If you attended the recent PA SHRM Legal & Legislative Conference on Friday, May 2, you most likely ran into the Foundation Fairy.
Jamie Leonard, York SHRM Member and past president, donned a beautiful dress with wings and became the Foundation Fairy to encourage conference attendees to donate to the SHRM Foundation. To fund its programs, the SHRM Foundation conducts an annual fundraising campaign. At the PA SHRM Legislative & Legal Conference, $405 was collected from members to fund the Foundation's work.
The SHRM Foundation is a nonprofit affiliate of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). The SHRM Foundation, which is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors from the HR profession, is a recognized foundation with the purpose being to shape human resource thought leadership and research.
The SHRM Foundation's work includes:
· Strategic thought leadership initiative. The SHRM Foundation is conducting a multi-phase program to identify and analyze critical trends likely to impact the workplace in 5-10 years.
· Innovative academic research grants. The SHRM Foundation is a leading funder of HR research. Over the past three years, the SHRM Foundation has awarded more than $1.8 million in grants to fund rigorous, original academic research with practical implications for HR management practice.
· Scholarships. The SHRM Foundation awards $170,000 annually in education and certification scholarships to professional and student SHRM members, and doctoral students.
· Educational resources. The SHRM Foundation's Effective Practice Guidelines series makes research findings easily accessible to HR practitioners. The Foundation has also created a series of educational DVDs for SHRM chapter programming, staff trainings, and executive education sessions.