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We have 30 million reasons to celebrate.Realize your impact.

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Educate

Engage

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Thanks to our donors, supporters and volunteers, the Realize the Full Potential of IEEE Cam

paign smashed through its fundraising goal of $30 m

illion—w

ith a total of $32.1 m

illion raised to date.

What’s m

ore impressive is the im

pact that the cam

paign is already having on the lives of individuals and com

munities around the w

orld.

• Raising awareness of the IEEE initiatives that address pressing

global challenges

• Forging strong partnerships with corporations, individuals and

non-profits to advance work already underw

ay

• Expanding resources to have a more significant im

pact on the challenges w

e are facing

Celebrate

Here are just a few

of the global challenges being tackled by the

engineers, technologists and program

s supported by the Realize the Full

Potential of IEEE Cam

paign.

Celebrate

More than 1 billion people have no

access to reliable electricity

More than half of the w

orld’s population cannot access the Internet

As important w

ork for technologists increases, the need for engineers, STEM

professionals and engineering students is increasing globally

Solving these problems requires ingenuity and dedication, as w

ell as new generations of innovators

to rise to the occasion. Our unprecedented cam

paign supported those who rise to the challenges, m

anifesting solutions and changing lives.

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ew and Expanded

Partnerships across IEEE’s Ecosystem

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ew and Expanded

Funds Support the Work

of these Partners

$32.1MM

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Acknowledging those w

ho’ve made the biggest im

pact—so far.

“ Every contributor and ultimately

every recipient will be elevated as

part of this major leap forw

ard for the IEEE Foundation.” –Jim

Jefferies, 2018 IEEE President

We are indebted to num

erous corporate donors, including:

Serving IEEE and Hum

anity

“ We’re honored and grateful to have the opportunity to serve not just IEEE, but the

humanity to w

hom w

e all owe great new

opportunities to realize their full potential.” –Ray Larsen

Providing Invaluable Opportunities for G

raduate Students in Antennas and Propagation

“ I’m excited and proud to provide qualified young students w

ith the same opportunities

to attend the APS conferences that I was afforded and to set an exam

ple for other IEEE m

embers as to how

they can turn their philanthropy into impact.” –CJ Reddy

Some D

onors are Forever Generous

Vivian Carr: She generously lifted IEEE to the status of family w

hen she included an unrestricted bequest to the IEEE Foundation in her w

ill. Her philanthropic investm

ent provides vital resources to further the scientific and educational purposes of IEEE.

Investing in the Future of IEEE

Emerson and Elizabeth Pugh: Their fervor for the history of

technology, combined w

ith their desire to nurture scholars w

ho will advocate for the im

portance of technology and its history, m

otivated them to m

ake transformational gifts to the

IEEE History Center.

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Total Given through

Planned Gifts from

IEEE G

oldsmith Legacy

League Mem

bers

15,000+

Num

ber of Donors

Who G

ave to the Cam

paign

$32.1MM

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Impactful!

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Percentage of Giving

Designed to Provide

Long-Term Support for an

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Educate the Next G

eneration of Innovators and Engineers

The future of technology depends upon the nourishm

ent of brilliant minds, the creation of

opportunities and the cultivation of a generation of socially responsible technology professionals. IEEE program

s designed to provide educational opportunities for pre-university students, university students and young professionals are enhanced by donor support.

Realizing Impact A

cross Multiple Initiatives

and Around the W

orld

Illuminate the Possibilities of

Technology by Using It to A

ddress G

lobal Challenges

Technology is a propelling force that makes it

possible to take action. It allows us to ask previously

unimaginable questions and find solutions to

unsolved problems.

Engage a Wider A

udience in A

ppreciating the Value and Importance

of Engineering and Technology

Donor-supported program

s that engage strive to preserve and prom

ote the legacy of electrical engineering and com

puting. Preserving our history enables us to understand today better and im

prove tomorrow

.

Energize Innovation by Celebrating Technological Excellence

Technological innovation pushes the boundaries of thinking, breaks new

ground and improves lives. Your

support helps energize, encourage and celebrate technological achievem

ents and academic excellence.

Illuminate

EducateEngage

Energize

950,000+

Lives Transformed

5,800+

University and G

raduate Students Provided w

ith Scholarships and G

rants

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Partnerships

630+Projects and D

eployments

260,000+Pre-university Students

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edals, Awards and

Recognitions Created across IEEE

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ral Histories

Collected

The Realize the Full Potential of IEEE Campaign supports four “pillars,” each representing a letter in the IEEE nam

e: Illum

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While im

pact can be measured in m

any ways, the greatest im

pact lies beyond the scope of any instrument or

scale. It’s the power of technology to transform

the lives of individuals and groups of individuals the world over.

The programs, projects and people featured here have all m

ade an impact on—

or been impacted by—

the Realize the Full Potential of IEEE Cam

paign.

