Asprs Foundation Inc.

“The ASPRS Board of Trustees reviews the draft 990 prior to finalization and filing.”

“The conflict of interest policy is reviewed and signed annually by all Board members.”

“The governing documents, financial statements, and Form 990 are made available to the public upon request.”

“The mission of The ASPRS Foundation is to advance the understanding and use of spatial data for the betterment of humankind and the effective operation of public and private organizations. To establish an extensive and broadly based program that provides grants, scholarships, loans, and other forms of aid to individuals or organizations pursuing knowledge of the arts and sciences associated with the collection, management, and analysis of geospatial data and information, including discipline areas ranging from geographic and land information systems to surveying, photogrammetry, remote sensing, global positioning, cartography, physical geography, computer science, geoscience, bioscience, engineering, land planning, natural resource management, environmental science, natural disaster assessment, social science, and business.”

“The organization has one primary program, Awards and Scholarships. Talbert Abrams Award. The purpose of the Award is to encourage the authorship and recording of current historical engineering and scientific developments in photogrammetry. Robert E. Altenhofen Memorial Scholarship. The purpose of the Scholarship is to encourage and commend college students who display exceptional interest and ability in the theoretical aspects of photogrammetry. Robert N. Colwell Memorial Fellowship. The purpose of the Fellowship is to encourage and commend college or university graduate students at the PhD level who display exceptional interest desire ability and aptitude in the field of remote sensing or other related geospatial information technologies and who have a special interest in developing practical uses of these technologies. John I. Davidson Presidents Award for Practical Papers. The purpose of the Award is to encourage and commend those who publish papers of practical or applied value in PE and RS the official journal of ASPRS.”

“Estes Memorial Teaching Award. The purpose of the Award is to recognize individual achievement in the promotion of remote sensing and geographic information systems GIS technology and applications through educational efforts. ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems. The purpose of the Award is to encourage and commend those who publish papers of scientific merit in the advancement of knowledge about Geographic Information Systems, GIS, in the ASPRS journal PE and RS. William A. Fischer Memorial Scholarship. The purpose of the Scholarship is to facilitate graduate level studies and career goals directed towards new and innovative uses of remote sensing data and techniques that relate to the natural cultural or agricultural resources of the Earth.”

“Government Services Scholarship. The purpose of the Scholarship is to encourage upper division, undergraduate level and graduate level college students in the United States or Canada to pursue a course of study in photogrammetry and related topics leading to a career in the geospatial mapping profession in the government sector, federal, state or local, within the United States. The scholarship also encourages geospatial professionals already in government service to pursue advanced degrees and provides a preference to U.S. veterans. Ta Liang Memorial Award. The purpose of this Award is to facilitate research related travel by outstanding graduate students in remote sensing, including field investigations, agency visits, participation in conferences, or any travel that enhances or facilitates a graduate research program.”

“Francis H. Moffitt Memorial Scholarship. The purpose of the Scholarship is to encourage upper division undergraduate and graduate level college students to pursue a course of study in surveying and photogrammetry leading to a career in the geospatial mapping profession. Kenneth J. Osborn Memorial Scholarship. The purpose of the Scholarship is to encourage and commend college students who display exceptional interest desire ability and aptitude to enter the profession of surveying mapping photogrammetry or geospatial information and technology. In addition, the Scholarship recognizes students who excel at an aspect of the profession that Ken Osborn demonstrated so very well that of communications and collaboration.”

“Outstanding Technical Achievement Award. The purpose of this Award is to recognize developers of specific breakthrough technologies that causes major advances in the practice of photogrammetry, remote sensing or geographic information systems in the United States. Student Assistantship Awards. The purpose of these Awards is to increase student exposure to the profession and to encourage continued student identification with and membership in ASPRS as their national professional organization. Paul R. Wolf Memorial Scholarship. The purpose of the Scholarship is to encourage and commend college students who display exceptional interest desire ability and aptitude to enter the profession of teaching surveying, mapping, or photogrammetry.”

“Abraham Anson Memorial Scholarship. The purpose of the Scholarship is to encourage students who have an exceptional interest in pursuing scientific research or education in geospatial science or technology related to photogrammetry remote sensing surveying and mapping to enter a professional field where they can use the knowledge of their discipline to excel in their profession. John O. Behrens Institute for Land Information ILI Memorial Scholarship. The purpose of the Scholarship is to encourage those who have an exceptional interest in pursuing scientific research or education in geospatial science or technology or land information systems and records to enter a professional field where they can use the knowledge of this discipline to excel in their profession.”

“International Educational Literature Award IELA. The purpose of the Award is to improve the quantity and quality of literature in the recipients library that deals with the mapping sciences i.e., photogrammetry, remote sensing, GIS, and related disciplines. The IELA is made to a university or educational institution outside the USA and typically in the developing world. The Brock Gold Medal Award. The purpose of the Award is to recognize an outstanding landmark in the evolution of the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences, which shall be a proven contribution to these sciences and technologies of whatever form, whether a major completed project or program, some fundamentally new equipment, system or fundamentally new technique, or other new departure.”

“Geospatial Sciences Research Grant. The purpose of the Grant is to support research by students pursuing degrees in the geospatial sciences at the Masters and PhD levels, with preference given to PhD students. Preference is also given to those students planning on a career in teaching.”

“337,889 of unrealized losses are included in the compiled financial statements, but, per the IRS guidelines, are excluded from revenue reported on Part VIII of the Form 990.”

“1,894 of investment expense are included net of revenue in the compiled financial statements, but, per the IRS guidelines, are included in expense on Part IV of the Form 990.”

“The Estes Memorial Teaching Award and Government Services Scholarship were added to the program services.”