Reach Out and Read, Inc.
Reach Out and Read, Inc.
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About this organization
Mission
Reach Out and Read gives young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together. Our objective is to improve emergent literacy and social-emotional health during the span of rapid brain development between birth and age five, particularly in economically disadvantaged families who are at risk for adverse outcomes. We do this by partnering with pediatric medical providers who encourage parents to read aloud regularly with their children, and provide the knowledge and tools families need to nurture early learning, providing the best start for their children. Families served by Reach Out and Read read together more often, and their children enter kindergarten with larger vocabularies and stronger language skills.
About
Reach Out and Read is the only national early literacy organization working directly with pediatric care providers to train them to model the value to parents of reading aloud to their children every day. Reach Out and Read is driven by the mission to give young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together. When families read aloud to their young children, they can give them a better start to life. The program begins in infancy and continues through age five, with a special emphasis on children growing up in low-income communities. Pediatric teams who are involved in the organization share brand-new, age and language appropriate books and literacy advice with children and parents at each well-child visit up to the age of 5. The effectiveness of Reach Out and Read's model is recognized by the American Academy of Pediatrics in a policy statement that recommends early literacy promotion as an essential component of pediatric care. The program is both cost-effective, and evidence-based: research shows that our program results in more frequent reading at home, accelerated vocabulary and critical brain development. In FY19, Reach Out and Read's 34,000 pediatric clinicians served 4.8 million children and shared 7.4 million books at 6,300 program sites around the country.
Interesting data from their 2020 990 filing
The filing documents outline the non-profit's mission as “To give young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.”.
When outlining the tasks it performs, they were referred to as: “Reach out and read gives young children a foundation for success by incorporating books into pediatric care and encouraging families to read aloud together.”.
- The non-profit's reported state of operation is MA as per legal requirements.
- The filing reveals that the address of the non-profit in 2020 is 89 SOUTH STREET NO 201, BOSTON, MA, 02111.
- As of 2020, the non-profit has 62 employees reported on their 990 form.
- Is not a private foundation.
- Expenses are greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue is greater than $1,000,000.
- Revenue less expenses is -$1,216,925.
- The organization has 16 independent voting members.
- The organization was formed in 1999.
- The organization pays $4,877,021 in salary, compensation, and benefits to its employees.
- The organization pays $1,428,742 in fundraising expenses.