Pizza Hut Foundation Awards $9,750 Grant Bringing Book It! to Dallas ISD

A $9,750 Slice of Literacy Grant from the Pizza Hut Foundation will bring the Book It! program to Dallas ISD, the Dallas Education Foundation announced on February 20, 2026. The grant funds the installation of a book vending machine and related student‑engagement initiatives intended to expand reading access across the district.

The Pizza Hut Foundation awarded the grant under its Slice of Literacy Grant program, and the Dallas Education Foundation is the named recipient responsible for deploying the funds inside Dallas ISD. The announcement specifically tied the $9,750 award to the Book It! program and to the physical installation of a book vending machine as part of the rollout.

Dallas Education Foundation officials framed the grant as a tool for student engagement, pairing the vending machine with supplementary activities meant to encourage reading participation among Dallas ISD students. Those activities are described in the announcement as "student‑engagement initiatives" accompanying the vending machine; the grant amount covers purchase and program implementation costs tied to those initiatives.

The Book It! program will be introduced directly within Dallas ISD settings through the vending machine model supported by the Pizza Hut Foundation grant. The Dallas Education Foundation will manage the logistics of bringing the machine and programming to district schools, overseen as part of the foundation’s existing efforts to support Dallas ISD students.

The February 20 announcement confirms a concrete, targeted investment for literacy in Dallas ISD rather than a broad, unspecified pledge. The $9,750 award ties a named corporate foundation, a named education foundation, and a named district program together in a single project: Pizza Hut Foundation funding, Dallas Education Foundation administration, and Book It! programming inside Dallas ISD.

Moving forward, the grant positions the Dallas Education Foundation to install the vending machine and begin the student‑engagement work funded by the $9,750 award. The announcement signals a specific, fund‑driven initiative to bring Book It! to Dallas ISD classrooms and common spaces under the terms of the Slice of Literacy Grant.