We’re all on the same page. 

100+ organizations. Countless loving parents,
caregivers, educators and volunteers.

 

Read by 4th partners:

Bold. Inspiring. Philly real.

 

There are so many whose work is vital to advancing early literacy.

Read their stories.

 

Leadership, we appreciate you. 

Without your willingness to lend your expertise and insights, we could not fulfill our collective promise to protect every child’s right to read.

Partner Organizations

 

We represent different organizations, experiences, and neighborhoods, but we share a single mission: to protect every child’s right to read. Become a partner.

 

A Book A Day

AARP Foundation Experience Corps

Aces Global Enterprises

AIM Institute for Learning & Research

American Reading Company

Arcadia University School of Education

Archdiocese of Philadelphia Elementary Schools

Art Sphere Inc

ArtWell

ASAP/After School Activities Partnerships

Barbershop Books

BCDI-Philadelphia & Vicinity (Black Child Development Institute)

Bethanna

Big Smilez Leadership Initiative 

Book Trust

Books In Homes USA

Boys & Girls Clubs of Philadelphia

Catapult Learning

CCIU Migrant Education Program

Center for Literacy, Inc. 

Chase Books

Children’s Playhouse

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Reach Out and Read Program)

Children's Literacy Initiative

Children's Scholarship Fund Philadelphia

Children's Village

City of Philadelphia Office of Children and Families Out of School Time 

City Year

Cobbs Creek Publishing

Collaborative Classroom

Colorful Stories

Cosmic Writers

Cradles to Crayons

Drexel University

Drexel University Action for Early Learning

Drexel University School of Education

Eastern University

Educating Communities for Parenting

Families Forward Philadelphia 

First Up

Foundation for Health Equity

Free Library of Philadelphia

Gibson school of Music and Arts

Girls Inc. of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

Global Citizen

Grandma's Kids After School Program of Temple University

Historic Fair Hill

iHeartMedia Philadelphia

Imagine More: Story Adventures

Independence Mission Schools

Indochinese American Council

International Dyslexia Association Pennsylvania Branch

It’s Not Your Fault

Jounce Partners

Joyful Readers

KABOOM!

KIPP Philadelphia Public Schools

Library and Literacy Consultant

Lil' Bits Family Child Care Home

Literacy How, Inc.

Literacy Partners

Mastery Schools

Maternity Care Coalition (MCC)

Metropolitan Christian Council of Philadelphia

Mini Montessori Academy

Mt. Airy CDC

Need in Deed

North10 Philadelphia

Northeast Treatment Center (Net Community Care)

Oxford Circle Christian Community Development Association

PARENT POWER

ParentChild+

PCCY

PHENND (Philadelphia Higher Education Network for Neighborhood Development)

Philadelphia Department of Public Health, Division of Maternal, Child, and Family Health

Philadelphia Federation of Teachers

Philadelphia Housing Authority

Philadelphia Nurse Family Partnership and Mabel Morris Family Home Visit Program

Philadelphia School Partnership

Philadelphia Writing Project

Philanthropy Network Philadelphia

PHMC

Playful Learning Landscapes Action Network (PLLAN)

Please Touch Museum

Puentes de Salud

Reach Out and Read Greater Philadelphia

Read to Succeed Philadelphia

Reading Allowed

Reading Captains

Reading Recycled

ROOTS, Inc. (Regenerating Our Offspring Through Stories)

Saint Joseph's University

School District of Philadelphia, Office of Early Childhood

SchoolKit

Smith Playground

SOWN

Springboard Collaborative 

Teach For America - Greater Philadelphia

Teach Plus PA

Team First Book Philadelphia 

Temple University - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education

The African American Children’s Book Project

The Educational Advocates Reaching Today's Hardworking Students, Inc. (EARTHS)

The Literacy Empowerment Initiative

The Reading League Pennsylvania

The Resource Pop Up Bus

The Salvation Army

Tiny WPA

Too Small to Fail, Clinton Foundation

Tree House Books

Turning Points for Children, CUA 10

Uncommon Individual Foundation

United Communities Southeast Philadelphia

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

Urban Affairs Coalition 

Vantage Learning

Vision To Learn

West Philadelphia Alliance for Children (WePAC)

William Way LGBT Community Center

Wills Eye Hospital

Wonderspring Powelton Village

“Being a part of Read by 4th has kept us in the know. We've learned of new resources, research, and funding opportunities.”

Read by 4th Partner Experience Survey

 

Funding Partners

Thank you. Your generous support makes all we do possible.

 

Anonymous

The Barra Foundation

Lisa F. Becker and Joseph M. Becker

Believe in Reading Foundation

The Benoliel Family Fund

Meg and Roger Berlin

Better World Fund

The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia

Connelly Foundation

The Douty Foundation

The Elkes Foundation

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Samuel S. Fels Fund

Otto Haas Charitable Trust, recommended by Janet and John Haas

Emily Hall Tremaine Foundation

Hamilton Family Foundation

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Lincoln Financial Foundation

Terry Marek and Peter L. Buttenwieser

Tobias Lit Labs

PECO

Virginia Cretella Mars Foundation

The Philadelphia Foundation

United Way of Greater Philadelphia and Southern New Jersey

Harriet and Larry Weiss

Wells Fargo

William Penn Foundation

We’ve got room at our table.