Grants Awarded in 2016

In 2016, The Stocker Foundation Awarded 41 Grants to Various Organizations, Totaling $1,138,834.

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 2016, The Stocker Foundation awarded 41 grants totaling $1,138,834. 

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Alameda County Library Foundation

Alameda County, California
$15,000 Awarded

In continued support of Pop-Up Library Services for Everyone (PULSE), a year-round enrichment and book distribution program

America SCORES Cleveland

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$20,000 Awarded

In continued support of Jr. SCORES, a 20 week program designed to build students' foundational reading skills so they are on-track for reading success by the end of third grade

Bay Area Book Festival

Alameda County, California
$25,000 Awarded

In continued support of the Children's Area, designed to lessen the negative impacts of summer reading slide

Boost! West Oakland

Alameda County, California
$15,000 Awarded

Toward the provision of one-on-one tutoring, mentoring, and family engagement at Lafayette Elementary School for students struggling with reading and math

Boys & Girls Club of Bristol Family Center

Hartford County, Connecticut
$15,000 Awarded

To strengthen an existing eight week program, Summer Brain Gain, by adding a literacy component to lessen the negative impacts of summer reading slide

Bristol Board of Education

Hartford County, Connecticut
$11,050 Awarded

In continued support of WOW Mobile programming offered for eight consecutive weeks during the summer, targeting low-income neighborhoods lacking public transportation to the public library

Bristol Family Resource Centers

Hartford County, Connecticut
$31,500 Awarded

In continued support of Raising Readers Together, a two-pronged approach to improving first graders reading ability (in-school one-on-one tutoring and parent engagement activities)

Bristol Public Library

Hartford County, Connecticut
$12,002 Awarded

Toward the purchase and installation of a second computer area geared toward preschool and younger elementary-age children (Krayon Kiosks and tablets)

Center for Arts Inspired Learning

Lorain County, Ohio
$6,970 Awarded

Toward the implementation of Arts for Learning residencies for all first and second graders at Elyria's Oakwood Elementary School

Children's Reading Foundation of Dona Ana County

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$20,000 Awarded

In continued support of First Teacher, a parent engagement and kindergarten readiness program geared toward low-income Hispanic families who are bilingual or monolingual in Spanish

Cleveland Kids in Need Resource Center

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$18,600 Awarded

In continued support of the Book Nook, a year-round book distribution program that provides an ongoing source of new, grade-level reading materials to a network of 250+ early childhood sites, Head Starts, and elementary schools in 10 districts throughout Cuyahoga County

Connecticut Storytelling Center

Hartford County, Connecticut
$17,800 Awarded

Toward the implementation of Starts with a Story professional storytelling program at Bristol's Ivy Drive and Hubbell elementary schools

East Bay Agency for Children

Alameda County, California
$10,000 Awarded

In continued support of Little Steps to College, designed to develop key kindergarten readiness skills for non-English speaking children with no previous preschool experience and will enter kindergarten in the fall

Experience Corps Bay Area

San Francisco County, California
$25,000 Awarded

In continued support of a tutoring program that pairs trained older adults with struggling readers at 23 partner schools throughout the Bay Area

Family Connections of Northeast Ohio

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$15,000 Awarded

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

Greater Cleveland Volunteers

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$25,000 Awarded

In continued support of Experience Corps, an in-school tutoring program that pairs older adult volunteers with struggling readers at 16 partner schools throughout Cuyahoga County

Holy Family Day Home

San Francisco County, California
$15,000 Awarded

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

ideastream

Lorain County, Ohio
$50,000 Awarded

In continued support of a comprehensive teacher professional development program that includes workshops, one-on-one coaching, and family literacy nights at all five of Lorain's elementary schools

Jumpstart Seattle

King County, Washington
$50,000 Awarded

In continued support of a 20-week kindergarten readiness program that pairs teams of college students from the University of Washington and Seattle University with under-resourced preschool classrooms throughout the city

Las Cruces Public Schools

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$49,140 Awarded

Toward the implementation of a series of professional development courses designed to enhance preschool, kindergarten, and first grade teachers' content knowledge about delivering instruction to emerging readers

