J3 Foundation: Reconnecting with the Community
More than 4,000 Angelenos stroll through Pick Pico’s Street Fair on a sunny spring Sunday.
After a two-year hiatus, Pick Pico is back and J3 Foundation has joined in the community fun.
Jazz music and Crystal Starr’s soulful voice fill the air as the grounds bustle with local artists, organizations, and restaurants tempting with delicious whiffs of pizza and pastry sweets. There are dogs and cats to adopt, and even a walk-in tent filled with butterflies.
In a cozy corner under J3’s shady tent, face-painted kids gather on a rug for story time. Volunteers read books from J3’s Cozy Reading Club – the nonprofit’s free literacy program for kids in underserved neighborhoods only a few miles away.
As booth visitors spin the wheel for prizes and the kids dig into the candy bowl, Bobbie Boggs (J3’s Director of Operations) chats with locals about their mission to combat childhood illiteracy.
52% of fourth graders are reading below grade-level in Los Angeles. Kids from low-income neighborhoods are struggling the most due to educational inequalities, made worse since the pandemic.
These are the kids that J3 serves, and many locals are asking how they can help.
The J3 staff tells them that just down the street, Westwood Charter Elementary has partnered with J3 as a “sister school.” Through fundraisers and book drives, students from high-resource schools like WWC help get books into the hands of other kids less fortunate than them.
That’s the power of uniting the community, and what J3 and Pick Pico are all about.
J3 Foundation
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Interim Manager of Fundraising & Communications: Beth Anderson
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Mission
To equip 4th grade scholars with the skills, habits, confidence, and book access they need for a lifetime of reading success
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J3 Foundation addresses one of society’s most pressing issues – low literacy rates among underserved children – with a strategic and data-driven approach.
As a founding board member, I’ve seen how every dollar invested in J3 yields measurable outcomes: higher reading scores, improved confidence, and long-term academic success. For those looking to make a meaningful impact, I can think of no better way than supporting J3’s efforts to change the course of a child’s future through literacy.
Act Now to Rewrite a Child’s Future
Without support from a donor like you, these fourth graders risk getting left behind.
Transform one child’s life for $1,500. Cover the cost of a trained Reading Coach for an entire school year at $10,000. Best of all, you could fund J3 Foundation’s expansion and make their dreams come true. $500,000 opens J3’s reading program at 10 new schools, reaching hundreds more children.
Every dollar brings J3 closer to empowering more students to turn the page toward brighter futures. Please consider donating today to support this vital cause.
Key Supporters
J.P. Morgan Chase
L.A. Lakers Youth Foundation
CTBC Bank Corporation
Warner Bros-Discovery: BOLD
The Book Foundation
Santa Barbara Foundation
Allied Universal
Ocean Direct
TASCHEN Books
IMB Partners
Glaser Weil LLP
Armanino LLP
Greenway Supply Co.
Jewish Community Foundation
Prem & Mary Ann Akkaraju
Philip & Yasmin Harvey
Joel & Sherry McKuin
Humberto & Maria Gray
Jeffrey & Nicole Westheimer
Bob & Karina Matuszak
Barry Family Charitable Trust