Donor Recognition

2007 Contributions to APS

APS is grateful for contributions from corporations, governmental agencies, national and international labs, foundations and individuals.  These gifts are vital to the continuation and expansion of APS education and outreach, international and public affairs programs.  There are numerous areas to which donors contributed in 2007 including the 21st Century Campaign, new and existing prizes and awards, the annual giving fund, the Bequest Society, special Divisional funds, and journal support.    

Individual Gifts

This year, the 21st Century Campaign began to focus more on individual gift fund raising through an outstanding committee lead by William Brinkman.  As of year end, $2.5 million had been raised towards the Campaign’s goal of $3.5 million.  The Campaign’s funds are supporting key APS programs that improve science education, inspire teachers and students and attract greater numbers of women and under-represented minorities to the sciences.  

Prizes and Awards

There were many prize and award achievements in 2007.  Arrangements were made to endow the Polymer Physics Prize at the $200,000 level as of 2010 thanks to Dow Chemical Company and individual DPOLY member gifts.  The J. J. Sakurai Prize was  raised to the $10,000 level beginning with the 2008 awarding.  A new biennial APS Prize for Industrial Applications of Physics was established and will begin to be awarded in 2009 thanks to the support of General Motors Corporation. 

The Shock Compression Award was renamed the George E. Duvall Shock Compression Award to honor the achievements of Dr. Duvall.  The first Dawson Award (formerly the Excellence in Plasma Physics Award) was presented during the fall of 2007 after the successful completion of a joint fund raising effort with UCLA.  Elsevier renewed its support of the Metropolis Award for the years 2008-2012.  The Plyler Prize received renewed support from Newport Corporation for the years 2008-2010.   Finally, the Panofsky Prize was endowed at the $200,000 level thanks to contributions from SLAC and DPF.

Estate Planning Contributions

Planned giving continues to gain momentum and in 2007 and, as in recent years, an estate planning session was conducted at the March meeting in Denver.  It is a popular session for attendees and those local to where the conference is being held who are interested in information about managing and minimizing the taxation of their estate.  Planned giving brochures on various topics were distributed during the session and made available to members responding to a follow up article in APS News.  In 2007, we completed receipt of the M. Hildred Blewett bequest that totaled over $1.5 million and established a scholarship program to enable women who have had to take a break in their careers to get back into research.   

Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams

Physical Review Special Topics - Accelerators and Beams (PRST-AB) funding raising brought in a record amount of $125,000 in 2007 including six new laboratory sponsors.  In 2007, members gave over $300,000 in conjunction with their membership renewals or at year end.  APS fellow receptions were held in Los Angeles and San Francisco to honor this important constituency of the Society, inform them about key programs and seek their advice.  A new brochure providing feedback on the programs benefiting from member giving was developed and mailed to all donors and a special brochure on 2007 IRA charitable giving opportunities was distributed to fellows and seniors of the Society.   The Development Office now benefits from the advice of a new Development Advisory Committee which held its first meeting in 2007.

Special Recognition

We are thankful to all donors to the Society and are pleased to provide special recognition to those contributing $100 or more annually by listing their names in this Annual Report.  We would also like to extend our appreciation to past contributors to other APS initiatives.  We look forward to keeping our donors apprised of our program accomplishments and future fund raising opportunities.

• Corporations
  
• Governmental Agencies & Other Organizations
  
• National Labs
  
• Foundations
• Prize & Award Endowments
• Individual Donors (Password Protected for APS Members Only)
  

We would also like to extend our thanks to past contributors to the Campaign for Physics and other major APS initiatives.