EPICS in IEEE: Connecting Engineering to Comm

unity Service

Engineering Projects in Comm

unity Service (EPICS) partners students with professionals and non-profit organizations

to provide comm

unity service organizations with the technology they need to im

prove and deliver services and provide undergraduate students w

ith educational experiences to broaden their skills.

Lights for the Enlightened

A joint effort between IEEE Sm

art Village and the Global H

imalayan

Expedition (GH

E) brought electric lighting to remote populations

in the Him

alayan region of Northern India—

including two Buddhist

monasteries that date back to the 12th century.

Previously dependent on sooty kerosene lamps, the people in the

mountain villages surrounding the m

onasteries now have m

ore time to

do work, as w

ell as cooking and other chores. Students can study and read longer thanks to m

ore consistent light sources. Streetlights also m

ake walking betw

een buildings safer. The installation at the Lingshed m

onastery even included a computer lab w

ith a satellite Internet link.

Smart Village: Closing the Energy G

ap for the World’s M

ost Energy-Im

poverished Citizens.

The IEEE Smart Village (ISV) program

has a unique approach to supporting the w

orld’s energy-impoverished com

munities—

by providing a comprehensive

solution combining renew

able energy, comm

unity-based education and entrepreneurial opportunities.

As part of its mission, ISV provides seed-funding to carefully selected com

munity

entrepreneurs based upon credible business plans that will im

pact a significant num

ber of people through electricity, education and jobs.

Thinking globally. Acting globally.

Impacts

Impacts

Buddy the Dog M

akes Friends for Life

Severely injured, one-year-old Germ

an Shepherd puppy Buddy was

found abandoned outside of an animal care facility in early M

ay 2018. In order to save Buddy’s life, his veterinary team

opted to amputate the

bottom half of his back leg but lacked the technology to fit him

for a prosthesis that w

ould grant him full range of m

otion.

That’s when IEEE-H

KN Iota D

elta Chapter and student volunteers from

Stevens Institute of Technology came to the rescue, thanks to an

EPICS in IEEE grant. The team set out to create a com

pletely functional trans-tibial (below

the knee) dog prosthesis and plans to showcase and

demonstrate the prototype robotic prosthesis to K-12 students both in

a classroom setting and in a sum

mer cam

p program during a hands-on

laboratory robotics session.

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19 Vehicle Deploym

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17,000+ Volunteer H

ours Supporting D

isaster Areas

200,000+ People Reached for

STEM and Public Visibility

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IEEE SIGH

T: Special Interest Group on H

umanitarian Technology

IEEE SIGH

T is a global network of groups consisting of IEEE m

embers and volunteers w

ho identify and address local problem

s by applying their technical skills and partnering with their local com

munities. W

hat SIGH

T Teams do:

• Focus on sustainable solutions that make a long-term

difference in people’s lives

• Operate through local volunteers and partners w

orking w

ith local comm

unities

• Prioritize success achieved through partnerships, starting w

ith the comm

unity and extending to government

organizations, NG

Os, schools, hospitals, com

panies and others

• Value sustainability, so continuous training and education are essential

While the SIG

HT program

was conceptualized in 2011, it w

as added to the IEEE Foundation fam

ily of funds in 2019. In just a short tim

e, we have already kick-started funding for four projects,

and the IEEE Foundation looks forward to supporting m

ore SIG

HT projects in the future.

TryEngineering Summ

er Institutes

In 2019, 30 high school students attended the TryEngineering Summ

er Institute thanks to need-based scholarships through the IEEE Foundation. They joined 125 other high school students, collectively representing 10 countries.

The generosity of individuals, organizations and 12 IEEE societies and councils helped m

ake attending the camp a reality for students w

ith varying socioeconom

ic backgrounds. Recipients comm

ented that attending this “eye-opening” and “life-changing” program

would not

have been possible without the scholarships.

PES Scholarship Plus: Preparing the Next G

eneration of Power and Energy Engineers

The IEEE Power & Energy Society (PES) Scholarship Plus provides scholarships

plus real-world experience to undergraduates interested in pow

er and energy engineering careers.

These undergraduate engineering scholarships aim to accom

plish this goal by attracting highly qualified engineering students to the field. These students are the very individuals w

ho will one day develop new

green technologies, build the sm

art grid and change the way w

e generate and utilize power.

IEEE REA

CH: Raising Engineering

Awareness through the Conduit of H

istory

Understanding that technology and history are not

mutually exclusive subjects, IEEE REACH

provides history teachers w

ith free educational resources that situate science, technology and engineering in their social and hum

anistic contexts.

With teaching tools that include Inquiry U

nits based on the “C3 Fram

ework”, prim

ary and secondary sources, hands-on-activities, m

ultimedia sources (video and

audio), background information for teachers and

additional resources, REACH offers a one-stop shop of

resources that bring to life the history of technology and engineering in the classroom

.

