Locally, 63% of the Fund’s $907,000 in grants supported literacy causes. A centerpiece of that effort is the Fund’s “If You Give a Child a Book …” campaign, which donates books to economically disadvantaged children.
“All About Orion” and “Juniper and the Red Swoosh” are the first two original print/braille children’s books published through the nonprofit’s Tactile Literacy Program.
The Scripps Howard Fund and Scripps Howard Foundation support communities where The E.W. Scripps Company does business, while their journalism programs and funding reach people across the country.
For every $6 donated, the Cincinnati-based Fund gives a book to a child in need. The organization’s aim is to provide every student in partner Title I schools with 10 books each year.
Funding will go toward Santa Maria’s Promoting Our Preschoolers program, or POP, which serves the greater Price Hill area.
Meredith Delaney has been with the Scripps Howard Fund since 2017. She’s currently the charity’s director of philanthropic strategies.
