Collaborative Funding

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio

In all 88 Ohio counties, the Imagination Library is supported by three nonprofit organizations working together:

  • The Dollywood Foundation

  • Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio

  • 75 Local Program Partners

Together, these organizations ensure that every child in Ohio has access to free, high-quality, age-appropriate books from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

Pictured: Members of the Local Program Partner Teams in western Ohio.

Thanks to Dolly Parton and her charitable foundation, The Dollywood Foundation, books from the Imagination Library are available at a deeply discounted rate.

As a 501(c)3, Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio is responsible for fostering growth, development, and sustainability for the program in all 88 counties.

The Ohio General Assembly has generously invested in Ohio’s Imagination Library to provide a 50% match to all Local Program Partners, cutting the cost of each book in half.

Ohio’s Imagination Library is successful thanks to partnerships with over 75 Local Program Partners. Each Local Program Partner is a 501(c)3 organization, and is responsible for promoting, managing, and fundraising for the Imagination Library within its respective county.

By working together, Ohio’s Imagination Library is able to send over 410,000 books each month to children and their families for free!

Although books are free to families, it is not free to the community. Each book is $2.60. Ohio’s Local Program Partners pay 50% of each book mailed in their assigned area.
Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio provides a 50% match, ensuring participating families do not have to pay to participate.

Thank you to our many generous corporations and individual donors for supporting Ohio’s Imagination Library, and helping to ensure books remain free to all families.

Tomtreyco, Inc.

Anastasia Duble

Thomas Parfitt, CPA

Jo Ellen Diehl Yeary

Bob Smith & Spencer Roule

Levi Sutton

Brett and Cindy Hayes

United Way of Greater Lima

Ron & Calista Strickmaker

Memorial Health System

Al Ratner

Cynthia Kumanchik

Levi Sutton

Brett & Cindy Hayes

The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center

Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber

American Electric Power Foundation

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library of Ohio gratefully recognizes the donors listed above for their generous major gifts made in 2024 and 2025. We also sincerely thank all donors whose contributions make our work possible.