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- EIN 23-2120211
- (717) 441-6051
- 908 N 2nd St Harrisburg PA 17102 USA
- https://www.pspe.org/PEF/
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Education, Student Services
Mission: The Pennsylvania Engineering Foundation (PEF) is organized exclusively for charitable, educational, and scientific purposes, including but not limited to such purposes as:
* The conduct and support of programs for education in engineering subjects, including advanced training and education at professional levels.
* Granting of scholarships, providing guidance and by other similar means assisting students to obtain instruction and training in engineering and higher education.
* Fostering and preserving the learned profession of engineering as a career.
* Instruction of the public and dissemination of information beneficial to mankind.
Target demographics: tomorrow’s engineers
Geographic areas served: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Programs: The Foundation has granted thousands of dollars in much needed scholarship funding to PA high school graduates who are going on to study engineering at a Pennsylvania ABET-accredited engineering program.
For more than 35 years the Pennsylvania Engineering Foundation has coordinated the state MATHCOUNTS competition. Students from 6th, 7th, and 8th grade advance from regional competitions to the state level, competing for the chance to advance to the National MATHCOUNTS competition.