A child who struggles to read, become an adult that struggles. Students in every corner of the United States are struggling to read at grade appropriate levels – and those who are economically disadvantaged suffer the most, as 85% or more of students in poorer districts tend to fall into the “literacy gap.”​ Your donation will help us provide intensive, one-on-one reading intervention for a student. Our holistic, multi-sensory approach is proven to achieve grade level improvement in literacy proficiency in an average of six weeks. Join us in our mission to change the lives of thousands of students by providing the gift of literacy.

Our Mission: Beyond Basics is a student and family-centered, literacy-focused 501(c)(3) nonprofit. We use proven methods to provide holistic multi-sensory literacy programming to unlock the power of reading. Beyond Basics collaborates with principals and schools to bring students literacy in underperforming K-12 schools.

$3,000 to sponsor a student one or more grade levels behind in reading for the year

$500 to sponsor a student in our Scholars program for the year

$280 monthly to sponsor a student one or more grade levels behind in reading in our Read to Rise program

$42 monthly to sponsor a student in our Scholars program

Any amount is appreciated!

When you shop at Kroger, please sign up for the Kroger Community Rewards program and choose Beyond Basics as the organization you would like Kroger to contribute a % of your purchase to!

When you shop at Amazon, please choose to shop through Amazon Smile. The Amazon Smile Foundation will donate 0.5% of your purchase to Beyond Basics when you select us as the charity of your choice!

KidCents program allows Rite Aid wellness+ with Plenti members to round up their purchase to the nearest dollar and donate their change to support their favorite charity! Please support our organization at KidCents Beyond Basics!