XPRIZE, Barbara Bush Foundation and Dollar General Literacy Foundation Award ProLiteracy $100,000 in the Adult Literacy XPRIZE Communities Competition
Summary
After carefully reviewing the final data, the judges declared ProLiteracy as the Tier 2 winner and recipient of $100,000. “We look forward to advancing the learnings from the Adult Literacy XPRIZE and Communities Competition to explore new ways to uplift and empower teachers and students for success.” “The Adult Literacy XPRIZE was our first big idea—a global call to action to engage the best and brightest minds out there in creating solutions to one of the great solvable problems of our time,” said British A. Robinson, president and CEO of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy. XPRIZE, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is the global leader in designing and implementing innovative competition models to solve the world’s grandest challenges. The Foundation was established by former First Lady Barbara Bush in 1989, inspired by her vision of fostering the opportunity for every man, woman, and child to secure a better life through literacy. Today, the Foundation is a public charity that remains committed to Mrs. Bush’s vision, providing innovative programs and services to ensure that every American has the opportunity to learn to read and write.