OEA Foundation Scholarships

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The OEA Foundation was established in 1964 to serve as the educational and charitable arm of the Omaha Education Association. The Foundation has, through the years, funded over 100 different scholarships annually. Many of the scholarships are designated for specific high schools and winners are chosen by those high schools. 

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To read a brief history of the OEA Foundation activity, written by Gunnar Horn, Benson High School Journalism teacher and OEA Foundation President, click here. To read a history of the first twenty-five years of the OEA Foundation, written on the Silver Anniversary of the Foundation, click here.

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The OEA Foundation receives donations from educators, parents, and community members to fund its activities.  The donations are invested in an endowment fund, and the earnings are now used to provide scholarhips for deserving students.  

 

Information about the scholarships that the OEA Foundation offers, as well as on-line application forms, is availble on the OEA Foundation website, www.omahaoeafoundation.org. 

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Omaha Education Association 

A brief history of OEA

 

In 1917, the Omaha Teachers Forum was organized by a group of grade and high school teachers, principals, and supervisors. The general objectives of the Forum were to promote democratic education, to improve the teaching profession, and to develop in the community a deeper consciousness of the educational needs of the child, the youth and the adult.  In 1942, the Forum changed its name to the Omaha Education Association.

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To see a timeline of events and organizations that shaped the OEA and helped form who we are today, click here.

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On February 2, 1932, fifteen teachers met at Central High School to organize a credit union.  The credit union has had several names:  Omaha Teachers' Cooperative Credit Association; Omaha Teachers Credit Union; Teachers Credit Union; Educators Credit Union; First Nebraska Educators Credit Union; and now First Nebraska Credit Union.  To read the history of the first fifty years of the credit union, click here.

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In 1937, Omaha educators worked with other community groups to form "The Friends of Our Schools Committee."  The purpose of the Committee was to develop a community tool for better education of the youth of Omaha.  The Committee recruited candidates to run for OPS School Board, and advertised their recommendations via an "Orange Ticket" card that was distributed across the city.  To read a history of the "Orange Ticket," click here.​​​​​​