Featured Grantees
Grant Resources FAQs Writing Tutorial Guide for Current Grantees About Fiscal Agents Featured Grantees Every year we fund approximately…
Lessons Learned: NEA Foundation Grant Gets Preschoolers Communicating
We’ve all heard that a picture is worth a thousand words. Katrina Moreno and Karen Young-Jones, preschool para-educators from…
Collaboration, change, and innovation in teaching and learning
Change is becoming a constant in St. John the Baptist Parish Public Schools, located along the Mississippi River west…
Best of the Cross-Site Convening: On poverty, race, global assessment, and student voice
How do we frame the issues of poverty, race, and inequality in public education? Marian Wright Edelman, President of…
Introducing our new “Lessons Learned” series
Why did you start teaching? I fell into teaching. I majored in education as an undergraduate student, but when I…
Lessons Learned: Grantee Susan Anglada Bartley challenges students to enroll in AP courses— and succeed
Tell us about your plans for your NEA Foundation grant project.We have used our NEA Foundation grant to support…
California Casualty Awardee James Harris: Cultivating a Shared Passion
Great educators have great stories. This series…
California Casualty Awardees Maria Le: Building Relationships
Great educators have great stories. This series…
Building a Community Schools Future in Arkansas
This spring, Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson signed into law Act 744 of 2021—the Community Schools Act, providing a road…
Our Vision
The NEA Foundation is a national nonprofit and philanthropic organization founded by educators to promote the absolute best in…
NEA Foundation Recognizes Alabama Educator with Prestigious NEA Member Benefits Award
Washington, D.C. (May 4, 2024) –The NEA Foundation announced today that Kimberly Johnson, an interventionist, resource educator, and teacher…
About Fiscal Agents
Grant Resources FAQs Writing Tutorial Guide for Current Grantees About Fiscal Agents Featured Grantees What’s a fiscal agent? Excellent…
Reclaiming the Profession
By Harriet SanfordPresident & CEOThe NEA FoundationNot surprisingly, over the last several months there has been a surge of…
Huffington Post Blog: Unleashing the Fierce Power of Your Belief
By Harriet SanfordPresident & CEOThe NEA FoundationThis month, the new class of teachers who will enter the education workforce…
Why My Teachers Need Your Support to Close the Achievement Gap
We asked our summer intern, Jordan McGhee, a rising high school junior, about the importance of supporting educators and…
Watch Education Leaders Talk Equity, the Achievement Gap and more on October 8-9, 2015
What can you expect to hear? This year’s live streamed event promises to unapologetically examine issues of equity and…
Our funding in Milwaukee has ended, but our partnership continues
By Harriet SanfordEarlier this month, we celebrated the conclusion of the Foundation’s Closing the Achievement Gaps grant funding in…
Celebrate Educators! Watch the NEA Foundation Gala Live on February 10, 2017
Before the excitement of the Oscars and the Grammys, there’s a special kind of awards show you won’t want…
Hello World!
Welcome to the NEA Foundation’s new website!We believe in bringing educator voices to the fore, so you’ll find quotes…