Open Collective
Open Collective

Little Read Books

A revolutionary socialist political education collective getting radical ideas to the masses through free books, reading groups, screenings, and lots more.

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Financial Contributions

Goal

Making a recurring contribution will help us plan our programming months in advance and allows us to be strategic about the best way to allocate mo... Read more

$266.25 USD of $750 USD / month raised (36%)

Starts at$1 USD / month

Latest activity by


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One-time contribution
One-time donation

Little Read Books provides community-facing anti-capitalist program at no cost to attendees. The cost of a single book ranges between $7 and $20, b... Read more

Starts at$1 USD

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Events

Little Read Books is hosting the following events.

Past event
05:00 PM UTC
On Saturday, January 9, 2021, we are opening up a free book store in Denver, to be open on Saturd...Read more
Past event
06:00 PM-10:00 PM UTC
Our weekly free book stand at the Colorado State Capitol on the southwest corner of Grant & Colfa...Read more
Past event
06:00 PM-10:00 PM UTC
Our weekly free book stand at the Colorado State Capitol on the southwest corner of Grant & Colfa...Read more
Past event
06:00 PM-10:00 PM UTC
Our weekly free book stand at the Colorado State Capitol on the southwest corner of Grant & Colfa...Read more
Past event
05:00 PM-11:00 PM UTC
Our weekly free book stand at the Colorado State Capitol on the southwest corner of Grant & Colfa...Read more
Past event
05:00 PM-11:00 PM UTC
our weekly free book stand at the co state capitol on grant & colfax. books, food, and water will...Read more
Past event
05:00 PM-11:30 PM UTC
our weekly free book stand at the CO state capitol on the corner of grant & colfax! we'll have fr...Read more
Past event
05:00 PM-11:30 PM UTC
our weekly free book stand at the co state capitol on grant&colfax.

Top financial contributors

Individuals

1
incognito

$1,510 USD since Sep 2022

2
LOIS WALTON

$1,020 USD since Nov 2020

3
incognito

$800 USD since Jan 2021

4
Grayson

$570 USD since Jul 2021

5
Incognito

$569 USD since Dec 2020

6
Jeffery C Delaney

$500 USD since Dec 2020

7
Lizi Oceransky

$500 USD since Jan 2021

8
N/A

$500 USD since Apr 2021

9
spencer phillip

$461 USD since Mar 2022

10
Guest

$440 USD since Jul 2023

Organizations

1
Bookshop LLC

$9,417.03 USD since Apr 2021

2
Community Donations (via cash/Venmo)

$1,236.94 USD since Jun 2021

3
Stain’d Arts

$293.45 USD since May 2021

4
Libro.fm

$104.76 USD since Jan 2023

5
facebook

$15 USD since May 2021

6
Benevity

$15 USD since Mar 2023

Little Read Books is all of us

Our contributors 119

Thank you for supporting Little Read Books.

spencer phillip

Admin

$461 USD

Incognito

Admin

$120 USD

Bookshop LLC

$9,417 USD

incognito

monthly sustainers - ongoin...

$1,510 USD

Community Don...

one-time donation

$1,237 USD

LOIS WALTON

$1,020 USD

incognito

monthly sustainers - ongoin...

$800 USD

Grayson

monthly sustainers - ongoin...

$570 USD

Incognito

monthly sustainers - ongoin...

$569 USD

Be united, alert, earnest and lively. <3

Jeffery C Del...

Initial budget - 6 months r...

$500 USD

Lizi Oceransky

monthly sustainers - ongoin...

$500 USD

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News from Little Read Books

Updates on our activities and progress.

2022 wrap up + news + 2023 outlook

2022 has been an exciting year for Little Read Books. After a turbulent but rewarding 2021, we started the year with a new radical speculative/science fiction reading group and have since established a fairly regular schedule of organizing...
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Published on December 20, 2022 by huey vo

Update #3: Store closed, first newsletter released!

This update was published in the first ever LRB newsletter, released on July 10th,...
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Published on July 14, 2021 by huey vo

Update #2: what we've been up to since January!

Hello dear friends! In the months since our last update, we have been hard at work. Dozens of new volunteers have joined our crew and we have expanded our store from 5 half-filled bookshelves to more than 20 overflowing she...
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Published on April 14, 2021 by Lil Read

Budget


Transparent and open finances.

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Today’s balance

$3,691.95 USD

Total raised

$23,983.45 USD

Total disbursed

$20,291.50 USD

Estimated annual budget

$8,230.82 USD

Expenses

All time

Expenses paid

92

Amount disbursed

$20,289.70

Tags# of ExpensesAmount (USD)
rent
34$11,609.94
book ordering
22$5,465.37
admin
8$943.75
printing
4$614.55
food/drink
5$425.75
supplies
8$384.69
Others Combined
11$845.65

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Contributions

All time

Contributions received

115

Amount collected

$16,702.39

Tiers# of ContributionsAmount (USD)
recurring
43$10,339.00
one-time
72$6,363.39

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About


Little Read Books is:
  • Providing a space for left politics of all stripes and work with organizations that are fighting to transform our world. We have no owners, bosses, or profit motive, and are committed to building a just world where all may live free of oppression and exploitation.
  • looking for more volunteers to run the book stand, help prepare free food, and to help with administration, workshop/class planning, and bike and camping equipment repair. Fill out our volunteer interest form here!
  • raising funds for rent, books, supplies and other operating expenses - please consider donating on our Open Collective page or @littlereadbooks on venmo!
  • on Bookshop.org - now you can support Little Read Books by buying new books at this link: bookshop.org/shop/littlereadbooks! We get 30% of all purchases made through our shop (any book, even ones found by searching), so keep that link bookmarked and support your local, volunteer-run free book collective when you buy books for yourself!

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