Since its founding in 1991, the Everybody Wins! Foundation has been a leading nonprofit literacy and mentoring organization, pairing caring adult volunteers with children in elementary schools for weekly reading aloud and conversation.  It is our mission to reach children while they are young, stimulate their interest in reading, and encourage them to believe that they can succeed in school and ultimately, in life.  Our programs are unique.  By combining mentoring with reading for pleasure, our volunteers are able to foster within young children a love for reading, a necessary first step towards literacy.

Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Books are for nothing but to inspire.” New York City thanks Everybody Wins! for its efforts to instill in young students a love of reading, allowing them to explore expansive worlds of knowledge, enjoyment, and empowerment.
-Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York