Aip Foundation

“Explanation of classes of members or shareholders: aip foundation is a non-profit non-stock corporation.”

“Form 990 review process: the form 990 is reviewed by the cfo and then made available to all members of the board of trustees. Information pertaining to certain contributions may be redacted from the form presented for review if requested by the donor.”

“The conflict-of-interest policy is provided to each member of the board of trustees. All trustees are required to disclose any conflicts of interest and to notify the board of any conflicts that may arise throughout the year.”

“Other organization documents made available to the public: financial information and the conflict of interest policy are available to the public upon request.”

“How members of shareholders elect governing board: except for the initial board of trustees, the number of trustees constituting the entire board of trustees shall be fixed by action of aip, as member, provided that the number of trustees shall not be less than 3 nor more than 17, including two ex-officio trustees. The number of trustees may be increased or decreased by amendment of the bylaws or by action of aip, as member.”

“Aip, as member, shall annually elect trustees to fill the seats of trustees whose terms are expiring, and each trustee shall hold office for his or her term and until a successor has been elected and qualified or until an earlier resignation or removal. The corporation may be dissolved, and its assets distributed as provided in the certificate of incorporation, only by action of aip, as member of the corporation.”

“Aip foundation pays no compensation and therefore has no compensation policy. The related organization, the american institute of physics, details their compensation policies on schedule j and schedule o of their form 990.”

“The society of physics students (sps) is a scientific society for physics and astronomy undergraduates and their mentors, with more than 6,400 members spread over more than 900 chapters nationwide and 36 international chapters. Sps exists to support undergraduate students interested in physics and astronomy, promoting inclusivity and collegiality, supporting physics and astronomy departments, and reaching out in service to the broader community. Sigma pi sigma, the physics and astronomy honor society, recognizes outstanding scholars in physics and astronomy, encourages interest in the field, and promotes an attitude of service among its over 90,000 life-long members and 599 chapters towards the entire physics and astronomy community and the public. Sigma pi sigma provides a network of people spanning from undergraduate and graduate students through retired professionals. The connection of alumni with current students provides rich opportunities for support of both students and departments. The society of physics students and sigma pi sigma provide enriching experiences for students interested in the physical sciences through internships, scholarships, fellowships, and student programs at scientific meetings - opportunities that are vital to the professional development of all undergraduate physics and astronomy students.”

“THE HISTORY PROGRAMS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS ENSURE THAT THE HERITAGE OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES IS SAFEGUARDED AND THAT THE PUBLIC CAN UNDERSTAND HOW THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES HAVE BEEN CENTRAL TO THE HISTORY OF THE MODERN WORLD. THE HISTORY OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES OFFERS A RICH FRAMEWORK OF EXCITING PAST ACHIEVEMENTS AND VALUABLE GUIDANCE FOR CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. THE CORE ACTIVITIES OF AIP's HISTORY PROGRAMS INCLUDE LOCATING AND PRESERVING PRIMARY SOURCE MATERIAL, SUPPORTING THE PRODUCTION OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES, AND BRINGING THIS HISTORY TO A WIDE AUDIENCE. AIP's HISTORY PRORGAMS COLLECT ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS, AN IMMEDIATE AND PERSONAL TESTIMONY TO SCIENCE IN PASSING GENERATIONS. WE SUPPORT HISTORICAL WRITING THROUGH GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS, AS WELL AS THROUGH THE EARLY CAREER CONFERENCE AND OUR SUPPORT OF EMERGING SCHOLARS. WE SUPPORT EDUCATION AND ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HISTORY OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES THROUGH OUR NEWSLETTERS AND HISTORY OF SCIENCE ONLINE RESOURCES. AIP'S HISTORY PROGRAMS ALSO SPONSOR A PUBLIC LECTURE SERIES. A CORE PART OF AIP's HISTORY PROGRAM'S is THE NIELS BOHR LIBRARY & ARCHIVES (NBLA), WHICH DOCUMENTS THE HISTORY OF AIP AND OTHER SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS BY COLLECTING INSTITUTIONAL RECORDS AND OTHER PRIMARY RESOURCES THAT DETAIL THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ORGANIZATIONS AND HIGHLIGHT THE ROLES THAT THESE INSTITUTIONS PLAY IN THE WORLD AT LARGE, CAPTURING HOW SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS. THE NBLA ALSO PRESERVES ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS, PHOTOGRAPHS AND MEDIA, BOOKS, JOURNALS, AND OTHER PUBLISHED MATERIALS PERTAINING TO THE HISTORY OF THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES. IN RECENT YEARS, THE NBLA HAS BROADENED THE SCOPE OF THE COLLECTIONS TO INCLUDE OLDER MATERIALS AND RARE BOOKS, DATING BACK TO THE 16TH AND 17TH CENTURIES, IN TOPICS THAT FORM THE FOUNDATION OF MODERN SCIENCE. LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, THE NBL&A STRIVES TO SERVE AND CONNECT WITH OUR RESEARCH COMMUNITY THROUGH INCREASED OUTREACH AND PROMOTION OF OUR RESOURCES AND GLOBAL ACCESS TO OUR COLLECTIONS THROUGH STRATEGIC DIGITIZATION AND REMOTE ACCESS TO SELECTED MATERIALS. THE AIP MEDIA SERVICES TEAM WORKS WITH AIP PUBLISHING, AIP'S MEMBER SOCIETIES, AND ALLIED ORGANIZATIONS TO PRODUCE AND PROMOTE TIMELY, ACCURATE PUBLIC DISSEMINATION OF SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES AND KNOWLEDGE. MEDIA SERVICES STAFFS PRESS ROOMS, ORGANIZES PRESS CONFERENCES AND PRODUCES HUNDREDS OF WRITTEN STORIES, AND OTHER FORMS OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FOR THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES COMMUNITY, MEDIA, AND GENERAL PUBLIC EVERY YEAR. AIP' SOCIAL SCIENCE AND POLICY RESEARCH PROGRAMS, COLLECT AND DISSEMINATES RELIABLE AND TIMELY DATA ON EDUCATION, CAREERS, AND DEMOGRAPHICS IN PHYSICAL SCIENCES. DATA ARE PUBLISHED IN THE AREAS OF ENROLLMENT, DEGREES, DEMOGRAPHICS, EMPLOYMENT BY ECONOMIC SECTOR, AND SALARY INFORMATION FOR PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY BACHELOR'S, MASTER'S, AND PHD HOLDERS. AIP'S RESEARCH TEAM ALSO PROVIDES SURVEY EXPERTISE AND CONTRACTS WITH MEMBER SOCIETIES AND OUTSIDE ORGANIZATIONS TO CONDUCT TARGETED STUDIES.”

