Partner with Us

Atlassian Foundation International has donated more than US$13.5 million toward Room to Read’s programs. In 2022, Atlassian was the largest corporate investor from Australia. Atlassian staff also provide significant personal support to Room to Read through their “Dollars a Day” workplace giving program. As of Dec 31, 2022, Atlassian staff have donated over US$4 million to Room to Read.

Since 2016, Room to Read has gratefully received over US$3 million in funding from BNP Paribas Group and its employees globally. BNP Paribas Group entities supported our Girls’ Education Program in India and Vietnam through corporate social responsibility grants and employee engagement. This partnership has helped more than 23,346 girls to succeed in secondary school and develop key life skills.”

Since 2019, Cartier Philanthropy has partnered with us to support Girls’ Education in Cambodia and Bangladesh through a multiyear grant. Cartier Philanthropy is promoting the advancement of gender equality in education in these countries by impacting a total of 4,350 girls, changing the trajectory not only of the girls’ lives, but also the lives of their families and communities.

Through its e for Education initiative, Citi donates a percentage of the business proceeds traded electronically across its Markets franchise to education-focused non-profits. Citi’s e for Education has raised over US$66 million to date, and Room to Read has been a recipient of the campaign since the inception in 2013. In 2022, Room to Read received over US$961,000 toward our areas of greatest need.

Credit Suisse has been a strong corporate partner since 2005, benefiting over 140,000 children to date and funding multiple strategic projects, including the launch of Room to Read’s technical assistance work. Room to Read is one of the key partners in the Credit Suisse Financial Education for Girls Program, implementing financial education and life skills clubs in Tanzania and Sri Lanka. In addition, Credit Suisse launched a corporate matching program in 2020 to support our COVID-19 initiatives and sponsored our 2020 virtual global gala. The organization donates office space for Room to Read staff in Asia and provides capacity-building through its Global Citizens Program.

In 2021, Echidna Giving made a four-year grant investment in our Girls’ Education Program. Echidna Giving is a leading thought partner for Room to Read in the areas of innovation, analysis, learning and systemic change. 

Google.org is a long-time, essential partner in the advancement of projects critical to Room to Read’s mission. They've supported new projects to train teachers in Indonesia on conducting effective reading activities and increase access to Bahasa Indonesia children’s stories on LiteracyCloud.org, our digital learning platform. In addition, many Google employees have directed their time, talent, and treasure to help create much-needed educational opportunities for children around the world.

Through Goldman Sachs and Goldman Sachs Gives, the company and its senior executives have contributed more than US$26.4 million to Room to Read. In 2022, Goldman Sachs supported our Literacy and Girls’ Education Programs, benefiting more than 16,280 children. 

Since 2016, IMC has invested generously in Room to Read’s Literacy Program in Africa. Throughout our partnership, IMC has contributed more than US$10.8 million to Room to Read, helping to equip young learners in South Africa and Tanzania with the powerful tool of literacy that will transform their own lives, as well as their communities and future generations. 

With support from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Room to Read partners with Save the Children and Humanity and Inclusion to improve basic education in Laos through the USAID Learn to Read Project. This five-year initiative complements government efforts to improve reading skills for children from the pre-primary level to Grade 2 in Laos. With a special focus on children who do not speak Lao and children with disabilities, the project helps to improve the quality of basic education in the country. 

Luxury skincare brand Tatcha has been a corporate partner to Room to Read since 2014, with a percentage of every purchase supporting Room to Read's girl's education work across Asia and Africa. Tatcha is also a founding partner of our U.S. Literacy Initiative, which began in 2020. To date, the partnership has funded over 8 million days of school for girls in Africa and Southeast Asia, and provided over 288,000 books to children living in book deserts within the U.S. Tatcha’s support has enabled us to provide in-school and after school-programs, family and community support, and access to diverse children’s storybooks for children living in communities experiencing deep educational and economic inequities. Among the various collections funded by Tatcha we have created STEAM books and titles focused on Peace and Equality with plans to create more diverse books for Black, Latinx, and Native and white American communities where high levels of poverty and rural environments create extreme barriers to learning.

The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation is committed to providing resources at critical points along the education and tech workforce learning journey, while supporting historically resilient communities in forging a better future through the pandemic and beyond. They have generously partnered with Room to Read since 2021 to support literacy and gender equality in education for children in low-income communities, and to help students overcome learning challenges through digital tools and human connectivity. 

Room to Read partners with USAID directly in India through a prime cooperative agreement, as well as with USAID consortiums as a subcontractor in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India and Laos (with Winrock, RTI, CARE and Save the Children, respectively). Through these partnerships, we support strengthening education systems to provide access to quality early grade reading education at scale. Through technical and implementation assistance, we are able to benefit millions of children, teachers, education coaches, parents, government officials and communities with best practice training as well as teaching and learning materials in mother tongue languages. 

With support from the United States Department of Agriculture’s McGovern-Dole Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program, Room to Read has partnered with The World Food Programme to implement a six-year (2018-2023) literacy project in Cox’s Bazar. For the first two years of the initiative, Room to Read extended technical support to the implementing partners and implemented directly in two upazilas starting in the third year. The project's midline evaluation showed that, even after only one year of intervention, students' reading skills had improved, especially in letter sounding fluency and oral reading fluency.