Toyota Family Learning Program

Toyota, one of the nation's most successful corporations, began a partnership with NCFL in 1991. In addition to a commitment of more than $35 million, Toyota has also contributed a wealth of in-kind support — including advertising, planning and management expertise — to form one of the most progressive corporate/nonprofit partnerships in the nation.

Three major programs have been developed through the Toyota partnership based on the family literacy model of parents and children learning together. These models have influenced federal and state legislation, leveraged local dollars to support family literacy and led to successful programs being replicated across the country.

Dollar General

The Dollar General Literacy Foundation began partnering with NCFL in 2006. A signature effort of this partnership is the National Literacy Directory, a resource that launched in 2010 and strives to reach the 35.7 million adults ages 18-64 who do not have a high school diploma by guiding them to better-paying, more stable jobs.

The National Literacy Directory contains over 10,000 educational agencies located across the United States and has a dedicated toll-free number to help support those wanting to pursue educational opportunities in their communities.

Dollar General also provides support for development of NCFL’s innovative family learning resources centered on financial literacy and Parent and Child Together Time® (PACT Time).

PNC

PNC Bank has partnered with NCFL since 1994 to advance early literacy and learning resources for vulnerable families. Current efforts supported by PNC include Camp What-A-Wonder® and the Everyday Learning Collaborative.

Camp What-A-Wonder presents a modern day solution for combating summer slide by offering a fun, free opportunity for parents and children to learn together during the summer.

The Everyday Learning Collaborative is a unique partnership between NCFL, Kentucky Education Television, and Metro United Way, with a goal of increasing the rate at which Kentucky children arrive to kindergarten prepared to learn on grade level.

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

NCFL has partnered with the W.K. Kellogg Foundation since January 2016. The Foundation is currently supporting a dynamic two-generation family engagement initiative that expands NCFL's Family Learning model into select Head Start programs nationwide. NCFL's model presents an innovative way to support Head Start programs in meeting outcomes aligned with the Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework.

Better World Books

Better World Books selected NCFL as its domestic literacy partner in 2005 and has raised more than $1 million to support NCFL’s work and donated more than $15 million to support literacy and education efforts worldwide. Better World Books is a triple-bottom-line online bookstore, working equally for people, planet and profit. Each book purchased powers literacy across the world.

Better World Books’ support of NCFL has provided books and workshops to families after Hurricane Katrina, donated large book donations to literacy programs and families nationwide and fueled innovative family literacy and learning programs and resources in libraries, schools and community-based organizations. In addition to their work for literacy and education, Better World Books diverts books from landfills and offers carbon-balanced shipping.

Delta Dental

NCFL and Delta Dental began a partnership in 2014 and today, Delta Dental supports production of all new Wonders of the Day appearing on Wonderopolis.org. Since 1966, Delta Dental of Kentucky has been working to improve oral health and hygiene by emphasizing preventative care, because Delta Dental believes that everyone deserves to enjoy a healthy smile.

As America's largest and most trusted dental benefits carrier, Delta Dental covers more Americans than any other dental benefits provider and strives daily to make dental coverage more accessible and affordable to a wide variety of employers, groups, and individuals.

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

In 2013, NCFL began a partnership with the Gates Foundation to ensure that our network of students, teachers, and families thrive among recent shifts in standards-based education. NCFL will leverage the unique strengths of our award-winning Wonderopolis® platform to build upon the growing teacher network that uses the resource for core daily instruction and as a basis for professional growth.

Goodling Institute

NCFL has partnered with the Goodling Institute for Research and Family Literacy at Penn State University since 2001, working collaboratively to further research, professional development, and policy efforts for family literacy and intergenerational learning.

The work of this partnership includes, but is not limited to, a strong research strand at NCFL's national annual convening, the Families Learning Summit; advocacy for family literacy and learning to further support for and inclusion of family-focused education in new and ongoing legislation; and dissemination of the latest research, resources, information, and professional development opportunities for literacy and learning practitioners and advocates, including the Certificate in Family Literacy provided by the Goodling Institute.

Verizon Foundation

Verizon’s ongoing commitment to NCFL and families has been marked by the tremendous support of cutting-edge, technology-based solutions to the nation’s literacy challenges. NCFL is a major content developer for Thinkfinity Literacy Network, a free, online resource that provides training and information and is a core component of Verizon’s hinkfinity educational platform. Other recent NCFL/Verizon efforts include Parenting for Academic Success, a unique curriculum for English language learners, and Tech Savvy, a special awards program that recognizes programs that help parents to better guide their children’s use of technology for learning.