#488of 1,000 in 2025

Champions for Literacy

Location
Memphis, Tennessee
Sector
Education
Founded
2013
Website
championsforlit.org
378%Three-year growth, FY2022 to FY2025
$4.2MFY2025 revenue
5Employees, FY2025
#38of 76 in Education
#9of 21 in Tennessee

Revenue by fiscal year

FY2022: $880,992 $881K FY22 FY2023: $1,476,520 $1.5M FY23 FY2024: $3,889,040 $3.9M FY24 FY2025: $4,214,628 $4.2M FY25

Where revenue came from, FY2025

Gifts and grants
$4.2M · 100%

What it does

Use the power of sports to raise awareness about the cause of literacy, generate funds for local literacy programs, and create volunteer activities for athletes to promote the power of reading to students pre-school through third grade.

Fight for literacy the fight for literacy provides turn-key opportunities for athletes, sports teams, corporate partners, and fans to impact early childhood literacy in their local community. This initiative works to raise awareness about the cause of literacy, generate funds for local literacy programs, and create volunteer activations for athletes to promote the power of reading to students pre-school through third grade.

Leadership

Jason BakerExecutive Director

EIN 46-3588150 · Full filings on ProPublica

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