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M O R E I M P A C T

ANNUAL REPORT 2016

iSPACE, the STEM Learning Place, a non-profit organization serving the Greater Cincinnati Region makes learning exciting by providing engaging and immersive Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs to schools, families and the community. iSPACE programs are aligned with national and state educational standards and complement teaching curricula but they reach beyond the formal classroom setting to spark curiosity and inspire interest in STEM. iSPACE uses best practices in innovative programs to help students and educators build confidence and interest in STEM knowledge and careers. Programs and partnerships are designed to fill the region’s future workforce in manufacturing, technology, research, health care and other STEM-related fields.

iSPACE ignites

passion for Science

and Technology

to prepare all

learners to thrive

in tomorrow’s

workforce.

www.iSPACEscience.org

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Cincinnati Astronomical Society

Cincinnati Observatory Scope Out

Cincinnati Science Olympiad

Clifton Cultural Arts Center

De Paul Cristo Rey, Work Study Program

Fairfield City Schools

GE Aviation Asian Pacific Forum

Goshen Local Schools

Greater Cincinnati Planned Giving Council

Greater Cincinnati STEM Collaborative

Girl Scouts (GSUSA-KY and GSWO-OH)

Hamilton County Juvenile Court

INTERalliance Tech Olympics

Lighthouse Youth Services

Milford Exempted Village Schools

Sycamore Community Schools

United Way BOLD Agency Fair

University of Cincinnati CEEMS

University of Cincinnati’s Economics Center

University of Cincinnati Science Fair

UpSpring

Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting

West Chester Amateur Radio Association

iSPACE COMMUNITY PARTNERS

26 FIRST® Robotics Programs

39 Week-long Camp Sessions

176 Classes attended field trips to iSPACE

208 Outreach Programs

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In 2016, iSPACE experienced its own “Big Bang”, expanding our universe in multiple ways...

• Moved to larger facility

• Provided Summer Camps for 650 K-12 students (+8% vs. 2015)

• Served over 6,000 K-12 students via field trips (+41% vs. 2015)

All of this was made possible by the generosity of supporters like you. Grant income continued to be strong this year - a testament to the quality and value of the programs we offer. In addition, individual contributions were up 44% vs 2015.

We’re looking forward to reaching even more students and teachers in 2017!

Mary Adams, Principal, Mary Adams LLC, Retired Procter & Gamble Company

Sheela Bhaskar, Senior Consulting Associate, Lucarelli Tactical Group

Gary Conley, President, TechSolve, Inc.

Yvan Demosthenes, Business Development, Prolocity Cloud Solutions

John Dougherty, Board Vice President, Director of Wealth Management, Dougherty & Associates

Kevin Felder, Board President, Senior Design Engineer, Ethicon Endo-Surgery

John Hall, Board Past President, Section Manager, Information & Decision Solutions, Procter & Gamble Company

Teri Hupp, Board Secretary, Production Planning Manager, Michelman Inc.

Dave Kylander, Preconstruction Executive, Messer Construction

Richard Lajoie, Board Treasurer, Consultant, Self Employed

Nick Melillo, Supervisor Project Controls, Duke Energy

Doris Paul, Vice President & Treasurer, Ohio National Financial Services

Christian Rice, Senior Purchasing Manager, Procter & Gamble

Tom Simpson, SVP and Chief Technology Officer, Cincinnati Bell

Rajib Sinha, Senior Engineer and Project Manager, Trihydro Corporation

Emily St. Cyr, Associate Attorney, Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

Nelson Vincent, Ed.D., Vice President Information Technology & CIO, University of Cincinnati

Sue Williams, Vice President, Engineering & Outsourced Co-Pack, Sunny Delight Beverages

Non-Voting Members

Linda Neenan, Executive Director, iSPACE

Roger K. Smith, CFO, Non-Profit Executive Services

36,226Total Served

Number of students served

28,098

Number of adults served

8,128

22 Grants filled

Annual Space Day Celebration attracted

2,400+

Professional Development Workshops

iSPACE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2016

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Inaugural Ingage Partners Social Impact Fund Award presented to iSPACE

Ingage Partners Social Impact Fund awarded $15,500 and 200 hours of volunteer time to iSPACE in the first Ingage Partners Social Impact Fund Award. iSPACE will use the funds and volunteer hours for curriculum development for the IGNITE Engineering program. iSPACE’s IGNITE Engineering is a program intended for kindergarten through sixth-grade students to learn to become problem solvers while learning science, technology, engineering and math concepts and skills.

