Major publishers continue to provide millions of dollars of new, high-quality children's books to the Soho Center in support of our large-scale Book Giveaways.

Many individuals and businesses continue to provide support to the Soho Center to make our free programs and services possible.

Two Grants from Bama Works Fund helped the Soho Center launch the BABY! (Books At Birth, Yes!) project and the RED! (Read Every Day!) project.

Two Grants from the Nora Roberts Foundation helped the Soho Center with recent Book Giveaways.

An $804,000 Grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for the Soho Center's REACH Initiative promoted quality child care and piloted innovative outreach, networking, and training strategies.  REACH includes videos, PSAs, web, print support, large-scale multi-state databases, and 1-800-A1-KIDS-1 information number.

Funding from The UPS Foundation helped Soho distribute 7,000 copies of the Soho Center's well-reviewed National Child Care Resource Directory (5th Edition) to Virginia Head Start programs, Boys & Girls Clubs, and other groups and agencies caring for over 100,000 children.

A $97,500 Grant from UPS Foundation and a $10,000 Grant from Reed Elsevier supported Soho's National Children's Literacy Web Site and related activities.  A $26,000 Grant from Hewlett-Packard supported Soho's  National Children's Literacy Project.

A $175,000 Grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for the Soho Center's VIDEO Project for a sophisticated, media-based campaign (including television commercials and print) to increase participation in the USDA Child Care Food Program.

56 Read to Achieve Grants from Southland/7-Eleven Corporation that allows the Soho Center to purchase and distribute over $115,000 of quality children's books and literacy materials to over 2,000 child care providers. 

A $100,000 Grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation for the Soho Center's Comprehensive Child Care Initiative to enhance family day care including nutrition education, food reimbursements, child care training, children's literacy, injury prevention, child care referrals, and related support services.

13 Injury Prevention Grants from the Virginia Department of Health, Division of Emergency Services to allow the Soho Center to distribute free home safety devices (fire extinguishers, smoke alarms, safety gates, etc.) to providers. 

$60,000 in Planning and Technical Assistance, Quality Enhancement, and Planning Grants to increase the quality and availability of child care including region-wide training for family day care providers.

A $30,000 Innovation Grant from the Center on Rural Development.  Certificate of Special Recognition from the Council on Coordinating Prevention for Soho's "innovative efforts in improving and expanding child care in rural areas."

Voluntary Registration, USDA Food Program, and related services to providers in 41 VA counties enhancing child care for thousands of children and distributing over $1,000,000 to child care providers for nutritious children's food.

The Soho Center and its Director, Jeanna Beker, have been been repeatedly recognized, funded, and supported by three Virginia Attorney Generals for Soho Center's innovative literacy and health initiatives. 

Soho was just one of two non-profits to receive Attorney General funding from a multi-state anti-trust suit to launch the Virginia Health Information Project.  Soho's Virginia Health Information Project is routinely in Google's Top 3 for "health information for Virginia."  Soho was also one of just five non-profits selected to develop a state-wide children's literacy initiative.  Our Children's Literacy Website is routinely in Google's Top 5 for "children's literacy."