OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS
We have learned alongside our Community Partners as they have faced challenges, overcome barriers, and achieved extraordinary successes. Find out more about each project and the outcomes below.
YEAR
2020
GRANT CATEGORY
Community
GRANT AMOUNT
$25,000
Organization:
BookSpring
Title:
BookSpring Wash & Read
Description:
BookSpring helps build early literacy in Central Texas’ low-income children and families through increasing home libraries and reading aloud activities for children. BookSpring’s interventions support brain development, family interaction, skill building, and the motivation to read in children from birth through age 12.
This grant will enable BookSpring to continue to receive, sort, and store donated books under approved safety and sanitation guidelines.
Grant Status:
Our Community Secondary Grant of $25,000 was unrestricted. It helped BookSpring to maintain existing staff and benefits.
BookSpring pivoted to home-based services during the pandemic, with 61,976 books mailed to 30,639 children in low-income homes. During this time, BookSpring launched a bilingual BookSpring digital program with weekly themes.