Causes: Education, Literacy, Remedial Reading & Encouragement

Mission: Better Basics, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose mission is to advance children's literacy by providing reading and mathematics intervention and enrichment programs and books in high-need schools and through community outreach .

Target demographics: advance children's literacy

Direct beneficiaries per year: 8900

Geographic areas served: Alabama

Programs: Reading Intervention and Mentors, Mathematics Intervention, Wise Words Vocabulary Programs, Community Wide Read Alouds (Birmingham Reads), Summer STEAMER, 30 a Day Book Club, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, 21st Century HOPE Community Learning Centers, Book Nooks by Better Basics, Books for Birmingham and special projects.