Campaign for Grade Level Reading
Funding Amount
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Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
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Geography
- Flexibility: Applicants must expect and be open to changing current client flow and service models both at entry and over time based on outcome data
Other requirements
- Accessibility: Partners must have accessible hours (evenings or Saturdays) to accommodate working families
Overview
Geographic Scope: Heart of Indiana region
Focus Areas:
Part of a nationwide movement to help children from birth through 3rd grade, especially those from asset-limited families, succeed in life by focusing on grade-level reading by the end of third grade.
Program Focus
- School readiness and developmental benchmarks
- School attendance and reducing chronic absenteeism
- Summer learning to maintain/increase reading levels
- Grade level reading achievement by end of 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade
- Family support and engagement
Key Components
The program addresses factors including:
- Children meeting developmental benchmarks and being ready for kindergarten
- Children attending school persistently
- Children retaining and continuing learning over summer
- Children being healthy
- Parents and caregivers being supported in their role as first teacher, tutor, advocate, and coach
Service Delivery Model
Partners provide integrated, bundled services across multiple program areas. Integration is built into program design, staff communication plans, data collection, and service delivery.
Requirements
- Accessibility: Partners must have accessible hours (evenings or Saturdays) to accommodate working families
- Flexibility: Applicants must expect and be open to changing current client flow and service models both at entry and over time based on outcome data
What Heart of Indiana United Way Inc actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 37
- Total given
- $626K
- Median grant
- $13K
- Range
- $6,000–$69K
- By dollars: Indiana 100%. Top recipient cities: Muncie, IN; Anderson, IN; Connersville, IN.
- 0% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 0% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
Pathstone Housing Corp · Muncie, IN
Funding allocation
$69K
Bev's Kindergarten Prep · New Castle, IN
Funding allocation
$35K
Huffer Memorial Children's Center · Muncie, IN
Funding allocation
$35K
United Daycare Center · Muncie, IN
Funding allocation
$35K
The Gathering of the Queens · Anderson, IN
Funding allocation
$30K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- Literacy
- Education
- K-12 schools
- Academic enrichment
- Youth programs
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