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2<div hidden id="S:3"><div><section class="hero relative"><div class="fb-hero-h relative overflow-hidden bg-black"><div class="absolute inset-0"><img alt="About First Book" fetchPriority="high" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-position:50% 50%;color:transparent;opacity:0.55" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" srcSet="https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutbanner.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=640 640w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutbanner.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=750 750w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutbanner.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=828 828w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutbanner.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1080 1080w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutbanner.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1200 1200w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutbanner.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1920 1920w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutbanner.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=2048 2048w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutbanner.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=3840 3840w" src="https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutbanner.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=3840"/></div><div class="relative z-10 flex h-full items-center text-center justify-center px-4"><div class="max-w-[900px] text-white "><h1 class="font-headline mb-4 text-[32px] leading-[37px] uppercase text-shadow-lg md:text-[48px] md:leading-[55px]">About First Book</h1><p class="font-copy mx-auto mb-8 max-w-3xl text-[1rem] leading-[1.3rem] font-medium text-shadow-lg md:text-[1.2rem] md:leading-[1.5rem]">Eliminating barriers to a quality education for children in low-income communities.</p></div></div></div></section></div><div><section class="fb-section bg-white"><div class="fb-pad mx-auto fb-container"><div class=""><h2 class="fb-h2 mb-4 ">Leveling the Educational Playing Field</h2><div class="fb-divider-line mb-6 "></div><div class="fb-lead space-y-4"><p class="mb-4">First Book is dedicated to ensuring that all children, regardless of their background or zip code, can succeed and reach their full potential. We reach 6.5 million kids each year in low-income communities across North America, providing books and resources through a powerful network of more than 600,000 individual educators, professionals and volunteers specifically serving children in need. This is the largest online community of its kind. By infusing high-quality resources into classrooms and programs nationwide, we level the playing field so that kids are ready to learn â because<strong class="font-bold"> education transforms lives.</strong></p></div></div></div></section><div class="bg-blue-600 h-[75px] w-full "></div></div><div><section class="fb-section bg-white"><div class="fb-pad mx-auto fb-container"><div class=""><h2 class="fb-h2 mb-4 ">Our Core Values</h2><div class="fb-divider-line mb-6 "></div><div class="fb-lead space-y-4"><h3 class="fb-h3 mt-8 mb-4">Champion of Educators</h3><p class="mb-4">We are passionate supporters of the educators, professionals and volunteers who serve kids in need. Our <strong class="font-bold">First Book Network</strong>, a community of more than 600,000 individual educators and professionals who serve kids in low-income communities, has unparalleled knowledge into the educational barriers that confront their students. By researching their needs and challenges, First Book then provides books, resources, and programs that are directly informed by their feedback. In this way, they help shape our resources, partnerships, and strategic solutions. We facilitate the sharing of best practices and expand access to affordable tools and resources. The result is that our Network is supported to better serve their students and communities.</p><h3 class="fb-h3 mt-8 mb-4">Social Innovation</h3><p class="mb-4">We pride ourselves on having business minds and non-profit hearts. Using proven private-sector approaches, we design sustainable strategies that drive measurable results for low-income communities.</p><h3 class="fb-h3 mt-8 mb-4">Eliminating Barriers</h3><p class="mb-4">First Book is dedicated to increasing access to proven best practices, books, and resources in low-income communities. </p><h3 class="fb-h3 mt-8 mb-4">Purposeful Collaboration</h3><p class="mb-4">First Book is a bridge-builder, collaborating with public and private partners, translating best-in-class expertise into educational resources to support learning for kids
2in need. We partner with field experts, publishers, corporations, foundations, fellow nonprofits, leading academics, and individual donors to address the critical needs expressed by educators. These alliances enable us to expedite resources to those who need them the most. Our collaborative approach results in tangible impact, changing the lives of children in need for generations to come.</p></div></div></div></section><div class="bg-blue-600 h-[75px] w-full "></div></div><div><section class="fb-section bg-white"><div class="fb-pad mx-auto fb-container"><div class="grid items-center gap-12 md:grid-cols-2"><div><h2 class="fb-h2 mb-4">Our Model of Change</h2><div class="fb-divider-line mb-6"></div><div class="fb-lead space-y-4"><h3 class="fb-h3 mt-8 mb-4">First Book Network</h3><p class="mb-4">Comprises North Americaâs <a class="text-blue-500 hover:text-cyan-700 font-semibold" href="/us/marketplace/about?utm_source=firstbook&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=brand&utm_id=marcomm_website_about_page&utm_content=marcomm_website_about_page"><strong class="font-bold">largest online community of individual educators</strong></a>, professionals and volunteers working on the frontlines with children in need at schools and programs across the U.S.</p><h3 class="fb-h3 mt-8 mb-4">First Book Marketplace</h3><p class="mb-4">Provides the First Book Network with 24-hour, year-round access to an <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" class="text-blue-500 hover:text-cyan-700 font-semibold" href="/us/marketplace?utm_source=firstbook&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=brand&utm_id=marcomm_website_about_page&utm_content=marcomm_website_about_page"><strong class="font-bold">award-winning repository of affordable and new books, educational resources</strong></a>, and basic necessities curated for kids in need ages 0-18.