NonprofitsDollywood Foundation

Dollywood Foundation

SEVIERVILLE, TN

Total revenue

$89.8M

Total expenses

$84.1M

Net assets

$38.1M

Grants received

$56.6M

489 grants

EIN

621348105

Tax year

2024

Mission

To share the life and legacy of dolly parton as an inspiration to all children to dream more, learn more,care more and be more.

Programs

2 programs

My people fund and mountain tough recovery team - to provide relief to persons harmed by natural disasters in the local community. During the year ended december 31, 2024, the dollywood foundation provided 400,000 to support hurricane helene recovery efforts.

Expenses: $400KGrants: $400K

Scholarships - to provide college scholarships to local high school seniors. During the year ended december 31, 2024, scholarships were provided to 22 individuals.

Expenses: $74KGrants: $74K

Financials

FY 2024

Revenue

Contributions & grants$8.0M
Program service revenue$79.5M
Investment income$2.4M
Other revenue$14K
Total revenue$89.8M

Expenses

Grants paid$534K
Salaries & benefits$3.1M
Fundraising$59K
Other expenses$80.5M
Total expenses$84.1M
Total assets$67.8M
Net assets$38.1M

People

15 listed

NameRoleCompensation

JEFF CONYERS

PRESIDENT

Board

$325K

40 hrs/wk

ETHAN TAYLOR

DIR. OF FINA

Board

$114K

40 hrs/wk

CRISSY HASLAM

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

JOEL MANBY

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

TED MILLER

VICE CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

EDNA ROGERS

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

BYRON TRAUGER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

ANDREW WEXLER

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

RACHEL PARTON GEORGE

DIRECTOR

Board

1 hrs/wk

CHARLES KITE

SECRETARY

Board

1 hrs/wk

EUGENE NAUGHTON

TREASURER

Board

1 hrs/wk

DOLLY PARTON

CHAIR

Board

1 hrs/wk

NORRINE BRIGGS

EXECUTIVE DI

Staff

$170K

40 hrs/wk

SAMUEL WOLFE

DIR. OF OPER

Staff

$157K

40 hrs/wk

THERESA LONG

DIR. OF MARK

Staff

$150K

40 hrs/wk

Grants received

Showing 200 of 489

FromAmountPurposeYear
$1M
Charitable
2024
$300K
DANE CO. IMAGINATION LIBRARY
2024
$150K
IMAGINATION LIBRARY FOR THE MT PROGRAM
2024
$120K
DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY
2024
$110K
Imagination Library Program in the New York counties of Essex, Clinton, Franklin and Hamilton
2024
$99K
COMMUNITY WELFARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES
2024
$74K
GRANT FUNDING AND DESIGNATED GIFTS
2024
$68K
EARLY READING AGE 0-5
2024
$54K
ARTS AND HUMANITIES
2024
$51K
Funds provide books to children through affiliate
2024
$50K
General Nonprofit Support
2024
$42K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL DONATION TO SUPPORT IMAGINATION LIBRARY
2024
$37K
TO ASSIST THE ORGANIZATION IN FURTHERING ITS EXEMPT PURPOSE
2024
$32K
LITERACY DEVELOPMENT
2024
$32K
EDUCATIONAL
2024
$30K
PROGRAM ALLOCATION, DESIGNATION
2024
$25K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2024
$24K
YOUTH READING
2024
$23K
BOOK PROGRAM
2024
$20K
SEE PART IV BELOW
2024
$20K
PROMOTE LITERACY WITHIN OTEC'S TERRITORY
2024
$19K
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
2024
$16K
Provides books for children
2024
$16K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$15K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$15K
Dolly Parton Imagination Library - Lee County, Virginia
2024
$11K
BOOK PROGRAMS
2024
$10K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2024
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2024
$10K
Public, Societal Benefit
2024
$10K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2024
$9K
THE FUNDING WAS USED TO PAY THE PROCUREMENT OF COST OF BOOKS DISTRIBUTED TO CHILDREN IN THE POSEY COUNTY INDIANA COMMUNITY.
2024
$8K
Books for children.
2024
$5K
General & Unrestricted
2024
$4K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2024
$2K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2024
$2K
