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2015 impact report

WE’RE GROWINGhearts & minds

365,463

TOTAL BOOKS HARVESTEDFROM 2011-2015:

CASH EXPENSEBook Babies $105,066Outreach Events $76,099Books on Break $68,519Community Book Bank $67,818Administrative $33,324Fundraising $19,389

TOTAL: $370,215

CASH REVENUEFoundations $366,110Outreach Events $171,204Individuals $59,382MLK Day Sponsors $29,800Businesses $13,044Civic Groups and Congregations $4,382Other $1,125

TOTAL: $645,047

2015 FINANCES

DEAR FRIENDS OF BOOK HARVEST,

“Now I’ll know the REAL story of what happened to those three pigs!”“Junie B. Jones is my best friend!”“I am going to read all these books so I’ll be ready for college.”

These are just a few of the thoughts young readers have shared with us. With every Book Harvest book that a child takes home, we are growing hearts and minds, helping ensure that children who need books most have a bounty of stories to nourish their imaginations and intellects.

2015 WAS A BUSY YEAR: more than 20,000 children built or enriched their home libraries with 112,183 Book Harvest books. It was also a year in which we strengthened our solid foundation that will enable us to reach many more children in the years ahead. Our Dream Big Book Drive on MLK Day was our biggest and best yet. We were the delighted beneficiaries of the Triangle Corporate Battle of the Bands. We anchored and grew our operating reserve fund. Our hardworking board adopted a visionary and ambitious three-year strategic plan.

Five years since Book Harvest’s founding, our mission remains clear: to enable every child in our community to grow up in a home that is rich with books. We thank you for joining with us in growing hearts and minds and enabling brighter, book-filled futures for all our children.

With gratitude,

Ginger Young Michele LynnExecutive Director Board Chair

NUMBER OF BOOKS HARVESTEDBY TRIANGLE CHILDREN

% OF BOOKS HARVESTEDBY COUNTY IN 2015

2015 IMPACT

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

36,594

63,877

70,213

82,596

112,183

DURHAM64%

ORANGE29%

OTHER7%

Foundations 59%Outreach Events 27%

Individuals 9%MLK Day Sponsors 5%

Business 2%Civic Groups and

Congregations 1%Other <1%

Book Babies 28%Outreach Events 21%Books on Break 19%

CommunityBook Bank 18%

Administrative 9%Fundraising 5%

Ginger Young and Michele Lynn

OUR 2015 BOOK BABIES PARTNERS INCLUDE:

Durham Connects • Durham County Library • First Book • Lincoln Community Health Center • Duke University Center for Child and Family Policy

THE BRAIN DEVELOPS MOST RAPIDLY IN THE FIRST FIVE YEARS OF LIFE. During those years, a child’s brain makes

700 neural connections every second.The American Academy of Pediatrics

recommends reading as an essential partof a healthy childhood starting at birth.

WE BRING LOTS OF BOOKS TO FAMILIES in their homes every six months during their babies’ first five years, to enable reading and

stimulate brain development from a baby’s very first days. We support parents in being their babies’

“first teacher, brain builder, tech navigator,advocate and coach – the secret sauce

to their children’s success.”*

the opportunity

book babies

our impactour responsethe opportunity

Helping babies and toddlers discover the joy of reading with their parents.

In 2015, Book Babies provided3,200 BOOKS AND 320 HOME

VISITS TO 160 FAMILIESwith Medicaid-eligible newborns,

babies, and young children in Durham, North Carolina.

GROWTH SINCE 2014: 57%* The Campaign for Grade Level Reading

Students can slash their summer learning loss byREADING BOOKS THAT THEY

ARE EXCITED ABOUT in the summer. Children who participate in

programs which provide plenty of books for three summers in a row can realize the same academic

gains as children who take a $3,000 summer school course – at a fraction of the cost.

We invite children who lack readyaccess to books to select

10 BOOKS TO TAKE HOMEat the end of the school year, to read over

the summer and to keep forever. We preload a new string backpack for each student with resources for parents, to help them serve as

their children’s reading advocates.

our impactour responsethe opportunity

Energizing students to read and retain their academic skills over the summer.

