Beautillion Beneficiaries
Proceeds from the 21st Biennial Beautillion Ball will directly support the Jack and Jill of America Foundation, Incorporated and Literacy Now — two organizations which provide critical services to children and families in our community.
Jack and Jill of America Foundation, a 501(c)(3) charity, is the philanthropic arm of Jack and Jill of America, Incorporated. Since its inception in 1968, the Foundation has distributed millions of dollars to communities all across America.
In doing so, the Foundation is fulfilling its shared vision with Jack and Jill of America to invest in the future of our children. The Foundation supports programs that not only create opportunities and challenges for children to learn and practice leadership skills, but also build leadership character in youth. The ultimate goal of every Foundation grant dollar is to empower young people to make the right life choices.
Literacy Now (originally known as Making It Better) was founded in 2006 with a vision to help children rise above their circumstances through tutoring, mentoring, and other services. Since its founding, our organization has grown from serving one school with 91 students to serving 2,500 children and their parents on 16 Houston and 4 Aldine ISD Title I elementary campuses and in multiple low-income community sites during the 2022-2023 school year. Literacy Now has empowered more than 24,000 children and their parents, and our impact continues to grow.
Literacy Now provides reading readiness and reading intervention programs, parent engagement, and trained volunteer mentors for our Lunch Bunch program — all elements contributing to children's long-term success. We support children and their families throughout Houston with our overarching goal to empower students to read on grade level thereby increasing the likelihood that children will graduate from high school and be ready to pursue postsecondary goals.