Vince Zaccone: From

Drexel to D

elmarva

Now

a valuable mem

ber of the D

elmarva Pow

er Transmission

Substation Reliability team,

Vince Zaccone was one of the

first PES Scholars.

He credits the Scholarship Plus Initiative as a m

ajor influence, “PES has had a trem

endous impact on

my career.”

Science Kits for Public Libraries

Science Kits for Public Libraries (SKPL) makes science kits as easy to check

out of a public library as a book! With access to a public library and a valid

library card, children can check out high-quality, hands-on STEM (Science,

Technology, Engineering and Mathem

atics) experiences—at zero cost to

their parents.

Initiated by the Chicago Section in 2009, the program has expanded into

Region 4 with the support of funds raised during the Realize the Full

Potential of IEEE Campaign.

MO

VE: MO

VE-ing Mountains to Restore Pow

er and Com

munications

The IEEE-USA M

obile Outreach VEhicle (M

OVE) is a specially

equipped vehicle that can provide short-term pow

er and com

munications solutions to com

munities affected by

natural disasters.

When not deployed for natural disasters, M

OVE volunteers use

the vehicle to conduct STEM-related com

munity outreach.

The MO

VE truck has been pressed into service numerous tim

es across the U

nited States since its debut in 2016.

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Milestones: W

hen Engineers Make H

istory, W

e Make Sure It’s Rem

embered

In conjunction with Engineering and Technology W

iki, the IEEE H

istory Center’s Milestones program

recognizes significant events in the history of technology—

with

physical plaques marking discoveries, innovations and

events dating back to 1751.

It’s one of the most visible w

ays IEEE educates the general public about the im

portance of its mem

bers’ achievements.

To the Moon and Back

Using a terrestrial laser and a reflector array placed on the M

oon by Apollo 11 astronauts, the Lunar Laser Ranging Experim

ent (LURE)

allowed N

ASA to precisely measure the distance betw

een Earth and the m

oon. The Apollo 11 LURE w

as dedicated as an IEEE Milestone on 1

August 2019—the 50th anniversary of the experim

ent’s first success—at

Lick Observatory outside of San Jose, C

A, USA.

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Oral H

istories

Oral histories are a vital part of docum

enting the legacy of innovation created by IEEE m

embers. The IEEE H

istory Center has recorded hundreds of first-hand accounts of significant developm

ents and discoveries.

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Life Mem

bers: Giving Back to Those W

ho’ve Led Us Forw

ard

IEEE “Life” status is automatically bestow

ed to IEEE mem

bers based on age and years of mem

bership. It’s proof of a strong and sustained com

mitm

ent to the profession. The Realize the Full Potential of IEEE Campaign allow

s the IEEE Foundation to continue its strong and sustained com

mitm

ent to Life Mem

bers.

The Life Mem

bers Fund supports programs that enhance the activities of Life m

embers, potential engineers,

engineering students and professionals worldw

ide. The continued growth of the Life M

embers Fund helps support

new and exciting opportunities for young engineers w

ith engineering education and workforce developm

ent, applying technology for hum

anitarian causes and preserving the history of technology.

1100100 (100) Years of Claude Shannon

Legendary mathem

atician and engineer Claude Shannon pioneered the field of inform

ation theory, including popularizing the term

“bit”.

In 2016, to comm

emorate the

centennial of Claude Shannon’s birth, a series of activities w

ere planned—including a dual IEEE M

ilestone dedication at both N

okia Bell Labs and MIT.

Through the Realize the Full Potential of IEEE Cam

paign, donors invested in the creation of “The Bit Player”, a feature-length docum

entary directed by M

ark Levinson. The film debuted in

2018 and was released to a larger audience via

Amazon Prim

e in the summ

er of 2020.

Bringing a Life Mem

ber Initiative to Life

“Girls M

ake Tech with H

eart” is an IEEE Buenaventura Section STEM event

designed for students ranging in age from 9 to 14 from

Ventura County in California, U

SA. The IEEE Foundation has proudly provided four grants to enable the program

during the campaign through the Life M

embers Fund.

In recognition of the great work being done by the Buenaventura Section,

IEEE Educational Activities recognized them in 2019 w

ith its Professional D

evelopment Aw

ard.

Aw

ards: Recognizing Our M

embers

The IEEE Awards Program

is a 100-year old peer-recognition program

that honors those w

ho have paved the path of discovery. IEEE Aw

ards sets a standard of excellence and recognizes m

embers and other

professionals for their service to society.

IEEE Foundation has partnered with the IEEE Aw

ards Program

to add several new aw

ards to the annual selection process—

including two new

medals nam

ed for w

omen in the field. The addition of new

awards

aims to celebrate those w

hose innovation and engineering achievem

ents are driving our society, w

hile inspiring future leaders across the globe.

