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<url><loc>https://hbcumoney.com/2026/08/28/hbcu-alumni-have-a-profound-reason-to-support-dolly-partons-imagination-library-and-it-isnt-charity/</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>HBCU Money</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-28T10:00:00+00:00</news:publication_date><news:title>HBCU Alumni Have a Profound Reason to Support Dolly Parton&#8217;s Imagination Library — and It Isn&#8217;t Charity</news:title><news:keywords>hbcu endowments, hbcu money, hbcu philanthropy, HBCU alumni giving, capital retention, institutional density, Black institutional ecosystem, strategic coordination, Imagination Library, HBCU Library Alliance, Dolly Parton, childhood literacy, library funding cuts, HBCU advancement offices, designated giving, Black community infrastructure, talent pipeline, third-grade reading proficiency, book access, early childhood reading, Indiana funding cuts, HBCU host communities, Missouri funding cuts, reading readiness, Dolly Parton Black community</news:keywords></news:news></url></urlset>