Book Trust

“Jill schatz and adrienne schatz have a family relationship.”

“A copy of the form 990 is reviewed by the treasurer and the president/ceo.”

“Each fall, all board policies are reviewed with board members. At that time, the conflict of interst forms are reviewed and board members are asked to disclose any conflicts and complete a conflict of interest affirmation certificate. Each year, board members review and reaffirm.”

“There is an annual comparison of the book trust's president & ceo's compensation against guidestar's compensation review for organizations of similar size and mission. The executive committee meets to review and approve the compensation amount and forwards a written performance review to the president & ceo. The organization maintains the appropriate documentation.”

“Governing documents are available upon written request.”

“Book trust inspires a passion for reading by empowering children from low-income families to choose and own books, increasing their literacy skills and fostering life-long learning. Book trust raises funds so that participating children in high-poverty elementary schools can choose 1-3 books each month, or 18-20 books over the course of the school year, building a home library when they'd otherwise have limited or no access to books at home. More than 20 years ago, a young fort collins student was distressed to realize that many of her classmates were unable to purchase books through the monthly scholastic catalogs because their families didn't have enough money. Years later, when the little girl was an adult, she returned to colorado and founded book trust to ensure that all children would have the chance to fall in love with reading by choosing and owning their own books. In 2001, book trust began operating as a pilot program under the fiscal sponsorship of the serimus foundation and this pilot reached 170 students across larimer county. By 2006, book trust had obtained independent nonprofit status. Today, book trust operates in 170 schools in 19 states (california, colorado, florida, hawaii, idaho, iowa, michigan, missouri, montana, nebraska, new york, oregon, pennsylvania, texas, virginia, washington, west virginia, wisconsin and wyoming) and is able to reach more than 51,400 students. As of june 30, 2017 the organization had a backlog of 632 schools requesting the services provided by the organization.”

“Book trust seeks to change the lives of children, and that change is grounded in research and evaluation. Our ongoing evaluation efforts demonstrate book trust programs are generating an interest in and excitement for reading and learning for low-income students, improving literacy skills, and increasing family and parental engagement in reading at home. Book trust is teacher-led and student-driven, supporting great classroom literacy instruction with interest-based book choice and ownership to drive student engagement. During the 2016-2017 school year, book trust operated in communities in 19 states and delivered 1.2 million books into the hands of over 51,400 children, an increase of 33% from the previous year. Since 2001, book trust has provided over 6.4 million books to kids. Highlights from our 2016-2017 evaluation results include the following: improved literacy skills: book trust classrooms saw a nearly 19% increase in the number of students reading at grade level by year's end. Improved motivation to read: eighty-nine percent of book trust students say that becoming a good reader is important or very important. Increased family engagement in reading: eighty-two percent of book trust teachers report that their students are reading at home with their families.”

“Uncollectible pledges -1,520.”