What is the Lila Wallace-Readers Digest Fund?
The Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund invests in programs that enhance the cultural life of communities and encourage people to make the arts and culture an active part of their everyday lives. It funds efforts to build audiences for the performing, visual, literary, and folk arts, and supports programs to improve literacy instruction for adults and for the creation and improvement of urban parks. The Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund awarded Sarabande Books a three-year grant of $71,284 to fund Go Write to the Source: Sarabande in Education. “Our goal is to build audiences for literature by helping publishers who produce high quality works connect directly with readers through the Internet, in book discussion groups at public libraries, and direct sales in neighborhood convenience stores,” said the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund president Christine DeVita. “Not only are these publishers known for their quality, but they are able to reach niche audiences, especially diverse readers
