CORPORATE LITERACY + STEAM PARTNERSHIPS
Turn Your Company’s Commitment To Children Into Impact Communities Can See
Purple Diamond Press creates customized, year-round literacy and educational partnerships that place meaningful children’s books and companion educator resources in classrooms while helping companies engage employees, connect with families and educators, strengthen community relationships, and demonstrate measurable social impact.
Through the 1,000 Classrooms Initiative, each campaign is built around the sponsor’s audience, geographic priorities, educational focus, and corporate responsibility goals—with clearly defined deliverables, recognition, and impact reporting.
Founder & CEO, Purple Diamond Press Inc
Award-winning author, publisher, and disability advocate C.M. Harris founded Purple Diamond Press in 2019 with a mission to publish books that make a difference.
She works directly with corporate partners to develop literacy and educational campaigns aligned with their audiences, communities, and social-impact goals. Each campaign is coordinated by the Purple Diamond Press team, with support from participating authors when applicable.
The partnership’s responsibilities, timeline, deliverables, and reporting expectations are established before the campaign begins.
Figures represent the lifetime reach and publishing activity of Purple Diamond Press. Audience-reach estimates include documented book distributions and classroom, library, school, and community-program participation.
Connect with families of children ages 3–10 and the educators, schools, and community organizations that support them.
Support literacy, STEAM learning, inclusion, financial literacy, social-emotional learning, and other meaningful educational priorities.
Align your company with tangible programs that promote learning, curiosity, kindness, access, and opportunity for children.
Create meaningful opportunities for employees and company leaders to participate in approved read-alouds, school events, book preparation, and community activities.
Receive documented results that may include books and resources distributed, classrooms and communities served, participation, geographic reach, and approved campaign content.
Maintain recognition through book placements, sponsorship announcements, digital and social media features, community activations, educational resources, impact storytelling, and renewal opportunities.
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the San Francisco 49ers purchased more than 2,000 copies of What If We Were All The Same! from the Multicultural Bookstore in Richmond, California.
Through the 49ers Read for Justice program, the books were distributed to second- and third-grade students throughout San Francisco Unified School District.
The partnership also included a virtual Storytime with 49ers player Arik Armstead, followed by a classroom discussion about diversity. It demonstrates what is possible when sponsored books are combined with community participation and meaningful educational engagement.
2,000+
BOOKS SPONSORED
SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED
SECOND- AND THIRD-GRADE STUDENTS
VIRTUAL STORYTIME
WITH ARIK ARMSTEAD
MEASURABLE
COMMUNITY IMPACT (2,000+ students)
One shared goal. Customized impact for every sponsor.
Build a campaign around the stories and educational themes that matter to your company and community.
Ideal Sponsors: Technology, engineering, aerospace, energy, utility and science-focused companies, museums and organizations investing in future workforce development.
This engaging story encourages children to ask questions, investigate ideas, recognize patterns and explore how the world works. Sponsorship expands access to early STEM learning while connecting your brand with curiosity, innovation and discovery.
Ideal Sponsors: Banks, credit unions, financial-service companies, fintech brands, insurance providers and organizations supporting youth financial education.
Haisley’s birthday money introduces young children to making thoughtful choices about saving, spending and budgeting. Sponsorship gives families and educators an approachable financial-literacy resource while connecting your organization with responsible money habits that can last a lifetime.
Ideal Sponsors: Pet-care brands, veterinary groups, insurance companies, healthcare organizations, disability-service organizations and employers supporting workforce development and inclusion.
Inspired by a real service dog, Gareth’s journey introduces children to the important jobs dogs can perform while teaching determination, resilience and purpose. Sponsorship supports disability awareness and helps young readers understand that everyone has unique strengths and valuable contributions to make.
Ideal Sponsors: Education companies, school-supply brands, retailers, financial institutions, healthcare organizations and businesses committed to supporting educators.
This humorous story imagines a classroom without teachers while celebrating the educators who keep students learning, growing and moving forward. Sponsorship offers a memorable way to recognize teachers and demonstrate meaningful support for schools.
