How Your Support Makes a Difference

When you give to Reading Assist, you positively impact a student’s educational journey and future livelihood.

Help us continue our efforts by making a tax-deductible gift today.

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Every Dollar Counts

You can help us provide essential resources that directly accelerate our students’ progress. Your generosity puts critical tools directly into the hands of children and educators:

  • $25 — Provides 4 interactive whiteboards used in daily reading lessons.
  • $50 — Supplies grapheme sound decks for 20 tutors, supporting structured literacy instruction.
  • $100 — Purchases workbooks for 10 students needing intensive reading practice.
  • $250 — Buys 1 iPad required for administering weekly reading assessments.
  • $500 — Provides a full set of core instructional materials for an entire tutoring site.
  • $1,000 — Supports half a year of direct reading intervention for a struggling reader.
Elementary student smiling at desk with reading practice worksheet

Additional Ways to Make an Impact

Donating publicly traded stock is a tax-smart way to multiply your impact. By transferring stock directly to Reading Assist, you can maximize your support for young readers while potentially avoiding capital gains taxes and securing a federal income tax deduction for the full value of the shares.

If you hold a donor-advised fund, you can recommend a grant to Reading Assist. Please make checks payable to:

Legal Name: Reading Assist Institute
Federal Tax ID Number: 51-0317415
Address: 100 West 10th Street, Suite 910, Wilmington, DE 19801

To help us acknowledge your gift, please provide your name and/or fund name and address.

Reading Assist is an officially registered 501(c)(3) organization as recognized by the IRS.

IRS 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Status Determination Letter

Want to double or even triple the impact of your gift?

Many employers match charitable contributions made by employees, employees’ spouses, and retired employees. To find out if your company will match your gift to Reading Assist, contact your human resources department.

You can also contact our development team if you have questions.

Honor or remember someone special with a gift to Reading Assist.

Tribute gifts are a meaningful way to celebrate a loved one while helping more young readers receive the support they need. When you make a tribute gift and provide notification information, Reading Assist will notify the honoree or family of your generosity.

Reading Assist is committed to using donor support responsibly to advance its mission.

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Every gift matters and makes a difference. Thank you for supporting Reading Assist.

Thank You to Our Supporters

We cannot do this work alone. Reading Assist is grateful for the foundations, organizations, and community partners whose generosity helps us reach more young readers with the support they need to succeed.

Because of their investment, we can continue providing high-impact literacy support, expanding access to early reading intervention, and helping students build the skills and confidence to become stronger readers.

Funding for Reading Assist’s program through June 30, 2025, was made possible by the following foundations and organizations:

  • AmeriCorps
  • CityTutor DC
  • The Community’s Foundation (Delaware County)
  • Crystal Trust
  • Delaware Department of Education
  • Delaware Grant in Aid
  • Discover Bank
  • Dollar General Literacy Foundation
  • Ellice and Rosa McDonald Foundation
  • Fusco Foundation
  • Gilliam Foundation
  • Hamilton Family Charitable Trust
  • Incyte Foundation
  • Fund for Children’s Literacy
  • Laffey-McHugh Foundation
  • M&T Bank
  • Middle Run Foundation
  • Nora Roberts Foundation
  • Office of the State Superintendent of Education (DC)
  • Richard Donchian Foundation
  • Speedway Children’s Charities
  • TD Charitable Foundation
  • Wawa Foundation

*Reading Assist’s fiscal year runs from July 1 to June 30.