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
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
$408.25 USD of $750 USD / month raised (54%)
Starts at$1 USD / month
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
Little Read Books accepts fulfills book requests from incarcerated people across the US. Since most of our books are donations, and all of our memb... Read more
$17.25 USD of $500 USD / month raised (3%)
Starts at$1 USD / month
Events
Little Read Books is hosting the following events.
Top financial contributors
Individuals
$840 USD since Nov 2020
$750 USD since Sep 2022
$650 USD since Jan 2021
$529 USD since Dec 2020
$510 USD since Jul 2021
$500 USD since Dec 2020
$500 USD since Jan 2021
$500 USD since Apr 2021
$280 USD since Nov 2020
$260 USD since Jan 2021
Organizations
$8,438.75 USD since Apr 2021
$1,236.94 USD since Jun 2021
$293.45 USD since May 2021
$32.79 USD since Jan 2023
$15 USD since May 2021
$15 USD since Mar 2023
Little Read Books is all of us
Our contributors 115
Thank you for supporting Little Read Books.
spencer phillip
$251 USD
Michael S
$156 USD
Lil Read
huey vo
Bookshop LLC
$8,439 USD
Community Don...
one-time donation
$1,237 USD
LOIS WALTON
$840 USD
incognito
monthly sustainers - ongoin...
$750 USD
incognito
monthly sustainers - ongoin...
$650 USD
Incognito
monthly sustainers - ongoin...
$529 USD
Be united, alert, earnest and lively. <3
Grayson
monthly sustainers - ongoin...
$510 USD
Jeffery C Del...
Initial budget - 6 months r...
$500 USD
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News from Little Read Books
Updates on our activities and progress.
2022 wrap up + news + 2023 outlook
Update #3: Store closed, first newsletter released!
Update #2: what we've been up to since January!
Budget
Transparent and open finances.
$3,684.21 USD
$20,190.52 USD
$16,506.31 USD
$9,611.71 USD
Expenses
Expenses paid
83
Amount disbursed
$16,508.02
| Tags | # of Expenses | Amount (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| rent | 30 | $9,209.94 |
| book ordering | 19 | $4,353.03 |
| admin | 8 | $943.75 |
| printing | 4 | $614.55 |
| food/drink | 5 | $425.75 |
| supplies | 8 | $384.69 |
| solidarity | 3 | $308.00 |
| books to prisons | 4 | $170.00 |
| furniture | 2 | $98.31 |
Contributions
Contributions received
110
Amount collected
$13,595.39
| Tiers | # of Contributions | Amount (USD) |
|---|---|---|
| recurring | 40 | $7,822.00 |
| one-time | 70 | $5,773.39 |
About
- a pop-up free book stand run by an all-volunteer mutual aid collective on the occupied indigenous land commonly known as Denver. We work in our community to get books and supplies in the hands of people who need and read them. We strive to provide 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!
- accepting donations of books and supplies, feel free to drop donations off at our free book stand during our operating hours or contact us at [email protected] to arrange for dropoff/pickup of large donations! Check out our wishlist here for suggestions of what to donate.
- 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!