“iSPACE is honored to be the recipient of the inaugural Ingage Social Impact Fund grant. Your investment in iSPACE validates our efforts to develop career pathways for our region’s future STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) workforce. As well as the generous financial gift, we are especially proud to have Ingage employees partner with us by contributing 200 volunteer hours.” – Linda Neenan, iSPACE

Executive Director

General Electric’s Asia-Pacific Group makes iSPACE its 2016 Symposium Non-Profit Beneficiary

On Oct 25-26, 2016, General Electric’s Asia Pacific Affinity Group held their annual symposium at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati. Each year, the group holds a friendly competition between GE facilities to see who can raise the most money forthe non-profit beneficiary. The group selected iSPACE as the 2016 non-profit beneficiary and raised $27,699.

2016 HIGHLIGHTS

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iSPACE moves

to a new home

In June, 2016, iSPACE relocated to a new building located at 100 Scarlet Oaks Drive. The move more than triples the educational space and sets iSPACE up for expanding programs in 2017 and beyond. Our location remains on the Great Oaks campus and we are excited to continue the long standing partnership with Great Oaks to deliver our educational programs in a much improved setting.

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Success! This young engineer finds that his self designed car has effectively protected an egg as it sailed off the table and onto the floor.

iSPACE

students talk to

Astronauts on

International

Space Station

On Saturday, October 8, 2016, a crowd of over 100 gathered at iSPACE for an historic opportunity to talk with Astronaut Kate Rubins while she orbited the earth on the International Space Station. The activity was part of the ARISS (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) Program, which promotes learning opportunities as part of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) initiative. Students were able to ask questions of Astronaut Kate Rubins with help from the West Chester Amateur Radio Association from the Voice of America Museum of Broadcasting.

“Amazing time today spending time listening to kids talking over HAM radio to Kate Rubins on the ISS! Amazing! Hats off to iSPACE and the West Chester Amateur Radio Association! Once in a lifetime opportunity indeed!”

– Facebook Post

2016 HIGHLIGHTS

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iSPACE Financials

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$800,000

$700,000

$600,000

$500,000

$400,000

$300,000

$200,000

$100,000

$ 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

iSPACE Annual Revenues

Admin3%

Fundraising2%

Occupancy11%

Program14%

Personnel63%

REVENUE 2016 2015

Program Fees $295,721 $253,955

Grants $253,128 $243,490

Donations $156,986 $114,871

Other $7,571 $3,507

Capital (new bldg) $120,060 –

$833,466 $615,823

EXPENSES 2016 2015

Personnel $451,845 $442,753

Program $99,394 $106,900

Occupancy $76,608 $60,000

Administration $20,141 $18,126

Fundraising $14,935 $22,953

Capital $48,779 –

$711,702 $650,732

NET ASSETS AT 12/31/16: $153,946

Combined Individual Grants In-Kind Program Fees Fundraiser Other IncomeContributed ContributionsSupport

2016 Expense ($711,702)

Program Fees36%Other

1%

Donations19%

Grants30%

2016 Revenue ($833,466)

Capital7%

Capital (new bldg)14%

Cosmic Legacy$50,000+Duke Energy FoundationGreat OaksProcter & Gamble Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation

Universal Donor$25,000-$49,999Helen G., Henry F. & Louise Tuechter

Dornette Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee

Elsa Heisel Sule FoundationEthicon Charitable Contributions

FundGeorge & Margaret McLane FoundationToyota TEMA

Galaxy Giver$10,000-$24,999Conley, GaryCharler H. Dater FoundationHare, Susan & TyAndrew Jergens FoundationMartha Holden Jennings FoundationNeenan, Linda & EdwardIngage Partners & Pay It Forward

