Grants
Sep 15, 2013 
The Robert Bowne Foundation
The Robert Bowne Foundation provides grants related to youth literacy for direct service programs, technical assistance to out-of school programs, evaluation, advocacy, and research. Awards generally range from $20,000 to $30,000 and may be granted for specific projects or general operating support to the youth literacy program. Four Research Grants of $10,000 are also awarded to support either original empirical research in or about community-based youth programs during the non-school hours or research syntheses or policy analyses of community-based youth programs.
In 2014 The Robert Bowne Foundation disbursed $1,093,000 in grants.
Advocacy | ||
| Afterschool Alliance | $75,000 | www.afterschoolalliance.org |
| Citizens' Committee for Children | $50,000 | www.cccnewyork.org |
| Good Shepherd Services | $100,000 | www.goodshepherds.org |
| The After-School Corporation | $20,000 | |
| The After-School Corporation | $50,000 | |
| The After-School Corporation | $40,000 | |
| United Neighborhood Houses | $50,000 | www.unhny.org |
| Total Advocacy: | $385,000 | |
Board Discretionary Grants | ||
| 826DC | $3,000 | |
| KidSpirit | $3,000 | |
| Lavelle School for the Blind | $3,000 | |
| Lawyers for Children | $1,500 | |
| Literacy Assistance Center | $3,000 | www.lacnyc.org |
| Long Island University | $3,000 | |
| NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund | $1,500 | |
| Total Board Discretionary Grants: | $18,000 | |
Julia Palmer Award for Library Development | ||
| Bronx Works | $5,000 | www.bronxworks.org |
| Brotherhood and Sister Sol | $5,000 | www.Brotherhood-SisterSol.org |
| Center for Educational Options, Inc. | $80,000 | |
| Coalition for Hispanic Family Services | $5,000 | www.hispanicfamilyservicesny.org |
| Dorothy Bennett Mercy Center,Inc. | $5,000 | www.dbmcenter |
| Fiver Children's Foundation, Inc. | $5,000 | www.fiver.org |
| Henry Street Settlement | $5,000 | www.henrystreet.org |
| Ifetayo Cultural Arts Academy, Inc. | $5,000 | www.ifetayo.org |
| Point Community Development Corporation | $5,000 | www.thepoint.org |
| Queens Community House | $5,000 | www.queenscommunityhouse.org |
| Rauschenbusch Metro Ministries | $5,000 | www.metrobaptistchurchnyc.org/rauschenbush/ |
| South Asian Youth Action, Inc. | $5,000 | www.saya.org |
| Union Settlement Association, Inc. | $5,000 | www.unionsettlement.org |
| Total Julia Palmer Award for Library Development: | $140,000 | |
Planning & General Operating | ||
| Center for Educational Options, Inc. | $10,000 | |
| Community Resource Exchange | $90,000 | www.crenyc.org |
| Kennesaw State University Research & Service Foundation | $200,000 | |
| National Afterschool Association | $25,000 | http://www.naaweb.org/ |
| Total Planning & General Operating: | $325,000 | |
Research and Publications | ||
| Teachers College of Columbia University | $25,000 | www.tc.columbia.edu/ |
| Total Research and Publications: | $25,000 | |
Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. Research Grants | ||
| Michigan State University | $25,000 | |
| University of Pittsburgh | $25,000 | |
| Total Edmund A. Stanley, Jr. Research Grants: | $50,000 | |
Technical Support | ||
| Center for Educational Options, Inc. | $110,000 | |
| Center for Educational Options, Inc. | $10,000 | |
| Tapfound, Inc./Taproot Foundation | $30,000 | www.taprootfoundation.org |
| Total Technical Support: | $150,000 | |