Texas · Public charity
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc
Committed to helping families and communities nationwide build brighter futures through literacy
- $22M
- Granted FY2025(still arriving)
- 5
- Itemized grants FY2025
- 5
- Organizations funded FY2024
- 20%
- First-time grantees FY2024
- Itemized, FY2025
- $21M
- The rest is grants the schedule does not break out
- Median grant, FY2025
- $10,400
- Largest grant, FY2025
- $21,068,809
- Organizations funded a year
- 3 to 9
- FY2018 to FY2024
- States reached, FY2025
- 3
- Total assets, FY2025
- $2.5M
How open it is to new grantees
In FY2024, 20% of the organizations The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc funded were first-time grantees, receiving 25% of its grant dollars.
New vs renewed · share of each year
In FY2024, 75% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $15k went to new ones.
Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant
How this is measured
The numbers by year
| Fiscal year | Organizations funded | To those organizations | First-time grantees |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025still arriving | 5 | $21M | 60% |
| FY2024 | 5 | $60k | 20% |
| FY2023 | 7 | $77k | 43% |
| FY2022 | 5 | $65k | 20% |
| FY2021 | 3 | $21k | 0% |
| FY2020 | 9 | $86k | 33% |
| FY2019 | 4 | $45k | 0% |
| FY2018 | 8 | $126k | 13% |
What it funded, over time
Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2017 to 2025.
Where its grants go
Grant dollars by states, across the years we hold.
Which US states its grants reach
Top grantees
Largest recipients by total granted, FY2017 to FY2025, and the share of each one’s budget the grants supplied at peak.
| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The George and Barbara Bush Foundation | $21,068,809 | 1 | n/a |
| X Prize Foundation Inc | $9,000,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Broward Education Foundation Inc | $128,550 | 9 | 0% |
| Miami-Dade County Public Schools | $117,803 | 9 | n/a |
| 1776 Global Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emory University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Learn Tampa Bay Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Fbh Community Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Grants | $54,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mission Consolidated Independent School District | $29,050 | 5 | n/a |
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| Grantee | Total granted | Years | Share of their budget |
|---|---|---|---|
| The George and Barbara Bush Foundation | $21,068,809 | 1 | n/a |
| X Prize Foundation Inc | $9,000,000 | 1 | 32% |
| Broward Education Foundation Inc | $128,550 | 9 | 0% |
| Miami-Dade County Public Schools | $117,803 | 9 | n/a |
| 1776 Global Inc | $100,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Emory University | $100,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Learn Tampa Bay Inc | $65,000 | 2 | 20% |
| Fbh Community Inc | $60,000 | 2 | 8% |
| Grants | $54,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Mission Consolidated Independent School District | $29,050 | 5 | n/a |
| Polk County School Board | $27,400 | 5 | n/a |
| Regional School Unit #3 Ace | $25,000 | 2 | n/a |
| New Schools Fund | $25,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Curators of the University of Missouri | $22,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Madonna University | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Literacy Minnesota | $20,000 | 2 | 0% |
| Grace Place for Children and Families Inc | $20,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Midsouth Community Center Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | $20,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Pasco County School Board | $19,200 | 3 | n/a |
| Ardmore Family Literacy Inc | $16,667 | 1 | 23% |
| United Way of the Capital Area Inc | $16,500 | 2 | 1% |
| Briya Public Charter School | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Geffen Playhouse Inc | $15,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Collier County Public Schools | $14,500 | 2 | n/a |
| School District of Lee County | $13,500 | 2 | n/a |
| Wayne-Metropolitan Community Action Agency Inc | $12,375 | 1 | 0% |
| Learningworks | $10,000 | 1 | 0% |
| Family Literacy Academy at Lake Wales Inc | $10,000 | 1 | 6% |
| School District of Hillsborough County | $9,100 | 1 | n/a |
| Communities in Schools of Jacksonville Inc | $7,500 | 1 | 0% |
| The Foundation for Seminole County Public Schools | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| Grand Prairie Independent School District | $6,500 | 1 | n/a |
| City of Fort Lauderdale Parks and Recreation | $6,000 | 1 | n/a |
| Lorenzo Walker Technical College | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
| Bridgeport Public Schools | $5,200 | 1 | n/a |
Where it is load-bearing
The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc supplied at least a quarter of the budget for 1 of its grantees at some point. The chart plots its 17 largest grantees; load-bearing ones sit top left.
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How this is measured
Co-funders
Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.
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How this is measured
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About The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc
- How much does The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc give?
- The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc reported 5 itemized grants totaling $21,108,609, out of $22,382,487 in total grant expense reported on the return in its FY2025 IRS filing. It funded between 3 and 9 organizations a year over FY2018 to FY2024.
- What does The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc fund?
- By grant dollars over FY2017 to FY2025, its largest causes are Education (100%), Arts & Culture (0%).
- Who are The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc's largest grantees?
- By total granted over FY2017 to FY2025: The George and Barbara Bush Foundation ($21M), X Prize Foundation Inc ($9.0M), Broward Education Foundation Inc ($129k).
- Does The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc fund new organizations?
- In FY2024, 20% of the organizations it funded were first-time grantees.
- Which funders back the same organizations as The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc?
- Its strongest co-funders, measured against what their size predicts, include Share Our Strength, Round It Up America Inc, Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
- Where is The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc based?
- The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy Inc is based in TX.
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