About SPARK Literacy Foundation
SPARK stands for Sound-to-Print Access for Reading and Knowledge. We light the spark that lets children read and opens their world to all the knowledge out there, using Sound-to-Print, an approach grounded in the science of how children learn to read.
Schools make instructional decisions under budget pressure every year. The result is that the quality of a child's reading instruction often comes down to what their school can afford, not what the evidence supports. SPARK exists to help school leaders and families understand what Sound-to-Print (Linguistic Phonics) is, why it’s important for all students to access it when learning to read, and to help take cost out of that decision process.
Leadership and board
Tzippy Rav-Noy
Chief Executive Officer
Eyal Rav-Noy
Chief Financial Officer
Before founding Capit Learning, Tzippy and Eyal ran an adult education nonprofit in Los Angeles for fifteen years. Its most popular offering was a Hebrew reading class that took adults from no Hebrew to fluent decoding in a matter of hours. That class, and the method behind it, inspired them to create CAPIT Reading. Over the years, they met many schools that wanted to use the method but could not afford the training needed to teach it well. They started SPARK Literacy Foundation to close that gap.
Sandra Ghatan
Secretary
Ramin Ram
Board Member
Michael Cohanzad
Board Member
Lillian Cohanzad
Board Member
Organizational status
SPARK Literacy Foundation is a California nonprofit corporation, incorporated in June 2026, and a tax-exempt public charity under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Gifts to SPARK are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.
We accept donations by card and by check.
Our relationship with Capit Learning
SPARK Literacy Foundation is an independent nonprofit started by Tzippy and Eyal Rav-Noy, the founders of Capit Learning.
Capit Learning provides CAPIT Reading licenses through their grant program to grantee schools at no charge. No SPARK funds pay for curriculum. SPARK's funds pay for professional development, stipends for teachers' training hours, and implementation coaching. Part of that coaching and implementation support is delivered by Capit Learning, and SPARK pays Capit Learning for it at cost. The Foundation has adopted a conflict of interest policy; decisions and payments in which either founder has an interest are reviewed and approved by the board members who do not.