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Reading Excellence and Discovery Foundation Inc. (abbreviated READ) is a non-profit charitable organization in the United States founded in 1999 by Al Sikes and Alain Lebec. The program was first conducted at two parochial schools in 2000. The READ foundation was created in light of the high proportion of children in New York City from low-income households who at that time read below grade level. READ benefits kindergarten and first-grade students at risk of reading below grade level.