Support the History Center

The IEEE History Center depends upon the generosity of individuals and organizations to volunteer their time and financial resources to preserve, research, and promote the heritage of electrical engineering, computing, and IEEE.

Each year IEEE members generously volunteer their time to support the work of the IEEE History Center. Many work with their local IEEE Section to nominate a significant technical achievement for recognition as an IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing. Others share their first-hand histories or document the history of their IEEE Section or Society on the Engineering and Technology History Wiki. Some help chart the course of the Center by serving on the IEEE History Committee, guiding the Center, and advising the IEEE Board of Directors on the heritage of IEEE and its members and their related professions and technologies.

The Center relies on IEEE members and other friends who make donations, and organizations that provide grants to offer its many programs and sustain and expand its work. Only about half of the funds needed to run the Center come from IEEE.

• IEEE History Center Fund: Supports the public visibility efforts of the IEEE History Center to collect and disseminate information that exemplifies the impact and influence of technology and its relationship, both past and present, to society.
• IEEE History Center Endowment Fund: Assures the long-term quality of IEEE History Center programs.
  

As a U.S. 501(c)(3) organization, the IEEE Foundation is eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions in the United States. For other countries, please check with your local tax advisor regarding tax deductibility of charitable contributions. The IEEE Foundation Employer Identification Number (EIN) is: 23-7310664. To learn more, visit www.ieeefoundation.org.

Donate directly to the History Center using the online form. Direct any questions about giving to the IEEE History Center to:

IEEE Foundation, Incorporated
IEEE Development Office
445 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ USA 08854
Phone: +1 732 562-3915
Fax: +1 732 981-9515
E-mail: [email protected]

The Center accepts donations of certain archival materials and papers. Materials that the IEEE History Center is interested in accessioning are:

• Previously undigitized issues of IEEE OU newsletters
• Archival documents pertaining to IEEE activity (correspondence, minutes, photographs)
  
• Secondary literature on the history of technology
• Historical artifacts and three-dimensional objects
  

If you are interested in donating material to the IEEE History Center, please email [email protected] with a list of materials, and IEEE History Center staff will review them.

Every donor who gives to one or more of the Center’s funds administered by the IEEE Foundation makes a difference. Donors may be categorized for their generous support in three recognition groups:

The Advocates Association

Advocate: $25 - $99
Bronze Advocate: $100 - $249
Silver Advocate: $250 - $499
Gold Advocate: $500 - $749
Platinum Advocate: $750 - $999

The Leadership Association

Sponsor: $1,000 - $2,499
Associate: $2,500 - $4,999
Patron: $5,000 - $9,999
Leader: $10,000 - $24,999
Benefactor: $25,000 - $49,999
Council of Honor: $50,000 - $99,999
President's Club: $100,000 and more

IEEE Heritage Circle - Honored Philanthropists: Longstanding individual supporters whose donations to IEEE Foundation total US$10,000 since 1 January 1995 will be automatically recognized as an Honored Philanthropist and a member of the IEEE Heritage Circle. Qualifying donations are gifts of: cash, stock, gifts of cash prizes, pledge payments, gifts of royalties and donor advised gifts. Bequests, planned gifts, corporate matching gifts, and outstanding pledge balances do not qualify. The Circle contains five named giving levels:

Nikola Tesla: $10,000 - $49,999
Alexander Graham Bell: $50,000 - $99,999
Thomas Alva Edison: $100,000 - $249,999
James Clerk Maxwell: $250,000 - $499,999
Michael Faraday: $500,000 and more

IEEE Goldsmith Legacy League - Forever Generous: The IEEE Goldsmith Legacy League is an elite group of planned giving donors who are Forever Generous. The group is named for Alfred N. and Gertrude Goldsmith whose philanthropic vision seeded the IEEE Foundation's ability to support IEEE's mission. Members of the IEEE Goldsmith Legacy League are building tomorrow by leaving legacy gifts to benefit future generations of engineers. Many members have included a bequest in their will or trust document. Some have named the IEEE Foundation as beneficiary of a life insurance policy, retirement plan, or charitable remainder trust. To join, simply contact the IEEE Development Office and let them know you have arranged for a planned gift to either IEEE or IEEE Foundation.