About the Naperville Education Foundation

Objectives

Vision: Encourage creativity, innovation, and excellence in our schools - it's all about the students.

Mission: The Naperville Education Foundation seeks financial and other resources through fund raising and community partnerships to support program goals. We serve as a vehicle through which donors can fund appropriate projects, grants, and scholarships for the Naperville school community. We are focused on encouraging creativity, providing enriched opportunities for learners, and assuring that all students have the opportunity to maximize their individual and collective potential.

Accomplishments

• Funds $1,000 trustee Awards for all 21 schools
• Supports innovative faculty-designed projects, thus far including 187 General Grants, 79 Fine Arts Grants, 115 Multi-Cultural Grants and 68 Technology Grants
• Awards grants for beneficial student-initiated projects
• Co-sponsors the Excellence in Education Banquet
• Maintains and Endowment Fund
• Administers the Jeanine Nicarico Memorial Fund for Literacy, John W. Scherer Memorial Fund, Zachary Clifton Memorial Fund, Sue Thomas Memorial Fund, Judith Griffith Mattison Memorial Fund and the Richard Brassington Memorial Fund
• Manages the Kid Booster Program

Funding Sources

• Annual Foundation Breakfast
• Annual Foundation Golf Outing
• Annual "Building a Passion" Breakfast
• Private donations
• Cents for Kids contributions by District 203 staff
• Corporate participation
• Family contributions at fall student registration

Foundation Grant Distributions

To date, the Foundation Board of Trustees has awarded over $375,000 in grants to help staff enhance educational opportunities for students in Naperville Community Unit School District 203.

For More Information

Please contact Nina M. Menis, District 203 Director of Community Relations, at 420-6475 for more information or if you have any questions about the Naperville Education Foundation.

Newsletter

NEF News is a periodic newsletter exploring the work of the Foundation. Issues are available here in PDF format:

NEF News, Winter 2008-2009 (PDF, 1.2 MB)
NEF News, Winter 2007 (PDF, 1.8 MB)
NEF News, October 2006 (PDF, 551 KB)
NEF News, January 2006 (PDF, 772 KB)
NEF News, February 2005 (PDF, 501 KB)