Northrop Grumman. Foundation. Annual Report

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1 2013 Northrop Grumman Foundation Annual Report

2 A Message From the President On behalf of the Northrop Grumman Foundation and its Board of Directors, it is my pleasure to present our 2013 annual report. Our goal is to fund science, technology, engineering and math education (STEM) projects and programs that make a difference in the lives of students and their teachers. This annual report highlights a few of our endeavors and we hope you are as excited by these programs as we are. We are also truly glad to be able to support our employees as they fund a variety of educational endeavors across the nation. As Northrop Grumman s business was enhanced internationally, our Foundation took a role in exploring global STEM opportunities. We saw our first international Space Campers visit us from the U.K. We are especially proud of this expansion of the Foundation s mission to fund sustainable STEM projects across the globe. This promises to be very exciting for us! It is such an honor to be able to meet students and teachers and bring unique education opportunities to them. What we do makes a difference in their lives today and in the future of our world. If you would like more information about the Foundation, please click here. Thank you for your interest in the Northrop Grumman Foundation. Sincerely, Sandra Evers-Manly

3 Foundation Overview The Northrop Grumman Foundation supports diverse and sustainable national-level education programs for students as well as educators. The programs and initiatives highlighted in this annual report create innovative STEM experiences. We have two primary methods for giving: Matching Gifts for Education and Foundation grants. $11,435, STEM Education Funding Matching Gifts for Education The Foundation matches the first $1,000 per employee for donations made to qualifying education organizations each year Employee Participants $307,584 K-12 Programming + = $376,188 Aid to Higher Education $683,772 Matching Gifts Total Giving Categories General/Annual Fund Specific Departments Scholarships Other 90 Where do donors give? California Maryland New York Virginia Pennsylvania Maine Colorado Indiana Illinois Ohio Matching Gift Levels Below $100 $12,000 $ $174,900 $ $182,000 $1000 and above $355,000

4 TOP 30 Matching Gift Recipients University of California, Los Angeles... $22,240 Peninsula Education Foundation... $21,045 Manhattan Beach Education Foundation... $18,675 Dartmouth College... $12,825 Purdue Foundation... $10,700 Kansas State University Foundation... $10,000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology... $ 9,100 Hermosa Beach Education Foundation... $ 8,025 University of Southern California... $ 7,878 Mount St. Joseph High School... $ 7,600 University of California, Berkeley...$ 6,825 University of California, Davis... $ 6,100 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute... $ 6,100 Association of Graduates, U.S. Military Academy... $ 5,750 Leland Stanford Junior University... $ 5,750 U.S. Naval Academy Foundation... $ 5,503 Riviera Elementary School PTA... $ 5,375 California Polytechnic State University... $ 5,248 Harvey Mudd College... $ 5,000 Orange County School of the Arts... $ 5,000 University of Maryland... $ 4,825 Virginia Tech Foundation... $ 4,750 University of California, San Diego... $ 4,650 USAFA Endowment... $ 4,590 California State University, Long Beach...$ 4,365 The Pennsylvania State University... $ 4,200 Animo Leadership Charter High School... $ 4,000 Cooper Union... $ 3,825 Georgia Tech... $ 3,700 Redondo Beach Educational Foundation... $ 3,560

5 ECO Classroom With the goal of providing teachers with resources and learning opportunities in environmental science, we again collaborated with Conservation International to launch the ECO Classroom program. This unique, nationwide professional development program equips teachers with knowledge and inspiration. From July 21 to August 1, 2013, Conservation International staff hosted 16 middle and high school life sciences teachers in biology, ecology, environmental and earth systems science at the Conservation International s tropical ecology assessment and monitoring network s field site at La Selva Biological Station in Costa Rica. Since the program s inception, we have reached an estimated 8,500 science, technology, engineering and mathematics students from 32 U.S. middle and high schools. The teachers and schools attending this summer are: Team Name Name Location School Name Sound Jose Ngoc Hoang San Jose, CA Yerba Buena High School team lead Thanh-Lam Nguyen San Jose, CA Independence High School Sara Bourbour San Jose, CA Santa Teresa High School Colorado Carbon Crusaders Charm City Chicas Los Ecologistas Locos Chris Smith San Jose, CA Piedmont Hills High School Erin Zarko Durango, CO Durango High School team lead Danielle Belmont Durango, CO Miller Middle School Mark Walser Durango, CO Mountain Middle School Jennifer Lavelle Durango, CO Escalante Middle School Susan Gottschalk- Baltimore, MD Stemmers Run Middle School Yoder team lead Sara Mullin Baltimore, MD Dundalk Middle School Jennifer Greenawalt Baltimore, MD Holabird Middle School Anuradha Bajpai Windsor Mill, MD Windsor Mill Middle School Jennifer Garcell Portsmouth, VA I.C. Norcom High School team lead Cami Field Portsmouth, VA Churchland High School Paul Sarandria Portsmouth, VA Woodrow Wilson High School Leslie Bulger Portsmouth, VA Churchland High School

