American Reading Company and the Children's Literacy Initiative have partnered together to develop compelling sponsorship opportunities for Companies-- local, regional, national and international-- that are interested in increasing literacy skills and fostering a lifelong love of reading for young people.

The programs are designed to afford schools, located in communities served by the sponsoring business, with quality books and materials necessary to create a literacy-rich classroom environment and to provide professional development for teachers, using the most effective literacy practices. The programs also incorporate a family literacy component to engage parents/guardians in the child's daily reading practice in the home. All financial contributions for sponsorship programs are tax-deductible to the extent provided by law for 501(c)3 organizations.

Children's Literacy Initiative (CLI) is a non-profit organization, (501(c)3), founded in 1988 to enhance the opportunity for children from low-income families to enter school ready to learn and, once in school, to be successful in learning to read. CLI's professional development program and its supporting materials are derived from effective practices gathered from the most current literacy research and from classroom experience. Headquartered in Philadelphia, CLI has been funded by federal and state grants (Early Reading First and Reading First) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Head Start); contracts with school boards, including Baltimore, Boston, Camden, Newark, and Philadelphia; and many generous individuals, corporations, and foundations.