BERKELEY COUNTY FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION
EIN 57-1111408 · Public Foundations (T30)
What they do
THE BERKELEY COUNTY FOUNDATION for EDUCATION is AN ALL VOLUNTEER, NON- PROFIT ORGANIZATION, WHOSE GOAL is THE IMPROVEMENT of EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS. ITS AIM is to PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT, BOTH FINANICAL and NON- FINANCIAL, to THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE COUNTY BY MEANS OF: (1) PROVIDING ADDITIONAL FUNDING for EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS THAT EXCEED THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OPERATING BUDGET and OTHER FUNDING; (2) THROUGH THE USE of GRANTS and AWARDS, ENCOURAGE SCHOOLS, TEACHERS, and STUDENTS TOWARDS QUALITY EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS; (3) BY FOSTERING A POSITIVE COMMUNITY PERCEPTION of EDUCATION IN THE COUNTY; and (4) BY PROVIDING AN OCCASIONAL SCHOLARSHIP to COLLEGE STUDENTS FROM THIS COUNTY. THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 29,600 STUDENTS IN BERKELEY COUNTY IN GRADES K-12, WITH 40 SCHOOLS and 2,257 TEACHERS THAT STAND to BENEFIT FROM THIS ORGANIZATIONS EFFORTS.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2002
- Location
- PO BOX 1812, MONCKS CORNER, SC 29461-1812
- County
- Berkeley
- In care of
- % WILLIAM HELMLY