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BOOKS FOR A BETTER WORLD INC

AKA Libros para un Mundo Mejor

Phoenix, AZ

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BOOKS FOR A BETTER WORLD INC

Also Known As:
Libros para un Mundo Mejor
Physical Address:
Phoenix, AZ 85014 
EIN:
86-0980836
Web URL:
www.booksforabetterw...
Leadership:
Alice Finn Gartell, Chief Executive

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  • This organization is registered with the IRS.
  • This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990-N.

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Fiscal Year Starting: July 1, 2009
Fiscal Year Ending: June 30, 2010
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Total Revenue $10,856
Expenses
Total Expenses $17,997

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BOOKS FOR A BETTER WORLD INC

Also Known As:
Libros para un Mundo Mejor
Physical Address:
Phoenix, AZ 85014 
EIN:
86-0980836
Web URL:
www.booksforabetterw... 
NTEE Category:
B Educational Institutions 
B70 Libraries, Library Science 
B Educational Institutions 
B24 Primary/Elementary Schools 
B Educational Institutions 
B82 Scholarships, Student Financial Aid, Awards 
Year Founded:
2000 
Ruling Year:
2000 

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Mission Statement

The purpose of Books for a Better World is to promote literacy in Latin America by providing high quality children's books to children who have little or no access to books.  We seek to enfranchise, to empower and to motivate children in Latin America by establishing libraries.  It was established to help break the cycle of illiteracy that cripples developing nations. The school day is usually dull and unstimulating. Often, there are no books. The students spend the day copying and taking dictation. There is little reason to attend school thus the children drop out and illiteracy continues. In rural schools in Central America as many as 75% of all children are in grades 1 -3. Most children have never seen a book that is not a schoolbook and there is little connection between learning the vowels, learning to sound out words and reading a story. Children's literature increases a child's ability to imagine, to think analytically and to experience the world with greater compassion. The ability to read is empowering.

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Impact Statement from Nonprofit

Books for a Better World partners with schools in our host countries to create libraries or to add to existing library collections in rural areas. Language development and vocabulary building are emphasized through the use of the charming, imaginative stories and legends from all parts of the world.

BBW buys and delivers new books to schools that are often in remote locations where reliable mail or courier service is not yet available. We send volunteers with the books to ensure delivery as well as to engage the students who receive them.

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Chief Executive

Alice Finn Gartell

Term:

Since Aug 2009

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Funding Needs

We are currently seeking to expand our donor list.   Any dollar amount is helpful.  $350 will supply all the needed books to a particular library. $500 will cover the costs of supplying the books and shipping for a library.  
$1,000 will sponsor a book to be given to all of our libraries.   

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