In honor of the IEEE Foundation’s fiftieth anniversary, 16 February has been established as IEEE Foundation Day—a Celebration of the Heart. The theme displays the Foundation’s imaginative and prescient of being the guts of IEEE’s charitable giving and philanthropy.
On 16 February 1973, IEEE launched its philanthropic companion. The Foundation, initially established to just accept and handle donations in help of the IEEE Awards Program, since has raised over US $135 million for greater than 250 IEEE applications that enhance entry to expertise, improve technological literacy, and help training.
For over 50 years, that first seed has been watered with members’ ardour, values, and care. The Foundation’s work has blossomed into significant, real-world impression.
IEEE Foundation Day acknowledges the donors and volunteers who make IEEE philanthropic applications attainable, in addition to their beneficiaries whose lives have been reworked.
The occasion is an incredible alternative for the IEEE group to have a good time the numerous achievements enabled by the beneficiant help of IEEE volunteers and donors.
Volunteers, donors, and beneficiaries who wish to share how the IEEE Foundation has impacted them can achieve this on its Kudoboard. I invite you to hitch me in sharing your story.
Supporting IEEE applications
Outstanding impacts have been made throughout all 5 of the Foundation’s focus areas, or pillars, the place contributions are directed. The pillars are illuminate, educate, have interaction, energize, and future.
Generous donors help these present applications:
Illuminate.IEEE Smart Village helps business-development tasks that combine renewable power, academic alternatives, and entrepreneurship improvement to empower energy-impoverished communities all over the world. The tasks, tailor-made to fulfill the wants of every group, leverage the ability of expertise to make a optimistic impression with the assistance of native organizations and devoted volunteers. With almost 200 tasks established throughout sub-Saharan Africa, India, Latin America, and Southeast Asia, IEEE Smart Village has benefited greater than 1.4 million individuals.
Educate.IEEE AttemptEngineering supplies educators, preuniversity college students, and volunteers with actions, lesson plans, and different assets to assist have interaction and encourage the subsequent technology of science, expertise, engineering, and arithmetic professionals. Last 12 months its STEM Grant Program supplied monetary help to 43 initiatives that present academic alternatives and hands-on experiences to preuniversity college students in underserved communities worldwide.
Engage. The IEEE History Center was one of many earliest applications to companion with the IEEE Foundation. The middle, which was arrange in preparation to have a good time IEEE’s centennial in 1984, preserves and promotes the historical past of expertise, the engineering career, and IEEE.
Last 12 months it piloted an exhibit as a part of the brand new IEEE Global Museum initiative, which brings museum-quality displays to IEEE members and the general public at IEEE occasions. The exhibit centered round Edwin H. Armstrong, the primary IEEE Medal of Honor recipient.
Energize.IEEE Eta-Kappa Nu (IEEE-HKN) has acquired Foundation help because it merged with IEEE in 2010. Last 12 months IEEE’s honor society elevated the variety of scholar chapter help grants authorised by 200 % over the earlier 12 months. The achievement has allowed chapters worldwide to reinforce their IEEE-HKN expertise and serve the communities round them.
Future.IEEE Women In Engineering is a worldwide community devoted to selling feminine engineers and scientists, and to inspiring women to pursue careers in STEM. Last 12 months IEEE WIE established its Family Cares grant program, which supplies monetary help to individuals of any gender who take care of relations to allow them to attend IEEE conferences.
The way forward for the IEEE Foundation
I’m thrilled to have a good time 50 years of the IEEE Foundation and the immense impression philanthropic help has had on shaping the world via technological development. It’s humbling to see how the generosity of our donors has fueled IEEE applications that enhance lives.
As we transfer ahead, the IEEE Foundation is happy to work collectively to draw new donors, forge extra partnerships with IEEE applications and societies, and help extra transformative initiatives.
The future holds unimaginable prospects for expertise to enhance lives. With the Foundation taking part in a pivotal function, I’m optimistic about harnessing the ability of philanthropy to form a extra sustainable, equitable, and technological future for all.