
VICE PRESIDENT Dean Hoskins

Officer compensation and complete director data available with membership.

Top Grant Purposes

General Support
$781,932 23 grants
Education
$74,138 12 grants
Health & Medicine
$5,711 1 grant
Unspecified
$6,781 2 grants

Financial Trends

Year Revenue Expenses Assets
2025 $22.6M $15.7M $26.5M
2024 $22.7M $19.7M $19.8M
2023 $24.9M $23.2M $21.2M
2022 $14.7M $13.8M $14.3M
2021 $13.0M $12.3M $11.5M

Between 2021 and 2025, reported annual revenue grew from $13.0M to $22.6M (+73%), with total assets most recently reported at $26.5M.

Interactive year-over-year charts and full filing details available with membership.

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