</p><h3 class="fb-h3 mt-8 mb-4">First Book Research & Insights</h3><p class="mb-4">Advances education and poverty research by generating <a class="text-blue-500 hover:text-cyan-700 font-semibold" href="/us/solutions/research-insights"><strong class="font-bold">original data</strong></a> that amplifies educatorsâ voices, drives First Bookâs models, and informs content on the First Book Marketplace.</p><h3 class="fb-h3 mt-8 mb-4">First Book Accelerator</h3><p class="mb-4">Turns current research and evidence-based strategies from leading experts into <a class="text-blue-500 hover:text-cyan-700 font-semibold" href="/us/marketplace/free-resources?utm_source=firstbook&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=accelerator&utm_id=marcomm_website_about_page&utm_content=marcomm_website_about_page"><strong class="font-bold">actionable tools</strong></a> that are shared with our Network â so educators donât have to wait months or years to use innovative best practices in their classrooms and programs.</p></div><div class="mt-6"><a target="_self" aria-label="Learn More About Our Projects" class="inline-flex items-center justify-center whitespace-nowrap font-medium ring-offset-background transition-colors focus-visible:outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-ring focus-visible:ring-offset-2 disabled:pointer-events-none disabled:opacity-50 font-headline bg-red-500 hover:bg-blue-500 text-white-imp uppercase rounded-md cursor-pointer h-auto px-8 py-3 text-base" href="/us/solutions">Learn More About Our Projects</a></div></div><div class="relative w-full"><img alt="Our Model of Change" loading="lazy" width="800" height="800" decoding="async" data-nimg="1" class="h-auto w-full rounded-lg" style="color:transparent" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, (max-width: 768px) 90vw, (max-width: 1024px) 45vw, 600px" srcSet="https://firstbook.org/cdn/modelofchange.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=384 384w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/modelofchange.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=640 640w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/modelofchange.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=750 750w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/modelofchange.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=828 828w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/modelofchange.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1080 1080w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/modelofchange.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1200 1200w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/modelofchange.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1920 1920w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/modelofchange.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=2048 2048w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/modelofchange.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=3840 3840w" src="https://firstbook.org/cdn/modelofchange.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=3840"/></div></div></div></section></div><div><section class="relative bg-blue-600 text-white"><div class="absolute inset-0 opacity-40"><img alt="Pattern background" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="100vw" srcSet="/assets/bkgd-cards.webp?w=640 640w, /assets/bkgd-cards.webp?w=750 750w, /assets/bkgd-cards.webp?w=828 828w, /assets/bkgd-cards.webp?w=1080 1080w, /assets/bkgd-cards.webp?w=1200 1200w, /assets/bkgd-cards.webp?w=1920 1920w, /assets/bkgd-cards.webp?w=2048 2048w, /assets/bkgd-cards.webp?w=3840 3840w" src="/assets/bkgd-cards.webp?w=3840"/></div><div class="relative z-10"><div class="fb-pad mx-auto fb-container py-8 sm:py-10"><div class="mb-8 sm:mb-10 md:mb-12 text-center"><h2 class="font-headline mb-3 sm:mb-4 text-2xl sm:text-3xl uppercase px-2">More About First Book</h2><div class="fb-divider-line mx-auto mb-4 sm:mb-6"></div></div><div class="grid gap-6 sm:gap-8 md:grid-cols-2"><article style="min-height:403px" class="flex flex-col h-full overflow-hidden rounded-lg bg-white text-blue-600 shadow-lg md:flex-row"><div class="relative w-full aspect-[4/5] md:aspect-auto md:w-[45%] md:h-auto flex-shrink-0"><img alt="Leadership" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (min-width: 1240px) 20vw, 30vw" srcSet="https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard1.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=128 128w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard1.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=256 256w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard1.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=384 384w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard1.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=640 640w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard1.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=750 750w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard1.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=828 828w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard1.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1080 1080w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard1.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1200 1200w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard1.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1920 1920w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard1.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=2048 2048w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard1.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=3840 3840w" src="https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard1.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=3840"/></div><div class="flex flex-1 flex-col items-start justify-center p-5 sm:p-6"><h3 class="font-headline text-xl sm:text-2xl uppercase leading-tight">Leadership</h3><div class="bg-fb-gold mb-5 mt-3 h-0.5 w-10"></div><p class="font-copy mb-6 text-base leading-relaxed text-neutral-700">Under the leadership of President, CEO, and Co-founder Kyle Zimmer, First Book has become a champion of quality education for all and a recognized leader in social enterprise.