Wood Charitable Fund Selects Lincoln Literacy for Breakthrough Initiative Grant

Woods Charitable Fund announced that it has selected Lincoln Literacy (www.lincolnliteracy.org) for its third Breakthrough Initiative grant, which provides major, multi-year funding for promising and groundbreaking programs, collaborations, or organizational best practices in Lincoln’s nonprofits.

The grant of $500,000 over three years will enable Lincoln Literacy to expand its Bridgeway to a Better Life project, providing residents of Lincoln with a unique opportunity to build foundational skills in English language and literacy and then continue with job skills and occupation training, in collaboration with a wide range of partners.

“We are grateful and humbled that Woods Charitable Fund, through its generosity, has entrusted Lincoln Literacy with such an awesome responsibility by providing this grant,” said Lincoln Literacy Executive Director Clayton Naff. “Even before the pandemic hit, many Lincoln families were mired in poverty for lack of skills to land living-wage jobs. Now, the challenge is greater and more urgent. Together with our partners and our volunteers, we’re ready to rise up and meet it.”

Established in 1972, Lincoln Literacy has grown to become the community’s leader in helping refugees and immigrants gain the English language skills and cross-cultural competence they need to become full and productive members of our community, while also helping homegrown Americans acquire the skills they need to attain living-wage jobs. It currently does this through free online classes and tutoring. Learn more online at www.lincolnliteracy.org.