Make a Lasting Impact
Through Planned Giving, Secure the Future of Engineering
In 2016, the SAME Foundation was formed with a purpose to foster engineering leadership for the nation—and to build on the legacy of the Society of American Military Engineers in helping secure our nation through service, technical excellence, and leadership.
You’ve given so much of your time and talent to SAME during your professional years. Through planned giving, you can continue that legacy into retirement and beyond. You can leave a legacy that will both Build Your Legacy and Strengthen Your Nation.
The SAME Foundation is building the future—one leader, one innovator, one mission-ready professional at a time. Through our focused support of STEM camps, education and training initiatives, leadership development, and young member engagement, we are investing in the next generation of architects, engineers, constructors, innovators, problem-solvers—and leaders—who will shape the national security infrastructure and technological landscape of tomorrow.
You have the power to ensure this vital mission continues for generations.
A Legacy that Grows
By including the SAME Foundation in your estate plans, you create a lasting legacy that reflects your commitment to public service, technical excellence, and the advancement of America’s future. Your planned gift helps ensure the financial infrastructure is secure to invest in our nation’s STEM leaders for decades to come.
- Provide resources to support SAME’s STEM/Engineering & Construction Camps
- Support leadership and mentorship programs that develop principled, mission-driven leaders, with experience learning and developing alongside their peers in industry, military, and government
- Provide opportunities for early-career professionals to engage, grow, and serve
Why Planned Giving?
Planned giving is a meaningful way to align your personal values with long-term impact. It allows you to support the causes you care about—while also offering potential financial and tax benefits to you and your loved ones.
Whether through a bequest, charitable trust, or beneficiary designation, your generosity will carry forward the SAME Foundation’s mission to inspire and elevate the people who secure our nation today, and especially tomorrow.
The SAME Foundation is registered as a 501(C)(3) Non-Profit Organization. Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law—EIN: 81-1960637. The SAME Foundation has received a Platinum Seal of Transparency by Candid (GuideStar) and holds a four-star rating with Charity Navigator. It is committed to full compliance with state charitable registration statutes. [List of registered states and required disclaimers]. Learn more at www.same.org/foundation. The SAME Foundation is an approved listing for the Combined Federal Campaign: CFC #59814.
Invest in America’s STEM Future
America faces a complex national security landscape. Infrastructure challenges, disruptive geopolitical events, resource challenges, and global threats to the balance of power increase in frequency and severity every year. To assure our nation’s safety and prosperity into the future, skilled and dedicated engineering leaders capable of meeting these dynamic challenges head-on will play a critical role.
The SAME Foundation, since its establishment in 2016, has invested in programs focused on inspiring and elevating the next generation of military, government, and industry leaders who will strengthen the engineering profession for tomorrow.
Through its support of STEM outreach, youth mentoring, and professional training and development—and because of the generous contributions of people like you—the SAME Foundation is meeting its compelling purpose to Foster Engineering Leadership for the Nation.
We Are Making a Difference, Together
The SAME Foundation through your support today, and as part of your planned giving, will help us lead the way in developing the next generation of engineering leaders for our nation. We can make a lasting difference by providing Society members, America’s youth, veterans, and others in the engineering community with unmatched opportunities to grow both personally and professionally.
The camp mentors and cadets were extremely supportive throughout the week; they have definitely provided me with new ideas that I appreciate and expect will influence my future growth. From the moment I was accepted to this camp, to the moment I left the grounds, I was in excellent hands!
Ava Johnson, 2022 SAME/ Air Force Academy Camp
Leader Development Program
The SAME Leader Development Program nurtures leadership skills in high-potential mid-career members through a dynamic curriculum of speakers, book discussions, and group exercises. Funded entirely by the SAME Foundation, the training culminates with a Utilization Project to advance a significant engineering issue to benefit the A/E/C profession.
STEM/Engineering & Construction Camps
SAME’s Engineering & Construction Camps for over 25 years have helped produce thousands of inspired STEM leaders and professionals. The SAME Foundation’s support of this signature program is helping provide more students across the country with the opportunity to experience the promise and potential of a career in engineering, including in the services.
STEM Pathways Program
Designed as a framework for SAME Posts to engage Indigenous communities in STEM outreach, the STEM Pathways Program (created through the Leader Development Program) is an important initiative that aspires to introduce more youth to STEM fields and the potential opportunities in STEM careers, with focused activities in Alaska, North Dakota, New Mexico, and Florida.
Investing in Their Future, and America’s
By donating to the SAME Foundation, you are helping expand programs that invest in the military, government, and industry engineering and STEM leaders of tomorrow. Through your support, we can do our part to ensure that the strength, resilience, and potential of America’s engineering community remains a constant reminder of our nation’s technological advantage on the world’s stage.