</p><a target="_self" class="inline-flex items-center text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-blue-500 hover:text-cyan-700 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-blue-500" aria-label="Meet the Team" href="/us/about/first-book-leadership">Meet the Team<svg class="ml-2 h-3 w-3" fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8.59 16.59L13.17 12 8.59 7.41 10 6l6 6-6 6z"></path></svg></a></div></article><article style="min-height:403px" class="flex flex-col h-full overflow-hidden rounded-lg bg-white text-blue-600 shadow-lg md:flex-row"><div class="relative w-full aspect-[4/5] md:aspect-auto md:w-[45%] md:h-auto flex-shrink-0"><img alt="Press Room" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (min-width: 1240px) 20vw, 30vw" srcSet="https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard2-640x480.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=128 128w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard2-640x480.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=256 256w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard2-640x480.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=384 384w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard2-640x480.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=640 640w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard2-640x480.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=750 750w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard2-640x480.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=828 828w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard2-640x480.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1080 1080w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard2-640x480.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1200 1200w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard2-640x480.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1920 1920w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard2-640x480.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=2048 2048w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard2-640x480.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=3840 3840w" src="https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard2-640x480.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=3840"/></div><div class="flex flex-1 flex-col items-start justify-center p-5 sm:p-6"><h3 class="font-headline text-xl sm:text-2xl uppercase leading-tight">Press Room</h3><div class="bg-fb-gold mb-5 mt-3 h-0.5 w-10"></div><p class="font-copy mb-6 text-base leading-relaxed text-neutral-700">News and resources highlighting our ongoing efforts to bring new books and educational resources to children in need across the United States and Canada.</p><a target="_self" class="inline-flex items-center text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-blue-500 hover:text-cyan-700 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-blue-500" aria-label="Get the Latest News" href="/us/about/press-room">Get the Latest News<svg class="ml-2 h-3 w-3" fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8.59 16.59L13.17 12 8.59 7.41 10 6l6 6-6 6z"></path></svg></a></div></article><article style="min-height:403px" class="flex flex-col h-full overflow-hidden rounded-lg bg-white text-blue-600 shadow-lg md:flex-row"><div class="relative w-full aspect-[4/5] md:aspect-auto md:w-[45%] md:h-auto flex-shrink-0"><img alt="awards" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (min-width: 1240px) 20vw, 30vw" srcSet="https://firstbook.org/cdn/awards.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=128 128w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/awards.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=256 256w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/awards.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=384 384w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/awards.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=640 640w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/awards.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=750 750w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/awards.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=828 828w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/awards.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1080 1080w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/awards.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1200 1200w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/awards.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=1920 1920w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/awards.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=2048 2048w, https://firstbook.org/cdn/awards.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=3840 3840w" src="https://firstbook.org/cdn/awards.webp?prefix=cdn%2F&w=3840"/></div><div class="flex flex-1 flex-col items-start justify-center p-5 sm:p-6"><h3 class="font-headline text-xl sm:text-2xl uppercase leading-tight">Honors & Awards</h3><div class="bg-fb-gold mb-5 mt-3 h-0.5 w-10"></div><p class="font-copy mb-6 text-base leading-relaxed text-neutral-700">First Bookâs financial model and its commitment to social sector collaboration, impact, and enterprise has been widely recognized by leading organizations.</p><a target="_self" class="inline-flex items-center text-sm font-semibold uppercase tracking-wide text-blue-500 hover:text-cyan-700 focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-blue-500" aria-label="Explore our Recognition" href="/us/about/honors-awards">Explore our Recognition<svg class="ml-2 h-3 w-3" fill="currentColor" viewBox="0 0 24 24" aria-hidden="true"><path d="M8.59 16.59L13.17 12 8.59 7.41 10 6l6 6-6 6z"></path></svg></a></div></article><article style="min-height:403px" class="flex flex-col h-full overflow-hidden rounded-lg bg-white text-blue-600 shadow-lg md:flex-row"><div class="relative w-full aspect-[4/5] md:aspect-auto md:w-[45%] md:h-auto flex-shrink-0"><img alt="Financials" loading="lazy" decoding="async" data-nimg="fill" class="object-cover" style="position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, (min-width: 1240px) 20vw, 30vw" srcSet="https://firstbook.org/cdn/aboutcard4-64
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The lasting effects of the pandemic have intensified the challenges for children in historically under-resourced communities, exacerbating educational disparities and deepening inequities. <strong class="font-bold">Drawing on decades of experience, First Book continues to redefine what it means to support education. 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