Betty Azar TAAF receives $15,000 gift TAA member Betty Azar has made a $15,000 unrestricted gift to the TAA Foundation. Azar, the author of the bestselling Azar Grammar Series, published by Pearson Longman, said she hoped her gift would encourage other textbook authors of perennial bestsellers to support the Foundation... click for more

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TAAF Mission Statement

To support the creation and the creators of quality educational and academic materials. To this purpose, TAAF shall endeavor to provide access to financial assistance, human resources, and training in support of textbook writing, and in support of academic research, development and scholarly publication; shall endeavor to enhance the public appreciation and demand for diverse educational and academic materials; and shall work to encourage educational, academic and publishing institutions to produce intellectually rich and varied products consistent with the concepts of universal public education.

About TAAF

The TAA Foundation was formed in 2003 to raise funds to support projects that benefit text and academic authors. TAAF's current projects include a study of the diversity of textbook authorship in the United States, with the goal of encouraging more minorities to write textbooks; and a study of the U.S. Textbook Adoption Process.

Two years ago, TAAF met the requirements of a $15,000 matching gift from the Text and Academic Authors Association. Last year, TAA increased its matching gift to the Foundation to $20,000, but we were unable to reach that level of donations. For the current fiscal year, TAA's challenge is divided into three $10,000 steps: for the first $10,000 raised, TAA will match it dollar for dollar. For the second and the third successful levels at these amounts, TAA will match them dollar for dollar. So our total potential matching challenge this year is $30,000.To receive these matching funds, TAAF must raise an equal amount from individual gifts and grants from corporations and foundations. Your gift to the TAA Foundation will be matched dollar-for-dollar by TAA's matching gift if the Foundation is able to raise the entire $20,000 by April 1, 2007. That means your $25 gift becomes $50; your $100 gift becomes $200; and your $1,000 gift becomes $2,000!

Gifts to the TAA Foundation (a 501c(3) charitable organization) are tax-deductible to the donor to the extent permissible by law.

Help TAAF reach its goal! Make a gift to the Foundation today!

TAAF Annual Giving Societies

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The following annual giving societies honor donors who make annual gifts to support the TAA Foundation.

Leadership Giving Society $5,000 and up

• An invitation to a special event held the evening before the TAA Conference.
• Special "Insider" e-mail news alerts reporting TAA and TAAF news and information before the rest of the membership.
• A fountain pen inscribed with "TAAF Leadership Giving Society Donor"
• Free admission to the TAA Conference
• Recognition on the TAAF website and in the TAA newsletter, The Academic Author

Founder's Society $1,000 to $4,999

• An invitation to a special event held the evening before the TAA Conference.
• Special "Insider" e-mail news alerts reporting TAA and TAAF news and information before the rest of the membership.
• A fountain pen inscribed with "TAAF Founder's Society Donor"
• Free admission to the TAA Conference
• Recognition on the TAAF website and in the TAA newsletter, The Academic Author

President's Society $400 to $999

• An invitation to a special event held the evening before the TAA Conference.
• Special "Insider" e-mail news alerts reporting TAA and TAAF news and information before the rest of the membership.
• A fountain pen inscribed with "TAAF President's Society Donor"
• Recognition on the TAAF website and in the TAA newsletter, The Academic Author

Director's Society $100 to $399

• Recognition on the TAAF website and in the TAA newsletter, The Academic Author

Supporter's Society $1 to $99

• Recognition on the TAAF website and in the TAA newsletter, The Academic Author

TAAF Cumulative Giving Society

Membership in theÊTAAF Cumulative Giving SocietyÊis based on lifetime gifts to the Foundation. As your giving grows, you will move up in levels.

Mike Keedy Society $10,000 and up
Named after the founder of TAA.

• An invitation to a special event held the evening before the TAA Conference.
• Special "Insider" e-mail news alerts reporting TAA and TAAF news and information before the rest of the membership.
• Free admission to the TAA Conference
• Recognition on the TAAF website and in the TAA newsletter, The Academic Author

1987 Society $5,000 and up
Named after the year the Text and Academic Authors Association was founded

• An invitation to a special event held the evening before the TAA Conference.
• Special "Insider" e-mail news alerts reporting TAA and TAAF news and information before the rest of the membership.
• Recognition on the TAAF website and in the TAA newsletter, The Academic Author

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Other Cumulative Giving Categories:

$4,500 to $4,999
$4,000 to $4,499
$2,500 to $3,999
$2,000 to $2,499
$1,500 to $1,999
$1,000 to $1,499
$500 to $999

TAAF Legacy Society
A planned giving society that honors donors who have made a planned gift to the Foundation of any type and at any level.
Download a TAAF Legacy Society brochure