CLASSMATES LITERACY FOUNDATION INC
EIN 93-4451594 · Education N.E.C. (B99)
What they do
CLASSMATES LITERACY FOUNDATION (CLF) WORKS to CLOSE LITERACY GAPS for STUDENTS WHO FACE SIGNIFICANT BARRIERS to READING SUCCESS. THE ORGANIZATION PROVIDES STRUCTURED LITERACY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and CLASSROOM RESOURCES GROUNDED IN THE SCIENCE of READING, ENABLING EDUCATORS to DELIVER EFFECTIVE, EVIDENCE-BASED INSTRUCTION. FOUNDED to CONFRONT THE DEEP DISPARITIES IN READING OUTCOMES, CLF PRIORITIZES STUDENTS WITH THE GREATEST LITERACY NEEDS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH DYSLEXIA and OTHER LEARNING DIFFERENCES, PARTICULARLY IN UNDER-RESOURCED and UNDER REPRESENTED COMMUNITIES. CLASSMATES LITERACY FOUNDATIONS TEACHER TRAINING and CLASSROOM SUPPORT PROGRAM ELIMINATES BARRIERS to EFFECTIVE READING INSTRUCTION BY PROVIDING STRUCTURED LITERACY PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT and CLASSROOM MATERIALS to EDUCATORS SERVING STUDENTS WITH THE GREATEST LITERACY NEEDS, INCLUDING THOSE WITH DYSLEXIA and OTHER LEARNING DIFFERENCES. THE PROGRAM PRIORITIZES UNDER-RESOURCED SCHOOLS and HISTORICALLY MARGINALIZED COM
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KRISTEN EIDSONEXECUTIVE DI
CELESTE BERMEJODIRECTOR
JACQUELINE SANCHEZSECRETARY
JILLAYNE BENJAMINVICE PRESIDE
KARYN TOMKINSONDIRECTOR
MELISSA NGOTREASURER
MICHAEL WIEBEDIRECTOR
STEPHEN BROADBENTDIRECTOR
YVETTE MANNSDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2023
- Location
- 1622 CYPRESS TRAIL, MIDDLETON, WI 53562
- County
- Dane
- In care of
- KRISTEN EIDSON
- Primary officer
- KRISTEN EIDSON, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- CASCADE CPA
- NTEE classification
- Education N.E.C. (B99)
- IRS tax category
- Education N.E.C.