Program dollars stay in programs
We keep overhead lean so your gift reaches families, and we name our operating costs rather than pretending they are zero.
Support the Mission
Fund the infrastructure families need.
Your gift funds the National Resource Hub and the free parent resources that stay free, forever, for every family who needs them.
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Secure · Tax-deductible · 501(c)(3) · Tax ID 99-5139425
Making a larger gift or want to discuss a partnership? Email us directly at hello@imaginereading.org.
Where your money goes
Where your money goes.
In priority order. We publish verified figures in our annual report rather than estimates here, and our 990 is public once filed.
01The National Resource Hub
The largest share of every gift goes here. We are building a 50-state database of rights, programs, evaluators, and proven models, with rural coverage built in from the start rather than added later. Most directories are assembled from whatever is easiest to find, which is why families outside cities open them and see nothing within two hours of home.
02Free parent resources
First Steps stays free, with no sign-up and no paywall, permanently. That includes the early signs checklist, the questions to ask your school, the plain-language explanation of what your child is legally owed, and every guide we add to it.
03Screenings and training
Keeping Left Behind traveling to new communities, and keeping the screening kit stocked: the film license, a facilitation guide, the parent advocacy handout, and the state-by-state rights one-pager that people take home.
04Keeping the lights on
The unglamorous share. Hosting, the donation platform, insurance, and the filings that keep a 501(c)(3) in good standing. We keep it lean, and we would rather name it honestly than pretend it is zero.
Our promise to donors
Transparency you can verify.
Full public reporting
Our 990 and impact numbers are open for anyone to see once filed, and our annual report carries verified figures rather than estimates.
Updates that show real impact
You will hear what your gift actually changed, not just thank-yous, and not on a drip schedule designed to ask again.
Your data stays private
We never sell, rent, or trade donor information, and we never share donor names or giving history with outside organizations.
Other ways to give
A card is not the only route.
Some of the most useful gifts we receive never touch the form above.
Employer matching
Many employers will match a charitable gift dollar for dollar, and a surprising number of people never check. If yours does, your gift is worth double for the cost of one form. You will need our name and our Tax ID, 99-5139425.
Donor-advised funds
If you give through a donor-advised fund, you can recommend a grant to Imagine Reading using our legal name and Tax ID. Write to us if your fund administrator needs anything else in writing and we will send it the same week.
Give in someone's name
Plenty of our donors were the dyslexic kid, or raised one, or taught one for thirty years. Gifts in honor or in memory of someone are welcome, and we will note the dedication if you tell us who it is for.
Give time instead
If money is not the thing you have right now, that is genuinely fine. Hosting a screening or adding what you learned to the national hub moves this work forward as much as a donation does.
“I thought I was alone in this. I wasn’t. Knowing that changed everything.”
Susan, Parent Advocate, Brooklyn NY