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Overview
Reading Partners is dedicated to transforming struggling young readers into confident readers who are excited about learning.
How we do it:
Focus on children from low-income communities.
Give one-on-one instruction at the student’s reading level.
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Recruit and train community volunteers to work with children.
Partner with high-need elementary schools to offer free services on the school campus.
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Provide a way for volunteers to give a small amount of their time to make a huge difference in a child’s life.
Vision/Mission
Vision
All children in this nation will have the reading skills they need to reach their full potential.
Mission
Help children become lifelong readers by empowering communities to provide individualized instruction with measurable results.
History & Growth
Reading Partners was founded by three community leaders committed to improving children's literacy and life opportunities. In 1999, Mary Wright Shaw, Molly McCrory and Jean Bacigalupi launched the program at Belle Haven Elementary School in Menlo Park. Reading Partners would not exist today without the founders' vision, passion and talent to mobilize a community.Board
Stephanie Cohen
Stephanie is Managing Director at Goldman Sachs and a senior member of the Industrial Department and the Merger Leadership Group in the Investment Banking Division (IBD). In 2008, she managed Conflicts and Business Selection for IBD in the Americas. Prior to that, she was a vice president from 2004 to 2007 in the Industrial Department and Merger Leadership Group in San Francisco. Earlier in her career, Stephanie worked in New York in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department.
Management Team
MICHAEL LOMBARDO
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Lombardo joined Reading Partners in 2006 after 5 years in senior administrative positions at the University of California, Berkeley. Under his leadership, Reading Partners has grown from serving 6 schools in Silicon Valley to 24 schools throughout the Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Sacramento. In that same period, Reading Partners tripled its revenue, raised $600,000 in growth capital to fund its statewide expansion, and increased the size of its volunteer tutor corps from 250 to over 900. Michael serves on the board of directors for the Foundation for Self-Reliance, an organization providing educational services to refugees from Afghanistan. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and lives in Oakland with his wife and two young children.
Supporters
Many thanks to the individuals, foundations, and corporations who make Reading Partners possible.
In-Kind Supporters
Many thanks to the individuals, foundations, and corporations who make Reading Partners possible.
Financials
Reading Partners is an officially registered 501(c)(3) organization as recognized by the IRS.
Federal Tax ID Number: 77-0568469
Carla Haakma
Principal
Los Arboles Elementary School
In California, 88% of fourth-graders from low-income communities are reading below grade level.2007, NAEP
On average, students jump an entire grade level in reading skills after only 30 hours of Reading Partners tutoring.Based on pre and
post assessment
“When a child gets these skills his world is totally altered.”Michael Lombardo
Executive Director
Reading PartnersKelly Lasky
Third-Grade Teacher
Berkley Maynard Academy
Oakland, CAChristine Gibson
Volunteer
College StudentBernie Purcell
Volunteer
RetireeAustin Ashcraft
Volunteer
College StudentPatty Davis
Volunteer
Working ProfessionalBenjamin Salas
Third-Grade Teacher
Belle Haven Elementary
Menlo Park, CAJudie Fernandez
Volunteer
Retiree
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