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The Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy is a non-profit organization, headquartered in Washington DC, that seeks to improve literacy in the United States through programs directed towards preschool children and parental literacy.[1]

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History

'Barbara Bush was also inspired by a literacy conference in November 1988, organized by her Chief of Staff, Susan Porter Rose. The conference hosted Loretta Lynn and other notable people, and after the night was over, Barbara Bush, wanted to create a foundation that would "break the intergenerational cycle of illiteracy." [2]'

'When the Bush Family left the White House in 1993, Barbara Bush continued her work of family literacy. She believed a literate world would help combat many societal issues and focused on efforts to help this cause with the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. '

Management and Activities

Barbara Bush chaired the foundation until 2012. From then her children Jeb Bush and Doro Bush Koch served as co-chairs.[7] Jeb Bush resigned in 2015, leaving Doro Bush Koch as the honorary chairman, though Barbara Bush remained active in the foundation.[12]

'As of 2014, the foundation ran 1500 literacy programs spread across in all US states, [7] and has contributed over $110 million to literacy programs all over the United States. ' The foundation's stated mission is "to make literacy a core value in every home in America".[13] It is registered as a public charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.[14]

'In 2020, the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy launched a podcast with archived story time recordings of Barbara Bush on ABC radio. '