The Booker T. Washington Foundation Annual Friends of BTW Campaign

How does Oklahoma’s premier high school get funding for special classroom equipment and program needs?

From the Booker T. Washington Foundation for Excellence! Support BTW with your tax-deductible gift. All donations will provide funding for 2009-2010 grants. Booker T. Washington Foundation for Excellence “An Education for the Mind and Life.”

Since its inception in 1993, the Foundation for Excellence has raised more than $1 million to benefit BTW academics. Grant revenue for the Foundation is derived from our Annual Giving Campaign, Gospel, Grits and Gershwin and other fundraisers. We actively seek funding from employer matching gifts, corporate donations and grant-making foundations.

Save the date of March 6, 2010 for the Gospel Grits and Gershwin (GGG) fundraiser. Please call Susan Lyons - 744-5013 with donation possibilities or write to GGG Chair, PO Box 52663, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74152-0663.

2008-09 Grants made possible by the Foundation for Excellence

Not So Silent Screen for visual arts
Multimedia Projector for Science
AATSP membership
Funding for “Ragtime” the musical
Promethean Interactive Whiteboard
Challenge Course for P. E.
Field trip to Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial
Start up funds for School Newspaper
PSAT exams for sophomores
National Association of College Admissions Counselors
BTW Film Project
Specimens for Zoology and Biology
Robotics Competition
Grammar books for Chinese
Social Studies Enhancement
Equipment for ROTC
Washington Close-Up Program
Student Leadership Opportunities
Dissection Specimens for Biology
Calculators for Math
China, Beihai exchange trip
Academic Team National Competition
The Fall of Communism – History
Japanese Exchange Trip Scholarships
Making Art Education Possible
Competitive Debate Coach
Faculty Training for MYP Culture
More Funded Grants