Change a Life: Fund 40 Student Literacy Scholarships

Give a student the power to read — and change everything that follows.

Right now, a 4th grader is sitting in class unable to read what's on the board. Not because they're not trying. Not because they're not smart. But because they've never gotten the kind of intensive, personalized instruction their brain needs to crack the code of reading.

Without intervention, that student falls further behind every year. By middle school, the gap has compounded into something that shapes the rest of their life.

That's what we're changing.

LearnUp Centers provides one-on-one structured literacy tutoring — the gold standard for students who struggle with reading. Our trained tutors work with students 3–5 times per week, building real, lasting skills in phonics, fluency, comprehension, and writing.

This is not drop-in homework help. It's intensive, sustained intervention — the kind that actually moves the needle.

The impact:

• 2.2 the avg. grade levels gained per student
• 64% of students gain 1+ grade levels
• 93% student attendance rate

We track progress across structured literacy benchmarks for every student — so we know the growth is real, and so do families.

What your gift does:

We're raising $200,000 to fund 40 full-year literacy scholarships — covering every session, every assessment, every tutor hour — for students whose families couldn't otherwise afford this level of support.

$5,000 = 1 scholarship (50 Hours)

$2,500 = 1/2 a scholarship

$1,000 = 1/5 of a scholarship

$500 = 1 weeks of instruction

$100 = assessments and learning materials

Why now:

LearnUp Centers is turning 10 this year. A decade of serving Bay Area students — and the need has never been greater.

Reading is not a minor academic outcome. It's the foundation for everything — school, work, self-advocacy, opportunity. Every student who learns to read opens a door that stays open for the rest of their life.

When you fund a scholarship, you're not just supporting a tutoring program. You're giving a child access to reading — and to a future they can fully participate in.

Help us fund 40 students. Change 40 lives.

Double your impact: all gifts are matched 1:1 up to $45,000. Every dollar you give unlocks a second one — help us reach the full match.