Ideal Sponsors: Utilities, recycling and waste-management companies, environmental organizations, parks and recreation agencies, safety organizations and sustainability-focused brands.
A fish-shaped balloon’s unexpected journey introduces children to recycling, litter prevention, balloon safety and environmental responsibility. Sponsorship helps young readers understand how everyday choices can protect wildlife, oceans and their communities.
Ideal Sponsors: Healthcare systems, banks, credit unions, family-focused brands and companies committed to building inclusive communities.
This recognized title helps children celebrate their differences while developing empathy, confidence and respect for others. Sponsorship connects your organization with an accessible message of belonging that can positively influence classrooms, families and communities.
Ideal Sponsors: Banks, credit unions, healthcare organizations, family-focused brands, professional sports organizations and companies investing in stronger school communities.
This uplifting story shows children how kindness, inclusion and cooperation can create a stronger school community. Sponsorship helps students feel proud, welcomed and united while connecting your organization with positive school culture.
Ideal Sponsors: Healthcare providers, autism and developmental-service organizations, therapy providers, adaptive-toy companies, family-service organizations and employers supporting neurodiversity.
This joyful story shows children that playing, communicating and connecting can look different for everyone. Sponsorship helps create more understanding and welcoming communities while providing families and educators with a gentle resource for discussing autism and neurodiversity.
Ideal Sponsors: Dental insurers, pediatric dental practices, oral-care brands, dental associations and community health organizations.
This playful story makes dental hygiene, moderation and self-control approachable for young children. Sponsorship supports early preventive-health education while helping families and educators begin positive conversations about healthy choices.
Ideal Sponsors: Healthcare organizations, disability advocates, summer camps, youth programs, accessibility-focused companies and employers supporting inclusive communities.
When Harrison befriends Ethan, a creative camper who uses a wheelchair, he discovers the importance of listening to and valuing every voice. Sponsorship helps children practice empathy, respect and inclusion while creating spaces where everyone feels heard.
A complete educational campaign—not simply the purchase of books.
Choose the Impact Your Company Wants to Create
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Sponsors may also decline promotional benefits, request name-only recognition, or remain anonymous. Each sponsorship tier is a standalone package. Sponsors receive the benefits and recognition associated with their selected tier, including one corresponding award where applicable. Custom editions are subject to production timelines, design approval and minimum printing requirements.
Most standard book placements can be completed within approximately two to six weeks after the sponsorship agreement, payment, recipient confirmation, and final book selections are complete. Larger initiatives, custom resources, collector products, or orders requiring additional printing may require a longer production timeline. The anticipated schedule will be documented before the partnership begins.
Purple Diamond Press works with interested educators, schools, libraries, youth organizations, and children’s programs to coordinate appropriate placements. Sponsors may request a geographic area, educational theme, community, or specific recipient. Final recipients are selected according to the approved partnership plan, demonstrated interest, program suitability, available inventory, and fulfillment capacity.
The report may include completed deliverables, the number and titles of books or resources distributed, participating schools and organizations, geographic reach, approved photographs or impact stories, employee or community activations, campaign communications, and other measurable results included in the sponsorship agreement.
Purple Diamond Press is a for-profit publishing company. Payments made directly to Purple Diamond Press are commercial sponsorships and may be treated as business or marketing expenses, depending on the sponsor’s circumstances.
Charity’s Readers for Tomorrow (CRFT) is a separate 501(c)(3) nonprofit public charity that can accept charitable contributions supporting its approved literacy and book-access programs. Sponsors and donors are advised to consult their tax advisers regarding their individual tax treatment.
Yes. Organizations and individuals who prefer to make a charitable contribution may donate directly to Charity’s Readers for Tomorrow (CRFT), our independent nonprofit literacy partner. CRFT supports approved initiatives that expand children’s access to books and educational programming.
Charitable gifts do not include the promotional benefits provided with a Purple Diamond Press sponsorship, but we can help you determine which giving option best aligns with your goals.
