Evelyn and Frank Ginsberg Reading Fund
Helping all students learn to read!
Equitable Access to High Quality Reading Instruction is Essential for Society to Thrive!
What is the Evelyn and Frank Ginsberg Reading Fund?
The Evelyn and Frank Ginsberg Reading Fund is a special initiative of the Learning Disabilities Association of Pennsylvania to provide free reading tutoring to children from lower income families and underserved communities in Pittsburgh. The fund is named in honor of Evelyn and Frank Ginsberg, the beloved grandparents of our founder, Collin Diedrich. This fund celebrates their commitment to education and community service in its mission to bring the power of reading to Pittsburgh’s learners.
Through the Evelyn and Frank Ginsberg Reading Fund, we strive to empower and support children facing challenges in reading, including students with and without learning disabilities. This fund will equip students with the tools to succeed academically and create a brighter future. Every dollar donated to this fund goes directly towards providing free reading tutoring and academic programs to students in need who may otherwise be unable to afford these services.
Evelyn and Frank’s unwavering dedication to education and their passion for helping others left an indelible mark on Collin’s life. Their invaluable support and encouragement played a pivotal role in Collin's personal journey to manage his own learning disabilities and achieve academic success, and their legacy of helping those in need inspired him to create this nonprofit organization to help bring the support he relied on to others.
By contributing to this fund, donors can be assured that their generosity will have a positive impact on the lives of children in underserved communities. Donors will directly be helping students in need learn to read. We invite you to join us in making a difference and providing a pathway to success for these young individuals. Together, we can create a community where every child can thrive through the power of education.
Empower donors to support reading education for students from underserved families.
How will we spend your donations?
Donations will help cover the high cost of running our multiple reading tutoring programs
$20-$30 can cover the payment to our paid reading tutors for a single session
$50 can provide snacks for students at our tutoring locations for a month (since no student should learn on an empty stomach)
$600-$800 can provide a single tutor with all the materials they need to tutor
$1500-$5000+ can cover the cost of a single training session session or an intensive 36hr training course
The board believes in this fund so much that they donated $2,500 to this fund and allocated $2,500 of revenue for it (to start). This means the fund is starting with $5,000! We are providing the first donations ourselves to demonstrate our commitment to this fund!
Our reading tutoring Programs
1-on-1 Reading Intervention
Located in Point Breeze, we offer 1-on-1 reading tutoring to lower income students for free! These students receive intensive multi sensory reading tutoring 2x a week.
Reading Tutoring at Housing Opportunities Unlimited
Reading tutoring for students takes place Monday through Friday during Summer Camp at Housing Opportunities Unlimited located in Hill District
Reading Tutoring at Carnegie Library in Hill District
We provide group reading tutoring for children reading at the Kindergarden level every Saturday at the Carnegie Library in Hill District
Reading Tutoring at Voices Against Violence
Reading tutoring for students takes place Monday through Friday during Summer Camp at Voices Against Violence located in Beltzhoover
Our Impact
Reading Tutoring Programs
We currently run one 1-on-1 reading tutoring intervention program at Pittsburgh New Church School, a school for kids with dyslexia, that uses multi-sensory reading tutoring techniques.
We run an early intervention group reading tutoring program at the Carnegie Library in Hill District.
Through a partnership with Neighborhood Learning Alliance we also offer after school reading instruction at Miller Elementary School, and Woolslair Elementary School.
Students Receiving our Reading Tutoring Support thru the Spring Semester of 2024
~14 students received 1-on-1 reading tutoring intervention
~57 students participated in our early literacy reading tutoring programs
Reading Tutors Working for LDA of PA
7 multi-sensory reading tutoring interventionists are fully trained or are in training
10 early literacy tutors are fully trained or in training