6 CyberPatriot V: High School Competition The Foundation renewed its commitment as presenting sponsor for this Air Force Association (AFA) effort. CyberPatriot, which completed its fifth year in 2013, is the nation s largest and fastest-growing high school cybersecurity defense competition designed to excite, educate and motivate the next generation of cyber-defenders. Students competed at the CyberPatriot V National Finals Competition March 14-16, 2013, in Washington, D.C. We had 64 volunteers from across the corporation mentor students and provide technical assistance to teams. CyberPatriot offers an opportunity for our employees to support a critical need for our nation s continued security and economic prosperity. During 2013, we hired 32 CyberPatriots, up from 28 in 2012, who perform critical functions within Northrop Grumman programs and information security infrastructure across the United States. In addition, we maintain communication with many more CyberPatriot competitors as they consider higher education options and careers in STEM disciplines. Through a robust communications campaign by Air Force Association representatives and Northrop Grumman communications and volunteers, we increased the number of teams to 1,225 in CyberPatriot V, up from 1,014 in CyberPatriot IV during Enrollment for CyberPatriot VI is 1,560 teams, representing a 136 percent increase since our sponsorship began. Also in 2013, we began concept development for an elementary school element of CyberPatriot. The AFA began rebranding CyberPatriot as The National Youth Cyber Education Program. In addition, efforts in 2013 included development of international expansion with initial engagement at the 2014 King Saud University Technology Symposium.

7 VEX Robotics We increased our support of VEX Robotics to become the program s presenting sponsor. This sponsorship helped teams globally and supported the world championship event. We chose to increase our support to this program based on the commitment of the VEX leadership team and their dedication to increasing student interest and involvement in STEM through hands-on, sustainable and affordable curriculum-based robotics engineering programs. Additionally, the organization is well-positioned to support program expansion globally. More than 100,000 students from 8,000 teams competed in more than 400 events globally. These students represented 25 countries. For the competition year, VEX will be able to establish teams and competitions in Australia and expand programming in the United Kingdom. SciGirls SciGirls is a PBS series that documents different groups of enthusiastic girls who collaborate, communicate, engineer and discover. The girls are accompanied by two animated characters who tie the series together both online and on television with their STEM-infused adventures. The SciGirls episodes, website and education materials are developed based on research showing what engages girls in STEM learning and careers. The Foundation funding supports middle school students with 24 pilot programs in 15 states, reaching a diverse community of nearly 800 middle school girls with 25,000 hours of instruction in computing and technology.

8 Space Camp Our partnership with the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama, supports student and educator participation in the program. Student campers went through the ultimate space adventure, participating in activities such as building and launching rockets, experiencing weightlessness in an astronaut-training simulator, and simulating space travel preparation. Their science teachers attended the Space Academy for Educators, a program designed to provide teachers the tools to enhance how they use STEM concepts in their classrooms. And, for the first time in five years of program support, we were able to expand the program internationally. In 2013, we sponsored space campers comprised of 17 middle school teachers from eight states and 65 middle school students from 10 states and the District of Columbia. Two students and one teacher were from the United Kingdom.

9 University & College Partnerships and Diversity Scholarships Our University Partners play a key role in generating the knowledge, innovation and talent required to maintain and increase Northrop Grumman s global competitiveness. We value our Partners and strive to develop collaborations that provide meaningful benefits to aid the University as well as Northrop Grumman accomplish our respective missions. The company received the Emerging Partner of the Year award from Prairie View A&M University. $1,450,000 Higher education programs - ranging from STEM pipeline initiatives to diversity and academic organizations. From left to right : Keri McClellan, Adrienne Edwards, Tizoc Loza, Gloria Pualani, Dean Kendall Harris, Veronica Nelson and Doc Massard A grant was presented to the University of Maryland College Park to launch the University of Maryland s Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (ACES) program which is the nation s first undergraduate honors program in cybersecurity. This program represents a new model for cybersecurity education. The living-learning program will offer an intensive, interdisciplinary, accelerated curriculum in key technical, policy, behavioral and social science components of cybersecurity. National Diversity Association Scholarships American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Society of Women Engineers (SWE) Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) Pre-engineering Programs and Scholarships The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) The National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME)

