Grants Awarded in 2010

In 2010, The Stocker Foundation Awarded 66 Grants to Various Organizations, Totaling $1,741,988.

The Stocker Foundation implemented a new education-focused competitive grants program beginning in 2010. In sum, 66 grants totaling $1,741,988 were approved. All approved grants will help lessen the reading achievement gap for under-resources prekindergarten through fifth grade public school students. The Foundation's main areas of interest are Supplemental Reading Programs; Emerging Literacy Programs; Whole School Improvement/Teacher Professional Development around Reading Literacy; and Book Distribution Programs. A limited pool of dollars was awarded to help remove barriers toward reading success ("Other Services for Students").

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826 Valencia

San Francisco County, California
$10,000 Awarded

Toward the continuation of a no-cost drop-in tutoring program, providing academic support to students from the Mission District in the areas of creative writing, expository writing, and/or English as a second language

Albuquerque Public Schools Education Foundation

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
$49,978 Awarded

Toward Albuquerque Reads, a program that pairs volunteers from the business community with kindergartners for one-on-one reading tutoring at three of Albuquerque Public Schools most under-performing, high-poverty schools

America SCORES Cleveland

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$10,000 Awarded

Toward an afterschool health and literacy program at eight under-performing elementary schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District

Avon Local Schools

Lorain County, Ohio
$10,000 Awarded

Toward Students to Achieve Reading Success (STARS), an intensive afterschool reading intervention program for disadvantaged K-5th grade students using the Wilson Fundations system

Blessing House

Lorain County, Ohio
$30,000 Awarded

Toward the provision of age-appropriate academic enrichment for children whose families are in crisis and unable to care for them in their own homes

Boys & Girls Clubs of Lorain County

Lorain County, Ohio
$50,000 Awarded

Toward Project Learn, a comprehensive afterschool program strategy designed to enhance literacy as well as core academic outcomes for disadvantaged students age 6-12

Boys & Girls Clubs of San Francisco

San Francisco County, California
$25,000 Awarded

Toward Read On, a program designed to combat low literacy levels among 700 school-aged K-5 students via AfterSchool KidzLit and non-curricular activities such as Stop, Drop, and Read and Pawsitive Reading Club

Center for the Art of Translation

San Francisco County, California
$20,000 Awarded

Toward Poetry Inside Out, a reading and writing program that improves language art skills for 3-5th grade students in the Oakland Unified School District, while bridging classroom gaps through poetry translation

Children's Book Project

San Francisco County, California
$10,000 Awarded

Toward the continued distribution of new and gently-used books to thousands of economically- disadvantaged students throughout San Francisco and Alameda counties

Christina Kent Early Childhood Center

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
$10,000 Awarded

Toward teacher professional development around early reading in collaboration with the Family Development Program (UNM) in support of the state of New Mexico's early learning priorities and toward two Family Literacy Nights during the school year

Cleveland Reads

Lorain County, Ohio
$10,000 Awarded

Toward Prime Time for Book Buddies, an afterschool program that pairs high school students with elementary students for one-on-one literacy tutoring throughout the school year; a collaborative with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Lorain County

Community Food Bank

Pima County, Arizona
$20,000 Awarded

Toward the purchase of food for Snak Pak for Kids, a program that provides healthy food over the weekends for school-aged children during the school year, helping to remove barriers to academic and reading success

Direct Action for Central Lorain CDC

Lorain County, Ohio
$21,150 Awarded

Toward small group afterschool and summer literacy tutoring (via implementation of the Leap Track System) and toward the First Book and First Day of School programs for public school children living in Central Lorain

Easter Seals Northern Ohio

Lorain County, Ohio
$20,350 Awarded

Toward the implementation of Building Blocks for Literacy, a program that works to prevent or remediate language and literacy difficulties so students can succeed in school and life

Elyria City School District

Lorain County, Ohio
$104,085 Awarded

Toward the district-wide implementation of Wilson Fundations reading intervention program in all kindergarten, first and second grade classrooms during the 2010-2011 school year

Family Connections of North East Ohio

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$15,000 Awarded

Toward Family-School Connection, a comprehensive family literacy and parent support program designed to promote school readiness and to build the skills of first and second graders who are struggling readers

Friends for the Albuquerque Public Library

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
$12,500 Awarded

Toward Ready-to-Read, an early childhood literacy program designed to build critical early learning skills (print motivation, phonological awareness, vocabulary building, and letter recognition) so that children enter kindergarten "ready to read"

Friends of the San Francisco Public Library

San Francisco County, California
$25,000 Awarded

Toward the 2010 Summer Reading Program, Water Your Imagination, that focuses on conservation and learning about various resources available at the library

Grafton-Midview Public Library

Lorain County, Ohio
$7,700 Awarded

Toward the implementation of Kindergarten Kick-Off (no-cost literacy assessments and take-home readiness kits) and toward the 2010 Children’s Summer Reading Program

Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$15,000 Awarded

Toward the continuation of Experience Corps, a program that pairs older adults with kindergarten through third grade students to provide one-on-one reading tutoring twice weekly for the duration of the school year

Hearing, Speech & Deafness Center

King County, Washington
$5,000 Awarded

Toward the Language to Literacy Program designed for students with a spoken or language-based learning disabilities; targets specific aspects of reading and/or writing that the student is missing

Herrick Memorial Library

Lorain County, Ohio
$14,185 Awarded

Toward the distribution of Kindergarten Readiness and Literacy Kits and toward the 2010 Children’s Summer Reading Program for elementary-aged students throughout Southern Lorain County

Jardin de los Niños

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$25,000 Awarded

Toward a year-round tutoring and mentoring program for homeless and near homeless children (kindergarten-4th grade) that also provides reading and language arts enrichment activities, opportunities for independent reading, and related outdoor experiences

Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc.

Alameda County, California
$10,000 Awarded

Toward Jumpstart Alameda County, a school readiness program designed to build early language and literacy skills for economically-disadvantaged preschool students and their parents (materials and classroom supplies)

King County Library System Foundation

King County, Washington
$15,000 Awarded

Toward the Global Reading Challenge, a "battle-of-the-books" style program that challenges 4th and 5th graders from 18 different public school districts to read ten books and answer questions that are based on specific information found in each book

Las Cruces Public Schools

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$60,000 Awarded

Toward a multisensory reading interventions for students showing characteristics of dyslexia; evaluation/testing and targeted reading interventions for students in grades 2-5 diagnosed with dyslexia; and related teacher professional development

Las Cruces Public Schools Foundation

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$15,000 Awarded

Toward the purchase of high-quality leveled book sets in support of the Las Cruces Public Schools' Improving Literacy for All initiative during the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school years

Lighthouse Community Charter School

Alameda County, California
$15,000 Awarded

Toward the purchase of elementary age-appropriate books (600 titles) in support of the opening of a new Media Center in the spring of 2010 (Literacy Lights the Way capital campaign)

Lorain City Schools

Lorain County, Ohio
$385,000 Awarded

Toward the provision of literacy materials and support services to approximately 3,600 students in prekindergarten through fifth grade (purchase curriculum; leading-edge technology; family literacy nights; and book distributions)

Lorain Public Library System

Lorain County, Ohio
$40,350 Awarded

Toward the 2010 Children’s Summer Reading Program, Making Waves @ Your Library, helping to lessen the “summer reading slide” for elementary aged students, K-5th grade

Lorain United Methodist Ministries

Lorain County, Ohio
$11,250 Awarded

Toward Camp I.D.E.A.S., a summer academic enrichment program for students with special needs (staff salaries)

MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS

Pima County, Arizona
$8,000 Awarded

Toward the 2010 Summer Reading Buddies, a program that pairs school-aged students (Big Buddies) with preschool students (Little Buddies) for book sharing sessions and other story-related activities, twice weekly, for six weeks during the summer

Mission Learning Center

San Francisco County, California
$10,000 Awarded

Toward ongoing afterschool tutoring program for economically-disadvantaged elementary-aged students who are reading below grade level. Program focuses on comprehension, vocabulary, fluency, word recognition, and self-motivation to improve reading ability

