Our Impact

Inspire the Future Fluid Power Workforce

National Fluid Power Association (NFPA) members consistently rank recruiting a skilled workforce among their companies' most challenging issues. As a result, NFPA has identified growing the fluid power workforce as one of its primary strategic priorities. Our mission is to increase the number of technical college and university students educated in fluid power and connect them to careers in the fluid power industry.

Pascal Society donations have the power to expand fluid power education in schools at all levels, much like its famous namesake's multiplier effect. The Benefactor's Circle allows the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation to secure a stable financial future through planned multi-year giving.

The NFPA Education and Technology Foundation thanks the many generous individual and corporate donors who share our mission of meeting the workforce development needs of the U.S. fluid power industry. We honor donors who have given $25,000 or more as Legacy Builders at our Annual Conference.

You can make a donation to the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation by following this link or by contacting Stephanie Scaccianoce, NFPA's VP, Workforce Development at sscaccianoce@nfpa.com.

There are many other opportunities to give and to get engaged in the activities of the NFPA Foundation.

Pascal Society

The Pascal Society is the annual giving society of the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation.

Named after Blaise Pascal, the French mathematician, physicist and inventor whose famous law describes fluid power’s force multiplier effect, the Pascal Society seeks to create a similar multiplier effect for the fluid power industry.

A gift through the Pascal Society is one equal to at least 50% of an NFPA member company's dues.

As a Pascal donor, you receive recognition benefits and participation opportunities to engage in and grow the programs most needed by the industry.

By combining the financial and volunteer contributions of many individuals into one concerted effort, the Society will develop the resources, tools and people needed to tackle our difficult workforce development challenge.

View our list of 2024-25 Pascal Donors.

Benefactor's Circle

The Benefactor’s Circle is a giving and recognition society within the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation that allows individuals from the fluid power industry to support the workforce development mission of the NFPA Foundation and to engage with the growing and vibrant fluid power industry.

To join the Benefactor's Circle, an individual must make a $25,000 commitment to the NFPA Foundation, payable in annual installments over five years and may renew their commitment for additional five-year periods.

As a member of the Benefactor's Circle, you receive recognition benefits and participation opportunities to engage with other NFPA members, hear from industry experts, and work with the next generation in the fluid power industry.

Receive invitations and waived registration to attend NFPA’s Annual Conference, where the individual will be recognized and thanked from the podium and invited to attend a special function with the NFPA Board of Directors.
Receive invitations and waived registration to attend NFPA's Industry and Economic Outlook Conference, where the individual will be recognized and thanked from the podium. The IEOC offers valuable networking opportunities and thought-provoking educational sessions.
Receive invitations to attend NFPA Fluid Power Vehicle Challenge events, beginning with the fall Networking Mixer where attendees can recruit talented students, and culminating in the Final Competitions where the individual will be able to interact with and judge the designs of the participating students.
Be recognized on the NFPA Foundation website and in NFPA Foundation collateral materials.

Tom Wanke Legacy Fund

Thomas Wanke was a monumental figure in fluid power, active for more than 50 years and influencing generations of fluid power engineers through his work at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, its Fluid Power Institute, and with the National Fluid Power Association.

To honor his memory, and to help ensure that his positive impact on fluid power education continues to be felt, the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation has established the Thomas Wanke Legacy Fund.

Donations will support fluid power scholarships and education activities at universities throughout the United States.

Other Forms of Support

In addition to support through the Pascal Society, companies are able to support fluid power workforce development programs through donations or any size as well as through education program participation.

Foundation Donors

Companies and individuals donate to the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation in many ways, including special events each year at our Annual Conference and Industry and Economic Outlook Conference.

We are grateful for the individuals and companies that have donated to the NFPA Education and Technology Foundation between May 1, 2023 and April 30, 2024. Your donations make the foundation's work possible and expand access to fluid power education throughout the country.

