A recognized leader in the field of social enterprise, First Book works closely with its network of corporate partners to develop new ways to use private sector strategies for the public good.
First Book customizes partnerships to meet our corporate partners’ goals and provide new books and educational resources to children from low-income families. From award-winning cause-marketing campaigns to employee engagement programs and media-friendly events, First Book can help distinguish a company’s brand and energize consumers and employees about an organization’s support of literacy and children’s education.
We invite you to check out our work below. To discover what First Book can do to amplify your company’s commitment to the educational well-being of children in need, contact our Strategic Alliances team at (202) 393-1222 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .
Featured Partners
KPMG
KPMG and First Book have created KPMG's Family for Literacy - a unique employee engagement program featuring volunteer opportunities, book distributions, celebration events and fundraising efforts that provide books for First Book programs in KPMG communities. Since 2007, KPMG employees, spouses, families, interns and retirees have come together to provide 1.5 million new books to children in need.
Target
In 2008, Target launched School Library Makeovers in partnership with First Book. We have since distributed more than 415,000 new books to children in need at 3,000 schools nationwide. In fall 2010, Target Read With MeSM reaffirmed Target's commitment to education by distributing one million books with First Book and pledging a total of $1 billion to education efforts by 2015.
Cheerios
Cheerios® and First Book share the belief that reading is a key building block for learning and life. Since 2001, the Cheerios Spoonfuls of Stories® program has given away more than 50 million books inside Cheerios boxes and donated more than $3.5 million to First Book to help put books in the hands of children from low-income families. In spring 2010, Cheerios and First Book launched the 4th Annual New Author Contest and received a record-breaking 8,000 story submissions from aspiring children's authors across the county.
Barclays
Barclays and First Book have distributed more than 50,000 new books – including customized editions of titles focused on financial literacy – to programs in the New York metropolitan region through employee reading parties and the First Book Marketplace.
Our Partners
BookRenter
The BookRenter Gives Back campaign allows customers at BookRenter.com to select the state where BookRenter will donate one new book through First Book for every textbook rented on their website.
Build-A-Bear
Since 2002, Build-A-Bear Workshop has supported literacy and education by donating a percentage of proceeds to First Book and encouraging its young guests to read through Bearemy's Book Club.
C&S
Through C&S's Food for the Body, Food for the Mind campaign, First Book has registered more than 130 new programs serving children from low-income families and increased access to high-quality educational resources in C&S communities nationwide.
dd’s DISCOUNTS
In 2009 and 2010, customers at dd's DISCOUNTS stores nationwide donated nearly $150,000 to provide children at schools and programs in low-income communities with new books during the back-to-school season.
Demand Media Studios
The freelance contributors of Demand Media Studios "Write for a Cause" several times each year, triggering book donations through First Book with every article that they submit for publication.
Domtar
Domtar and First Book have partnered together to provide thousands of free books to classrooms nationwide, register new groups in Domtar-based communities, and further a joint commitment to environmental sustainability.
Eight O’Clock Coffee
In 2010, Eight O'Clock Coffee and First Book created a co-branded version of the Sesame Street title We're Different, We're the Same and made the book available to schools and programs at low-cost through the First Book Marketplace.
Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin partners with First Book to make educational materials focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) available to schools and programs that serve low-income communities. In 2010, Lockheed Martin supported the launch of the first-ever STEM content section on the First Book Marketplace and provided downloadable STEM materials for educators in the First Book network.
Pi Beta Phi
Since 2007, the women of Pi Beta Phi have demonstrated their commitment to literacy by donating more than 2 million books to children in need through First Book. Collegiate chapters and alumnae clubs in both the United States and Canada fundraise year-round through letter campaigns and First Book Speed Read™ contests. In 2010, Pi Beta Phi and First Book launched the Local Literacy Initiative, a program that allows alumnae clubs to directly provide new books to schools and programs in their own communities.
SunTrust
SunTrust continues to invest in its communities through corporate donations to First Book as well as through employee virtual book drives that benefit First Book Advisory Boards.
