Join me in giving away $1 million to reach readers everywhere.”
David Risher
$1,000,000
$1,298,751.08 RAISED
Worldreader’s Co-Founder, David Risher, had a challenge for all of us. Help raise $1,000,000 for digital reading and global literacy by the end of 2016, and he would match another $1,000,000.
No donation was too big or too small. Every dollar counted. We met the entire goal before December 31st. And now, we have unlocked the match! Thank you so much to the following donors who helped us get there:
Klintworth Family Foundation
Karen van Dusen and Joel Spiegel
Tod and Allison Nielsen
Otis and Elizabeth Chandler Foundation
Humble Bundle
Microsoft Matching Gifts Program
Kaphan Family Foundation
Neil Roseman and Rose Tatlow
Waitte Foundation
David and Nancy Thacher
Neal Dempsey
Anonymous
Mary Case
Donna and Matt Bellew
Jonathan and Caren McCormack
Larry Hitchon and Dana Reid
Powers Fund at the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Peter and Elisabetta Mallinson Trust
Rob Walsh
Rob Short
Singer Family Foundation
Stan Rosenzweig
Veronica Arthur
Charitybuzz
AmazonSmile
Adam Bosworth
Gurley Family Fund
David Thompson and Judy Jesiolowski
David Zapolsky and Lynn Hubbard
Jeff and Laura Shell
Jerome Ternynck
John Jameson
Julie Tafel Klaus
Mark and Laura Jennings
Mike Sundermeyer and Cari Anderson
Paul J. van der Wansem
Shekhar Mahajan
The Family of Sibyl Frankenburg and Steve Kessel
Susan and Eric Benson
Tom Alberg and Judi Beck
Two Herons Foundation
Wes Herman and Sherri Kimmell
Erin Kenway
John and Martha Stewart
Loeb Family Foundation
Jose Ignacio Zabaleta
Barbara and Erik van Dillen
Don and Barb Niemann
Josh Schweitzer and Mary Sue Milliken
Lisa Brummel and Celeste Keaton
Carol Risher
Sue Fisher
Tellumind Foundation
Lucia and John Davies
Tease and Totes
Microsoft Corporation
Colleen and Clyde McQueen
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, California
Anonymous
Bradley Greenwald
Chris Inouye
Greg Hart
Haroula Kosmatos
Jacquie Labatt
Anonymous
Juanita Baker
Kate Williams
Kathleen and Eric Gies
Holmlund Family Fund at the Rancho Santa Fe Foundation
Quentin and Malissa Clark
Richard Saada
Sandy and Russ Peppet and Grandchildren
Sanyog and Carrie Rathod
Sean and Heidi Williams
Steve and Heather Murch
Timothy and Jennifer Kingston
Toby Thomas and Tristyn Patrick
Yolanda Daniels Cooper and Harlan Cooper
Survey Monkey
Gonzalo Rodés
Dror Matalon
Aiko Bethea
Anonymous
Beth Cassie
Brian and Carrie Pratt
Carlos Rodriguez
Chris Pasko
Cintra Pollack
George and Cherry Snelling
George And Kathleen Demartino
Glenn Dixon
Jim Ambach
Jed and Sarah Nussdorf
Jeff Gelles
Kathleen Katterhagen and Neal Smith
Keith Hennessey
Laurent Amouyal
Lee Mallett
Lori Massad
Megan and Fred Eiden
Michael Ehrenberg and Donna Richman
Patrick Moreton
Rene Pelegero
Roberta Polzin
Steve Levin
Susan and Mike Portland
Tammy Jersey
William Wolf
Andrew Sigal
William Cooper
Raymond Goslin
Ales Holecek
Jane Cunningham
Rachel Sommer
Contee Seely
Deborah Claymon Boeschen
Elizabeth and Olof Carmel
Greg and Dana White
Jeff Kunins
Judith Ruggles
Michael Inglis
Susan Brandt
Virginia Rounds
A. William and Leslie Stein
David Green
Jay Derr
Jody Hoppe
Kenda Dean
Lori and Ron Saxon
Michael Skelly
Robert Fronk
Soumitra Sengupta
Thomas Luxon
Anonymous
William and Virginia Cressey
Edward C. Pequignot
Richard Ward and Cheryl Capriola
Alison and David Rich
Emily Stoddard
Maurien Moeller and Boris Mulder
Pamela Bynum
Pamela Maher
Carl Darby
Freda Lightfoot
Peter Hutcheson
Lorna and Niels Swerhone-Giddins
Anonymous
Robert Bielecki
Victor Vadaneux
Aaron Bromberg
Alan Yorinks
Amy Horne
Amy Lanham-Belzer
Andrew Greene and Carol Schultz
Anthony Yuhas
Barbara J. Cochran
Brenda Bence
Carol Drucker