OUR 2015 BOOKS ON BREAK PARTNERS INCLUDE:Durham Public Schools • Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools • Downtown Durham Rotary Club

First Book • Durham County Library • NC Early Childhood Foundation • United Way of the Greater Triangle

books on break

In 2015, Books on Break provided28,260 BOOKS

TO 2,826 STUDENTSin 15 elementary schoolsin Durham, Chapel Hill,

and Carrboro, North Carolina.

GROWTH SINCE 2014: 28%

Two out of three children in povertydo not own any books. An effective way

to improve the reading achievementof low-income children is to

INCREASE THEIR RATESOF BOOK OWNERSHIP.

Our Community Book Bank enlists dozensof partner organizations to enable

READY ACCESS TO BOOKSand a reading culture in the home, regardless

of a family’s income. We provide familieswith plenty of books, free of charge, to take

home, read together, and keep forever.

In 2015, an estimated 16,244 childrenHARVESTED 81,220 BOOKS

from 47 Community Book Bank locations,taking them home to build home libraries.

our impactour responsethe opportunity

Inspiring children who need books most to build home libraries.

community book bank

• Books in the Park, Carrboro• Carolina Outreach, Durham • Carrboro Community Health Center, Carrboro • Catholic Charities, Durham• Center for Child and Family Health, Durham • Channing Avenue Apartments, Durham • Charles Drew Community Health Center, Burlington • Duke Hospital Intensive Care Nursery, Durham• Durham Public Health Department, Durham • Durham Public Schools, ESL Resource Center, Durham

• Durham’s Partnership for Children, Durham • Early Head Start, Durham• East Durham Children’s Initiative, Durham• Fairview Child and Family Center, Hillsborough • Family Reading Partners, Chapel Hill-Carrboro • Forest View Elementary School, Durham • Global Youth Service Day, multiple locations • Habitat for Humanity of Durham, Durham• Holton Wellness Center, Durham • Inter-Faith Council for Social Service, Carrboro

• Latino Educational Achievement Partnership, Durham • Lincoln Community Health Center, Durham• PORCH Food for Families, Chapel Hill - Carrboro• Prospect Hill Community Health Center, Prospect Hill• Scott Community Health Center, Burlington • Siler City Community Health Center, Siler City • Student U, Durham • Urban Ministries, Durham• Walltown Neighborhood Clinic, Durham • Welcome Baby, Durham

OUR 2015 COMMUNITY BOOK BANK PARTNERS INCLUDE:

GROWTH SINCE 2014: 39%

2015 DONORS

$100,000 +Oak Foundation

$50,000 +Matthew Cullinan and

Anna Reilly Nationwide Insurance William R Kenan, Jr.

Charitable Trust

$25,000 +A.J. Fletcher FoundationCurious George Fund

of Combined Jewish Philanthropies

$10,000 +Anne M. DellingerBastian Family Charitable

Foundation Dilweg CompaniesMericos Foundation PNC Grow Up GreatUnited Way of the Greater

Triangle

$5,000 +Duke Doing Good in the

Neighborhood Duke Energy FoundationDuke University LibrariesJohnson LexusMetaMetrics Inc.Morgan Creek FoundationRho, Inc.Rise Strowd Roses The Marcia Angle & Mark

Trustin Fund of Triangle Community Foundation

United Therapeutics Youth Forward

$1,000 +Alliance Architecture, PCJ.A. & P.E. BermanBlue Cross Blue Shield of NC

Richard and Cynthia Brodhead

Christie and Kyle Cavanaugh

Clifton and Mauney Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry

CormetechElaine CurryWilliam Rhett DavisJolynn and Hampton

DellingerDuda Paine Architects, LLPDuke MedicineDuke SchoolDuke Street Pediatric

DentistryDuke University Durham

and Regional AffairsDurham AcademyDurham Lions ClubDurham Pediatric Dentistry

and OrthodonticsElms Lane, LLCElster Solutions, LLCJohn Stanley and Sara

EmleyEmployee Benefit SystemsCandace EnglesEno River Unitarian

Universalist FellowshipHolly Ewell-Lewis and Ken

LewisForest at DukeFriendshop Charity

LuncheonEvan and Sumathi JonesAnn E. LeiningerListen to Your MotherKevin and Robyn MarkleMaxwell Freeman &

