A brief history of the NCEEF

In 1997–98, a cross sec­tion of Nelson County par­ents, leaders, stu­dents and edu­ca­tors came together in a series of meet­ings to develop a strategic plan that would guide the school dis­trict into the new cen­tury. The cre­ation of an endow­ment fund was one aspect of that plan.

In 1999, a steering com­mittee of com­mu­nity leaders was con­vened to dis­cuss the fea­si­bility of estab­lishing a fund. In June 2000, after delib­er­ating for almost a year, the com­mittee cre­ated arti­cles of incor­po­ra­tion and bylaws, named a board of direc­tors and founded the Nelson County Edu­ca­tional Endow­ment Fund, Inc.

The Fund made its first awards to inno­v­a­tive teachers in August 2001 using money raised from its first annual fundraising drive.