CincinnatiWoodward Trust

Sun Sponsor$7,500-$9,999 R.C. Durr Foundation

Planetary Patron $5,000-$7,499Best Buy Children’s FoundationCincinnati BellCurro, John & SybilGRAM Charitable FoundationGreater Cincinnati 99sSmith, Roger & Melissa Stokes, RussellVincent, Nelson

iSPACE Donors

Moon Walker$3,000-$4,999Adams, Mary & DavidGE Employees Community

Service FundSimpson, Tom & LorriWilliams, Susan & Richard

Star Gazer$1,000-$2,999AnonymousBhaskar, SheelaCincinnati AHEPA Philanthropic

FoundationFelder, Kevin & LindseyGE Volunteers (GCSO)GKN FoundationHall, John & MandyHuck, BettyHupp, Teri & ScottKrishnamoorthy, RaghuLajoie, Richard & Mary AliceNair, MahendraNeenan, Mary Elaine (in honor

of Ed & Linda Neenan)Rabe, Charles & SandyRice, Christian & CaseyTechSolve

Comet Contributor$500-$999Cepress, Catherine & RandyDisney Worldwide Services, Inc.Dougherty, John IIIFisher, ScottGE FoundationHasaneen, RashaKaderali, SamiraKalb, AlishaKobida, Dan & CharlieKylander, David J. & JuanitaLincoln FinancialLobo, DavidMaloney, CarmieMesser Construction

Michelman, IncPeller, Sara & KenTaylor, Beth & TadUniversity of CincinnatiWesBanco Xiang, WeimingYoung, Sharon & RichardYunker Group

Star Dust$100-$499Agarwal, AparajitAnas, MerajAshar, SiddharthBeilstein, JamesBelarski, AshaBhatt, VivekBlack, Gerry & AnnBolte, JeanCameron, GregCaslavka, AlanChati, MandarChatterjee, PravinChiu, YatienCincy Magazine: COOL TECH

AWARDCopley, SuyinCurran, Michael & Manisha PatelDay, ChinammaDighe, ManishEhteshami, CameronEng, RichErlich, JocileFodera, JingGloria, HannahGorjilla, KrishnaGray, Clyde & KalenaHater, BevHazlett, NemiaHunt, Barbara & Dexter (in honor

of Dr. M. Elaine Neenan)Johnson, WalterJoshi, HariJudge, Joan (in memory of J. Robert Judge)

“What a wonderful program the students had the opportunity to enjoy because of the Durr Foundation’s generosity! Ms. Young guided the children through engaging, age-appropriate activities that went deep into the STEM standards. The children’s faces showed their enthusiasm all day long. Thank you so much.” – Lindeman Elementary 2nd Grade Teacher

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2012 2013 2014 2015 2016Combined Individual Grants In-Kind Program Fees Fundraiser Other IncomeContributed ContributionsSupport

Kamath, DeepakKambeyanda, GauthamKapoor, BikramKhurana, SanjamKrammes, Larry & KarenKroger RewardsLandwehr, RobertLe, BichMadan, HarvinderMasterCard Intl.May, KatherineMcAlister, Lori & LawrenceMelillo, Dominic & JenniferMichelman, Richard & Karen MeyerNagavarapu, RaviNaidu, BalachandarNeenan, EmilyNg, ThomasNguyen, TinaPatel, AlokPelletier, ScottPerumal, DuraiPonnada, VivekQin, MingReardon, CherieReizner, James Rice, CameronSaini, DevenderSam, HaiSasmaz, AsraSchuler, Arthur & DonnaSeetharam, KrishnaShah, SunitShanbhag, JayeshSharma, AnupSingh, HarriSinha, Rajib & DebjaniSJE Rhombus (Richard Shoemaker)Society of Cable Tech EngineersSouza, Julie & John (in honor of

Edward P. Neenan)Srivastava, AlkaStiftar, Edward & Barbara SVP Fast PitchSW Ohio Region Workforce Investment BoardTata, KranthiTow, KevinTran, NamTsoi, ThanhUpadya, SmithaUrbanik, JaniceVedhagiri, SivaramanViars, Phil & LindaViars, TomVoelkerding, Tim Wang, XuenanWendorff Jr., DonaldWu, WeiYokoyama, KenaZerby, KimZhang, AmyZhou, LongfenZubelik, Mary & David