Bowman, PATodd and Elisabeth McGowanMcKinneyNoël Family Fund of

Triangle Community Foundation

North Carolina School Psychology Association

Pascal Strom Family Fund of Triangle Community Foundation

Pimpernal Properties, LLCLucia Peel PoweLaura and Charlie ReeceRise Biscuits and DonutsSybil and William RobbRTI InternationalSchmidt-Nielsen and

Claesson Family Fund of Triangle Community Foundation

Shared Visions FoundationTrudy and J. Stuart SmithSports Endeavors Inc.Patricia and Bradley StaatsAmy StanfieldSuntrustSteve and B.J. SuttleThe Bresler Foundation, Inc.Trailblazer Studios NC Inc.Triangle Orthopaedic

Associates, PAUrban Durham RealtySteve and Cecilia WarshawColeman and Brian WhittierWritten Word MediaWyrick Robbins Yates &

Ponton, LLPJonathan Wiener and

Ginger YoungStacey and Mark M. Yusko

$500 +Brad BrinegarErika BuchholtzKirsten and Bryan BushickChapel Hill-Carrboro City

SchoolsCoastal Federal Credit

UnionJim CroninRachel DeGrangeCavett and Barker FrenchMarty GaglianoL. Dabney GrinnanJohn L. & Ardis J. Piers

Private FoundationMichele Lynn and Steve

McConaugheyMad HattersMeasurement IncorporatedMillennium Sports Club

Montessori Children’s House of Durham

Richard Newell and Bonnie Nevel

Susan C. NewtonOur PlayHouse Preschool

and KindergartenPrimary Colors Early

Learning CenterPrimrose School at Hope

Valley FarmsNancy Ranney and David

LeviRenaissance Family DentistryDavid H. SackettSaladelia CafeKim SatterfieldKirk StrebThe Dowd Foundation, Inc.The Link GroupThe Rotary FoundationValassis Giving CommitteeWired TriangleWoodcroft Women’s Club

$250 +Christopher AllenAmerican Institute for

ResearchLynnette and Burton

AndersonWalter and Katy BarronBeyù CaffèMike and Melissa BishopAnn BrownChris BrownElizabeth and Lee BuckC.H. Real Estate & Staging

Services, LLCCarey Family Fund of

Triangle Community Foundation

Carolyn W. and Charles T. Beaird Family Foundation

Susan and Thomas CarsonCary AcademyChapel Hill Pediatric

DentistryMaureen Corbett and Jean-Marie Maillard

Scott DaughertyMaria G. DawidoffDuke Memorial Methodist

ChurchMarcia EisenbergDavid and Tabitha ElienEno PublishersBrent and Renee GarberLaura HallKylie HarrisJulie Witte, DDSKiwanis Club of DurhamSusan KreissmanElizabeth LightfootLittle Shop of HorrorDavid and Harriet MartinEdward and Connie McCrawLyn MeansMichele Lynn

CommunicationsScottie PateKaari Pitkin and Nicholas

DawidoffWilliam and Anne PizerBryna and Greg RappRefectory CafeRemax Winning EdgeAmy and Mark RosemanMargaret and Miguel

RubieraLucas RuganiRussell Lacy MusicCarmen and Lester RuthSouthern Village Pediatric

DentistrySouthern Village PharmacyTriangle Park Chapter of

The Links, Inc.Courtney Van HoutvenKristen WallDennis WipperKimberly and Jefferson

Young

$100+Karin AbellJames and Susan AlexanderTiffany and William Allen IIIRobert Pleasants and

Adrienne AllisonMary and Michael Andrews

Jo BaerClaudia BarnesGrace BarryKathleen and Tucker

BartlettCharles and Jennifer

BaucomCamille Boulware BerryTerry and Judith BettendorfElizabeth and Frederick

BowmanKara BrewerGregory and Celeste

BrombergerGregory and Lisa BrownJim Maynard and Holly

BrownSarah and Michael BurdickMariana ByrdJohn CartwrightJulie M. ChappellAmelia ChaunceyChristina and Kyle ChenetCary and Megan ClarkRebecca J ClineJoan Combs DursoLauren J. CoyleCozyDavid and Janet CromerDavid and Karen CutcliffeBarbara Dasilva-TillmanElizabeth DeanJeanette DenuoThurston DominaDurham Regional Association

of Realtors, Inc.Angela and David DutyA. Sue EnglesSarah EnglishEllen M. FallonDeborah Lynn FilerJoy GoodwinKathleen GrayLiz and Mark GustafsonLucy and Paul HaagenKimberly HackmanFrances HamerMichael HanasAnne S. HenshawDione and Joel HillygusJane Hogan

Book Harvest is always exploring new ways to make an impact with our community’s support.