New Mexico State University Foundation

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$23,842 Awarded

Toward Literacy Through Movement, an interactive dance program designed to promote reading comprehension via kinesthetic learning at Title I elementary schools during the 2010-2011 school year

Oakland Parents Literacy Project

Alameda County, California
$10,000 Awarded

Toward the implementation of Family Reading Nights at five of Oakland Unified School Districts lowest performing elementary schools during the 2010-2011 school year

Oakland Public Library

Alameda County, California
$30,000 Awarded

Toward the purchase of high-quality children's books to be used as part of the Opening Collection at the new East Oakland Community Library and toward enrichment activities to promote library usage in the surrounding neighborhoods

Oberlin City School District

Lorain County, Ohio
$28,668 Awarded

Toward KinderCamp (summer program promoting school readiness); America Reads (one-on-one literacy tutoring); and Read at Home and Book Buddies (book distribution and parent coaching programs that encourage K-1st grade Eastwood Elementary School students t

Opening Minds Through The Arts Inc

Pima County, Arizona
$25,000 Awarded

Toward the implementation of OMA Gold Communities, an initiative designed to strengthen each of the 13 OMA Gold Schools; the primary goal of OMA is to enhance student achievement for K-5th grade students by infusing arts into the core curriculum

Our Family Services

Pima County, Arizona
$15,000 Awarded

Toward AfterSchool Education & Prevention Escuelita, a broad-based program that provides students attending Mission View and Ochoa elementary schools in South Tucson with a combination of academic enrichment and prevention activities

Partners in School Innovation

Alameda County, California
$15,000 Awarded

Toward accelerated learning around language arts and literacy for all students at three of the most under-performing elementary schools in the Oakland Unified Public School District (partial staffing support)

Pima Library Foundation

Pima County, Arizona
$18,000 Awarded

Toward Homework Help, a no-cost tutoring program for Title I schools within the Tucson Unified School District (tutoring includes one-one-one, small group, or a homework helpline)

Powerful Schools

King County, Washington
$10,000 Awarded

Toward the Sound Partners, a supplemental tutoring program for kindergarten through second grade students who are having difficulty learning essential early reading skills (one-on-one tutoring, afterschool small group, and school literacy events)

Prevent Blindness Ohio - Northeast Ohio Chapter

Lorain County, Ohio
$5,000 Awarded

Toward Star Pupils, a vision screening, education, and eyeglass distribution program benefiting economically disadvantaged preschool and elementary-aged children in Lorain and Cuyahoga counties, helping to remove barriers to academic and reading success

Roots of American Music

Lorain County, Ohio
$9,000 Awarded

Toward One World Rhythm, an in-school literacy enrichment residency created for older elementary students struggling with basic reading and language arts skills at Lorain’s Toni Morrison Elementary School during the 2010-2011 school year

SaddleBrooke Community Outreach, Inc.

Pima County, Arizona
$3,250 Awarded

Toward the continuation of Kids' Closet, a program that provides new school wardrobes to economically-disadvantaged students throughout Pima County; helping to remove barriers to academic and reading success

San Francisco Food Bank

San Francisco County, California
$20,000 Awarded

Toward the expansion of the Morning Snack Program, providing fresh fruit and other nutritious snacks to students daily during the school year; helping to remove barriers to academic and reading success

Seattle Public Schools

King County, Washington
$92,840 Awarded

Toward a balanced-literacy program, ensuring that all students are reading at grade level by 3rd grade (purchase complete Reading A-Z guided reading book sets and classroom licenses so that students can access books outside of the classroom)

Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio

Lorain County, Ohio
$30,000 Awarded

Toward the continuation of the BackPack Program, providing kid-friendly nutritious food for children at-risk for hunger over the weekends and holidays during the 2010-2011 school year; helping to remove barriers to academic and reading success

SharMoore Children's Productions

Pima County, Arizona
$5,000 Awarded

Toward the implementation of Stories that Soar, a residency program that allows elementary students to write original stories and, "see" their stories transformed into short theater pieces preformed by actors from the University of Arizona

