📜 A Letter from the President

Greetings!
North America Chinese Education Foundation (NACEF) is in its 10th year of service. We have been dedicated to promoting higher education in the Chinese American community in the U.S and providing educational opportunities to the less privileged children in China. We have had exceptional success over the past 5 years. Our foundation has also grown rapidly.

In the U.S., NACEF has established two successful educational programs for the Chinese American communities: The Youth Science Program and American Health Today. We have seen great results. In China, we have been actively supporting Project Hope—a foundation that provides financial support towards education for the less privileged children who cannot afford to go to school otherwise. With the generous donations from our corporate and individual supporters, we have successfully founded multiple schools and provided education to over 2000 children in rural China. We've also donated over $1.1M US dollars worth of textbooks.

Now, as we are welcoming the 21st century, we are faced with many new exciting challenges. In addition to continuing our services to the Chinese communities in the U.S. and our support to the poor children in China, we are adding new programs to promote cultural exchange and joint education between the U.S. and China. These programs are created to support the Chinese educators who are faced with tremendous challenges since China's entry into the World Trade Organization.

At NACEF, we want to do our part to promote the exchange of culture and education between United States and China. Of course, our success cannot be realized without your support. On behalf of the board, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation for your generosity. I encourage you to continue your support and provide us any new ideas and suggestions. I am confident that together we will make a difference.
Sincerely,
President

Introduction

North American Chinese Educational Foundation (NACEF) is a nonprofit public organization incorporated under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for charitable purposes. North American Chinese Educational Foundation is exclusively organized for promoting educational excellence in Chinese communities and facilitating Chinese student talents with mainstream societies within the meaning of Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. Headquarter of NACEF was started at Stanford University in the spring of 1998. A few students and scholars got together and shared the belief that education is a critical requisite and an effective catalyst for social and economic development between Chinese communities and mainstream societies in United States.

In January of 1998, North American Chinese Educational foundation (NACEF) along with Chinese Youth Development Foundation (CYDF) and Association of Chinese Students and Scholars at Stanford (ACSSS) launched the Event: The Project Hope - Fund Raising in North America ‘98 & ‘99 has been joined by Chinese student associations in 33 universities like Harvard, MIT, Columbia, UC Berkeley, CalTech, and Toronto, and by a couple of Chinese community organizations like North American Chinese Network and Southwest China Association as chief-co-organizers and cosponsors. The objective of China Project Hope - Fund Raising in North America ‘98 & ‘99 is to motivate and unite organizations and individuals who are concerned about the educational development of China.

The first donor to the event is Professor Steve Chu, winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize for physics. Professor Chu made the donation after he heard of the event in early Jan. He said he would be happy to do something for the poor Chinese school dropouts. He urged more people to join our efforts. The Fund Raising in North America has caught a great attention among public, the outcome of this project had sponsored the return to school of over 5,000 children who were forced to drop out because of sheer poverty and established 5 Hope schools in poverty area in China.

North America Chinese Education Foundation (NACEF) is in its 26th year of service, continuously dedicated to promoting educational excellence within Chinese communities. In recent years, NACEF has expanded its focus to include forward-looking educational research and development programs, particularly in youth science education and artificial intelligence applications for senior health management. These initiatives reflect our evolving mission to foster innovation and address emerging societal needs through education.