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.

Back to NEED

By Thomas Figura | January 14, 2025
Teacher holding up a microgrid lesson plan

NEED Conferences

By Kimberly Swan | January 14, 2025

National Energy Conference for Educators July 7-11, 2024 Each July, NEED hosts a National Energy Conference to bring together educators from across the country (and even overseas) that are passionate…

NEED staff

Board of Directors & Staff

By Kimberly Swan | January 14, 2025

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…

Mary Spruill at the NEED Youth Awards

Message from our Executive Director

By Thomas Figura | January 14, 2025

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,…

Students soldering science experiments

Student Outreach

By Kimberly Swan | January 14, 2025

Energizing Student Potential Energizing Student Potential (ESP) is a free STEM program designed to help educators bring energy into the school and to provide all the tools and resources necessary…

NEED board of directors

Sponsors & Partners

By Kimberly Swan | January 14, 2025

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…

A teacher helping students in a full auditorium

This is NEED

By Kimberly Swan | January 14, 2025

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…

Teachers at the teacher workshop for NEED

Teacher Advisory Board

By Thomas Figura | January 14, 2025

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…

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Financials

By Thomas Figura | January 14, 2025

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…

Children at the NEED Youth Awards

Youth Energy Conference and Awards

By Kimberly Swan | January 14, 2025

Youth Awards Program for Energy Achievement NEED encourages all students and classrooms to get involved in energy outreach.  By doing so, students take ownership of their learning, are able to…

Need Resource Catalog

Curriculum

By Kimberly Swan | January 14, 2025

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…

Teachers around a table

Educator Workshops

By Kimberly Swan | January 14, 2025

2024 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…

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