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Non-profit OrganizationsVirginia, United States2-10 Employees
Books for America is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that distributes donated books and other educational media to disadvantaged organizations and schools serving the Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Maryland areas. Its recipients include adult and youth literacy programs, public and charter schools, transitional homeless shelters, hospitals, military bases, assisted living communities for seniors, veterans' hospitals, women's shelters, hospices, correctional facilities, and other organizations. Headquartered at 3829 Pickett Road in Fairfax, Virginia, the organization operates with a small staff of 2 to 10 employees. As of April 2014, Books for America had donated over $6.9 million worth of books and educational materials to organizations in the DMV. The organization was founded in 2002 and operates within the non-profit sector.