The Newcastle Education Foundation exists to foster excellence in education through innovation in the classroom and the empowerment of motivated teachers and administrators by providing financial assistance for grants and awards for special projects and scholarships for the benefit of the students, educators and staff of the Newcastle Public Schools.

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Local members of the Newcastle community saw the need to meet and exceed today's academic standards and set out to accomplish that goal by establishing the Newcastle Education Foundation in 2004. NEF is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit organization whose goal is to fund programs emphasizing new approaches to teaching and the development of innovative programs, which stimulate thought and expand the existing curriculum. The Foundation also intends to promote a scholarship program as the endowment increases.

NEF News & Press Releases

NEF's meetings are the second Tuesday of every month, normally at the Newcastle Library from 6:30pm to 7:30pm in the Newcastle Multi-Purpose Library Building at 705 NW 10th Street. Our meetings are open to the public, please join us.
You can call our hotline for information (405) 699-3260

Grant Request Application

Newcastle Education Foundation
Grant Proposal Guidelines

**Please note the attachment below needs to be filled in and submitted for 2010-2011 Grant Submissions by October 1, 2010.**

1. Programs supported by the foundation will be evaluated and prioritized by the Allocations
Committee based on compliance with the Foundation’s mission statement, clear demonstration
of need and budgetary constraints. Final approval for grants will be determined by vote of the
foundation’s board of directors. All funding requests will be considered only after determining

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NEF Revised Grant Guidlines and Application 2009.pdf113.67 KB
NEF Revised Grant Recipient Progress Report form 2009.pdf36.05 KB

6th Annual NEF Banquet

08/07/2010

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the 6th Annual NEF Banquet/Concert, which was scheduled for August 14, 2010, has been cancelled.

Monthly Meetings

03/09/2010

NEF meets the 2nd Thursday of each month from 6:30pm to 7:30pm at the Newcastle Multi-Purpose Library Building at 705 NW 10th Street in Newcastle. This meeting is open to the public. You may also reach us by telephone 405-699-3260 please leave a message and we will call you back.

Grant Applications Due

10/01/2009 8:00 am
10/01/2009 3:00 pm

NEF Scope

Our local Newcastle Education Foundation was modeled after the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence (OFE), founded in 1985 by David L. Boren while serving Oklahoma as a U.S.Senator. Through its Local Education Foundation, the OFE has successfully reached out to more than 150 communities, just like Newcastle, all across Oklahoma and has helped them build strong Foundations, which promote the same values in education excellence. Visit the OFE website at www.ofe.org or contact them at:

Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence
120 N. Robinson, Suite 1420-W
Oklahoma City, OKklahoma 73102