Brief Introduction

Reading is Fundamental, Honolulu, Inc. (RIF-Honolulu) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

RIF-Honolulu:
• Encourages a love of reading through book ownership.
• Provides 16,000+ books a year to PreK-3 students in under-resourced communities on Oahu.
• Is staffed entirely by volunteers.

100% of all contributions to RIF-Honolulu are used exclusively for our Oahu children’s reading program.

You can make a difference for Oahu’s keiki when you support our literacy program. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.

Please send your gift to:
Reading is Fundamental, Honolulu, Inc.
PO Box 61826
Honolulu, HI 96839-1826

The Latest

  • RIF Update

    • Jan 29, 2026

    We’re getting closer to having our Contact Us and Donate pages function as they should. If you’ve tried to contact us, we are NOT ignoring you; we still aren’t receiving notifications and have no way to even view messages. The Donate page only works if you want to download the form and mail to us with a check, but we hope the credit card payment button will work soon.

    In the meantime, check out some great books Ms Pillittieri’s third grade class selected at Kalihi Waena’s visit yesterday!

  • Happy Holidays..and thanks for your patience

    • Dec 18, 2025

    We’ve had many technical difficulties that we hope will be resolved soon. In the meantime…

  • RIF “Kick-Off”

    • Sep 16, 2025

    To kick off a new year of school visitations, RIF volunteers enjoyed another yummy and entertaining get-together. Prospective volunteers met current ones, and everyone shared a bit about themselves. Fred shared the best – another story called ‘The Dragon and the Pearl”. 

    Watch the moral 😝 at the end of the 12 minute video 🐉.

    As always, much mahalo to our hostess, Janis!