Satellite Subscriber<$100Acharya, KhomeshwariAcharya, RaniAdibhatla, GaganAdusumilli, SrinivasAhmed, ZameerAhn, BenAlagha, MohammedAlecander, JacobAlikhan, AsifAlwash, ZainAmazonSmile FoundationAmin, RushiAngeles, AndrewAnilkumarBangalore, PanchaksharaiahAraya, AndreArms, KavithaArora, RamanAryal, DipendraAu, TommyBabu, PradeepBachman, ElliotBai, MichaelBailey, DavisBanerjee, RahulBanerjee, ShilpaBaqui, EmranBejagam, DivyaBernardo, MikeBlack, ConnorBrodie, Sang-YoungBuckley, JacquelineBurnett, LisaCalderas, MiroCao, JinghongCarter, CoreyCha, TimothyChan, Su-YangChandramouli, RajiChari, HemchanderChatterjee, PravinChe, TranChen, ShuqiaoCheu, ChrisChinnasamy, BabuChow, JonChua, AJChung, Young-JinConcert, PersianCongleton, Stephen & LindaCotton, GracieCree, ConnorDang, RandeepDaniel, SanthoshDas, DebjitDas, RajeshwarDemosthenes, SebastianDevulapalli, ShravanDheeradhada, VoramonDirin, RoyaDombrowski, DaveDougherty, John IV

Durgam, SrinivasDutta, ManasiEhteshami, DariusFruechtemeyer, SamGanapathy, RadhaGarces, RonaldoGardner, WesGawde, PrashantGiridharan, ManampathyGlamour, JasmineGodbole, AmitGovindu, VenkatGuha, AparupaGupta, AlokGupta, JatinHamel, AmyHamid, SarahHan, DanweiHazlett, NemiaHead, TrevorHeck, OwenHelmsworth, AlexanderHildebrand, AlyssaHildebrand, CollinHowlader, ShubhenduHusain, SajjadHussain, AhmirJacob, CherianJagota, AnuragJansen, LuukJeloka, RaviJohn, SanjayJustGiveJuttu, PradeepKadankodu, SreejayanKahn, SethKaipa, RadhaKamat, GopalKapoor, DeepakKapur, NikhilKarlapudi, MounicaKeong, JeffreyKhachatryan, SusannaKhalid, SabaKirkpatrick, TylerKochar, VishalKochavatr, JohnKolatkar, AnupKomatineni, VenkatKoneru, NirupamaKothari, AmiKulkarni, ParagKulkarni, PrashantKullatham, VeerapornKumar, AnuragKutti-Krishnan, PraveenLaGue, CharlieLam, BenjaminLam-Fung, TaoLee, ChoohoLee, TammyLee, Won-MeanLenahan, KimberlyLi, Elizabeth

iSPACE Donors (continued)

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Li, GuoxinLi, MinLiebman, RobertLiu, JieLiu, YanLogasundaram, ShakthimaniMadan, DhirajMaghanoy, SallyMahmood, ZafarMalkapuram, SrinivasMall, TonyMalu, AnandManiam, SudhaManian, AnandManion, MarkMantilla, ImeeMarchand, DevynMarla, LaxmiMartin, DarleneMathew, ElizabethMatin, TariqMayoral, NicolasMcAuliffe, ShinooshMcNally, MathewMehrotra, RosyMeng, WeigangMishra, AbhinavMishra, JohnMishra, MayankMishra, MeenakshiMorasa, SuprajaMorgan, JackMuennich, EthanMukai, WesleyMundra, KamleshMurty, UmaMurugaian, AdisekaranNair, RanjithNallari, MadhaviNamburi, KedarnadhNarang, GarimaNarayanan, VindhyaNasana, SathishNatarajan, SaravanakumarNateri, NagaNettle, GraceNg, IreneNg, ThomasNguyen, ThoNiehaus, DanNova-Collingwood, GladysOchterski, AmeliaPal, PrashenjitParanthan, ReemaParida, AbinashParikh, VikasParkhi, YoginiPasupunuti, SharathPatel, MaulikPatel, NileshPatel, PranavPayton, NicolePeng, HelenPiening, Logan

