Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

Posted by on July 9, 2004

[RFP bulletin]

Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Announces National Grant Competition
Deadline: September 10, 2004

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy (<a href="http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/">http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/</a>) is accepting applications for its 2005 national grant competition.

The foundation’s grantmaking program seeks to develop or expand projects that are designed to support the development of literacy skills for adult primary are givers and their children. A total of approximately $650,000 will be awarded in 2005; no grant request should exceed $65,000.

To be eligible for a grant, an organization must have current nonprofit or public status, have been in existence for two or more years as of the date of the application, and operate an instructional literacy program that has been in existence for at least two 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, and intergenerational literacy activities.

Complete program guidelines, application instructions, and information on previous grant recipients are available at the foundation’s Web site.

RFP Link: <a href="http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/nga.html">http://www.barbarabushfoundation.com/nga.html</a>

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