The state higher education executive officers association (sheeo) is a national nonprofit organization formed in 1954 and incorporated in 1981 to assist state higher education executives and the states as they seek to develop and sustain excellent systems of higher education. Sheeo fulfills its mission by sponsoring national convenings, including an annual meeting, producing publications, and performing grant and project activities. Regular membership is open to the executive officers of statewide boards of post-secondary education. Sheeo is supported primarily through federal state DUES and private foundation grants.