SUPPORT THE DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY GIFTING BOOKS FREE OF CHARGE TO CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD
2024
$2K
Imagination Library
2024
$1K
CHILDREN LITERACY
2024
$1K
IMAGINATION LIBRARY
2024
$300
DONATIONS TO COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS UNDER "MATCHING GIFTS PROGRAM."
2024
$300
FUND ORGANIZED CHARITIES PLANNED PURPOSE CHILDREN EDUCATION
2024
$285
Best Beginnings Program Contribution
2024
$260
MATCHING CONTRIBUTION (GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT)
2024
$100
GENERAL AND UNRESTRICTED
2024
$100
General & Unrestricted
2024
$7.5M
EARLY LITERACY
2023
$250K
DANE CO. IMAGINATION LIBRARY
2023
$200K
To support 5 host county entities in Indiana
2023
$160K
EDUCATION READ WRITE & CODE- RWC BUILDS UPON LESSONS LEARNED FROM READNYC, UWNYCS DECADE-LONG LITERACY PROGRAM IN MOTT HAVEN IN THE BRONX, AND ADDS NEW ELEMENTS TO HELP PREPARE CHILDREN FOR POST-COVID CIVIC AND ECONOMIC ENGAGEMENT. RWC CONTINUES TO ADDRESS CHILDRENS FOUNDATIONAL LITERACY AND WELLNESS NEEDS: INCREASING EARLY LITERACY VIA HOME, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY LIBRARIES; PROVIDING OUT-OF-SCHOOL LEARNING AND WELLNESS OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES; AND BUILDING TEACHERS CAPACITY TO MEET CHILDRENS LITERACY NEEDS IN A DIGITAL AGE. AT THE SAME TIME, RWC INVESTS IN STUDENTS ADVANCED 21ST CENTURY LITERACY NEEDS: INNOVATIVE METHODS TO INTEGRATE READING AND WRITING INSTRUCTION, MULTIMODAL APPROACHES TO CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE PEDAGOGY, AND INTRODUCING COMPUTER SCIENCE TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN HUMANITIES SETTINGS.
2023
$155K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2023
$100K
FUNDS TO REPLENISH THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROGRAM
2023
$95K
COMMUNITY WELFARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES
2023
$87K
PROGRAM OPERATING COSTS
2023
$76K
MULTIPLE SUPPORT
2023
$71K
AWD - Early childhood and Youth Success
2023
$69K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$67K
EARLY READING AGE 0-5
2023
$62K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$58K
Books for Children
2023
$51K
Funds provide books to children through affiliate
2023
$50K
EARLY LEARNING AND LITERACY
2023
$50K
TO ASSIST WITH PROGR
2023
$50K
TO PROVIDE FREE BOOKS FROM THE DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROGRAM
2023
$50K
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS & OTHER STUDENT SVC
2023
$48K
PROGRAM SERVICES
2023
$47K
GRANT FUNDING & DESIGNATED GIFTS
2023
$45K
Early Literacy Program
2023
$44K
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
2023
$40K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$40K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2023
$35K
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN 0 - 5 YRS OLD
2023
$33K
BOOKS TO CHILDREN 0-5
2023
$33K
FOR READING PROGRAM.
2023
$30K
SEE PART IV BELOW
2023
$28K
LITERACY DEVELOPMENT
2023
$27K
CHILDREN'S LITERACY
2023
$25K
BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY-HUMANITARIAN-DAF
2023
$25K
DP's ImaginationLibrary for N. Panola County Chapter
2023
$25K
BOOK PROGRAM
2023
$23K
PROGRAM SERVICES
2023
$23K
PROGRAM ALLOCATION
2023
$22K
YOUTH READING
2023
$21K
TO HELP FUND AGENCY'S COMMUNITY PROGRAM(S).
2023
$20K
PROMOTE LITERACY WITHIN OTEC'S TERRITORY
2023
$20K
GENERAL OPERATING
2023
$18K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$17K
EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
2023
$16K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$15K
THE FUNDING WAS USED TO PAY THE PROCUREMENT OF COST OF BOOKS DISTRIBUTED TO CHILDREN IN THE POSEY COUNTY INDIANA COMMUNITY.
2023
$15K
Provide scholarships and awards to children
2023
$15K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$12K
EDUCATIONAL
2023
$12K
SUPPORT
2023
$10K
COMMUNITY & HUMAN SERVICES
2023
$10K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2023
$10K
LITERACY AND EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN THROUGH BOOKS AND READING
