The Heart of America Foundation’s focus is to provide children in need everywhere with the tools to read, succeed and make a difference. A national nonprofit headquartered in Washington, DC, our programs uniquely combine volunteerism and literacy. Since 1997, we have provided children living in poverty with over 1.8 million books, and have helped volunteers serve more than 1,020,000 hours giving back to the community.

Founded by the leaders of this country’s most well-known charitable endeavors, we began with the mission to "teach the values at the heart of America and to teach people, particularly children, that they help themselves when they help others."

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Our Honors and Recognition

• Recipient of The 2008 Target "Best of the Bullseye Award for Innovation"

• Finalist designation for The 2009 Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Youth Partnership Award

• The Heart of America Foundation's annual "Sweet Charity" fundraising event was listed at #15 in the Washington's Top 100 Benefits (Biz Bash magazine, 2009)

• Designated "One of the Best" in the 09-10 Catalogue for Philanthropy