Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy

Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy
	First Lady Barbara Bush reading to children in the White House Library, July 1990.
Formation	1989
Founder	Barbara Bush ; First Lady of the United States ; (1989–1993)
Legal status	501(c)(3) organization
Purpose	Literacy
Location	Washington D.C.;
Key people	Barbara Bush ; (1989–2018); Doro Bush Koch ; (Honorary Chair) since 2014
Website	www.barbarabush.org

The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy is a non-profit organization, headquartered in Washington D.C., supporting literacy as fundamental to the success of both families and the U.S. economy. The foundation promotes access to resources to build a stronger, more equitable America through literacy. The organization co-sponsored the Adult Literacy XPRIZE and produces a "Gap Map" literacy data mapping tool, the National Celebration of Reading, and other events.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.