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$10K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$9K
Youth Opportunity
2023
$9K
Youth Opportunity
2023
$8K
Books for children.
2023
$8K
GENERAL CONTRIBUTION
2023
$7K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$7K
Contribution
2023
$7K
BOOKS FOR ARGYLE SCHOOL
2023
$6K
EDUCATION RESEARCH
2023
$5K
GENERAL OPERATIONS
2023
$5K
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT OF LITERACY PROGRAMS
2023
$5K
Charitable activities
2023
$4K
General & Unrestricted
2023
$3K
SUPPORT THE DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY GIFTING BOOKS FREE OF CHARGE TO CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD
2023
$3K
GENERAL PURPOSE
2023
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$3K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2023
$2K
UNRESTRICTED GENERAL
2023
$1K
General Purpose of Exempt Organization
2023
$875
MATCH/DISCRETIONARY
2023
$397
Best Beginnings Program Contribution
2023
$300
FUND ORGANIZED CHARITIES PLANNED PURPOSE CHILDREN EDUCATION
2023
$250
SUPPORT ORGANIZATION'S MISSION
2023
$200
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$125
DONATION
2023
$100
GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT
2023
$100
General & Unrestricted
2023
$7.4M
EARLY LITERACY
2022
$250K
DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY (WI DANE CO.)
2022
$175K
Imagination Library Program in the New York counties of Essex, Clinton, Franklin and Hamilton
2022
$140K
READNYC- READNYC IS A COMPREHENSIVE, ALIGNED, AND COLLECTIVE STRATEGY TO SUPPORT CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES WITH RESOURCES TO BUILD AND SUSTAIN A CULTURE OF LEARNING AND ACHIEVEMENT, CAPTURED IN THE PROOF POINT OF STUDENT SUCCESS IN GRADE THREE.
2022
$126K
CHARITABLE PURPOSES
2022
$110K
AWD - Early Childhood and Youth Success
2022
$108K
GENERAL SUPPORT / IL BOOK MAILING
2022
$105K
FOR RECIPIENT'S EXEMPT PURPOSE
2022
$100K
REPLENISH FUNDS FOR THE IMAGINATION LIBRARY
2022
$90K
COMMUNITY WELFARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES
2022
$87K
PROGRAM OPERATING COSTS
2022
$79K
TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION
2022
$78K
To pay for shipping of free books to children in Chester County PA registered with Chester County Imagination Library
2022
$78K
To pay for shipping of free books to children in Chester County PA registered with Chester County Imagination Library
2022
$70K
TO ASSIST WITH PROGR
2022
$60K
Books for Children
2022
$57K
Funds provide books to children through affiliate
2022
$57K
TO PROVIDE FREE BOOKS FROM THE DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY PROGRAM
2022
$54K
THE FUNDING WAS USED TO PAY THE PROCUREMENT OF COST OF BOOKS DISTRIBUTED TO CHILDREN IN THE POSEY COUNTY INDIANA COMMUNITY.
2022
$47K
PROGRAM SERVICES
2022
$47K
GENERAL SUPPORT
2022
$45K
NEW PROGRAM SERVICE DESCRIBED IN SHEDULE O
2022
$44K
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
2022
$34K
Early Literacy Program
2022
$34K
For grant recipient's exempt purposes
2022
$33K
FOR READING PROGRAM.
2022
$30K
BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY-HUMANITARIAN-DAF
2022
$30K
BASIC EDUCATION AND LITERACY-HUMANITARIAN-DAF
2022
$30K
EDUCATIONAL
2022
$27K
BOOKS FOR CHILDREN 0 - 5 YRS OLD
2022

Funded by

$56.6M from 206 funders · 489 grants · 2017–2024

North Carolina Partnership For

$38.3M · 7 grants · 2017–2023

United Ways Of The Pacific

$1.6M · 1 grant · 2024

The Roots And Wings Foundation Inc

$1.1M · 4 grants · 2021–2024

CS Foundation Inc

$1M · 1 grant · 2024

United Way Of East Mississippiinc

$566K · 6 grants · 2018–2024

United Way Of New York City

$558K · 5 grants · 2019–2023

United Way Of Wyoming Valley

$534K · 7 grants · 2017–2023

Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc

$534K · 6 grants · 2018–2023

Details

EIN621348105
Subsection03
Ruling date1990-01
Formed1988
Employees40
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