FAIR Fund Chicago

06/11/2026

Hello! Please print out this flyer and put it on your fridge or bulletin board. FAIR Fund Chicago is having a fundraiser at The Original Rainbow Cone at 9233 S. Western Ave on July 19th! Rainbow Cone will donate 20% of sales to FAIR Fund Chicago to help us provide book fair vouchers to kids across Chicago! But you _must_ bring this flyer with you! Mark your calendars! I'm sure it'll be a great day for ice cream!!! Please share with the world! Thanks!

05/29/2026

We've been working on updating the website to give more information about what we do for kids and schools. I'm especially excited about the "Our Impact" page which now includes pictures from the fully-funded Kipling book fair as well as testimonials from the kids and staff of the school which will give you some insight into the effects we've had so far. We're actively planning the next school with a vote coming up at the next board meeting in just a couple weeks. Check out the various pages. We really wanted you to see this page first, but definitely poke around.

U.S. News & World Report’s annual listing puts Kipling Elementary School’s “economically disadvantaged” student population at 89%.

05/15/2026

We are filled with pride! On Wednesday and Thursday, May 12-13, the entire school book fair at Kipling Elementary School in Chicago, IL, was completely free for all 240 students! Thanks to generous donations, every child received a $25.00 voucher so they could shop the fair and choose their own books!!! As you can see from their faces, kids love books! And we want to keep it that way! We're working on our next fully-funded book fair. With your donation, we'll make it possible for bigger schools with even more students able to take home books they selected themselves!

03/23/2026

Tomorrow, 3/24 from 3PM - 6PM stop by Jeni's West Loop! 25% of your purchase will be donated to FAIR Fund Chicago! We're working on securing donations to fund the entire book fair for a CPS elementary school with 430 kids! We want to put books into all their hands! It's CPS Spring Break! They deserve ice cream! Bring the whole family! Please share this everywhere!

01/26/2026

Holy Moly! We're almost there. All 240 kids at Kipling Elementary will get a voucher to choose books at their school book fair! Donation link in comments!

01/21/2026

A very nice article from Block Club Chicago about the work we're doing. Please share and help us on our mission!

FAIR Fund Chicago, a nonprofit started by Bookie's owner Keith Lewis, is making it possible for every student at school book fairs to buy books.

01/10/2026

So close to being able to provide every one of the 240 students at Kipling Elementary School in Chicago with a voucher to spend on books at their school book fair!

12/24/2025

FAIR Fund Chicago is close to meeting our first goal of funding the ENTIRE book fair for Kipling Elementary School's 240 students. We are short just 45 $25 vouchers. Any amount helps students at this school come to the book fair and pick out a stack of books to take home! There will be a link in the comments. Please follow it and help us hit our goal and the next. Support literacy and kids! 195 kids will already be able to choose their own books at their school's book fair! And the donation to the school will be significant as well!

12/02/2025

Giving Tuesday!
240 kids. $25 each. $6,000 goal.
Kipling Elementary is 88% low-income — and we’ve committed to giving every student a book fair voucher.

We’ve raised $2,100. Help us close the gap.

secure.givelively.org/donate/fair-fund-chicago