Grants Awarded in 2019

In 2019, The Stocker Foundation Awarded 59 Grants to Various Organizations, Totaling $2,898,651.

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 2019, The Stocker Foundation awarded 59 grants totaling $2,898,651.

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826 Valencia

San Francisco County, California
$10,660 Awarded

Toward an intensive Early Literacy Program designed to build skills in reading, writing, self-expression, and critical thinking for under-resourced students attending high-need elementary schools in the San Francisco Unified School District

Alameda County Community Food Bank

Alameda County, California
$6,580 Awarded

Toward the Children's Food Program serving 21,000 low-income children and their families. Services include the Backpack Program, Mobile and School-Based pantries as well as "just in time" food distributions, offering perishable items such as fresh fruit and dairy products

America SCORES Cleveland

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$20,000 Awarded

In continued support of Jr. SCORES, a program designed to help first and second graders build literacy, communication, leadership, and socioemotional skills while also improving attitudes about self, others, and school

Asombro Institute for Science Education

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$10,000 Awarded

Toward One Day in the Desert, a hands-on program that helps teachers fill the need for quality, science-based books about the Chihuahuan Desert while supporting curriculum that meet state standards in reading and language arts

Assistance League of Albuquerque

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
$7,500 Awarded

In support of Operation School Bell, a longstanding program that provides free school uniforms, shoes, books, and hygiene items to students attending 35 high-poverty Title I elementary and middle schools within Albuquerque Public Schools

Avon Local Schools

Lorain County, Ohio
$20,260 Awarded

Towards an intensive afterschool intervention program developed specifically for struggling K-2 students living in Timberlake mixed income housing community

Ben Archer Health Centers

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$20,000 Awarded

In continued support of Learning from Infancy Bilingual Reading Outreach Program (LIBRO), designed to increase parental engagement and emerging reading skills among very low-income preschool age children living in Northern Dona Ana County

Boys & Girls Clubs of Lorain County

Lorain County, Ohio
$125,000 Awarded

In continued support of SPARK, an in-school intensive tutoring program designed to support K-3 struggling readers close the gap toward reading proficiency at Lorain's Larkmoor Elementary School (multiyear grant)

Bristol Board of Education

Hartford County, Connecticut
$9,000 Awarded

In continued support of the Words of Wonder (WOW) mobile, designed to mitigate summer reading loss by rotating the vehicle in under-resourced neighborhoods throughout the community during the summer when school is not in session

Child Care Resources

King County, Washington
$13,160 Awarded

Toward Kaleidoscope Play & Learn, a comprehensive early childhood program designed to promote kindergarten readiness among children not currently enrolled in a licensed preschool

Children's Reading Alliance

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$21,160 Awarded

In continued support of First Teacher/Primer Maestro (First Teacher), a bilingual program designed to empower and prepare parents/caregivers to serve as their child�s first and best teacher.

Cleveland Hearing & Speech Center

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$10,000 Awarded

Toward the Pre-School Literacy and Language Classroom Program, promoting kindergarten readiness and targeting under-served and at-risk children and families eligible to enroll in a Head Start preschool classroom

Cleveland Kids' Book Bank

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$10,000 Awarded

Towards Just Like Me, a book distribution program that provides reluctant readers with one or two brand new multicultural books to take home and keep

Connecticut Humanities Council

Hartford County, Connecticut
$15,000 Awarded

In support of Book Voyagers, a 20-year signature program that focuses on making reading an enjoyable activity, encouraging families to make it a regular part of their everyday activities

Elyria City Schools

Lorain County, Ohio
$1,350,000 Awarded

Toward Full STEAM Ahead, a multiyear initiative that continues support for two preschool classrooms at Franklin Elementary School and adds a STEAM experience for all sixth and eighth grade students enrolled in the district (Project Lead the Way)

Family Connections of Northeast Ohio

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$20,000 Awarded

In continued support of Family School Connection, a program that includes a variety of individualized and group activities designed to promote school success, empowering parents to be more engaged by providing appropriate resources and coaching

Gabriel's Angels

Pima County, Arizona
$16,500 Awarded

In support of Animals, Books, and Children, a statewide program that uses animal-assisted reading activities to help at-risk students increase their foundational reading skills while also working to improve socioemotional behavioral outcomes

Girls Incorporated of Alameda County

Alameda County, California
$30,000 Awarded

In continued support of an early literacy intervention program, serving boys and girls at some of the most underperforming and under-resourced elementary schools in the Oakland Unified School District

