Our Mission
To strengthen the bookselling and comic shop communities through charitable programs that support employees and their families when they are in unexpected financial need.
Our History
For more than 27 years, the Foundation has helped thousands of employees and owners of bookstores and comic shops across the country overcome personal financial hardships.
It began in 1996 when employees and executives of Borders Group, Inc. had a vision: to start a nonprofit foundation with the purpose of helping bookstore employees in need. Their wish was to have an ongoing method for booksellers to help each other. From its beginning, funding was provided by company executives, bookseller contributions, and donations from the book industry at large (publishers, distributors and more). In 2011 the scope of the Foundation was expanded to assist any employee of a brick-and-mortar bookstore within the U.S.
The Binc Foundation provides emergency financial assistance to booksellers and comic shop employees and owners in times of natural disaster and unforeseen personal financial hardship. Whether the need arises from a serious medical expense, domestic violence incident, threat of eviction, essential utility shut-off, or the unexpected loss of household income; Binc works with the individual to help get them through the current emergency and return their household to a state of financial equilibrium.
Additionally, Binc provides access to mental health therapy and professional development scholarships to bookstore and comic shop employees and owners.
Visit our website www.bincfoundation.org for details on available programs and ways you can support Binc: the Safety Net for the book and comics industry.
Company Details
- Employees
- 8
- Founded
- -
- Address
- 3135 S State St, Ann Arbor,michigan,united States
- Industry
- Individual And Family Services
- NAICS
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Individual and Family ServicesChild and Youth ServicesOther Individual and Family Services
- Website
- http://www.bincfoundation.org
- HQ
- Ann Arbor, Michigan
Book Industry Charitable Foundation Questions
Book Industry Charitable Foundation's website is http://www.bincfoundation.org
Book Industry Charitable Foundation's LinkedIn profile is https://www.linkedin.com/company/book-industry-charitable-foundation
Book Industry Charitable Foundation has
8 employees.
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employees at Book Industry Charitable Foundation.
Book Industry Charitable Foundation's industry is
Individual and Family Services
Book Industry Charitable Foundation's top competitors are
Penguin Random House,
Scholastic,
Goodreads,
Harpercollins Publishers,
Book Of The Month,
Careercraft Solutions,
Binc Foundation,
Bloomsbury Usa,
Books Inc.,
Sourcebooks.
Book Industry Charitable Foundation's categories are Individual and Family Services
Book Industry Charitable Foundation's founding year is 1996
