Arlington Education Foundation
About
The Arlington Education Foundation is a volunteer-run nonprofit that supports and advances public education in Arlington. It funds system-wide initiatives and creative new projects for teachers and students, awarding grants at every level of Arlington Public Schools, from Menotomy Preschool and the seven elementary schools to the Gibbs School, Ottoson Middle School and Arlington High School. Supporters credit its investment in mathematics, computer science and engineering programs with helping make Arlington a leader in the state.
AEF formed in 2010 through the merger of two earlier groups: the Arlington Educational Enrichment Fund, founded in 1991 to pay for innovative classroom projects, and the Arlington Schools Foundation, created in 2001 to focus on system-wide improvements. In its first year AEF granted about $67,000; today its annual grants budget exceeds $100,000, supported by more than 1,000 donors and about 40 local businesses, and every public school in town benefits.
What to Know
- Annual grants include Innovations in Education grants, Development and Expansion grants and Continuing Scholar Awards.
- Every three to five years it awards a multi-year District Investment Grant.
- It has run targeted campaigns beyond its annual goals, such as the 2011 Bridge the Gap Campaign.
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