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

  • 🎉 WE’RE BAAAACK 🥳

    • Feb 07, 2026

    The Contact Us and Donate pages are fully functional! If you’ve tried to use those pages for the past several months, we again thank you for your patience.

    We have two more schools to visit as we wrap up our Winter book distributions, and will resume in April for our Spring distributions.

  • 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…