“Aip foundation is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501 (c ) (3) of the irs code 1986. In keeping with its mission to advance, promote and serve the physical sciences for the benefit of humanity, aip offers unique expertise and products in: student engagement; preservation and promulgation of the history of the physical sciences; content delivery; magazine publishing; statistical research; and public policy reporting, research and analysis.”

“(Expenses $ including grants of $) SEE SCHEDULE O.”

“AIP'S USES A PORTION OF AIP'S STRATEGIC RESERVES AS A BOARD-DESIGNATED FUND, TO ADVANCE THE SUCCESS OF ITS MEMBER SOCIETIES THROUGH ITS VENTURE GRANTS PROGRAM AND COLLECTIVE ACTION ACTIVITIES, AND TO SUPPORT STEM Excellence IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES. THE VENTURE GRANTS PROGRAM FUNDS INNOVATIVE PROJECTS OF ONE OR MORE MEMBER SOCIETIES. AIP AFFILIATES MAY ALSO PARTNER WITH MEMBER SOCIETIES ON VENTURE GRANT PROJECTS. FOR A MEMBER SOCIETY TO RECEIVE THIS GRANT, THE SOCIETY MUST SUBMIT A PROPOSAL TO THE VENTURE GRANT ADVISORY COMMITTEE. THE COMMITTEE, COMPRISED OF INDEPENDENT MEMBERS, PERFORMS A THOROUGH REVIEW OF SUBMISSIONS AND MAKES INDEPENDENT RECOMMENDATIONS TO MANAGEMENT ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE GRANTS. AIP IS DEEPLY COMMITTED TO ADVANCING CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES AND CULTIVATING A CULTURE OF STEM EXCELLENCE THAT SUPPORTS INCLUSIVE, WELCOMING ENVIRONMENTS. OUR EFFORTS FOCUS ON ENSURING THAT ANYONE INTERESTED IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES CAN THRIVE THROUGHOUT THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY. GUIDED BY DATA, WE PRIORITIZE COMMUNITIES WHERE INVESTMENT IS MOST NEEDED-WORKING TO ENSURE THAT NO ONE IS LEFT BEHIND. AIP LAUNCHED THE COLLECTIVE ACTION INITIATIVE, TEAM-UP TOGETHER IN 2022 TO CATALYZE STRUCTURAL AND CULTURAL CHANGE IN PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPROVE GRADUATION OUTCOMES FOR UNDERGRADUATES WHO FACE THE STARKEST BARRIERS TO SUCCESS IN THESE FIELDS, INCLUDING A FOCUS ON AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS. GROUNDED IN RESEARCH, THE INITIATIVE HAS TWO MAIN COMPONENTS. STUDENT PROGRAM: THIS PROGRAM PROVIDES SCHOLARSHIPS TO PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS, MENTORING, RESEARCH AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS, AND COMMUNITY BUILDING TO HELP IMPROVE STUDENT'S SENSE OF BELONGING, ALLEVIATE FINANCIAL BARRIERS, AND PREPARE THEM FOR POST GRADUATE ENDEAVORS (E.G. GRADUATE SCHOOL OR WORKFORCE. IN 2024, TU-T AWARDED 72 SCHOLARSHIPS IN THE AMOUNT OF $10,000 EACH, REPRESENTING 61 SCHOOLS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, HOSTED THE TU-T STUDENT EXPERIENCE CONFERENCE, AND CONNECTED 39 STUDENTS TO MENTORS, AMONG OTHER SUPPORTS. DEPARTMENT PROGRAM: THE EXPANDING EXPERTISE, CHAMPIONING EXCELLENCE AND LEADERSHIP (EXCEL) GRANT PROGRAM ADDRESSES SYSTEMIC CHANGE BY PROVIDING FUNDING FOR PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY DEPARTMENTS TO LAUNCH INNOVATIVE EFFORTS AND PROGRAMS THAT DRIVE SYSTEMIC CHANGE AND PRIORITIZE SUPPORT TO ENSURE SUCCESSFUL OUTCOMES FOR STUDENTS, INCLUDING AFRICAN AMERICAN UNDERGRADUATES. IN 2024, AIP AWARDED APPROXIMATELY $1M IN FUNDING TO FIVE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS TO IMPLEMENT TWO-YEAR PROJECTS. AIP FURTHER SUPPORTED THE PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY COMMUNITY TO MEET PROGRAM GOALS BY LAUNCHING A DIGITAL EXPERIENCE PLATFORM TO ENGAGE AND INFORM STAKEHOLDERS AND GAVE NUMEROUS PRESENTATIONS AT SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES. AS PART OF ITS STRATEGIC PRIORITIES, AIP LAUNCHED A FEDERATION-WIDE STRATEGIC PLAN IN MARCH 2024 TO FOSTER A CULTURE OF STEM EXCELLENCE AND EXPAND OPPORTUNITY IN THE PHYSICAL SCIENCES. DEVELOPED THROUGH COLLABORATIVE INPUT FROM MEMBER SOCIETIES, THE PLAN OUTLINES ACTIONS THAT WILL STRENGTHEN THE FEDERATION THROUGH COMMUNITY BUILDING, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND RESOURCE CREATION. THE GOAL IS TO DRIVE MEANINGFUL CHANGE BY IDENTIFYING AND DISMANTLING SYSTEMIC AND CULTURAL BARRIERS WHILE BUILDING AND SUSTAINING RELATIONSHIPS THAT ADVANCE BOTH MEMBER SOCIETIES AND AIP'S COMMITMENT TO STEM EXCELLENCE. THIS WORK IS LED BY THE ADVANCING OPPORTUNITY & COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT WORKGROUP, WHICH INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEN AIP MEMBER SOCIETIES. AIP JOINS OTHER ORGANIZATIONS AS A PARTNER FOR THE STEMM OPPORTUNITY ALLIANCE (SOA). THE SOA AIMS TO BUILD A STEMM ECONOMY THAT EXPANDS OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AMERICANS AND REFLECTS THE DIVERSITY OF OUR NATION BY 2050.THE TEAM-UP TOGETHER INITIATIVE AND THE FEDERATION STRATEGIC PLAN TO STEM EXCELLENCE ARE LISTED AS ONE OF THE 'MODEL' PROGRAMS ALIGNED WITH SOA GOALS.”

“The aip foundation is organized and operates exclusively for charitable, scientific, and educational purposes within the meaning of section 501 (c) (3) of the irs code 1986. Aip advances the physical sciences as a federation and an institute. As a federation, aip works to advance the success of its member societies and affiliates so that they can leverage their diverse expertise and contributions in advancing the physical sciences in the research enterprise, in the economy, in education and in society. Through their shared goals and partnership with aip, member organizations broaden their impact and achieve results beyond their individual missions and mandates. Aip also acts as an independent institute that empowers physical scientists with journalism; social science, demographics and policy research; and history and student programs. Aip also advances the physical sciences through the missions and operations of aip publishing and of aip foundation. Aip recognizes and honors excellence in the physical sciences, raising public awareness of the contributions our community makes to society with several named awards.”