School Literacy Programs for Corporate Partners

Overview

RIF’s flagship book distribution program gives children the opportunity to choose new age-appropriate books they want to read and take them home to keep. Book ownership helps strengthen reading motivation, frequency, and enjoyment. 

What’s Included

RIF works with participating schools and educators to select books that reflect students’ ages, interests, cultures, and needs. RIF’s longstanding relationships with publishing partners help corporate investment reach more children. 

How to Partner

Choose your investment level and priority community. RIF will identify schools with significant need and coordinate implementation. 

Estimated Investment

Flexible and scalable—from a single school or market to a national initiative. 

Impact

Research demonstrates the power of building a child’s home library: sustained access to up to 34 books over five years resulted in literacy gains equivalent to 52–65% of a typical year of learning.

Overview

RIF’s research-backed Read for Success program combines interactive read-alouds, independent reading, educator support, and book ownership to increase children’s reading motivation and proficiency. 

What’s Included

Themed book collections and educator resources support engaging read-alouds, while every student chooses six new books to take home and own. Classroom and family activities extend learning beyond the book. 

Early Childhood Option (Birth – Pre-K)

A play-based model for birth–pre-K builds emergent literacy skills through books, purposeful play, educator training, and family engagement. 

How to Partner

Bring Read for Success to schools in a priority community, market, or district with the greatest need. 

Estimated Investment

Approximately $15,000 per school. 

Impact

Supports literacy development, reading motivation, book ownership, and sustained engagement at school and at home.

Overview

Reading motivation often declines during the middle school years. RIF’s Middle School Family Literacy Initiave (MSFLI), a middle school literacy program for grades 6-8, addresses this challenge through book choice and ownership, family engagement, educator support, and student leadership.  

What’s Included

Each student receives three new books per year to take home and own, supported by educator resources, monthly family literacy tips, and student-led family literacy events.

How to Partner

Bring MSFLI to middle schools in a priority community, market, or district with the greatest need.

Estimated Investment

Flexible and scalable based on desired reach.

Impact

MSFLI currently reaches 140,000 students, with preliminary research showing statistically significant increases in reading motivation and students’ perceptions of themselves as readers. 

Overview

Skybrary is RIF’s award-winning digital reading platform, thoughtfully designed to help children discover the joy of reading wherever they are. Every title is selected by literacy experts—not algorithms—and the experience is safe, ad-free, and built entirely around literacy. 

What’s Included

More than 1,000 expertly curated e-books, 150+ educational video field trips, professional read-to-me narration, and tips and tricks videos from parenting expert Spencer Russell. 

How to Partner

Sponsor access for Title I schools or families, create new literacy content with RIF, amplify Skybrary through consumer campaigns, or explore customized opportunities around technology, accessibility, research, and innovation. 

Estimated Investment

Flexible based on partnership model and desired reach. 

Impact

Help remove barriers to reading by putting an entire library directly into a child’s hands—turning screen time into reading time.

Overview

RIF’s Matching Grants program helps bring books to communities where they are needed most while multiplying the power of local investment. Corporate funding helps locally raised dollars go twice as far.   

What’s Included

Corporate support provides the matching portion of grants awarded to eligible schools and community organizations, doubling local purchasing power for books.  

How to Partner

Invest nationally where the need is greatest or designate funding for priority cities, states, or communities within your company’s footprint.  

Estimated Investment

Flexible and scalable based on geographic priorities and desired reach.  

Impact

On average, we receive 200 grant applications a year, and we are able to award around 67 totaling over $300,000 in financial contributions, which serves 142,000 children across the country.