GRANTS & FUNDING

Mobile Learning Fund

Access funding for digital learning tools through New Readers Press.

Grant Information

Grants provided through our Mobile Learning Fund give adult literacy programs like yours access to free, easy-to-use solutions for online learning.

Subscriptions and licenses supported through our Mobile Learning Fund help programs like yours build capacity by supporting distance- and blended-learning solutions that can help you serve more students. Mobile Learning Fund grants may be used for digital materials, including:

  • New Readers Press Online Learning – courses to help adult students reach their goals, from building foundational skills for TABE success to preparing for the GED or HiSET test
  • Learning Upgrade – fun, engaging lessons to help students with low-literacy skills build reading, English, math, digital literacy, work, and life skills
  • EnGen – general English and career preparation courses to upskill and empower English language learners for jobs of the future
  • Leamos – an online program that teaches basic Spanish reading and writing to native Spanish speakers to prepare them to move onto English language learning
  • News for You Online – a digital news source with easy-to-read stories that build learners’ reading, comprehension, vocabulary, and English skills

Generously funded by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation

What you need to know to apply.

Apply for a grant at any time throughout the year. We award grants on a rolling basis, until the funds have been exhausted for the year.

We send award notifications by email within approximately one month after your application is submitted.

To be eligible for this grant, your organization must:

  • Intend to implement the requested digital solution(s) within 30 days of onboarding.
  • Answer all questions on the application.
  • Have learners actively use the digital tool at least 2 hours per week
  • Share progress information quarterly, when requested

FAQs

We will send notifications by email within approximately one month after your application is submitted.

Our Mobile Learning Fund supports any adult literacy and basic education program in the US that intends to use digital education materials to serve the students in their programs.

You can apply for licenses at any time throughout the year. We award grants on a rolling basis.

Our New Readers Press sales reps can answer any questions you may have. To find your representative, click here.

Yes! If eligible, your organization may apply to one or more of our three grant opportunities. Each of our funds—Literacy Opportunity Fund, National Book Fund, and Mobile Learning Fund—has a separate application with different requirements and deadlines, so be sure to follow the application guidelines for each.

If you have more questions, please contact the grants administrator at [email protected].

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