Susan HunterMarion JacksonMichael and Courtney

JamesCatherine JonesChristopher JonesLisbeth JuckettEmily KatzMadeline KatzPat and Mark KellerLaura KileyLauri KleinSanjay Premakumar and

Jodi KoviachMimi and Maury KrystelLinda Lee and Charles LambKim LattaKay and Raymond LauverSarah and Leah LipsitchSusan and Ian LipsitchTerry LohrenzJackie and David MacLeod Belve MarksSeymour and Josephine

MauskopfAmanda and Robert MayTom and Nancy MetzloffLaura Thomas and John

MiddletonRose MonahanEvelina R. MoulderClara MuschkinCecile NoelOff the Ground Inc, DBA

TwigTerri O’QuinJennifer and Todd OwenRussell and Robyn OwensGregg and Cynthia

PacchianaSwapnil PatelPiedmont Carolina Club of

Kappa Kappa GammaMiles ReckAmy RisseeuwBetsy T. RobinsonJoann Sabados-CarolinaMary SampsonMarvin Swartz and Gita

SchonfeldJanet ShahenMaria and Neil Siegel

Silver Current AcupunctureKim R. SingletaryPreston StaatsEric S. Stein and Maxine

EichnerElizabeth StevensCatherine StrattonMarion and Joseph

SuhorskySusan B. Winkler Charitable

FundKristin Elizabeth TeerSteve TollerTom Bagby Photography, Inc.Town and Campus Book

ClubBarrie TrinkleSuzanne ValdiviaVirginia VitarelloDaniel and Laura WallaceMelanie Young

UP TO $99Jason AdairEvan AshkinSharon BaartmansDorothy BankAshley BarnesScott and Amy BarrettLawrence BaxterRichard and Patricia BeanKathryn BellSusan BellingerJohn Claude BemisDaniel and Donna BenjaminMiriam BergerRobert and Christine BerndtJill Montgomery BerrongDonna BickfordSusan BickfordFred BlackTabitha BlackwellWilliam BlauDavid BoydAva BrattenRegina BringolfTameka Fryer BrownPatricia and Howard

BrubakerJames and Debra BuckMeg Farrell Buckingham

Sam and Erika BuellCraig BuxtonStephanie CainClay CarmichaelCathy Cole Training, Inc.Central Church of ChristCharity Partners

FoundationJames and Mary ChopasLiz ChurchillAnthony ClayPamela CohenSarah CohenMichele Graber CubellScovill and Lisa Michelle

CurrinGregg CusickAshley DaughertyCaroline H. Ryan DavisSandra R. DavisMarguerite DecarliSuzanne DecontoMichele DeRoseP. R. DeTittaRicardo DiFrancoChris and Maria DifranescoLeslie DillonRobert DilworthCarol DoninJoan and Thomas EastTeresa EdwardsSheila FosterDonald Fortenberry and

Julie FrommeAnn and John GaborPat GaravagliaGlaxoSmithKline

FoundationEdward and Paula GoldbergAnil and Lakshmi GoyalAndrew and Susan GreeneRobert HablutzelChristopher and Margaret

HanesDena HannaElizabeth H. HarrisKathy HarrisonArianne Hartsell-GundyLaura Treat HarveyTonya HarwardJackie HaslamMartha Hauptman

Louise HawesChristina HeiligLaurence HelferNancy HeyesTama HochbaumDavid HoffmanJeff and Kelly HopperInternational Coach

FederationL. Fredrik JarskogBarbara Jessie-BlackAmanda K. JohnsonWayne M. JohnsonKatie JoyceJudea Reform CongregationTodd Schneider and

Jennifer KahnDonna KahwatiKathleen KearnsAmy Keenan-AmagoDaniel and Amanda

KimbergLori Nofziger and Benjamin

KimmelKarl and Karen KingsleyJoylin Droney KirkCarolyn and Riccardo KleinElisa KleinJeffrey and Lisa KlineCarol LachenmanTeme LevbargAesah LewCourtney LewisZelda and Robert LipmanRuth LotzStacy LubovLydia Circle of McMannen

