501(c)(3) nonprofit · EIN 99 - 4605800
Putting meaningful books
into the hands of children
who need them most.
Words shape thinking. Books that reflect a child’s world become tools for understanding life, not just reading about it.
Dynamic Learning Compassion is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to reaching children in communities in need - where access to meaningful books is limited or non-existent. Every child deserves a story that helps them understand themselves.
We place FREE meaningful social-emotional learning (SEL) books, companion user-guides and live workshops directly into underserved school, hospitals, foster care, and youth 501(c)(3) programs.
"Sometimes a story gives children the words for feelings they do not yet know how to express."
Every $25 donation delivers:
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📚 High quality hardcover SEL book for every child - title selected with the organization partner
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📋 Companion user-guide for every child paired with the selected title
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👥 🎓Community-wide Interactive Reading, SEL, Executive Functioning Skills, or leadership workshop availability
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🗝️🎥 Facilitator Guide with training video for leaders
1 in 300
1 in 5
43,000+
75%
Books available per child in many low-income communities
Children face a mental
health challenge each year
Elementary students in Title I schools (72) in Charlotte - Metro,
our own backyard
Title I elementary
school students below
the poverty line
First Book, 2017
CDC & Prevention, 2023
"Children who grow up in homes with books achieve higher levels of education and literacy development."
Evans, Kelley, Sikora, and Treiman, 2010
Are you aware?
Founder - Ashley P. Mangione
See all 8 titles - author videos, book summaries, illustrations, paired SEL curriculum, and workshops →
WHO WE SERVE
Children In Need
We partner with organizations serving children ages 5 -12 in communities where access to books and social emotional learning is limited. All Compassion Supported Partners receive our full program - completely FREE.
Schools serving underserved communities
Title I and high-need schools where children face the greatest barriers to learning and belonging
Pediatric hospitals & care facilities
Bringing comfort, imagination, and connection to children during their most vulnerable moments
Foster care & youth programs
Children navigating instability and transitions
who benefit deeply from social-emotional stories
Qualified 501(c)(3) youth-serving nonprofits
Mission-aligned organizations dedicated to
the growth and well-being of young people
Is your organization a fit to partner with Dynamic Learning Compassion? Apply to become a Compassion Supported Partner →
Social Emotional Learning (SEL) Focus Areas
Each social emotional learning topic is paired with a FREE
book + companion user-guide + video training + workshop
that brings it to real life in real conversations.
Executive Functioning Skills
& Building Success
Building Healthy Friendships
Positive Self-talk & Resilience
Celebrating our Individuality
Grief & Coping
Skills
Mistakes
Happen
Self-worth
& Identity
Stories shape identity.
Growth shapes lives.
Grief and
coping with loss
words with purpose.
strength for life.
Explore all 8 books - title summaries, a message from the author, and the paired workshops that bring each story to life →
HOW YOUR DONATION WORKS
From your gift to lasting change
Every donation starts a five-step journey that puts books, tools, and personal developent
coaching into the hands of children and the adults who champion them.
STEP 1
You Give
STEP 2
We Partner
STEP 3
We Equip
STEP 4
We Inspire
STEP 5
We Strengthen
$25 - One child
1- book
1- companion user guide
1- workshop
Every $25 donation places one (SEL) Social- Emotional Learning book, companion user- guide and a community-wide workshop funded by our donors, sponsors, and community partners.
The right book.
The right community.
We align donations to a qualifying school, hospital, youth foster care program, or nonprofit and select the best book title(s) for their children together.
Adult facilitators are provided a ready-made roadmap.
Open it and teach.
Social-Emotional Learning companion user-guide for the book title with guided questions, activities, and conversation starters.
One experience.
Every child in the room.
A one-time, community-wide workshop. An Interactive Reading or SEL session. Connecting stories to executive functioning, resilience, and identity.
Brings the story to life for every child in the program, wherever they are.
Skills that last.
Growth that sticks.
Leaders receive SEL, executive functioning skills, and personal development coaching.
Giving adults, educators, leaders, mentors and caregivers the skills and tools to actively support their children's growth every single day.
Books. Guide. Workshop. Real connection.
We don’t just deliver books...we provide social-emotional learning coaching and
interactive workshops that help children put those stories to work in their own lives.
Help us reach more children
Every contribution puts books, companion user-guides and workshops into a child's hands
and equips the adults around them to make every story matter.
$25
1 child
supported
$100
4 children
supported
$250
10 children
supported
$500
20 children
supported
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Any amount makes
a difference
Any gift of $500 or more makes you a
Compassion Heart Member.
Learn more about your exclusive benefits →
Want to sponsor a school or organization partner? Learn about sponsorship opportunities →