Robert Bowne Foundation

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Our Mission

The Robert Bowne Foundation supports the development of quality programs that offer literacy education to children and youth of New York City, in the out-of-school hours, especially for those living in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.

 

Dramatic Changes at the Foundation

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Some dramatic changes are taking place at the Robert Bowne Foundation and we would like to share our plans with you.

The board and staff of the Foundation have decided to close its doors on December 31, 2015.

We have been proud to support youth programs in New York City since the Foundation’s inception in 1968 by the late Edmund A. Stanley, Jr., then President and CEO of Bowne & Co. In 1987, under the leadership of Dianne Kangisser, the Foundation’s work became more focused on afterschool programs that support literacy development, capacity-building strategies to make these programs programmatically and managerially stronger and building the field that has become out-of-school time education.

Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 November 2011 13:21
 

Notes from the October 12, 2011 Networking Meeting

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The Robert Bowne Foundation hosted Strategies for Increasing Family Involvement on October 12, 2011.  This topic was in response to past networking participants’ requests.

Anne Lawrence, program officer for the Foundation, welcomed participants and reminded all of the purpose of the networking meetings: to offer a forum for participants from across the city and a range of out-of-school time (OST) programs to come together to share their work and to dialogue on important issues in the field.

The structure for this Networking meeting differed a bit from past meetings in that the group engaged in a brief whole group discussion, followed by a “case study”, a presentation on the evolution of family involvement at the Arts and Literacy Afterschool Program at the Coalition for Hispanic Family Services (CHFS) by Laura Paris, the director. Afterwards there were small group activities and discussion to support participants in developing a strategic plan for the next year to increase family involvement in their programs.

Last Updated on Friday, 02 December 2011 13:55
 

Fall 2011 Afterschool Matters

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Afterschool Matters Fall 2011

In this issue:

  • English Learners and Out-of-school Time Programs
  • Learning English and Beyond
  • Exito: Keeping High-risk Youth on Track to Graduation through Out-of-school Time Supports
  • You<th Are Here: Promoting Youth Spaces through Community Mapping
  • A Place for the Arts
  • Power Sharing: Building Community School Relationships from Friendships to Marriage
  • Researcher's Notebook
Last Updated on Wednesday, 09 November 2011 13:23
 

Dynamic Framework for Understanding the Complex Work of Quality Out-of-School Time Programs

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The Robert Bowne Foundation has recently published A Dynamic Framework for Understanding the Complex Work of Quality Out-of-School Time Programs, written by Dr. Kim Sabo Flores who has been a consultant with the Foundation for many years. Supporting the development of quality OST programs has been the Foundation’s main goal. In 2002, staff and consultants of The Robert Bowne Foundation engaged in a reflective inquiry process to answer the question, "What are the keys to developing quality out-of-school time programs?" Answering this question became a five-year research journey that yielded six very interesting findings.

Last Updated on Sunday, 04 April 2010 12:27
 

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