Horizons at the Ethel Walker School

Hartford County, Connecticut
$10,000 Awarded

Toward Literacy Leaders Project, a six-week enrichment program (cultural activities mixed with literacy skill-building) for underserved, low-income girls attending Hartford Public Schools

Imagine Nation, A Museum Early Learning Center

Hartford County, Connecticut
$11,282 Awarded

Toward the Reading Adventure Program, designed to spark children's imagination and creativity while providing academic opportunities to expand foundation reading skills

Jumpstart San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco County, California
$35,000 Awarded

In continued support of a kindergarten readiness program that places Corps members into under-resourced preschool classrooms throughout the Bay Area

Jumpstart Seattle

King County, Washington
$25,000 Awarded

In continued support of a best-practice kindergarten readiness program for underserved preschoolers living in high-need neighborhoods throughout Seattle

Las Cruces Public Schools Foundation

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$22,000 Awarded

Towards Keep Books, a teacher professional development series designed by The Ohio State to create sustainable home-school literacy connections among kindergarten families

Libros for Kids, Inc.

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
$30,000 Awarded

Toward the implementation of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in the most resource-poor areas of Bernalillo County (South Valley)

Lighthouse Community Public Schools

Alameda County, California
$50,000 Awarded

Toward continued student reading growth through the implementation of Literacy Labs, ensuring differentiated literacy intervention and targeted instruction for all K-3 students

Literacy Connects

Pima County, Arizona
$50,000 Awarded

In continued support of Literacy Connects Infusion, a project linking several Literacy Connects programs with other community-based literacy and education services to address the critical areas of kindergarten readiness, grade-level reading proficiency, increased parental engagement, and students' motivation to learn

Lorain County Little Free Libraries

Lorain County, Ohio
$21,787 Awarded

Toward the replacement of all Little Free Libraries with "easy-care, eco-friendly" lumber over the next 12 months and towards the purchase of books

Lorain Historical Society

Lorain County, Ohio
$15,000 Awarded

Toward staffing for the Children's Room, providing arts-integrated programming that is standards-based and aligned with local school curriculum

Make Way for Books

Pima County, Arizona
$50,000 Awarded

In continued support of Family Education and Literacy, a program designed to engage parents and children together, empowering families to make early literacy an important part of their daily lives

Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson

Pima County, Arizona
$10,000 Awarded

Toward MOCA Satellite, an in-school enrichment program that brings museum staff and art educators into Title I classrooms throughout Pima County to strengthen foundational reading skills

Neighborhood Alliance

Lorain County, Ohio
$52,000 Awarded

Toward retaining experienced, licensed teachers in early childhood classrooms at the Lorain and Elyria sites

New Mexico State University Foundation

Dona Ana County, New Mexico
$25,000 Awarded

In continued support of the Bi-Literacy Project, a book-of-the-month club aimed at increasing students access to books and literacy rates for students in Anthony, Chaparral, Hatch, Las Cruces, Mesquite, and Vado

Oakland Literacy Coalition

Alameda County, California
$6,580 Awarded

In continued support of Family Reading Celebrations Mini Grant Program, designed to increase students access to books and help area schools and nonprofit organizations host fun and engaging literacy events

Oasis Albuquerque

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
$15,000 Awarded

In support of the Intergenerational Tutoring Program designed for students who do not qualify for in-school reading intervention services but still seem to be falling through the cracks and reading below grade level

Oberlin City Schools

Lorain County, Ohio
$17,775 Awarded

In continued support of KinderCamp, a four-week summer bridge program designed to increase the readiness of children entering kindergarten in the fall

OnePurpose School

San Francisco County, California
$25,000 Awarded

To strengthen reading growth and achievement among K-3 students, helping close the achievement gap for low-income students of color

Pio Decimo Center

Pima County, Arizona
$22,600 Awarded

Toward the provision of year-round, high-quality early childhood education, ensuring low-income children are kindergarten ready

Project Night Night

San Francisco County, California
$7,500 Awarded

Towards the purchase of well-known and much-loved children's books to be included in Night Night Essential Packages that are distributed to homeless or near homeless children in adversity filled environments

Reach Out and Read Connecticut and Massachusetts

Hartford County, Connecticut
$25,000 Awarded

In continued support of the Hartford County Early Literacy Initiative, a program that increases children's access to books and encourages parents to read aloud to their children every day

