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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.
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
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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