Advancing our American civic heritage
and fostering economic opportunities
The Peter Bowe and Barbara Stewart Foundation supports organizations that strengthen the conditions for a thriving American civic life and expand pathways to opportunity. The Foundation’s primary focus is advancing understanding of America’s civic heritage, institutions, and traditions in ways that cultivate informed citizens and encourage thoughtful dialogue across differences. Its secondary focus is supporting work, entrepreneurship, and other pathways that help individuals build self-sufficiency, contribute to their communities, and pursue meaningful lives.
Our Grantees
We support organizations that strengthen understanding of America’s civic heritage and expand pathways to work, entrepreneurship, and opportunity.
Our Initiatives
We are proud to support initiatives building a stronger civic culture and a more opportunity-rich society.
FEATURED NEWS
As the country nears its 250th anniversary, the University of Chicago Graham School hosted a Bowe-Stewart Lecture Series event with philanthropist, business leader ,and author David Rubenstein on the role of civic values in sustaining a healthy democracy.
The Jack Miller Center (JMC), an educational nonprofit advancing civic education across America, announced that Ben Sasse, former U.S. Senator for Nebraska and thirteenth president of the University of Florida, will be the inaugural recipient of its Award for Civic Education Leadership.
The Policy Circle will present at the World Trade Center Institute’s 20th Anniversary Women Spanning the Globe Conference. Director of Partnerships and Development Erica Shoe and Board Member Barbara Stewart will lead session on women’s role in advancing economic freedom.
This essay by AEI Fellow Samuel Abrams offers a compelling rationale for the Bowe Stewart Foundation's support of civil discourse and civic education.
The nationwide teaching program awards 51 teachers with $5,000 each in celebration of the Semiquincentennial anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
Civics, the nation's leading civic education nonprofit, and More Perfect announced a new package of interactive content to strengthen students' understanding of the rule of law through innovative, scenario-based learning experiences.
Meet the 2026 class of Bowe Fellows. For the last decade, the Bowe Fellowship has served as the premier global business fellowship for executives who want to take the next step in their careers.
As the nation nears its 250th birthday, educators are helping students rediscover the ideas, debates, and documents that shaped our democracy.
Pulitzer Prize-winner links democracy to community building in inaugural Bowe-Stewart lecture.
On the 10th anniversary of the Bowe Fellowship, run in partnership with the World Trade Center Institute, WTCI CEO Eddie Resende interviewed the fellowship founders, Peter Bowe and Barbara Stewart.
Michael Weiser testifies for the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education in a hearing titled “Back to Basics: America’s Founding, Civics, and Self-Government in K-12 Curricula.”
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health will have a faculty epidemiologist serve as Center for Urban Family’s director of research and evaluation. This partnership will advance the work of strengthening families and addressing poverty.
With more than 50,000 students reached through outreach programming, the American Battlefield Trust invites educators to utilize ready-made resources for their students
American Enterprise Institute announces a new initiative aimed at reintroducing Americans to the unique value of their national inheritance. AEI’s “We Hold These Truths: America at 250” multivolume essay series studies issues central to the founding era through eight distinct themes.
Christopher House announces new CEO, Julie Dakers, who has worked with the organization for nearly 20 years.
