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The National Art Education Foundation (NAEF) currently administers five programs:
Ruth Halvorsen Professional Development Grant
Scholarships that promote NAEA's efforts to initiate
and encourage the understanding and implementation of
the goals for student learning promulgated through the
Visual Arts Standards. (Copies of the document may be
purchased from NAEA Publications: 1-800-299-8321)
Projects that promote art education as an integral part
of the curriculum; to establish and/or improve the instruction
of art in public and private elementary and secondary
schools as well as schools of higher education in the
United States of America.
NAEA Research Grants
Endorses the National Art Education Association's efforts
to initiate and encourage research in art education,
and to demonstrate its commitment to the goals for research
in art education that the Association has promulgated
through its Creating a Visual Arts Research Agenda Toward
the 21st Century, offers a program to provide major
grants to support research in art education specifically
relating to one of the recommendations identified by
NAEA's Commission on Research in Art Education Research
Agenda.
SHIP Grants
The SHIP Fund annual awards will be given to selected
art educators whose proposals seek art equipment and/or
instructional curriculum resources used to focus on
student learning specifically related to the National
Visual Arts Standards document.
Projects that promote the teaching of art. Teaching
of art includes, but is not limited to: the instructional
process; curriculum; student learning; student assessment;
classroom behavior, management, or discipline; or other
practices relating to instructional interaction and
the achievement of student learning.
Annual scholarships are awarded to selected art educators whose proposals focus on understanding, implementation, and issues specifically relating to the Visual Arts Standards document. (Copies of the document may be purchased from NAEA Publications, 1916 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191-1590.)
Ways You Can Support the National Art Education Foundation
Here are a few planned giving techniques that can maximize tax and economic benefits for you and your family.
Gifts of Cash
Traditionally, the majority of gifts to the Foundation have been in the form of cash. Some people find it more convenient to make an annual pledge and make multiple, regular payments during the year.
Gifts of Real Estate
Gifts of real estate can consist of almost any type
of property—a personal or "recreational"
residence, a commercial building, a farm, a subdivision
lot, or an undeveloped parcel of land. Individual financial
needs and goals determine which method of giving is
most appropriate for you.
Gifts of Tangible Personal Property
This type of gift includes collections, library works, jewelry, and works of art, which may be subject to estate taxes. By contributing such items during your lifetime rather than at death, you not only reduce your taxable estate, but also reduce your taxable income in the year of the gift.
Gifts of Life Insurance
Life insurance offers an attractive method for making a substantial gift to the Foundation. There are several ways to use life insurance for charitable purposes, the most frequent being the liquidation of a policy no longer needed for family protection and donating the proceeds to the Foundation.
Gifts of Appreciated Securities
Contributions of appreciated securities eliminate paying a capital gains tax on securities and entitle you to an income tax charitable deduction equal to the fair market value of the securities at the time of the gift.
Bequests
The Foundation has been fortunate throughout the years to receive bequests from members and friends. These donors felt they needed their capital during their lifetime, but found it possible to associate themselves with the Foundation by making it the beneficiary of a portion of their estate.
If any of these ways of giving appeal to you, your Foundation officers suggest that you start your fund while you are living by completing an agreement (trust contract) outlining exactly what you desire and depositing $1,000 or more. Once this is done, all you have to do is designate an amount from your estate to be put in the already established fund. It saves time, legal work, and assures you that your intentions are carried out. To further discuss any method of giving, please call the Foundation office at 703/860-8000.
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