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The ability to read empowers a child for a lifetime of learning, and we can’t do it without you.
Give Online
Our online giving platform has recently changed! To donate directly to Literacy First through The University of Texas at Austin’s online giving platform, follow this link.
Giving By Mail
If you wish to donate by mail, please send checks via USPS to:
Literacy First
Charles A. Dana Center
The University of Texas at Austin
3925 West Braker Lane, Suite 3.801
Austin, TX 78759
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 Associate, Calista López, with questions.
Wire Transfers
If you’d like to make a donation via wire transfer, please contact our Development Associate, Calista López, for more information.
Planned Gifts
Click here for more information or email our Development Associate, Calista López.
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.