Donate
The ability to read empowers a child for a lifetime of learning, and we can’t do it without you.
Due to mail delays caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, we encourage donating online.
GIVE ONLINE
Click here to make a one-time gift online.
Click here to become a monthly donor online.
GIVE VIA PHONE
To speak with a UT Giving representative, call toll-free 1-866-4UTEXAS with your credit card information.
GIVE VIA MAIL
If you prefer to pay by mail, please send checks to P.O. Box 7458 Austin, TX 78713-7458. Checks should be made out to “UT-Austin”. Please be sure to include “Literacy First” in the memo line for proper distribution of funds.
GIVE VIA WIRE TRANSFER
If you’d like to make a donation via wire transfer, please contact our Development Director, Rachel Mallernee, for more information.
GIVE STOCK
If you’d like to make a gift of stock, please refer to the information/steps outlined in this document.
Thank you for supporting Literacy First and our community’s youngest readers during this especially challenging time.
Donation Matching
Click here to see if your organization will match a donation to Literacy First.
Donor Advised Funds
Literacy First and The University of Texas at Austin (EIN 74-6000203) will accept gifts via Donor Advised Funds (excluding gifts with a benefit to the donor, such as event tickets). Please include the following phrase in gift documentation to indicate the proper designee: “This gift is the result of FUND NAME and is to support Literacy First at UT Austin”. Contact our Development Director, Rachel Mallernee, with questions.
Considering making a planned gift to Literacy First?
Click here for more information or email our Development Director, Rachel Mallernee.
Are you a UT employee?
Give to Literacy First through payroll deduction. Just select “Natural Sciences, College of” in Step 1 and type Literacy First in the box in Step 2.
Literacy First, formerly ACE: A Community for Education, is a program of the Charles A. Dana Center in the College of Natural Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin. We are fully self-supporting through grants and donations from individuals.