The Metropolitan Nashville Education Foundation is the charitable arm of the Metropolitan Nashville Education Association (MNEA).  The fund is chartered to do business in the state of Tennessee and contributions are tax deductible since MNEF is a bona fide charity under 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code.  The Foundation administers two funds that grant scholarships to graduates of Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools. 

The MNEF Fund is granted on a one time basis to freshman college students to help them with expenses.  The Johnella H. Martin Fund is a renewable scholarship that students can receive each year of a four-year undergraduate program of studies.  The Johnella H. Martin Fund is named for the distinguished former president of MNEA who was dedicated to teachers, students and the newly created Metropolitan Nashville Public School System. 

Gifts to MNEF, interest from the Foundation’s endowments and other money are combined to provide scholarship grants to deserving MNPS students who are committed to becoming school teachers in MNPS.

The 2010 MNEF/Johnella H. Martin Scholarship Application Form is available at http://www.mnea.com/mnef/application.doc.