Dedicated to positively impact the lives of adults through improved literacy.
Imagine not being able to read this message – or not being able to read the newspaper, a book, a map, a menu or the many things most of us take for granted every day! The adult illiteracy rate for Muskegon County (population estimated at 173,951 by US Census Bureau in 2009) is 16.9% or just under 22,000 adults (American Community Survey, 2008). This is enough people to fill the Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts 15 times!
Thank you for considering a donation!
Here are several ways you can help:
1) Donate directly to help our programs by sending a check to Read Muskegon, PO Box 1312, Muskegon, MI 49443-1312. Read Muskegon is a nonprofit corporation federally tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. You will receive a letter of acknowledgment for tax purposes.
Here’s how your gift will help:
$30 provides materials and testing for one learner
$50 provides a manual and training materials for one tutor
$100 provides manuals and training materials for two tutors
$250 supports a tutor/learner team for 6 months
$500 supports a tutor/learner team for one year
$1000 covers costs for testing materials for learners for one year
2) Click on the Donate button to donate securely online via Paypal.
3) Donate to help build our Read Muskegon Endowment Fund.
Your gift can make a difference that will last for generations. Contributions to the endowment provide long-term support for Read Muskegon and adult literacy in our community. Because the Read Muskegon Endowment Fund is housed at the Community Foundation for Muskegon County, your contribution qualifies for a Michigan Tax Credit. Click here for more information on the tax credit.
You can make a contribution to the Read Muskegon Endowment Fund online by clicking here or send a check payable to the “Community Foundation for Muskegon County” with “Read Muskegon Fund” written on the memo line to the Community Foundation, 425 W. Western Ave., Suite 200, Muskegon, MI 49440 or to the Read Muskegon address below.
4) Click on the button below to search the Internet through Goodsearch. Each time you search, GoodSearch will pay Read Muskegon and it doesn’t cost anything to you!
5) Attend our Rah-Rah Read Muskegon Tailgate Party in August to support our cause!
6) Please call 231-766-5040, if you have any “easy reading” books you would like to donate.
For your convenience, here are IRS rules on charitable donations.
Read Muskegon
PO Box 1312
Muskegon, MI 49443-1312
Phone: (231) 766-5040
E-mail: litcoordinator@readmuskegon.org