United ChurchSimone and Andreas

MaetzelTina MansfieldSusan and David MarksKarla McAvoyPaula McAvoyRuth McAvoyMegan McCurleyAnn McLainKristin McMahonAnn L McMillionLynn and James

Huntington MeathSusan and Melvin Melnick

Adam MersereauBeverly and Roy MiltonMelanie and Scott MitchellCatherine and Christopher NealBeverly NewtonJacqueline Kay OgburnJulie OpiteckElizabeth Owen and Sarah PintoEdward and Loren PeaseGary PellomAndrew and Eliana PerrinPilgrim United Church of ChristStephanie and Nicholas

PinkinVirginia PlattoBarry PossJay RadfordIrene RashLori ReadeNatalie RederChristina ReeserKelly ReillyKelli and Charles RempelKimberly and Collin RiddellCaroline RiddleCarl and Lisa RistMartha RivadeneiraGloria and Patricia RobinsonCarolyn Circeo RoncoShell and Lawrence RoufailSelene RussoDavid SchanzerSteve SchewelBlanca SchustermanHeidi and Brian ShanerLia SheppardIlona SherLinda Shropshire-GrissomMyra SmithWendy and David SotolongoCharlotte M SpeltzHannah StangDavid SteinJohn StillsonRachel StineAlan and Victoria

TempletonThe Ballet School of Chapel Hill

Gordon ThomasCharles Boyer and Margaret

TomeiUVA Club of the TriangleIvy Hoffman and Megan

ValentineDiane S. VargoNancy WalkerAmy and Jason WaresTracy WesleyJeff WestoverNoah and Jennifer

WichmanJennifer and Allen WigginsBarbara WilcoxAnna WilkinsScott WindhamElizabeth WingAnna Kelly WoodBrian Morton and Frances WoodWooden Shoe Investments, Inc.Robert Castro and Ann

WooleyNancy and Andrew Zeman

IN-KIND11 Alive/ABC/WTVDBarnes and NobleA Better Image Printing Capitol BroadcastingFirst BookLetters BookshopMcKinneyNorth Carolina

LiteracyCorpsResearch Triangle

FoundationRockwood Center, LLC

If you made a donation to Book Harvest in 2015 and are not listed, we apologize! Please notify us at info@bookharvestnc.org.

BOOK HARVEST, 2501 UNIVERSITY DRIVE, DURHAM, NC 27707

252.497.BOOK • WWW.BOOKHARVESTNC.ORG

Book Harvest is a 501©(3) nonprofit organization. Our federal tax identification number is 45-2610533.Our North Carolina Charitable Solicitation License number is SL008204. Copies of our IRS 990 forms are available upon request.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michele Lynn, ChairHolly Brown, Vice ChairDan Kimberg, SecretaryCandace Engles, Treasurer

Tabitha BlackwellChristie L. CavanaughJim CroninJolynn DellingerHolly Ewell-LewisBrent GarberTrudy SmithTricia Staats

AUTHORS’ CIRCLE

Randall Kenan, Co-ChairDaniel Wallace, Co-Chair

John Claude BemisNicholas DawidoffSarah DessenFrances O’Roark DowellAllan GurganusDjango HaskinsJoan HolubJ.J. JohnsonKelly Starling LyonsFrances MayesJill McCorkleMary Parry Lee SmithJohn StanleyTim TysonMike WileyStephen Zapotozcny

STAFF

Meytal Barak, Book Babies Team Leader Daniele Berman, Operations ManagerNatasha McCurley, Book Babies Team LeaderRachel Stine, Partnerships ManagerKenitra Williams, Book Babies Team MemberGinger Young, Founder and Executive Director

2015 LEADERSHIP

Book Harvest provides books to children who need them and engages families and communities to promote children’s lifelong literacy and academic success.

Book Harvest believes that books are essential to children’s healthy developmentand well-being and that all children deserve to grow up in book-rich homes. To that end,

we will remove barriers to book ownership to fuel a lifelong love of reading among America’s children that will enable success in school and in life.

OUR MISSION

OUR VISION