California · Public charity
Raising A Reader
Raising a Reader supports families and inspires the development of literacy skills and a lifelong love for reading. We help children attain brighter futures in which they can thrive and contribute in school, the workforce and society.
- $279k
- Granted FY2024(still arriving)
- 1
- Itemized grants FY2024
- 1
- Organizations funded FY2022
- 0%
- First-time grantees FY2022
- Itemized, FY2024
- $24k
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2024
- $24,423
- Largest grant, FY2024
- $24,423
- Organizations funded a year
- 1 to 4
- FY2017 to FY2022
- States reached, FY2024
- 1
- Total assets, FY2024
- $3.9M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2022, 0% of the organizations Raising A Reader funded were first-time grantees, receiving 0% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2022, 100% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $0 went to new ones.
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024still arriving | 1 | $24k | 0% |
| FY2022 | 1 | $22k | 0% |
| FY2021 | 1 | $14k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 2 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2019 | 3 | $53k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 3 | $7k | 33% |
| FY2017 | 4 | $24k | n/a |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2024.
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2024, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rar-Ma Inc | $91,805 | 7 | 2% |
| Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Kansas City | $64,826 | 4 | 0% |
| Starlight Elementary | $4,792 | 3 | n/a |
| Fremont Unified School District | $2,450 | 3 | n/a |
| Hawaii Literacy Inc | $2,150 | 1 | 0% |
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
Open a dossier: Kaiser Foundation Hospitals · The Family Giving Tree · Share Our Strength · Project Lead the Way Inc · Los Angeles Universal Preschool · Project Lead the Way Inc · GenYOUTH Incorporated · Good Sports Inc · The San Francisco Foundation · Save the Music Foundation · Action for Healthy Kids · The Albertsons Companies Foundation
How this is measured
About Raising A Reader
- How much does Raising A Reader give?
- Raising A Reader reported 1 itemized grants totaling $24,423, out of $279,251 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2024 IRS filing. It funded between 1 and 4 organizations a year over FY2017 to FY2022.
- What does Raising A Reader fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2024, its largest causes are Education (61%), Human Services (39%).
- Who are Raising A Reader's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2024: Rar-Ma Inc ($92k), Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Kansas City ($65k), Starlight Elementary ($5k).
- Does Raising A Reader fund new organizations?
- In FY2022, 0% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as Raising A Reader?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, The Family Giving Tree, Share Our Strength.
- Where is Raising A Reader based?
- Raising A Reader is based in CA.
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