2024-05-07T15:01:44-07:00 2023-12-31 272279059 David Lemberger CPA 1955 Mountain Blvd Ste 109 Oakland CA 94611 990 2023-01-01 943229734 CHILDRENS BOOK PROJECT CHIL 3433 21ST ST SAN FRANCISCO CA 94110 ANNELISE GOLDBERG Treasurer 2024-05-07 true ANNELISE GOLDBERG 999009999 true DAVID LEMBERGER CPA P01495173 5105978090 2 AAL1 IAL1 FAL1 2023 2023-04-26 12:10:37Z RISA SCHWARTZ 3433 21ST ST SAN FRANCISCO CA 941102212 370560 false X www.childrensbookproject.org X 1995 CA The mission of the San Francisco-based Childrens Book Project (CBP) is to promote literacy by providing (1) free books to children who need them for equity in literacy, learning, and life, and (2) free literacy training, resources, and programs to the educators and organizations serving under-resourced families in the greater Bay Area and beyond. Our work is based on the knowledge that children who grow up with books have better academic outcomes than their peers who dont, and that reading aloud to children from birth benefits critical brain development. Many children have few or no books of their own and attend schools and programs in which high quality books are in short supply; encouraging reading is not enough when families do not have equal access to books. To address the inequity of access, CBP supplies (1) books (free, unlimited, and for keeps, for ages 0-18), (2) service partner training for parents coached to read aloud to their children (ages 0-5), and (3) other literacy reso 11 10 5 0 266951 329667 0 5992 40893 0 272943 370560 0 0 159726 191423 0 4310 149464 125630 309190 317053 -36247 53507 370116 423190 5275 4842 364841 418348 The mission of the San Francisco-based Childrens Book Project (CBP) is to promote literacy by providing (1) free books to children who need them for equity in literacy, learning, and life, and (2) free literacy training, resources, and programs to the educators and organizations serving under-resourced families in the greater Bay Area and beyond. CBP works in close partnership with educators, public health clinics, and community-based service agencies to ensure free high-quality books, training, resources, and programs reach children who have the greatest need. false false 294282 Since our founding in 1992, we have distributed almost 3.2 million books, with over half going to Title 1 schools. In 2023, the Childrens Book Project received and processed 160,000 books donated by businesses, publishers, authors, individuals (from curated wish lists at bookshop.org (https://bookshop.org/shop/childrensbookproject) and amazon.com (https://https/www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/317FJVMN43M7Q?), and our mainstay book drives (https://www.childrensbookproject.org/organize-book-drive-subpage/)), and distributed 144,633 free books to children and their families living in low-income neighborhoods, as well as to public schools, shelters and programs for unhoused children, public health clinics, child care and community organizations (including those with workforce development programs) in the greater Bay Area and beyond. While we primarily serve the Bay Area, we serve 34 counties in California; because there is no other organization that offers free, high-quality, unlimited books and literacy resources, some educators drive 2-3 hours from counties far from our San Francisco Book Bank; we do not turn anyone away seeking books for children who need them. With books placed with children individually and in group settings, CBP serves over 265,000 children annually. BOOK BANK PROGRAM (ages 0-18): Educators and any organization serving under-resourced children select books (free, unlimited, for keeps) from hundreds of thousands of books at our San Francisco Book Bank. In 2023, the majority of the 144,633 books we donated were part of the Book Bank program. READ ALOUD PROGRAM (ages 0-5): (1) trains community partners on coaching parents and guardians about early literacy development and the benefits of reading aloud during bimonthly workshops with expert literacy guest speakers, and (2) funds the purchase of thousands of free, new, multilingual books in a variety of diverse and difficult-to-source languages, including Amharic, Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Spanish, Tagalog, and Russian, with a broad range of cultural and racial character representation. In 2023, we had 57 Read Aloud participants who, in turn, served thousands of parents and children (ages 0-5). TEEN AMBASSADOR PROGRAM: Empowers high school students ages 16 and older who love books and reading to spread that joy among their school community, provides work experience for teens under the guidance of a manager with decades of experience working with teens, and provides writing experience (teens write books reviews, which are placed in books at the Book Bank to guide clients) In 2023, 14 teens participated in this program. SECOND READING PROGRAM (Books to Book Deserts): We place thousands of titles (and shelving or book houses, if needed) each year in community book deserts throughout San Francisco to ensure children can access and choose their own for keeps books. In 2023, we made 77 deliveries to 15 book deserts. STORYTIME PROGRAM: Promotes childrens literacy and book ownership with free class field trips at our Book Bank. Childrens book authors, illustrators, or educators read, provide signed copies of their books, teach illustration while children draw with their sketch books and markers provided free by CBP. After listening and drawing, students select free books to keep from the Book Bankfor some, these may be the first books they own. Access to books is the biggest barrier to literacy development and better lifetime outcomes. Storytime is another way were bridging the equity gap and raising readers. In 2023, we held 4 field trips for public elementary school classes. CLIENT VOLUNTEER LIAISON PROGRAM: Some organizations serving children who need books cannot come to the Book Bank due to economic restraints. A volunteer liaises with the organizations staff regarding types of books needed for their children, and the volunteer then selects, delivers, and neatly arranges shelved books on an ongoing basis (shelving provided for free as well if needed). INTERNSHIP PROGRAM: College students gain work experience at the Book Bank for college credit; high school students volunteer their time to intern at the headquarters, gaining work experience across many areas including research, rendering architectural drawings for book drop bins (for donations) and book houses (for book deserts), and building bins and book houses, data analysis, writing, etc. VOLUNTEER PROGRAM: Our handful of part-time staff is aided by volunteers who help with the Book Bank program, and process and sort the 160,000 books donated to us annually into 78 categories (by age, topic, level, etc.), as well as with all our other programs. 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