Lighthouse Community Charter School

Alameda County, California
$25,000 Awarded

In continued support of Literacy Lights the Way, a multifaceted approach to increasing literacy levels among the schools' K-3 student population

Literacy Connects

Pima County, Arizona
$149,372 Awarded

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

Make Way for Books

Pima County, Arizona
$50,000 Awarded

In continued support of the Preschool Program, a comprehensive continuum of emerging literacy services targeting some of the most under-resourced preschools, daycare centers, and home-based childcare providers surrounding the 12 highest-need elementary schools in Pima County

Neighborhood Alliance

Lorain County, Ohio
$52,000 Awarded

Toward the cost of staffing the Early Learning and Kindergarten Readiness Program offered in both Lorain and Elyria

New Mexico State University Foundation

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$20,000 Awarded

In continued support of Methods in Learning Kinesthetically (MILK), a program that combines interactive movement with traditional teaching methods to help K-3 students build reading comprehension and interpretation skills

Oakland Public Library

Alameda County, California
$10,000 Awarded

In continued support of Books for Wider Horizons, a program that places volunteer story readers at under-resourced preschools, Head Starts, and childcare centers throughout the City of Oakland

Oberlin City Schools

Lorain County, Ohio
$32,530 Awarded

In continued support of KinderCamp, a four week transition-to-kindergarten summer program for children entering Eastwood Elementary School in the fall

Page Ahead Children's Literacy Program

King County, Washington
$25,000 Awarded

Toward Book Up Summer, a program that aims to lessen the negative impacts of summer reading slide by providing kindergarten, first, and second graders with 12 books of their own choosing

Playhouse Square Foundation

Lorain County, Ohio
$15,000 Awarded

In continued support of the Third Grade Literacy Program for all third graders attending Elyria's Crestwood Elementary School

Reach Out and Read Connecticut

Hartford County, Connecticut
$25,000 Awarded

In continued support of the Hartford County Early Literacy Initiative, encouraging parents to read aloud to their children everyday in support of pre-reading and kindergarten readiness

Reading Partners

San Francisco County, California
$25,000 Awarded

In continued support of an in-school reading tutoring program that pairs trained adult volunteers with struggling readers at 32 Title I elementary schools throughout San Francisco and the East Bay

REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$14,700 Awarded

Toward the implementation of Children's Day/Book Day and to promote participation in the 2016 Summer Reading program held at local public libraries

Roadrunner Food Bank New Mexico

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$40,000 Awarded

In continued support of the Childhood Hunger Initiative, designed to effectively address food insecurity issues facing public school children and their families

Save Our Children of Elyria

Lorain County, Ohio
$25,522 Awarded

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

Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio

Lorain County, Ohio
$40,000 Awarded

In continued support of the weekend BackPack Program for all of Lorain City Schools' kindergarten and first grade students

Southington-Cheshire Community YMCA's

Hartford County, Connecticut
$5,000 Awarded

Toward the hiring two reading literacy specialists to develop and implement a reading curriculum and lending library at Camp Sloper to lessen the negative impacts of summer reading slide

Super Stars Literacy

Alameda County, California
$35,000 Awarded

Toward family engagement activities that are part of a larger foundational reading skill-building program offered in 16 classrooms at eight lower-performing Title I elementary schools throughout Alameda County

Team Read

King County, Washington
$50,000 Awarded

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

Tucson Unified School District

Pima County, Arizona
$20,000 Awarded

To enhance the Manzo Garden Project by incorporating a more intentional literacy component, building stronger readers and more skilled writers (prek through grade three)

YMCA of Southern Arizona

Pima County, Arizona
$15,648 Awarded

Toward a six week Summer Learning Loss Prevention Pilot Program, serving low-income first and second graders in TUSD on "the bubble" of reading proficiency

YWCA of Southern Arizona

Pima County, Arizona
$17,000 Awarded

Toward the reading component of La Escuelita, an afterschool program that combines academic tutoring and mentoring with prevention and enrichment activities for low-income students at risk for reading failure

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