BOOKS FOR STL KIDS
EIN 36-4818763 · Remedial Reading & Encouragement (B92)
What they do
BOOKS for STL KIDS PROVIDES NEW BOOKS to CHILDREN FROM UNDER RESOURCED FAMILIES. WE PROVIDE ONLY NEW BOOKS to CHILDREN IN TWO UNIQUE WAYS. FIRST, WE PROVIDE BOOK GRANTS to QUALIFYING ORANIZATIONS THAT SERVE UNDER RESOURCED CHILDREN IN THE GREATER ST. LOUIS AREA. THESE RECIPIENT GROUPS ARE AWARDED BOOK CREDITS to PURCHASE BOOKS ON THE FIRST BOOK MARKETPLACE (WWW.FBMARKETPLACE.ORG) AT 50-90% OFF RETAIL PRICES. THE GROUPS ARE ABLE to SELECT THE TITLES and QUANTITIES THAT BEST FIT THE CHILDREN THEY SERVE. SECONDLY, WE PROVIDE NEW BOOKS to CHILDREN DIRECTLY AT VARIOUS COMMUNITY EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, INCLUDING OUR SIGNATURE EVENT, THE LARGEST BOOK PARTY of ST. LOUIS.
Should I give to this charity?
Of every $100 spent, about $24.30 was reported for mission work and $0.00 for fundraising. Understand this before you give.
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Mission work is the Form 990 category called program services. These are the organization’s reported accounting categories, not an independent measure of results.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2016
- Location
- PO BOX 31516, SAINT LOUIS, MO 63131-0516
- County
- St. Louis
- In care of
- ELIZABETH EFFERTZ