Shereka Garner
GOODLETTSVILLE, TN
$6KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Funeral expense assistance
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Dollar General Employee Assistance Foundation Grants
Private foundation · EIN 61-1492355 · IRS 990-PF filings through tax year 2025
How to apply
This foundation publishes application instructions on its latest 990-PF and does not report restricting giving to preselected organizations. See more foundations that accept applications.
- Contact
- Denine Torr
- Phone
- (615) 855-5208
- Deadlines
- Not stated here. Consult the original filing and current funder guidelines.
- Application materials
- A request for assistance can be completed by dollar general employees. Documented support of the need, such as a police report, fire or insurance report, pictures, or other evidence of the need must be provided.
- Restrictions
- Grants are only for active employees of dollar general corporation who are experiencing financial hardship due to circumstances beyond their control such as the loss of home due to fire or natural disaster, extraordinary expenses related to the death of an employee or his or her eligible dependent, displacement of an employee due to state or federal declared disaster, and the occurrence of a life-threatening illness or injury or an otherwise unexpected acute illness or injury that requires extended hospitalization or extensive medical care for either the employee or immediate family member. All applicants must fully complete an application and provide appropriate evidence of the situation generating the need.
Original filing text
- Contact
- DENINE TORR
- Address
- 100 MISSION RIDGE GOODLETTSVILLE, TN, 370722170
- Phone
- 6158555208
- DTORR@DOLLARGENERAL.COM
- Deadlines
- NONE
- Application materials
- A REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE CAN BE COMPLETED BY DOLLAR GENERAL EMPLOYEES. DOCUMENTED SUPPORT OF THE NEED, SUCH AS A POLICE REPORT, FIRE OR INSURANCE REPORT, PICTURES, OR OTHER EVIDENCE OF THE NEED MUST BE PROVIDED.
- Restrictions
- GRANTS ARE ONLY FOR ACTIVE EMPLOYEES OF DOLLAR GENERAL CORPORATION WHO ARE EXPERIENCING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND THEIR CONTROL SUCH AS THE LOSS OF HOME DUE TO FIRE OR NATURAL DISASTER, EXTRAORDINARY EXPENSES RELATED TO THE DEATH OF AN EMPLOYEE OR HIS OR HER ELIGIBLE DEPENDENT, DISPLACEMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE DUE TO STATE OR FEDERAL DECLARED DISASTER, AND THE OCCURRENCE OF A LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS OR INJURY OR AN OTHERWISE UNEXPECTED ACUTE ILLNESS OR INJURY THAT REQUIRES EXTENDED HOSPITALIZATION OR EXTENSIVE MEDICAL CARE FOR EITHER THE EMPLOYEE OR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBER. ALL APPLICANTS MUST FULLY COMPLETE AN APPLICATION AND PROVIDE APPROPRIATE EVIDENCE OF THE SITUATION GENERATING THE NEED.
Reported organization name: DOLLAR GENERAL EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION
Giving by tax year
Year-level totals across every reported grant in this profile — a summary, not a filter. The awards further down are the largest individual grants across all years, not each year's complete list.
| Tax year | Grants paid | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 957 | $1.7M |
| 2024 | 1,654 | $2.6M |
Where Dollar General Employee Assistance Foundation gives
States of grant recipients reported on the foundation's 990-PF filings, by dollars received.
Tennessee$4.2M
Largest reported grants
Historical awards reported to the IRS. These are examples of past giving, not open opportunities.
Dawanna Collins
GOODLETTSVILLE, TN
$4KTax year 2025
Grant purpose
Funeral expense assistance
Wanda Eatmon
GOODLETTSVILLE, TN
$4KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Funeral expense assistance
Kira Strickland
GOODLETTSVILLE, TN
$3KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Natural disaster recovery
Kaitlyn Thornton
GOODLETTSVILLE, TN
$3KTax year 2024
Grant purpose
Fire recovery assistance
Showing 5 of the 25 largest grants (2,611 reported in all).
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Figures are aggregated from Dollar General Employee Assistance Foundation's IRS Form 990-PF electronic filings (2 filings on file, most recent tax year 2025). Totals reflect grants the foundation reported as paid, and can lag the current year because foundations file annually and often on extension. Source: IRS 990-PF filing on ProPublica. Raw e-file archive (ZIP) — a large IRS yearly archive download.
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