Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy

 
How You Can Help

Literacy in Georgia

A third of our children come to
school unprepared to learn.

Approximately 61% of low-income
families do not have a single
piece of reading material
suitable for a child.

41% of Georgia's 4th graders do
not read at grade level.

1 in 5 of our children lives in poverty

Several States plan how many jail cells
they will build in the future by how many
children are not reading on grade level
by 3rd & 4th grade.

 Georgia scored 46th on SATs in 2006.

Nearly 40% of Georgia's students do
not graduate from high school (we rank
49th or 50th nationally in drop outs)

One in four adults in Georgia
operates at a low literacy level.

People in the U.S. who are illiterate
represent 75% of the unemployed,  
33% of mothers receiving aid, 85%
of juveniles who appear in court
and 60% of prison inmates.

Georgia spends $170 million a
year on remedial education.

Economic studies show that investments
in quality child care and education
for children in their preschool years
provide a return of up to 20%.

With your help, this can change…


$200,000
The J. B. Fuqua Family

$20,000 to $40,000
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta, Inc.
Atlanta Charity Clays, Inc.
J.W. Fund
The Lewis Hall and Mildred Sasser Singletary Foundation, Inc.
Tull Charitable Foundation
Georgia-Pacific and Georgia-Pacific Foundation
Community Foundation of South Georgia, Inc.
Pittuloch Foundation

$10,000 to $15,000
Imlay Foundation, Inc.
Williams Family Foundation of Georgia, Inc.
Bloomingdales, Inc.
Artie & Lee Richards

$5,000- $9,999
McMaster-Carr Supply Company
Lenora & Alfred Glancy Foundation, Inc.
Wish You Well Foundation
Jeanne Ferst
Peter Abreu
Mike Grimsley
The Devereaux F. & Dorothy M. McClatchey Foundation, Inc.

$1,000- $4,999
Meredith Corporation
John & Wilhelmina Harland Charitable Foundation
Asset Management Partners, Inc.
Mary & Francis Abreu Charitable Trust
Gay Knox Vaughn
Lois & Lucy Lampkin Foundation
Mr. & Mrs. Alexander G. Morehouse
Celeste Becker
Joe Jones
Bev & Don Chapman
Mrs. Smith Griffith
11 Alive Community Grant
CIBC
Dixie Industrial Finishing Co., Inc.
Mattie Marshall Foundation
Rotary District 6910
Mrs. Deen Day Sanders
Walton EMC
Diane Steinman
Ann Murray
Judie Meeks
Alice Jane Wasdin

In-kind Donors

Alcovy Creative
Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Hawks
Copper Mountain Consulting
DreamTeam Technologies
Flambeau, Inc.
Georgia Public Broadcasting
IBM
James Madison Conference Center, Madison
Killer Whale Productions
Knock Out Inc.
Metropolitan Literacy Network
Peachtree Publishers
Printing Finishers
Reflections Printing
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