The African American Children's Book Project (AACBP) has supported the literary needs of the nation since 1992. The AACBP collaborates with authors, illustrators, publishers, booksellers, educators, librarians, consumers, and corporate entities committed to promoting literacy. At AACBP we know that early access and choice in books play an important role in building lifelong readers.

The organization has brought over a million books into the homes of children in the region. At the height of the pandemic many parents called the African American Children's Book Fair "a lifesaver" for their children who turned to home libraries, curated over the years from attending the book fair to get a reprieve from electronics.

Founded in 2013, Barbershop Books is a national literacy nonprofit that supports child-friendly reading spaces and early literacy barber training in more than 30 Philadelphia barbershops. As a trusted curator of culturally relevant children's books, we support literacy programming that inspires Black boys and other vulnerable children to identify as readers and to read for fun. Working with library systems, school districts, municipalities, community-based organizations, and individuals, Barbershop Books empowers communities to create transformative reading experiences wherever kids are. To date, we have distributed over 50,000 books and impact more than 10,000 children annually.

Joyful Readers is committed to helping Philadelphia students gain the literacy skills they need to become successful, confident, and yes...joyful readers! In the 2022-23 school year, the organization recruited and trained a racially and generationally diverse cohort of 24 AmeriCorps members, who serve as high-impact reading tutors in 9 Philadelphia elementary schools. Tutors at Joyful Readers receive a month of training, including graduate coursework in the science of reading before starting their school placement, where they tutor 11 pairs of students for 30 minutes per day, 5 days per week. The organization is planning to expand to a cohort of 40 AmeriCorps tutors in the 2023-24 school year.

Reading Allowed is a 501(c)(3) organization that was founded in 2019 with the mission of ensuring that all struggling readers in the Philadelphia region have access to the highest quality literacy instruction regardless of their financial circumstances. We began by offering individualized structured literacy tutoring services on a sliding scale basis. Families with struggling readers need significant funds to engage private structured literacy instructors; an option that is often cost-prohibitive.

Read 2 Succeed is a comprehensive, and intentional reading program that provides PreK-3rd grade students and their families with year round opportunities to engage with and have access to reading materials and instruction. Literacy instruction and literacy experiences are facilitated by experienced, certified teachers. Each registered student receives a R2S kit that includes books, literacy activities and supplies.