News Archive

March 1, 2010

Karin Johanson joins the Reach, Inc. Board of Directors! Click here to learn more about what Karin brings to the team.

 

February 15, 2010

Reach, Inc. raises $5,000 to receive the full match from The Patricia Kind Family Foundation's challenge grant!

 

January 28, 2010

Reach, Inc. is proud to officially announce that Hyde Leadership Public Charter School will host our pilot site during the 2010-2011 academic year!

 

January 14, 2010

The Patricia Kind Family Foundation offers to match $5,000 in donations received during the next 30 days!

 

January 12, 2010

Reach, Inc. Founder, Mark Hecker, is named a semi-finalist in the competition to become an Echoing Green Fellow!

 

December 29, 2009

Reach, Inc. receives $400 from Whole Foods through their Nickels for Nonprofits program!

 

December 8 , 2009

Libations for Literacy, Reach, Inc.'s first public event in DC, raised over $1,500 to support launch efforts!

 

December 4 , 2009

Reach, Inc received $400 discretionary grant from The M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation - our second such grant of 2009!

 

November 17 , 2009

Reach, Inc. raises over $6,000 at a fundraising event hosted by Reach supporter, Karin Johanson!

 

November 15 , 2009

Reach, Inc. receives a $1,250 donation from Charles River Associates!

 

November 10 , 2009

The Magazine of the William Penn Charter School profiles Reach Founder, Mark Hecker. Please click here to read the article.

 

October 7 , 2009

Reach, Inc. Founder, Mark Hecker, is profiled by Harvard's Graduate School of Education. Please click here to read the article.

 

September 17, 2009

Reach receives our first foundation grant, a discretionary grant from the M.B. & Edna Zale Foundation!

 

September 4th , 2009

Reach Founder and President, Mark Hecker, discusses the start-up process with Kevin McDonald, President and CEO of TROSA, an entrepreneurial nonprofit organization located in Durham, North Carolina.

 

September 1st , 2009

Reach, Inc. is chosen as one of two nonprofits to earn funds through the Nickels for Nonprofits program at Whole Foods P Street Store in Washington DC.

 

August 24th, 2009

Gibbons P.C. announces that their August "Jeans Day" netted $670 for Reach, Inc.

 

August 19th, 2009

Using Razoo, Reach, Inc. can now accept online donations. Unlike other online donation platforms, Razoo does not take a cut, so every cent goes to Reach! Please click here to donate.

 

August 10th, 2009

Gibbons Law announces that Reach, Inc. will be the beneficiary of the law firm's monthly "Jeans Day." Last month, the selected organization received a donation of $725.

 

July 14th, 2009

Reach, Inc. was granted 501(c)(3) status by the Internal Revenue Service!

 

July 6th, 2009

To keep those interested informed about Reach, Inc.'s progress, we have launched a blog at www.reachincorporated.blogspot.com. Please click here to read the blog. We aim to update the blog on Mondays and Thursdays. We hope you'll visit often and tell your friends!

 

July 2, 2009

Reach, Inc. is excited to announce our first mention in the press. In July's issue of Language Magazine, there is a short piece on page 10 by Assistant Editor Kate Sommers-Dawes.

 

Please click here to read the piece.

 

June 4, 2009

Executive Director, Mark Hecker, delivers the student address at convocation for Harvard's Graduate school of Education.

 

Text of the speech

Video of the speech

 

May 1, 2009

Reach, Inc. named winner of the 2009 Educational Enterprise Innovation Competition at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.