Northwest Literacy Foundation

09/03/2025

Applications are now open for Fall 2025 grants! Deadline is September 26. More details on our website: https://www.northwestliteracy.org/for-librarians

11/30/2024

Remember, after today's Black Friday, tomorrow's Small Business Saturday and Monday's Cyber Monday, comes National Giving Day on Tuesday December 3rd. Please remember our 35-year-old charity which puts great books in the hands of young readers.

11/26/2024

Third Place Books has been an amazing partner to NWLF. Please support them if you can. It’s always a delight to visit any of their locations. 📚💚

10/28/2024

It's hard to believe that we have been doing this for 35 years. We so appreciate all of the support we have received from all of you. It's helped us place more than 220,000 books in the neediest school libraries. We're always happy to get more donations and with no overhead, your contributions go directly to the purchase of great books for young readers. Thank you all.

05/08/2024

It’s not too late to amplify your impact as part of Give Big! NWLF gives grants directly to school librarians to buy books at local independent bookstores. By giving today, we keep your donation in the community and turn it into books that are hand-curated by the librarians who know what kids want to read.

MissionThe mission of Northwest Literacy Foundation is to enhance youth literacy in the Pacific Northwest by providing literature and resources to underserved communities. In short, we put great books in the hands of school-age children.DescriptionTo do our work, we...

11/29/2023

We're keeping the vibes going with an auction of some amazing stuff donated by our friends including: a Pearl Jam concert poster signed by the entire band, Seattle Mariners box seat tickets + a signed Edgar Martinez photo, terrace club tickets to the Seattle Kraken Winter Classic game at T-Mobile Park on New Year's Day, OL Reign and Megan Rapinoe Forever swag, a holiday basket from NYT and USA Today bestselling author Debbie Macomber, and a lot more!

Unique gifts that help us fill the shelves of underfunded school libraries throughout the Puget Sound area? ✅ ✅ ‼

https://www.ebay.com/usr/nwliteracy

11/16/2023

We came, we had beers, we toasted our librarians and donors…and we are almost sold out of Raffle tickets.

What a treat to have our friends come out to support our mission of putting great books in the hands of every student.

08/01/2023

We have a new website - check it out!

https://www.northwestliteracy.org