Does Scholastic Book Donations donate to fundraisers?
Last updated October 27, 2026
Compiled from Scholastic Book Donations' published guidelines, other public sources, and user reports. How we research these pages
Scholastic donates children's books to tax-exempt nonprofits through Scholastic Book Donations, but not for auctions, gift baskets or fundraising. Apply with the online request form in one of its three yearly windows; unsolicited requests are filled only rarely.
Donation program at a glance
- What they donate
- product
- Area restrictions
- National network across the U.S.
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Most Scholastic book donations go through established partnerships with large national nonprofit and literacy organizations; because of limited inventory and request volume, Scholastic fulfills only an extremely limited number of unsolicited requests.
Donated books cannot be used for auction, resale, gift baskets or fundraising; they must be given at no cost directly to the recipients.
Recipients cannot request specific titles; books are sent based on age range and availability.
Scholastic does not make monetary donations, and donations are not renewable.
Applications are reviewed in set windows: deadline July 31 for September delivery, October 31 for December/January delivery, and February 28 for March delivery. Applicants hear back within 4 to 6 weeks of the deadline and must reapply in a later window if not selected.
Tips from the program page: Organizations with established literacy programs that the books can support are given strong preference, so describe your reading program specifically. · Books for ages 0 to 5 are in very limited supply; a wider age range brings more variety of titles. · For an ongoing relationship, Scholastic points organizations to its Scholastic Literacy Partner program instead. · Scholastic also prioritizes communities recovering from a crisis or natural disaster, and the form asks whether your request is disaster-related.
What Scholastic Book Donations donates
Scholastic Book Donations donates product.
Scholastic Book Donations has typically donated: Children's books, distributed as large-scale (100,000+ books) or small-scale (500-1,000 books) in-kind grants to nonprofit literacy/education partners; a dedicated disaster-response track exists for communities in crisis.
Who can apply
Scholastic Book Donations limits donation requests by area: National network across the U.S.
How to apply
Scholastic Book Donations asks every request to include the following.
- Be a nonprofit with tax-exempt classification under section 170(c) or 501(c)(3) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code.
- Complete the online request form, including the number of books requested, the age range, how many children your program serves, and whether you can receive large freight pallet shipments.