25th Anniversary

Celebrate 25 Years!

Join the Foundation in celebrating all the successes of the past 25 years. Thanks to broad support from ASSP members, chapters and regions, as well as our corporate donors, the ASSP Foundation continues to grow and advance the future of safety. Our predecessors had the vision to create the Foundation, and it has grown from an idea to an institution providing more than $1.6 million in scholarship, $235,000 in research grants, $220,000 in research fellowships, and $132,000 in professional education grants. We look forward to what we can do together in the next 25 years!

View the Foundation's Anniversary Timeline and learn about the 25 history of the Foundation from its creation in 1990 to today!

Take part in the Safety Matters Challenge! Show your support for Safety Matters, the Foundation's signature fund, and win scholarships, grants, and more for your Region!

25 Ways to Support the Foundation

There are so many ways to spread the word about investing in the future of safety by supporting the Foundation. Friends of the Foundation show their love for safety by giving, sharing, and promoting. Here are 25 of our favorite ways to support the Foundation:

  1. Friend, follow, and connect with us on social media
  2. Show off your I Safety T-shirt
  3. Skip a cup of coffee each day and donate the savings to the Foundation alongside Region VIII’s Coffee Cup Challenge
  4. Donate an item to the Safety Matters Silent Auction
  5. Check the box on your dues renewal form and donate with ease
  6. Share the Foundation’s research with your colleagues
  7. Spread the word about the Family Scholarship Fund
  8. Become a Foundation Liaison for your chapter
  9. Be a part of the Safety Matters Golf Outing
  10. Make a difference year round by becoming a monthly donor
  11. Talk to your chapter about following in the footsteps of Philadelphia Chapter, who pledged to donate $25,000 over ten years to Safety Matters and the Philadelphia Chapter Scholarship
  12. Host a Fun Run or Walk-a-Thon to raise funds
  13. Volunteer to help with one of the Foundation’s events like the auction or golf outing
  14. Strengthen your donation with a matching gift from your employer
  15. Add a donation during checkout in ASSE’s online store
  16. Join Next Generation Board Chair Ricky Sanders, who’s pledged to donate $25 to the Foundation for the next 25 years
  17. Start or join a crowdfunding campaign
  18. Speak on behalf of the Foundation at a local safety event, like Emily Holland did at the 2015 Indiana Safety and Health Conference
  19. Make a donation recognizing a leader in the profession, just as New Jersey Chapter did in recognition of ASSP Past President Kathy Seabrook
  20. Host your own silent auction
  21. Have your company start its own fundraising campaign to support Safety Matters, like Accuform Signs did with One Million Safe Days
  22. Answer Eric Stager and Erike Young’s challenge, asking each chapter to donate $250 for the 25th Anniversary
  23. Establish a scholarship or grant on behalf of a loved one, like the Steve Kane family in 2014
  24. Make a Legacy gift and move the profession forward with what you leave behind
  25. Consider directing any fees you receive as a speaker to the Foundation or ask the event handler to make a donation on your behalf, like Joel Tiejens and Rick Callor did

Key dates

Sep 15
Jan 1
June 2
Online Application Open
Application Due
Awards Announced

Anniversary Well Wishes

Congratulations! Thank you for advancing the profession and ultimately helping to protect working men and women worldwide.

- Carl Heinlein, Sep 24, 2015

What a great opportunity to elevate the wonderful work of the ASSE Foundation. I am excited to help celebrate this milestone!

- Pam Walaski, Sep 14, 2015

Congratulations team. Great Job Best regards from Chile A.South Johns Aguilar Miraglia

- JOHNS AGUILAR, Aug 10, 2015

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