Mission Our vision: A nation of lifelong readers. Our mission: Reading Is Fundamental works to disrupt the alarming U.S. literacy crisis by inspiring the joy of reading in children, a critical element to driving the frequency, motivation, and engagement needed to create skilled readers. We know that if we build a foundation of joy for children, then development, discovery, and opportunity follow.
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Description Inspire the joy of reading. Create a lifetime of opportunity. Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) connects children with the joy of reading to spark imaginations and possibilities, putting kids on a path of reading proficiency. Because every child deserves the chance to succeed.
Join RIF to disrupt the literacy crisis Reading Is Fundamental and our partners work to change the trajectory of the alarming U.S. literacy crisis, which creates barriers between our nation’s children and their opportunities.
RIF has an employee rating of 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 21 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The RIF employee rating is 30% below average for employers within the Nonprofit & NGO industry (3.7 stars).
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Overall, 31% of employees would recommend working at RIF to a friend. This is based on 21 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
83% of job seekers rate their interview experience at RIF as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at RIF.