Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

2012 National Grant Program Application Deadline is September 9, 2011.  

 

 The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy is pleased to announce our 2012 National Grant competition.  The Foundation's grant-making program seeks to develop or expand projects designed to support the development of literacy skills for adult primary care givers and their children.  A total of approximately $650,000 will be awarded; no grant request should exceed $65,000.
      In order to be considered eligible for a grant, an organization must meet the following criteria:
-The organization must have current nonprofit or public status and have been in existence for two or more years as of the date of the application
-The organization must have maintained fiscal accountability
-The organization must operate an instructional literacy program that has been in existence for at least 2 years, and includes one or more of the following components:  literacy for adults; parent education; pre-literacy or literacy instruction for children pre-k to grade 3; intergenerational literacy activities.