Pochhareddy, VenugopalPrabhu, JayrajaPrasad, NarayanaPurcell, EthanRajakrishnan, SachinRajashekarappa, ShadRajdhan, VivRaman, SundarRane, HrishikeshRangachari, SubhashriRao, ArunimaRao, VenkiRauf, TracyRebbapragada, ChakravarthiReidy, MeganReizner, ChloeRoberts, PeytonRogers, JoshuaRogers, MariaRowe, IsaiahRuia, SundeepSahay, RakeshSaini, EshangSakthivel, SaravananSawant, MangeshSaxena, SwatiSchile, MarshallaSchmaltz, KenjiSchrantz, Stephen & DanielleSchwarz, KristinShah, BhavinShah, HitenShah, JineshShah, NiravShah, PiyushShah, PranavShanbhag, JayeshSharma, SarinaShata, AmandaSheth, ShaileshShi, HaijingShrikhande, PrashantShung-Ong, YunSingal, ManeeshSingh, KiranSinghal, SanchitaSkelton, CooperSkelton, DylanSohi, BobbySoin, AviSonenshein, JaneSoni, PreetiSoni, SunilkumarSouthard, TerenceSouza, HaydenSouza, JakeSouza, LukeSparks, Mary (in honor of Teri & Scott Hupp)Srinivasan, RajagopalSrinivasan, SrivatsanSrivastava, AlokSrivastava, VijaySteinberg, Helen

Stone, EleraStudebaker, AndrewSubramanian, PSun, HaiyanSun, WeiliSundar-Rajan, ArvindSwain, ArabindTabbal, LuaiTang, LeeTangra, NavneetThimmaiah, SandhyaTing, AlbertTolpadi, AnjanaTom, BenjaminToot, Gloria & PeteTossey, AaronTripathi, HemlataTurner, TonyVanguri, PrasannaVarandani, ShuchiVarghese, AshaVarkey, AshwinVattyam, HariVattyam, SailajaVijay, SunithaVillar, MonicaVora, NishithVovk, DavidVrault, ChristopherVyas, MaliniWang, HaixiaWang, Ji-YongWang, ShuangWang, YanWebb, JackWei, KuangWilliams, GeraldineWiman, BenWing, StephenWinkler, WendyWong, MyraWorsham, Nancy & RobertWray, SharonWu, WeiXie, LiangdeXu, DanYadapadithaya, SmitaYan, BinYarbroughYoon, MyungkeunYuan, LeiZhang, LisaZhang, YueZhao, HugangZhao, StacyZheng, DanianZheng, Davis

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100 Scarlet Oaks Drive

Cincinnati OH 45241

513.612.5786

A 501(c)3 organization

iSPACE is making a difference.iSPACE makes learning exciting and promotes STEM career awareness through interactive programs for students, educators and families in the Greater Cincinnati Region.

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“This is by far my favorite field trip program! It’s very engaging and students learn so much about the many factors that are involved in planning a mission, as well as how important it is to learn to work together…Thank you very much for a job well done!” – Pattison 5th Grade Teacher

“The 2 classes we just had at Guardian Angels were terrific! The feedback is so positive. One 1st grader told me he would pay for the class with his own money, that is how much he liked it!” – Kathleen Armstrong, Guardian Angels After-School program coordinator

iSPACE is expanding our universe!

“Thank you all for nurturing our children as you would your own.” – FLL Tournament Parent

“iSPACE will ruin you for the traditional passive field trip. Our students worked in pairs to create a LEGO® model and then wrote computer code to make the alligator’s mouth open and shut. Our trip to iSPACE demonstrated STEM learning at its finest.” – Linda Westendorf, Corryville Catholic Principal

“This was the best field trip I’ve ever attended! Our 60 students were thoroughly engaged and motivated. I overheard many of my kids say that this was the best field trip ever! Thank you, thank you! Can’t wait to schedule our field trip next year.” – McCormick Elementary 4th Grade Teacher