California Dictionary Project
Organization name
- Organization
- California Dictionary Project
Organization
- Organization
- California Dictionary Project
- Website address (URL)
- http://www.californiadictionaryproject.org
- Street address
- 41 Sutter Street #1753
- City
- San Francisco
- Zipcode
- 94104
- Organization structure
- Nonprofit organization
- Number of children served per year (aged 0-5)
- Greater than 10,000
- Number of students served per year (grades K-12)
- Greater than 10,000
- Number of teachers served per year
- 100-500
Description
- Description
The California Dictionary Project (www.californiadictionaryproject.org) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (EIN 30-0064273). Our goal is to improve literacy in the State of California by distributing a free dictionary annually to every third-grade student in California’s public schools. At this time our organization is run entirely by volunteers. We are supported entirely by grants and donations from foundations, business, and the community. We accept no government support.
With the motto “Today a reader, tomorrow a leader,” the California Dictionary Project believes that by reaching children early (third grade), providing them with tools (dictionaries), personalizing the delivery (volunteers from the local community), and teaching them how to use those tools (classroom presentations), “readers” will grow. The books are a gift for the young students to keep, to use throughout their school career, and to share with their families at home.
Since its founding in 2002, the California Dictionary Project is proud to have donated and distributed more than 143,000 dictionaries to more than 20 different school districts in northern California. In Oakland, 2009-10 Dictionary Day, on Thursday, October 15, 2009, is the 7th consecutive Oakland Dictionary Day.
Services
- Literacy Services
- K – 3rd Grade, Providing Books, Community Event
- Service Schedule
- Annual
- Service Locations
- In school
- K-3 Service Locations
- ACHIEVE Academy, Acorn Woodland, Allendale, ASCEND, Bella Vista, Berkley Maynard, Bridges Academy, Brookfield, Burckhalter, Chabot, Cleveland, Crocker Highlands, Community United @ Lockwood, East Oakland Pride @ Webster, Emerson, Encompass Academy, Esperanza @ Stonehurst, Franklin, Fred T. Korematsu Disc Academy, Fruitvale, Futures @ Lockwood, Garfield, Glenview, Global Family @ Jefferson, Grass Valley, Greenleaf, Highland, Hillcrest, Hoover, Howard, Dolores Huerta Learning Academy, International Community, Jefferson, Joaquin Miller, Kaiser, La Escuelita, Lafayette, Lakeview, Laurel, Lazear, Learning w/o Limits @ Jefferson, Lighthouse Community Charter, Lincoln, Lockwood, Horace Mann, Manzanita - Seed, Manzanita - Community, Markham, Marschall, Maxwell Park, Martin Luther King, Melrose, Millsmont Academy, Monarch Academy, Montclair, Munck (Carl B), New Highland Academy, Parker, Peralta, Piedmont Avenue, Prescott, Reach Academy, Redwood Heights, E. C. Reems Academy of Tech, Rise @ Highland Sankofa Academy, Santa Fe, Sequoia, Sherman, Sobrante Park, Stonehurst, Think College Now, Thornhill, Tilden, Webster Academy, Whittier
Contact Info
- Name
- California Dictionary Project
- Phone number
- 415-248-1660
History
- Member for
- 2 years 18 weeks