IEEE-HKN

Nam

es Top Award for Visionary Leader

To recognize and honor Asad Madni’s nearly 50 years of outstanding

technical and philanthropic accomplishm

ents and visionary leadership, IEEE-Eta Kappa N

u established a new aw

ard named for him

.

The IEEE-HKN

Asad M. M

adni Outstanding Technical Achievem

ent and Excellence Aw

ard is the society’s top honor. Presented annually beginning in 2020, the aw

ard honors a practitioner in the IEEE technical fields of interest w

ho has distinguished themself through an invention,

development or innovation that has had a w

orldwide im

pact.

The IEEE Mildred

Dresselhaus M

edal

Thanks to the generous support of G

oogle through the Realize the Full Potential of IEEE Cam

paign, the IEEE Mildred

Dresselhaus M

edal has been added to the IEEE roster of aw

ards for 2021. It is the first IEEE m

edal named for a w

oman.

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23 Grants Provided to Support

Local IEEE Activities

109 Life Mem

ber Affinity

Groups Supported

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While the fundraising portion of the Realize the Full

Potential of IEEE Campaign has com

e to a successful end, our w

ork continues. Let’s continue to realize our full potential—

and make an im

pact—for years to com

e.

The IEEE Foundation’s Realize the Full Potential of IEEE Cam

paign may be over, but our m

ission goes on.

We w

ill continue to raise awareness of the IEEE initiatives that

are addressing pressing global challenges. We w

ill continue to forge strong partnerships w

ith corporations, individuals and non-profits dedicated to addressing these challenges. And w

e w

ill continue to encourage, support and champion current

and future generations of engineers and STEM professionals.

We invite you to stay involved as w

e continue to realize the full potential and im

pact that IEEE can have in the lives of our m

embers and the billions of people around the w

orld who

benefit from technology that addresses global challenges.

We are grateful to all the donors, supporters and volunteers

who m

ade this campaign a success. W

e could not have done it w

ithout you!

ThanksThanks

Eleanor Baum

Marko D

elimar

Lyle D. Feisel

Ralph Ford

Roger Fujii

David G

. Green

Jerry L. Hudgins

John Impagliazzo

Leah H. Jam

ieson

Victor Lawrence

Teck Seng Low

Frederick C. Mintzer

Adrian Pais

Nita Patel

Jackie Peer

H. Vincent Poor

Sarah A. Rajala

Pedro A. Ray

Wanda K

. Reder

L. Dennis Shapiro

John R. Treichler

Recognizing the IEEE Foundation Professional Staff

Richard Allen, Senior Manager, D

evelopment O

perations and Annual Giving

Michael D

eering, Senior Developm

ent Offi

cer

Daniel D

eLiberato, Developm

ent Offi

cer

Cynthia Dent, Senior Accountant

John Fredericka, Developm

ent Offi

cer

Karen A. Galuchie, Executive D

irector/Assistant Secretary

Michael H

eelan, Manager of Accounting Foundation & G

rants

Karen Kaufman, Senior M

anager, Comm

unications

Chris Wright, Program

s and Governance M

anager

Lauren Young, Donor Relations & Annual G

iving Specialist

All denominations in this publication are in U

S dollars. Audited financials are available on ieeefoundation.org.

All statistics provided herein are final as of 31 Decem

ber 2020 and may differ from

other reports.

The IEEE Foundation, Incorporated is qualified under US Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3). D

onations to the IEEE Foundation are tax-deductible to the fullest extent allowed

by law in the U

nited States. For other countries, please check with your local tax adviser regarding tax deductions of charitable contributions.

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ation, visit ieee.org/nondiscrimination.

Special Thanks to Our B

oard Mem

bers throughout the Campaign

“ Everyone who w

orked on the campaign

and the thousands of donors who

contributed their time, talent and treasure

can take great satisfaction in knowing that

the campaign has positively im

pacted the lives of real people for years to com

e.” –Lyle Feisel, D

irector Emeritus

“ The successful conclusion of the $30 m

illion campaign is

exciting not only because it m

arks the realization of our goal, but also because it points the w

ay to continued growth

of the partnership between

IEEE and the IEEE Foundation and the expansion of philanthropic support for IEEE program

s.”

–Leah H. Jam

ieson, President Emerita

“ I’m so pleased to report our

success! I’m even happier

to report the depth of the philanthropic support the cam

paign garnered—from

individual IEEE m

embers,

IEEE mem

bers working

through their IEEE ‘organizational units,’ companies

who rely on our m

embers’ talents and other

individuals who see the educational and hum

anitarian value in the w

ork our mem

bers are doing.”

–John R. Treichler, IEEE Foundation President

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