Radiant Book Giving
A Nonprofit Spreading the Light of books
to Those in Greatest Need.
“There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
$30,000 Raised from individuals and corporations
THE PROBLEM
Organizations serving vulnerable populations often lack the resources to provide fresh, meaningful books or listening materials.
This gap leaves many without the comfort, connection, and emotional support that reading or listening to meaningful content can offer during difficult times.
- Hospitals
- Aging facilities
- Long-term care facilities
- Rehabilitation centers
- Emergency housing
- Prisons
- Mental health programs
IMAGINE…
- You’ve been in a hospital bed for months.
- A hurricane took your home. You’re in a FEMA trailer with your kids.
- You can’t get out of bed. You don’t know why.
- Your body works. Your mind doesn’t. You’re in a memory care unit.
- You’re behind bars for 5 years.
OUR MISSION
To ensure people facing illness, aging, homelessness, incarceration, grief, or other hardships have access to books and listening materials that offer comfort, wisdom, and connection.
OUR IMPACT
Each year, Radiant Book Giving selects the most uplifting new titles (in the first year just one, more in later years), raises philanthropic funds to acquire them, and handles all outreach, logistics, and shipping.
We then match and deliver these books to the individuals and institutions that need them most—offering hope, resilience, and light during difficult times.
WHO BENEFITS
Radiant Book Giving creates meaningful impact across multiple groups:
DONORS
Provides an opportunity to make tax-deductible contributions to a cause that transforms the lives of some of the most vulnerable.
HEALTH, HOUSING, CORRECTIONAL, AND LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES
Provides care institutions with literature that inspires, comforts, and supports vulnerable individuals.
INDIVIDUALS IN NEED
Long-term care residents
Hospice patients
Mental-health patients
Rehabilitation patients
Individuals experiencing homelessness
Incarcerated individuals
Those supporting these individuals.
How you can Help?
With full transparency, our projected costs to achieve these goals are allocated as follows: acquisition (~63%), outreach (~16%), operations (~15%), and distribution (~6%)—all dedicated to delivering books to deserving readers. Every dollar or hour of your generosity makes a meaningful difference in the lives of those we are committed to helping.
Although every dollar makes a difference, a minimum donation of $50 enables us to acquire a meaningful number of books, thoughtfully match them with readers who will benefit most, and ensure they are delivered to those who need them most.
Your generosity has the power to not only help our young organization take flight, but also sustain it for the long term. We invite you to consider making a donation that matches or exceeds our founder’s personal contribution of $30,000 to this meaningful cause. Please contact us using the form below.
Please use the form below to tell us about your mission and the most meaningful book needs of your clients. We’re committed to supporting your work—we just need a way to connect with you.
Please use the form below to let us know how you’d like to contribute. There are many meaningful ways to get involved—whether by submitting suitable new book titles, reviewing and voting to nominate titles, or assisting with book acquisition, outreach, and distribution efforts.