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Lifting Up Our Communities

2024 in Review
At GE Aerospace, we are passionate about lifting people up in the communities where we live and work with a focus on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education; workforce training and development; military and veterans causes; and disaster relief and humanitarian aid.

Discover the many ways that GE Aerospace and our employees are creating positive change through company giving, volunteerism, and the GE Aerospace Foundation.
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    2024: By the Numbers

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    GE Aerospace family giving

    $5.8M+ Employee/retiree giving through individual donations and annual campaign pledges to nonprofits

    $10.6M+ GE Aerospace Foundation contributions (including Matching Gifts)

    $4.9M+ Company contributions supporting organizations across the globe

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    8,100+ employees during

    725 GE Aerospace-led projects

    GE Aerospace is proud to continue a 100+ year legacy of giving back to our communities and it starts locally with our employees.

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    Our Four Areas of Focus
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    STEM Education
    Inventing the future of flight does not happen without engineers – and becoming an engineer does not happen overnight. It requires access to opportunities and encouragement along the way. That is why GE Aerospace and the GE Aerospace Foundation support opportunities for students interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM).

    Next Engineers, GE Aerospace Foundation's flagship STEM program, is a college and career readiness program designed to inspire students between 13 and 18 to become engineers.

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    Workforce Training and Development
    Rebuilding a skilled workforce is an urgent, ongoing challenge across the aviation industry as it continues to recover from the impacts of COVID-19 while meeting increased demand for air travel around the world. Supporting effective workforce skills programs and reducing barriers to training are a critical part of addressing this challenge. Building on our long history of apprenticeships and workforce training programs internally, GE Aerospace and the GE Aerospace Foundation took additional steps this year to support future and existing workers across manufacturing through local partnerships.

    GE Aerospace and the GE Aerospace Foundation made commitments totaling $2.3 million dollars to support 19 separate workforce training programs across three major efforts. Learn more about each effort:

    Global Workforce Commitment
    Thirteen workforce training programs supported in GE Aerospace communities around the worldwide
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    Five grant recipients through the United Way of Greater Cincinnati
    AMTEP
    Continued support for the Advanced Manufacturing Training Expansion Program
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    Military and Veterans Causes
    GE Aerospace has a 100-year history of partnering with the U.S. military, with nearly two-thirds of the country’s fighter aircraft powered by our technology and more than 25,000 military engines in service worldwide. We are proud to support those who have served and their families, standing ready to support them through GE Aerospace and GE Aerospace Foundation efforts.
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    Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Aid
    GE Aerospace and the GE Aerospace Foundation are committed to supporting disaster and humanitarian relief efforts around the world by leveraging aviation's important role in expediting response efforts. In 2024, the GE Aerospace Foundation gave $2M to respond to major global disasters and humanitarian crises. Employees also step up in meaningful ways during challenging times and their efforts were especially impactful in helping communities rebuild and recover from disasters in 2024.
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    Our most important asset is our people, and they are the driving force behind many of our philanthropic efforts, including several that are only possible because of the commitment and global presence of our employees. In 2024, as part of the GE Aerospace Foundation’s Matching Gifts program, employees across 20 countries registered more than 6,700 gifts to more than 2,100 organizations worldwide with employee donations and Foundation matching totaling more than $6 million.

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    Volunteers
    Thousands of GE Aerospace employees contributed their time and talents last year to help make a difference by responding to natural disasters, leading STEM activities, supporting meal distributions, and more. In 2024, more than 8,100 employee volunteers contributed over 30,000 hours of their time to support 725 distinct GE Aerospace-led projects around the world.
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    Matching Gifts Program
    GE created the concept of a corporate matching gift program in 1954, with gifts matched totaling over $1.5 billion since inception. The program supports employees in their personal philanthropy/charitable giving by providing a 1:1 match.
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    Community Commitments
    GE Aerospace is proud to be an engaged and collaborative partner in the communities where we live and work with our facilities and local programs that help meet the basic needs of a community. In 2024, 63 GE Aerospace facilities participated in supporting their local communities by donating to STEM education, community building, military and veterans support, sustainability, and disaster relief.
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    Scholarships
    The GE Aerospace Foundation's Star Awards program, established in 1984, provides competitive scholarships to children of eligible employees around the world. The program has awarded more than 15,000 scholarships worldwide, totaling more than $21 million. The winners are chosen based on their academic record, extracurricular activities and community service, and personal experiences and goals as described in personal essays.
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    Foundation

    The GE Aerospace Foundation, an independent charitable organization funded by GE Aerospace, complements the company’s purpose to “lift people up” in communities where employees live and work around the world. The Foundation’s philanthropic strategy and programs focus on engineering education, workforce development, and disaster relief. We also support GE Aerospace employees through programs such as Matching Gifts and STAR Awards. When GE Aerospace launched as an independent company in 2024, the GE Foundation was relaunched as the GE Aerospace Foundation, commencing a new chapter that builds on the successful, 100+ year legacy of the previous GE Foundation.

    To maximize the impact of our giving, the GE Aerospace philanthropy teams work intensively with experts and organizations to design targeted initiatives to impact our communities. We do not accept unsolicited proposals. If you have additional questions, please contact [email protected].