10 University & College Partnerships and Diversity Scholarships University Partners Alabama A&M University Rochester Institute of Technology Auburn University Rutgers University California Institute of Technology The Ohio State University California Polytechnic State University, U.S. Naval Academy* San Luis Obispo California State University, Northridge University of Alabama, Huntsville Charles R. Drew University* University of California, Berkeley Cornell University University of California, Davis Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University of California, Los Angeles University Florida Institute of Technology University of California, San Diego George Mason University University of Colorado - Boulder Georgia Institute of Technology University of Colorado - Colorado Springs Howard University University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign Johns Hopkins University University of Maryland Baltimore County Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Maryland College Park Morgan State University University of Michigan North Carolina A&T University University of Pittsburgh North Carolina State University University of Southern California Northwestern University University of Texas, Austin Pennsylvania State University University of Utah Prairie View A&M University University of Virginia Purdue University University of Wisconsin Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Virginia Tech Rice University (*) - Other University Partners We support 53 Enterprise Universities. The Northrop Grumman Foundation funding ($1.45 M) supported the following Enterprise and other University partners: EDUCATION GRANTS TO SUPPORT CYBER SECURITY PROGRAMS: University of Maryland College Park Advanced Cyber Security Experience for Students (ACES) program California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo Cyber Security Lab United States Naval Academy Center for Cyber Security Studies EDUCATION GRANTS TO SUPPORT K 14 STEM PIPELINE PROGRAMS AT NINE UNIVERSITIES: California State University (Northridge) Georgia Institute of Technology Morgan State University North Carolina State University Prairie View A&M University Rice University University of California Los Angeles University of Maryland College Park University of Texas (Austin)

11 A Message From the Foundation Manager What an incredible year this has been! From helping students reach towards the stars through our partnership with the U.S. Space and Rocket Center to watching brilliant students from around the world develop VEX Robotics alliances to seeing ECO Classroom s classroom under the canopy provide important professional development opportunities for educators, we have impacted an incredible number of students and their teachers. There is nothing like seeing and feeling the excitement and appreciation from everyone we come across as a result of our programming. I speak for all of my colleagues when I say we can t wait to experience it all over again in 2014! Disaster Relief Major natural disasters in the United States during 2013 affected several communities with a strong presence of Northrop Grumman employees. Additionally, Typhoon Haiyan devastated the Philippines in November. We are members of the American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program. This program helps secure a reliable funding base for disaster relief services and enables Red Cross personnel to respond immediately to the needs of individuals and families affected by disaster. $121,109 Employees donated to the Colorado and California wildfires, Oklahoma tornadoes, central region storms and floods in Colorado. Affected people received food, shelter, emotional support and other essential assistance with less delay. The Foundation matched that amount. Through Northrop Grumman, we also provided additional grants to organizations providing support for victims of the Colorado wildfires and flooding. The Northrop Grumman Foundation board of directors approved an additional $150,000 grant to the American Red Cross to assist with immediate needs of the victims of Typhoon Haiyan. Additionally, a $150,000 matching gift program for employees was approved. We had a tremendous response from employees who donated a total of $154, Partners AIA Team American Rocketry Challange Camp Invention Let s Go MATHCOUNTS Foundation NACME National Engineers Week National Science Teachers Association NSBE SEEK Program Sally Ride Science Science Buddies SHPE Foundation Society For Science And The Public Teach For America USA Science and Engineering Festival U.S. Space and Rocket Center United Through Reading U.S. Naval Academy Foundation Viva Technology White House Interns Program Wolf Trap Foundation

12 The Northrop Grumman Foundation Board and Staff Sandra Evers-Manly President Sheila Cheston Frank Flores Darryl Fraser Denise Peppard Silva Thomas Treasurer Carleen Beste Manager and Secretary Reyna Gaar / Lisa Flanagan Administrator For additional information on the Northrop Grumman Foundation or the grant application process, visit: and keyword search: foundation. ngfoundation@ngc.com Telephone number: