The Stocker Foundation's education-focused competitive grant program has been in existence since 2011. We aim to create impact around improved reading outcomes for disadvantaged public school students in PreK through fifth grade. Areas of interest include emerging literacy; book distribution; whole school improvement/teacher professional development; and supplemental/enrichment reading programs that occur in-school, afterschool, and during the summer months. There is also a smaller amount of funding set aside to help remove barriers toward reading success (i.e., other services for students). The Stocker Foundation continues to have one grant cycle during the year. During calendar year 2018, The Stocker Foundation awarded 65 grants totaling $ 1,381,980.
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Toward the implementation of Breaktime-Mealtime, a food assistance program that steps in to fill the food insecurity gap by providing meals to students and their families during winter, mid-winter, spring, and summer breaks
In continued support of Summer Brain Gain Read!, a component of a day camp program designed to mitigate the negative impacts of summer reading regression
In support of Summer Little Readers and School Year Literacy Tutoring, designed to help low-income K-3 students develop core foundational reading skills
In continued support of Summer Little Readers, a program serving low-income students from Willow Creek and Bayside Martin Luther King, Jr. academies to build core reading skills while school is not in session
In continued support of Raising Readers Together, a program in which teachers and parents work together to improve children's foundational reading skills
In continued support of Raising Readers Together, a multidimensional approach to improving foundational reading skills of first and second graders during school year 2019-20
Toward the purchase of high-quality children's books for classrooms and site libraries as part of the Childhood Trauma Treatment Program, designed to build kindergarten readiness among trauma-exposed children
In support of the Oakland Family Resource Center, offering a variety of early literacy activities and parental engagement program that help young children meet the academic and socio-emotional milestones of kindergarten readiness
To update permanent exhibits through a partnership with Make Way for Books, and toward the purchase of high-quality children's books ensuring all spaces are developmentally appropriate reading spaces for children and families
In continued support of First Teacher/Primer Maestro family engagement and kindergarten readiness programs geared toward low-income families who are bilingual or monolingual in Spanish
Toward the purchase of books for Summer Book Buddies, a program providing thousands of brand new high-quality books to disadvantaged children, ages 5-8
In support of Aiming Higher, an afterschool tutoring and personal development program for students most at-risk for academic failure
Toward teacher salaries and benefits at Compass Children's Center, offering a nationally-accredited full-day year-round kindergarten readiness program for homeless and near-homeless children, birth to age five and their families
In continued support of Compass Children's Center, promoting emergent literacy skills among preschool children whose families are homeless or at-risk of becoming homeless
In continued support of Start with Stories, a school-based residency program designed to improve students foundational skills through reading and writing activities
Two-Year grant toward the expansion of SPARK---a proven family-focused intervention program that helps low-income children develop skills necessary to be successful in kindergarten--in the neighborhoods surrounding Case Elementary School
Toward three summer book distribution opportunities: annual Read-a-Thon, Raising a Reader, and Graduation Backpacks, each designed to build and maintain a culture of literacy, ensuring all children have access to multicultural and multilingual books
]In continued support of two literacy intervention programs, Experience Corps and California Poets in the School, meant to reinforce reading and language arts curriculums implemented in K-3 classrooms
In continued support of Family School Connection, a comprehensive home- and school-based program designed to improve parent engagement and literacy skills for kindergartners reading at a significantly lower level than their peers
In continued support of GIRLStart, an intensive literacy program implemented at nine sites serving students (girls and boys) at risk for reading failure
In continued support of Experience Corps, an in-school tutoring program that pairs older adults with struggling K-3 readers to improve foundational reading skills
In support of enhanced summer learning opportunities for Hartford students entering grades 1-3 who need extra support in reading, including take home books, family literacy nights, and half-day reading camps at select branches of the library
In continued support of the Early Literacy Program designed to increase access to books and encourage reading in all aspects of a child's preschool experience
In continued support of the End Summer Hunger campaign, designed to increase the availability of food to low-income families with school-age children during the summer months
In support of a comprehensive reading and language arts program that includes cross-curricular teacher professional development, classroom-based coaching, and family literacy nights (in partnership with Clearview and Sheffield-Sheffield Lake school districts)
In continued support of a kindergarten readiness program that places highly-trained Corps members into under-resourced early childhood classroom throughout the Bay Area
In continued support of a kindergarten readiness program that places highly-trained Corps members into under-resourced early childhood classrooms throughout Seattle
In support of Raising a Reader, a kindergarten readiness program designed to promote parent-child bonding, regular library usage, and the experience of having books in the home
Toward a series of seven professional development courses designed to improve second and third grade teachers' abilities to move students toward grade-level reading mastery, as well as increase students' achievement on high-stakes reading and language arts tests.
