Leaders in Literacy
$10,000 or more
Bank of America
The Brown Foundation, Inc.
City of Houston
Dollar General Literacy Foundation
Gulf Coast Community Services Association
H-E-B Tournament of Champions
Houston Community College
Houston Endowment, Inc.
Houston-Galveston Area Council
The Shanna and Andrew Linbeck Family Charitable Fund
John P. McGovern Foundation
The McGraw-Hill Companies
Jeremy and Linsay Radcliffe
The Simmons Foundation
Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word
Hilda and Hershel Rich
Wells Fargo
Advocates for Education
$5,000-$9,999
American Bible Society
Bank of America
The Gilder Foundation
George and Mary Josephine Hamman Foundation
David and Mary Klein
Kroger
Your rights as a donor:
- To be informed of the organization’s mission, of the way the organization intends to use donated resources, and of its capacity to use donations effectively for their intended purposes.
- To be informed of the identity of those serving on the organization’s governing board, and to expect the board to exercise prudent judgment in its stewardship responsibilities.
- To have access to the organization’s most recent financial statements.
- To be assured their gifts will be used for the purposes for which they were given.
- To receive appropriate acknowledgement and recognition.
- To be assured that information about their donations is handled with respect and with confidentiality to the extent provided by law.
- To expect that all relationships with individuals representing organizations of interest to the donor will be professional in nature.
- To be informed whether those seeking donations are volunteers, employees of the organization or hired solicitors.
- To have the opportunity for their names to be deleted from mailing lists that an organization may intend to share.
- To feel free to ask questions when making a donation and to receive prompt, truthful and forthright answers.
- To view our most recent financial information, please go to: http://www2.guidestar.org/organizations/76-0151362/houston-read-commission.aspx.
- If you have questions about giving, or to request your name be taken down from this website, please contact Director of Development, Annie Criner, at 713-640-8202 or ann.criner@houread.org.
