Corporate Partner Spotlight: Amazon
For more than five years, Amazon and Reading Is Fundamental have partnered to inspire the next generation of readers, reaching children across the country – in communities where Amazon employees and customers work and live. Together, we are creating skilled readers and fostering a lifelong love of reading.
Scalable employee volunteerism with local, lasting impact
Amazon and Reading Is Fundamental have reached more than 241,900 children, distributed over 735,700 books and literacy resources, and strengthened literacy opportunities in more than 1,170 communities nationwide. Nearly eight in ten of the schools we serve are Title I schools, ensuring these investments reach children and families who benefit most from access to books and reading opportunities.
Amazon and RIF's reading impact by the numbers
of partner schools are Title I schools
of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch
of students live at or below the federal poverty line
of students are English Language Learners
How Amazon employees bring literacy to their communities
RIF engages Amazon employees in literacy solutions to support children in their local communities. From the build out of Reading Corners, to Book Celebration events, and Literacy Kit assemblies, RIF offers opportunities for Amazon employees to participate both in-person and virtually to support their community.
- Reading Corners: Atlanta, Baltimore, and Alexandria
- Book Celebration Events: Phoenix and Miami
- Spring Literacy Kit Distribution: 23 states
- Fall Literacy Kit Distribution: 39 states
Recent Amazon-Sponsored Events
Reading Is Fundamental and Amazon have partnered to put books directly into the hands of children by working with local schools to create high-impact literacy experiences that inspire the joy of reading.
What Amazon's community engagement lead says about the partnership
"We leveraged the broad scale of our Ops network and passionate volunteers to inspire the joy of reading, all through access to books. I’m still smiling after spending time with these energetic kids and seeing their faces as they picked out brand new books to take home. This has been a rewarding project to lead as a community practitioner, an Amazonian, a reader, and a mother of young students."
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Reading Is Fundamental, Inc., a 501(c)(3) organization (52-0976257)