Reading Is Fundamental's 2025 Matching Grant Application


Thank you for your interest in Reading Is Fundamental's 2025 Matching Grant program.  Please fill out the application in full and submit it to be considered for a 2025 RIF Matching Grant Award.  Note that not all applications are guaranteed an award and RIF reserves the right to make an award at an amount lower than that requested in your application. 

Section 1: General Applicant Information

Please provide the following information for the person who will serve as the RIF program site coordinator if awarded the grant. This person will receive all communications regarding the grant award and program implementation.






Please provide a short biography and/or a link to your online profile (such as LinkedIn). This information helps us build out your profile, but is not considered during the Grant Application review process.









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Section 2: Grant Request

Please provide the following information about your grant request. Through the matching grant program, RIF will fund half of the total program cost, as outlined in this application, and grantees are required to fund the other half. If awarded, grantees will be invoiced for the local funding responsibility and payment must be sent to RIF before receiving program materials.

Books for Ownership (Provides books for children to choose and take home)

Note: Consider adding a small, 10% cushion to the number of books requested to ensure all children have a choice when selecting their books. 




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Read For Success (Provides a book collection for group read-alouds, instructional resources for facilitators, and books for children to choose and take home) 



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$
Skybrary (Provides access to nearly 1,000 eBooks for use in the classroom/instructional setting and at home) 



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$

Total Grant Request 

$

Section 3: Grant Proposal Details

Input details on your proposal.



Section 4: Target Population

Please complete the following information for the children you plan to serve through this matching grant.
Service Area for the Grant (If you plan to support multiple areas with the grant, please just list the main location here and include all others in your attachment)



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      Grade Range (Fill in the projected number of children that will be served by this grant by grade level)















      Demographics (Please provide the percentage breakdown for children that will be served by this grant. Please round to 1 decimal point. Put percentage value in numbers only. Example: enter 50 for 50%, enter 25.6 for 25.6%) 











Section 5: Additional Information

   Input the additional information requested.
Prior Literacy Experience



Matching Funds







Contact Information