Read to a Child

Hartford County, Connecticut
$12,000 Awarded

In continued support of the Lunchtime Reading Program, meant to build students literacy skills, enthusiasm for books and reading, and self-confidence as an independent reader

Read to Grow

Hartford County, Connecticut
$10,000 Awarded

In continued support of Building Literacy in Hartford County through the implementation of Books for Babies and Books for Kids programs, promoting the importance of early childhood literacy and the active role parents should take in their child's learning

Reading Partners

Alameda County, California
$20,000 Awarded

In continued support of an intensive one-on-one tutoring program that helps struggling K-2 readers build critical foundational reading skills

Reading Partners Seattle

King County, Washington
$25,000 Awarded

In support of a reading tutoring program that focuses on Title I elementary schools where students are both economically disadvantaged and reading between one and two and a half years below grade level

Roadrunner Food Bank

Bernalillo County, New Mexico
$100,000 Awarded

In continued support of the Childhood Hunger Initiative, designed to address food insecurity issues facing children and their families by supplying an ongoing and reliable source of food (weekend backpacks, mobile or school-based pantries)

Save Our Children of Elyria, Inc.

Lorain County, Ohio
$35,040 Awarded

In continued support of Summer Dreamers, a fun, high-energy eight-week educational day camp that is designed to support emerging literacy skills as well as preventing summer reading regression

Second Harvest Food Bank of North Central Ohio

Lorain County, Ohio
$45,000 Awarded

In continued support of alleviating childhood hunger through the provision of school-based and mobile pantries, partnering with high-need school districts throughout Lorain County

Shoes and Clothes for Kids

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$20,000 Awarded

In continued support of Cleveland Kids in Need Resource Center's year-round book distribution programs (Book Nook and Summer Book Give-a-Way)

Southington-Cheshire Community YMCAs

Hartford County, Connecticut
$8,378 Awarded

Toward Handwriting without Tears, a curriculum that offers multisensory strategies and materials to teach pencil grip, letter formation, and the literacy skills needed for print and cursive handwriting

Spark* SF Public Schools

San Francisco County, California
$50,000 Awarded

In support of the Summer Literacy Intervention Program, designed to replace chronic summer learning losses with signficant and lasting reading gains for low-income students of color throughout the San Francisco Unified School District

Tandem Partners in Early Learning

San Francisco County, California
$15,000 Awarded

Toward StoryCycles, a school-to-home book sharing program that provides families with access to 60-100 books throughout the school year

Team Read

King County, Washington
$50,000 Awarded

In continued support of a cross-age tutoring program that pairs young adults in grades 8-12 with elementary school students reading one to two years below grade-level

The C. Paul Stocker Humanities and Fine Arts Center

Lorain County, Ohio
$125,000 Awarded

Toward the completion of Sponsor a Key campaign, two free community events to celebrate Stocker Center's 40th anniversary, and ongoing facility maintenance

The Poetry Center

Pima County, Arizona
$29,389 Awarded

Towards language and literacy-based K-3 programming (Writing in the Community, The Dianne Bret Harte Matinee Program, and Kids Create), all designed to increase literacy and a lifelong love of reading among participants

The Seattle Public Library Foundation

King County, Washington
$15,000 Awarded

Towards Raising a Reader, a program designed to promote reading readiness as well as parent-child bonding through ongoing shared reading experiences

The Village for Families & Children, Inc.

Hartford County, Connecticut
$7,500 Awarded

In support of the Early Childhood Learning Center, a full-day NAEYC accredited, enhanced school readiness preschool serving traumatized children between the ages of three and five

United Way of Central and Northeastern Connecticut

Hartford County, Connecticut
$20,000 Awarded

In support of United Way Readers, a program that pairs corporate and community volunteers with struggling readers who are attending an under-resourced elementary school

United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona

Pima County, Arizona
$40,000 Awarded

In Continued support of My Summer Library, a book distribution program designed to mitigate summer reading loss

University Circle, Inc.

Lorain County, Ohio
$15,000 Awarded

In continued support of Early Learning Initiative (ELI), a region-wide collaborative language and literacy program that supports joint instruction between urban preschool classrooms and the cultural institutions of University Circle

Urban Community School

Cuyahoga County, Ohio
$15,000 Awarded

Towards Leveled Literacy Intervention (LLI), a comprehensive K-3 curriculum meant to support students who continue to struggle to develop appropriate foundational reading skills

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