The Arizona Transportation Education Foundation (ATEF) was founded as a 501(c)(3) non-profit to operate exclusively for charitable, educational, research, environmental and/or scientific purposes. ATEF is a subsidiary of the Arizona Trucking Association.
ATEF promotes and advances highway safety and a safe trucking industry through research, education, and promotional projects. ATEF fosters educational opportunities for individuals in the transportation industry in part through the awarding of scholarships; prepares and conducts educational activities and media programs about safety; and helps develop a better understanding of the transportation and trucking industry.
Within the transportation industry, ATEF is one of only a handful of non-profits whose mission is focused on the research and public education necessary to promote a safe, economic, environmentally sound system of moving goods and providing related services. ATEF asks for your support of its research and education projects as well as of scholarships that would help transportation workers or their children continue into higher education. We hope you’ll consider supporting ATEF with your tax-deductible donation!
The Arizona Transportation Education Foundation (ATEF) was founded as a 501(c)(3) non-profit to operate exclusively for charitable, educational, research, environmental and/or scientific purposes. ATEF is a subsidiary of the Arizona Trucking Association.
The 501(c)(3) designation refers to a section of the Internal Revenue Code governing charitable, educational and other such tax-exempt foundations. While it operates as a subsidiary of Arizona Trucking Association, ATEF is a viable and independent entity. It has a separate set of bylaws, an independent Board of Directors (link to) and separate and distinct financial accounting system, as required by law.
There are distinct tax benefits to a 501(c)(3).
In addition to being exempt from income tax on activities related to its exempt
purposes, a 501(c)(3):
- Is eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions.
- Is more likely to be eligible for grants from private foundations, corporations, and federal, state and local governments.
- May qualify for nonprofit postal permits
- May qualify for various state tax exemptions such as sales and use, personal property and real property taxes.
- Is allowed to issue tax-exempt bonds.
ATEF may accept cash donations, grants, endowments, real property and other assets. Donations to ATEF are tax deductible as charitable contributions on the tax returns of persons making such donations.
The ATEF Board adopted a structure for charter donors as shown below. This structure will remain in effect through 2010. All donors will be appropriately recognized throughout the year in ATEF and ATA publications, on this website, at the annual Leadership Conference and at other times.
- Diamond ($1000)
- Gold ($750)
- Silver ($500)
- Bronze ($250)
- Cash and non-cash donations
| Board of Directors: | |
| Chairman: | Robert "Chip" Dircks, Dircks Moving & Logistics |
| Secretary/Treasurer: | Kevin Knight, Knight Transportation, Inc. |
| Directors: | Gary Doyle, Baumann, Doyle, Paytas & Bernstein P.A. Bill Ewing, Hurley Transportation Companies Ken Palmer, Transtar Insurance Brokers, Inc. Jeff Riley, Thermo King West Faye Stewart, Faye Stewart Transportation Services LLC |
| Executive Director: | Tony Bradley, Arizona Trucking Association |
ATEF also holds various fundraising events throughout the year and is continuously pursuing different grant opportunities.
The Arizona Transportation Education Foundation (ATEF) Board of Directors Scholorship Program
The Arizona Transportation Education Foundation (ATEF) Board of Directors is happy to announce that applications for 2013 scholarships are available and will be accepted beginning March 1 through May 15!
ATEF will award a total of $10,000 in scholarships this year to employees of ATA member companies or their dependent children, with awards to be announced in June for the fall semester. If you or a family member are attending or getting ready to attend college or trade school in the fall, we urge you to apply. In addition to being an employee or dependent of an employee of an ATA-member company, additional criteria includes: grades, community service and financial need. Help us build our program while giving your employees an extra benefit too! Please share the scholarship information with all of your employees! Click here for a promotional flyer that you can post at your place of business.
AZ Transportation Education Scholarship Program Information sheet. ( Eligibility, Awards, Application info, Selection process, etc.)
Instructions for Completing a PDF Fill-in-the-blank Scholarship Application Form.
2012 ATEF Scholarship Winners
Kelsey McCauley, daughter of Paul McCauley, Contractor Management Services
Jacklyn Hipkins, daughter of Robert Hipkins, FedEx Freight
Jacob de Leon, grandson of Peter de Leon, Hurley Transportation Companies
Marlie Grover, daughter of Steve Grover, Knight Transportation Inc.
Isaac Jackson, son of Kevin Jackson, TLG – The Logistics Group