Toward the continuation of the Literacy Connects Infusion Project, a holistic approach to increasing low-income students' reading and writing levels within the Sunnyside Unified School District
In Support of book fees for Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, a book gifting program that mails one brand new age-appropriate book to enrolled children every month from birth until at five
In continued support of a ten-week literacy-rich summer day camp program that supports kindergarten readiness and helps lessen the impact of summer learning loss for low-income students
Toward the hiring of professional staff necessary to implement year-round early childhood through third grade literacy enrichment programming
In support of Discovery on the Go, a hands-on mobile enrichment program designed to deliver STEAM and early literacy programming to students throughout the LPLS service area
In continued support of Family Education and Literacy designed to engage parents and children together, empowering families to make early literacy an important part of daily activities
Toward the implementation of Kids Love Musicals residency program at seven of Lorain’s elementary schools, serving K-3 students in both typical and special needs classrooms
In support of the Summer Bi-Literacy Project, a book distribution program designed to provide students in 12 K-3 classrooms with high-quality books to take home at keep in order to mitigate summer learning loss
In support of the Family Reading Celebrations Mini Grants program, allowing schools and nonprofit organizations serving low-income children and families to experience the joy of reading while encouraging/coaching parents to read aloud to their child every day
In continued support of KinderCamp, a meaningful play-based program designed to support students who might be apprehensive about starting school, making friends, or just beginning to recognize alphabet letters or numbers
Toward the distribution of brand new winter coats and books to children in need (offered in partnership with the Lorain Public Library System)
In continued support of Book Up Summer, an evidenced-based reading intervention program designed to lessen the negative impacts of summer reading regression by allowing students to self-select 12 books to take home and keep
Toward kindergarten readiness programming at six libraries that support Pima County’s neediest populations (Martha Cooper, Columbus, Woods, Valencia, Quincie, and the Main Library)
Toward three interconnected outreach programs: Writing the Community, the Dianne Bret Harte Matinee Program, and Family Days, all designed to increase literacy and inspire a love of reading among all K-3 students served
Toward the purchase and distribution of 1,630 classic children's books as part of the organization's Night Night Essentials Program
In continued support of the Hartford County Early Childhood Initiative, providing books and developmental information so that parents can be their child's first and best teacher
Toward the purchase and distribution of 4,875 age-appropriate children's books at 28 pediatric sites throughout Cuyahoga County
Toward the continuation of Lunchtime Reading, a program matching caring adults volunteers with students for weekly read aloud sessions during daily lunch breaks
Toward Books for Babies and Books for Kid, programs designed to provide a continuum of literacy resources and children's books to young families in Hartford County
In continued support of an in-school reading tutoring program that pairs trained adult volunteers with struggling readers at 28 Title I elementary schools throughout San Francisco and the East Bay area
In continued support of the Childhood Hunger Initiative, designed to effectively address food insecurity issues facing public school children and their families
In continued support of Toddler Rock, an early childhood education program designed to support emerging reading and kindergarten readiness skills of low-income children enrolled in Head Start
In continued support of Summer Dreamers, an eight week day camp designed to lessen the negative impacts of summer reading slide for students in kindergarten through third grade
In continued support of the Childhood Hunger Initiative designed to effectively address food insecurity facing children and their families throughout Lorain County
In support of the Whole Child Program, designed to serve public schools in which a minimum of 50% of students qualify for Federal Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program (Healthy Children's Pantries, Nutrition Education, and Morning Snack)
Toward the implementation of CleverTouch Classrooms, combining best practice Wilson Fundations reading techniques with smartboard technology
In continued support of Cleveland Kids in Need Resource Center, distributing high-quality books through Summer Book Giveaways and the Book Nook, a year-round program that provides teachers with supplies and new, grade-level reading materials for students
In support of the Riley Center Literacy Enhancement Project, designed to promote reading among severely at-risk children residing at the organization's emergency shelter or transitional housing facility
In support of English Language Curriculum enhancements, positively impacting all 14 SUSD elementary schools (180 classrooms) -- enhancements aim to ensure all students have the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in school and beyond
In continued support of AmeriCorps Group Leaders delivering/managing a three-part early literacy intervention program at six Title I elementary schools throughout Alameda County
In continued support of a tutoring program that pairs young adults in grades 8-12 (Reading Coaches) with elementary school students reading one to two years below grade level
In continued support of Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence toward the purchase of books and family reading nights throughout the school year
In continued support of My Summer Library, designed to mitigate summer learning loss, improve third grade reading proficiency, and increase students' access to books while encouraging a lifelong love of reading
In continued support of the two-part summer literacy campaign, It's Too Late to Wait: Read 20 Minutes Each Day with A Child, implemented by the Bristol Early Childhood Alliance (BECA)
In support of the Early Learning Initiative (ELI), designed to support essential pre-reading and kindergarten readiness skills of four- and five-year-old children via experiential theme-based learning and cultural site visits to museums located in University Circle
In support of the emergency community garden restoration project at C.E. Rose Elementary School