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 $50 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.
Read more about Toyota's commitment to communities
William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust
NCFL received its very first donation in 1989 from the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust to promote and implement family literacy programming, first in Kentucky and North Carolina and later nationwide. The Kenan Family Literacy Model in part laid the groundwork for 30 years of subsequent family literacy and family learning programming developed by NCFL.
Kenan has continued to support NCFL’s place-based family literacy programs since our inception. Most recently, they invested in the organization’s Innovation Fund, which will launch emerging ideas and programmatic evolutions in the multigenerational learning space.
Learn more about the William R. Kenan, Jr. Charitable Trust
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
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 (PACT) Time®.
Learn more about the Dollar General Literacy Foundation
PNC Grow Up Great
PNC Grow Up Great believes deeply in the power of high-quality early childhood education and provides innovative opportunities that assist families, educators and community organizations to enhance children's learning and development.
PNC Grow Up Great has partnered with NCFL since 1994 to advance early literacy and learning resources for vulnerable families. Current efforts supported by PNC include a collaborative initiative in two at-risk Detroit communities that engages families to support vocabulary development for children under age 5.
NCFL's work is also featured on the PNC Grow Up Great Lesson Center website. The Lesson Center includes over 100 free, high-quality preschool lesson plans and research-based instructional techniques and strategies. All lesson plans contain Home/School Connections printouts, in English and Spanish, to help families extend and reinforce the learning at home.
Learn more about PNC Grow Up Great
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
NCFL was named a recipient of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s "Voices for Economic Opportunity Grand Challenge," which seeks to elevate diverse voices in order to broaden the conversation about the issues inhibiting economic mobility and generate deeper awareness along with actionable understanding. NCFL will develop and launch a podcast series that will highlight the remarkable stories of low-income, diverse families across the U.S. who have improved their communities through Family Service Learning.
Foundation Website
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.
Learn more about the Goodling Institute for Research and Family Literacy at Penn State University
