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The ability to read empowers a child for a lifetime of learning, and we can’t do it without you.
Giving By Mail
Literacy First staff are currently working remotely part-time. If you wish to donate by mail, please send checks via USPS to P.O. Box 7458 Austin, TX 78713-7458 for efficient processing. Checks should be made out to “UT-Austin”. Please be sure to include “Literacy First” in the memo line for proper distribution of funds.
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.
Wire Transfers
If you’d like to make a donation via wire transfer, please contact our Development Director, Rachel Mallernee, for more information.
Planned Gifts
Click here for more information or email our Development Director, Rachel Mallernee.
Stock
If you’d like to make a gift of stock, please refer to the information/steps outlined in this document.
To speak with a UT Giving representative, call toll-free 1-866-4UTEXAS.
Literacy First 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.