Cleveland State University

The Cleveland Schools Book Fund is an endowment within the College of Education and managed by the Cleveland State University Foundation as part of the overall investment portfolio. Oversight is provided by a board comprised of both CSU and non-CSU members.The Cleveland Schools Book Fund helps students develop reading skills for academic life success and over the past 10 years has grown to more than $5.5 million. The fund has helped children in the Cleveland Metropolitan Schools become better readers and citizens by providing each pre-k to fourth grade classroom with a library of high-quality storybooks that are specifically chosen to present models of good behavior and citizenship. The book fund has delivered over 200,000 books to classrooms throughout the city, including Campus International School, and nearly 20,000 students read those books every year. In addition, more than 1,000 classrooms have received specifically designed book cases.