The Clarke County Education Foundation (CCEF), a non-profit organization with a
board of thirteen members and a full-time executive director, is dedicated to
providing private support to the Clarke County (Virginia) Public Schools to
enhance its tax-supported programs. It currently has assets of over $1.8
million. Through a combination of fund-raising and endowment income, it has
provided $1,667,000 in student scholarships, teacher grants, system
demonstration grants, and donor-defined projects from 1997 through 2010. Like
the private foundations which support each of the public universities of
Virginia, the CCEF believes that excellence in education comes from the
collaboration of many constituencies, the involvement of the community, and the
application of both public and private resources.