2022: A Year in Review
Innovation, Accurate Information and Creativity have been key to NEED’s success since our founding, but even more so in the last several years.
NEED continues to work hard to provide the best energy curriculum and training possible for all our stakeholders. Whether you’re a teacher, a student, an administrator, a sponsor, or a friend who appreciates our work, we know that you’ll find value in our daily effort to provide high quality, relevant, and fun programming about energy. As we learned the last few years, continually listening to our teachers and students allows us to adapt and create resources and tools that are necessary for teaching about energy in an engaging and accurate way.
Although this is just a snapshot of our work in 2022, we know you’ll enjoy seeing what we accomplished with your support. Looking forward throughout 2023, we know there will be lots of energy, lots of engaging new projects, and many opportunities to build energy literacy in schools and communities.
Curriculum
NEED’s curriculum incorporates activities to help synthesize energy information and create valuable connections between science and social science and the application of knowledge to decision making. Students undertake problem-based learning…
Youth Energy Conference and Awards
Youth Energy Conference and Awards Since our inception in 1980, NEED encourages and rewards student leadership and innovation by sponsoring an annual Youth Awards Program for Energy Achievement. Schools participating…
Educator Workshops
NEED is expanding and evolving to best meet the needs of both teachers and students – in the classroom and beyond. Educators know that participating in NEED workshops provides them…
Student Outreach
Dominion Energy Wind for Students Dominion Energy and the Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation have partnered with The National Energy Development Project (NEED) for over 3 decades to offer energy education…
Sponsors & Partners
AES AES Clean Energy Development American Electric Power Foundation Appalachian Voices Arizona Sustainability Alliance Atlantic City Electric Baltimore Gas & Electric Berkshire Gas – Avangrid BP America Inc. Bob Moran…
This is NEED
NEED brings over 40 years of energy education experience nationwide. NEED has a long history of working with utilities and energy and education organizations and agencies to provide energy curriculum…
Teacher Advisory Board
Constance Beatty, Kankakee, IL La’Shree Branch, Highland, IN James M. Brown, Saratoga Springs, NY Mark Case, Randleman, NC Lisa Cephas, Philadelphia, PA Nina Corley, Galveston, TX Samantha Danielli, Oakton, VA…
Financials
2022 Expenses $2,201,317 Workshops & Conferences $987,926 Program Administration $904,801 Kits & Materials $846,149 Scholarships $364,590 Youth Awards $312,592 Curriculum Development $200,839 Training Conferences $149,520 Program Development $117,184 Fundraising Initiatives…
NEED Conferences
Empower Energy Education Workshop June 2023 In 2017, NEED partnered with PowerSouth to launch the EMPOWER program. The Energy Education Workshop provides an exciting opportunity to learn about electricity generation…
Board of Directors & Staff
Board of Directors Chairman Maggie Downey, Administrator, Cape Light Compact, JPE Vice Chairman Wayne Yonkelowitz, Educator (ret) Secretary John Weiner, U.S. Energy Information Administration (ret) Treasurer Reta White, Mid-Atlantic Dam…
Message from our Executive Director
This message is one of gratitude and deep appreciation for the teachers, students, sponsors, and partners with whom our team gets to work each year. Our work is exciting,…
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