GRANT RECIPIENTS
Click here to download the brochure announcing the 2023-2024 Grant Recipients.
The value of literacy is more than a book. Together, we advance and impact the cause of literacy through advocacy, funds awarded and opportunities for involvement.
Literacy statistics in Arizona are dire.
- Only 4 in 10 Arizona students are reading at grade level.
- Less than half of all third-graders passed the 2022 standardized AzMERIT reading test.
- AzMERIT scores dropped by 11% from 2019 to 2021. Disrupted learning due to the pandemic has negatively impacted reading scores even further.
- Students who struggle to read by the end of third grade are 4 times mores likely to drop out of high school.
Every member's personal enrichment from reading and connection extends to enriching others. Since 2008, the Literacy Society has granted close to $300,000 to nonprofit literacy programs and student scholarships within Arizona through net proceeds from memberships and donations. Our generous members exceeded our $30,000 grant challenge during 2023 and we recently granted over $100,000 to eight literacy non profits organizations for 2023-2024.
Portions of the annual membership donations and other generous contributions provide the funding for the Literary Society to make contributions to organizations whose programs have a positive impact on literacy in Arizona.
Passion and purpose for literary enlightenment in Arizona |
Literary Society of the SouthwestMISSIONCelebrate contemporary literature and authors and promote the cause of literacy in Arizona. VISION Bring the joy and lifelong benefits of reading to all!
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