AIAA Foundation Fundraising Update January 2017
AIAA Foundation 2016 Impact 2015 – 2016 AIAA Foundation Impact Report is posted on the website More than 750 college and university students attended the Regional Student Conferences and 350 of those students presented technical papers; More than 650 students and advisors, representing 69 teams (25 from outside the United States!), participated in the 20th anniversary of the Design, Build and Fly Competition; 29 individual team papers were reviewed for our 5 Design Competitions; 10 Undergraduate Scholarships totaling $28,500 and 7 Graduate Scholarships totaling $23,250 were presented to deserving students; More than 60 students participated in a new program (still in a testing phase) that provides high school students with the opportunity to build, program, and fly an unmanned air vehicle through a prescribed indoor course; More than 400 middle-school kids attend the first two Generation STEM Events, to experience hands-on demonstrations in science and engineering; and More than 16 aerospace micro lessons were developed for 3700 AIAA Educator Associates, who are K-12 teachers, to enhance lesson plans with a focus on aerospace principles
AIAA Foundation Unrestricted Donation History FY12 FY13 FY14 DESCRIPTION NUMBER OF DONATIONS AMOUNT Independent Donations 541 46,470.39 493 5,755.88 464 3,217.58 Dues Renewal Donations 14,126.00 10,942.64 11,128.40 Pledge Revenue 1 5,000.00 0 0.00 Corporate Donations 250,000 FY12 TOTALS: 542 65,596 FY13 TOTALS: 494 21,699 FY14 TOTALS: 465 264,346 FY15 FY16 FY17 YTD (October 1 – January 5) 574 14,728.00 1,790 80,929 627 36,231 22,586.00 20,290 2,500.00 3,000 3 256,000 9 263,500 Institute Match 4 293,314 370,627 FY15 TOTALS: 582 589,128 FY16 TOTALS: 1,804 $738,345 FY17 YTD TOTALS: $36,231
AIAA Foundation Fundraising Continuing Efforts Promote Match-a-Million Program (launched in 2015; $663K matched to date) Associate Fellow, Fellow, Honorary Fellow Challenges Design/Build/Fly Corporate Campaign #GivingTuesday - Giving Thanks and Giving Back Campaign End of Year Appeal Campaign AIAA Forum outreach including silent auctions and any special sessions Integrated Institute outreaches (including AIAA Daily Launch, etc.) Continuous outreach to current and prospective, individual and corporate donors