Catherine Stocker
Christine Old
Cindi Glasier
Clair Hector
Colin Webster and Sarah Dinnick
Craig Pape
Danilo Lacayo
Douglas and Cindy Strong
Franklin Douglas
Anonymous
Joan Morse and Dean Hachamovitch
Jodi Gernon
Josh Luty
Julie Fleischmann
Julie Zimmerman
JustGive
Karen Berliner
Kate Margolese
Kerry Knott
Lisa Ryland
Elizabeth Nichols
Margot Zimmerman
Marion Edmonds
Michele Bolton
Paul Hsi
Philip Keller
Priscilla W. Shows
Richard Dalzell
Anonymous
Russ Mackey
Scott Matthews
Scott Pearson
Serena Washburn
Sharon Lunsford
Sherry Walker
Stephanie Szurek
Stephen Hellberg
Susan Theut
Todd Robinson
Tracy Williams
Varun Vaswani
Virginia Christie
Wayne Burnett
Chandra Yarlagadda
Anonymous
Sue Willows
David Johns
First Giving
Kevin Bell
Christine Martin
Katharina Puehl
Marcel van de Laarschot
Barak Kassar
Sharon and Rich Freedman
Alan Kisling
Alexandria Hilton
Alicia Oltmann
Amy Dowd
Andrew Oliu
Angie Case
Belma Borovac
Betty Mcintosh
Betty Ware
Beverly Davies
Brenda Ruotolo
Brian Gougherty
Bruce D. Grinnell
Cameron Turner
Carol Williams
Cathy Ross-Perry
Charley Trippp
Chris and Isabel Marino
Chris Gustafson
Keri Ricci
Clarissa Marques
Claudia Ballheim
Cynthia and Steve Hammer
Dan England
David Wittenberg
Debbie Sheaffer
Bryan Dermot
Dylan Juhnke
Edgar Demeo
Elizabeth J Harger
Elyse Wright
Emma Ottolenghi
Erin McNerney
Evan Marwell
Fabio Araujo
Gilbert Weiner
Gillian Duff
Greg and Lynn Baugher
Hilary Wilson
Hou Xuyang
Hubert Riley
J. Whitmore Switzer
James Hertling
Jaswinder Singh Soor
Jay and Lisa Kerness
Jeff Glauber
Jennifer Anderson
Joanne and Charles Schwarz
Joelle Oiknine
Johanna Meara
John Hradnasky
John McDonald
Jon Staenberg
Jonathan and Nicole Wise
JR Casey
Judith Kalb
Lynton Land
Juliet Smith
Karin Flaa
Keith Schekkerman
Kira Luxon
Koro Castellano
Kristin Olson
Kristine Germar
Laura Brown
Lesley Kalso
Leslie Janoe
Anonymous
Manya Chylinski
Marcel Stieber and Hella Bluhm-Stieber
Mark Ferguson
MaryAnnette Hall
Maureen Kilar
Monika Waber
Norman Ray
Onno Leyds
Patricia Lammers
Patricia Markley
Randy Kraft
Raul Vejar
Ruth Copans
Sally Hauser
Sally Horntvedt
Sara Rosen
Stephen Gentuso
Sue and Howard Lamb
Tad Hills
Anonymous
Anonymous
Tamar Henkin
Thomas Connolly
Tracy Sweeny
Tradina Waller
Anonymous
Venkatram Krishnan
William Ambler
John Davies
Pledgeling Foundation
Jane Crosson
Peter and Sarah Meister
Desigan Chinniah
Gail Nyhan
Carol Mellen
John Nunes
Judith Long
Judith A. Meldahl
Matthew Bell
Promiti Islam
Gillian Butler
Stacey Robinson
Dennis Miller
Sarah Risher
Aaron Challenner
Andrea Donatucci
Brian and Brady Costley
Chris Kelling
Deirdre Kleske
Google One Today
Hillary Gross
Jane Weinman
Jeffrey Caplan
Jens Hildebrand
Margaret Jane
Linda Buechting
Martha Loach
Natasha Ganes
Nicole Tremann
Paul Jenkins
Rebecca Fine
Richard Corbin
Rorie Rueckert
Susan Johnson
Virginia Aragón
Evan Carr
Robert Genovese
Theresa Khorshid
Beverly Helm
Elizaebeth Nielsen
K Bryant
Kristen Foery
Scott Luxon
Tanja Commike
Timothy Towle
Toni Palter
Laura Soler
Richard Siegel
Katya Evans
Maddox Carr
Elizabeth Conway
Jessica Swingle
Marilyn and William Lairsey
Melissa Haquenne
Abigail Montalvo
Adhish Patel
Edward Marvel
Katherine Harmon
Kimberly M. Lowe
Kwei Quartey
Lisa Rusczyk
Nancy Obrigewitsch
Nicholas Williams
Rachel Ford
Sonia Immasche
Anonymous
TisBest Charity Gift Cards
Ruth Sorby
Remy Gardien
Himadri Chatterjee
Jane Chambers
Jane Shaw
Nick Chavez
What these donations will help accomplish in 2017
Bring digital reading programs to every library in Kenya.
Get thousands of parents reading to young children in India.
Build our first tablet-based classroom reading app.
Reach million more students, families and adults with free digital books that can change their lives forever.