Solid Ground

King County, Washington
$15,000 Awarded

Toward Reading Corps, a program that provides one-on-one and small group tutoring at 21 King County elementary schools with the highest percentages of struggling reading during the 2010-11 school year

Soul To Sole

Lorain County, Ohio
$10,000 Awarded

Toward the distribution of new athletic sneakers for economically disadvantaged elementary students throughout the Lorain and Elyria public schools; a collaborative project with the Boys & Girls Clubs of Lorain County

Southwest Institute for Research on Women

Pima County, Arizona
$7,500 Awarded

Toward Reading Our World, an afterschool and summer enrichment program designed to promote literacy through reading study groups and related field trips during the 2009-10 and 2010-2011 school years

Sunnyside Unified School District Foundation

Pima County, Arizona
$15,000 Awarded

Toward the provision of basic literacy classroom tools and supplies in all of the districts' 14 elementary schools during the 2010-11 school year (mini grants)

Super Stars Literacy

Alameda County, California
$10,000 Awarded

Toward an afterschool program that builds early literacy skills, encourages potential, and reduces the risk of academic failure in later grades for economically-disadvantaged students attending Title I schools in the Oakland Unified School District

Team Read

King County, Washington
$20,000 Awarded

Toward core tutoring that pairs high school students with 2nd and 3rd graders who are reading below grade level and toward Reading Leaders, a program designed for students who are facing significant barriers to reading success (1st-4th grade)

Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation

San Francisco County, California
$10,000 Awarded

Toward a no-cost drop-in tutoring and academic enrichment program for extremely economically-disadvantaged kindergarten through fifth grade students in one of the most densest and diverse urban neighborhoods in the United States

The Literacy Cooperative

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$50,000 Awarded

Toward the implementation of a county-wide school readiness initiative using the SPARK (Supporting Partnerships to Assure Ready Kids) model (hiring of a Parent Partner)

The Lorain County Urban League

Lorain County, Ohio
$75,000 Awarded

Toward the expansion of the year-round Read and Rise early literacy intervention program, serving students in Lorain, Elyria, and Oberlin (staffing and instructional materials)

The National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
$15,000 Awarded

Toward the development of a STEM and Language Arts curriculum that can be implemented in Title I elementary schools throughout the Albuquerque Public School District (emphasis on reading comprehension and expository writing for English Language Learners)

The Plain Dealer Newspaper in Education Program

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$5,000 Awarded

Toward the distribution of 45,000 newspapers to 81 elementary schools in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District during the final months of the 2009-2010 school year

The Seattle Public Library Foundation

King County, Washington
$15,000 Awarded

Toward the 2010 Summer Reading Program at neighborhood branches where significant numbers of economically-disadvantaged families live and English is not the primary language spoken at home

Treehouse

King County, Washington
$10,000 Awarded

Toward year-round tutoring and academic enrichment programming for academically struggling foster children (programs include Treehouse Tutoring Program; Treehouse Learning Center; and Treehouse Learning Center Summer Academy)

Tucson Children's Museum

Pima County, Arizona
$5,000 Awarded

Toward Picture This, a hands-on literacy enrichment program designed to build children's' early reading, writing, and language skills (includes special family literacy events, book give-a-ways, and literacy-based artist performances)

Voices for Education

Pima County, Arizona
$10,000 Awarded

Toward teacher professional development focused on improving K-5th grade literacy using the Critical Friends Group model in the Tucson and Sunnyside unified school districts during the 2010-11 school year

YMCA of Southern Arizona

Pima County, Arizona
$24,340 Awarded

Toward expanded and enhanced literacy enrichment activities (summer enrichment, Stories that Soar; implementation of AfterSchool KidzLit curriculum; and reading related activities offered in collaboration with the Pima County Public Library)

Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio

Lorain County, Ohio
$15,000 Awarded

Toward the continuation of standards-based residencies using the PBS television series Between the Lions (K-2) and award-winning books for older elementary students that focuses on the development of reading and writing skills as well as promoting reading

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