Welcome!
Thank you very much for your interest in the Wakefield Educational Foundation (“WEF”).
The Wakefield Educational Foundation is a 501 ©(3) non-profit organization committed to providing support in the form of mini-grants to the Wakefield Public School System. Run by volunteers - all of whom are residents of Wakefield - we are supported by donations from individuals, businesses and civic organizations in our community and also by the funds raised during several WEF fundraising efforts conducted each year.
WEF provides mini-grants to the Wakefield Public Schools for innovative and creative programs that are not covered in the current year's school district budget. Teachers, school staff, principals and PTO's are all eligible to apply for mini-grants. Grants are awarded to those individuals and groups whose proposals best exemplify initiatives that impact a broad number of students, have long-term creative and innovative educational benefits within our school system, and contribute to educational excellence now and in the future within the Wakefield Public School System.
To date, WEF has awarded over $100,000 dollars in grants since it’s founding in 1989, and we are very proud of the educational benefits that the projects have brought to the Wakefield Public Schoolsl!
"Genius without education is like silver in the mine."
~ Benjamin Franklin
