OUR CHILDREN, OUR INVESTMENT, OUR FUTURE
Our Mission
A 501(c)(3) scholarship organization helping students in Tarrant County. We integrate art with scholarship awareness to inspire students to explore available scholarship opportunities. We collaborate with educators, artists, and community partners.
Our motto: "Our Children, Our Investment, Our Future."
About TCEF Our Beginnings
Arlene Barnett and Shirley Pace are grandmothers dedicated to raising scholarship dollars for college students. They each parented three children through college and observed tuition and student loan debt soar. As veteran fundraisers for the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), Arlene and Shirley began to question how they might serve the next generation of college hopefuls from families like theirs. They concluded that an endowment for working families in Tarrant County was an excellent way to invest in our children's future.
They established an endowment in 2019, a significant milestone made possible by contributions from donors, community partners, and friends.
We thank the UNCF Dallas Regional Office for their support in establishing this endowment under the highly successful UNCF model and administration. We also thank BNSF Community Affairs Director Joseph Faust, Dallas Mavericks General Manager Cynthia Marshall, Drs. Arlene and Johnd Pastors Shirley and Milton Pace Barnett Jr., an for their generous contributions. Former Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price sponsored the first TCEF Art of Giving Fundraiser, which brought lasting partnerships to TCEF.
Arlene and Shirley established the Tarrant County Education Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity, in May 2021,
TCEF Endowment
Arlene Barnett and Shirley Pace are grandmothers and veteran fundraisers for scholarship causes, especially the United Negro College Fund (UNCF).
Arlene and Shirley each parented three children through college and observed tuition and student loan debt soar. They began to question how they might serve the next generation of college hopefuls from families like theirs. They concluded that a scholarship endowment was an excellent way to invest in our children's future.
The tagline, “A mind is a terrible thing to waste but a wonderful thing to invest in,” continues to identify UNCF as a premiere scholarship organization. They have served with excellence for over eight decades, TCEF liked the success model of UNCF, closely monitored financial returns, and chose UNCF to administer their endowment goal..
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