The ISPRS Foundation was developed in 2004 by ISPRS to pursue its philanthropic endeavours. Its goals are to provide grants for a range of purposes that will assist those who wish to further their knowledge, skills and experience in the photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences and technologies. It is a non-profit entity, managed by a Board of 11 Trustees who are responsible for fund raising, investment, management and approval for grants of Foundation funds. Trustees do not receive any salary or other compensation for their services.

Examples of activities supported by The ISPRS Foundation:

1. Sponsorship of International Workshops - to fund, support or co-support the education, training and technical program aspects of international scientific workshops sponsored by the ISPRS and other international organizations.2. Research Initiatives - for advancing the capabilities and applications of the ISPRS sciences, technologies and disciplines to the benefit of the international community.

3. Travel Grants - to enable young authors, distinguished speakers, and officially designated national Delegates, especially from developing countries, to participate in ISPRS sponsored events.

4. Scholarships and Fellowships - to support professional development in the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information (P&RS&SI) sciences and technologies.

5. Awareness Education - to stimulate youth (K-12), public awareness, and participation in the P&RS&SI sciences and technologies to help meet the growing worldwide need for trained and educated practitioners

6. Tools and Literature - to solicit, assemble, translate if needed, underwrite subscriptions, and distribute textbooks, technical publications, and basic tools and equipment that include the ISPRS disciplines.

7. Awards - to provide international recognition for young authors, research, publications, training/education, and significant achievements.

Since 2004 The ISPRS Foundation:

 Received more than USD210,000 in donations and grants that are being used to support The ISPRS Foundation funding activities
 Is supported by leading representatives from academia, government and business in the spatial information industry as Trustees of the Foundation Board.
 Received large donations of up to $US25,000 from major spatial information companies
 Provided grants to more than 50 individuals from Africa, Asia and Latin America to attend workshops and conferences to improve their knowledge and skills in spatial information sciences
 Funded prizes for 2 Computer Aided Teaching Contest events encouraging the development of freely available software for teaching in spatial information processing and management.
 Funded a major award in 2008 for outstanding performance by an individual in the spatial information sciences
 Funded 3 research initiatives that support ISPRS research and development activities
 Received donations of 60 products and tools from 15 leading spatial industry companies and organizations to support its fund raising activities at the ISPRS Congress in Beijing in July 2008
The ISPRS Foundation needs your donation to continue its work.
Go to: http://www.isprs.org/foundation/donations/