Adams Air & Hydraulics
Aladco, LLC
Alfa Laval
Alro Steel Corporation
AMETEK APT
Applied Industrial Technologies
ArcelorMittal Tubular Products
ARGO-HYTOS Inc.
Automated Wire Products
AW-Lake Company
B&B Management Labs
BDI
Bosch Rexroth
Bucher Hydraulics
Cadenas PARTsolutions
Camozzi Pneumatics, Inc.
Casappa Corp.
Michael Casey
Caterpillar Inc.
Certified Power/Hydrotech, Inc./Fluid System Components
Charter Dura-Bar, Inc.
CIM-TEK Filtration
Comer Industries, Inc.
Continental Hydraulics
Cross Company
Custom Hydraulics and Design
Danfoss Power Solutions
Delaware Manufacturing Industries Corp.
Delta Motion
Deltrol Fluid Products
DGD Fluid Power
Elevat
Employee Owned Holdings, Inc.
Endeavor Business Media
Engineering Technology Services
eShipping, LLC
Festo
Flodraulic Group, Inc.
Flow Control Group
FluiDyne Fluid Power Corporation
FORCE America Inc./ Valve Division
Susan Giese
GPM Controls LLC
Carolyn Hacklet
HAWE Hydraulik GmbH & Co KG
Helios Technologies
Hercules Sealing Producgts
Husco
HYDAC/ Schroeder Industries
Hydra-Power Systems, Inc.
Hydraulex Global
Hydro Electronic Devices, Inc.
IC-Fluid Power
Ifm efector
IFP Motion Solutions, Inc.
Industrial Hard Chrome
In Memory of Paul Rozek

JEM Technical Marketing Company
Sheku Kamara
Karen Keck
Mary Kenney
Kepner Products Company
Kraft Fluid Systems
KYB Americas Corporation
KYKLO
Eric Lanke
Leggett & Platt Hydraulics
Lexair
Linde Hydraulics Corp.
Main Manufacturing Products, Inc.
MFP Seals
MHA Zentgraf Corporation
Micromatic LLC
Moog, Inc.
Moseys Production Machinists, Inc.
Motion & Flow Control Products
MP Filtri
MTE Hydraulics
National Tube Supply Company
Mike Naughton
Niagara LaSalle Corporation
NORGREN
Noshok
Nott Company
OEM Controls, Inc.
OPS Controls, Inc.
Paquin Company
Parker Hannifin Corp.
Plymouth Tube Company
Poclain Hydraulics, Inc.
Power Systems Florida
QCC
QP Hydraulics
R&J Cylinder & Machine, Inc.
Steven Raith
ROSS Controls
Salesforce
Scanreco, Inc.
Service Center Metals
Sharon Tube Division of Zekelman Industries
Singer Industrial
Paul Spotts
SPX Hydraulic Technologies
Eric Striegel
SunSource
Joan Tarantino
Michael Thomas
TraceParts
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions
Ultra Clean Technologies Corporation
Walvoil Fluid Power
Vis Hydraulics North America
World Wide Fittings Corporation
WTWH Media
Yates Industries, Inc.

Legacy Builders

The Legacy Builder Award recognizes all NFPA Education and Technology Foundation donors whose cumulative donations have reached $25,000 or more. Each year, a new class of Legacy Builders is inducted into this elite club at the NFPA Annual Conference.

Class of 2024

Micromatic, LLC
Stauff Corporation
Walvoil Fluid Power

Class of 2023

Alro Steel Corporation
Applied Industrial Technologies
Industrial Hard Chrome

Class of 2022

Hydraforce

Class of 2020

Daman Products Company
Kawasaki Precision Machinery
Muncie Power Products, Inc.
Norgren
SunSource

Class of 2019

Clippard Instrument Laboratory
Festo Corporation
Hitachi
Iowa Fluid Power
OEM Controls
Trelleborg Sealing Solutions

Class of 2018

FORCE America
HUSCO International
International Fluid Power Society
Quality Control Corporation

Class of 2017

Linde Hydraulics
Lubrizol
Proportion Air
Woodward HRT

Class of 2016

Afton Chemical
Bobcat
Chevron
Donaldson Company
Evonik Oil Additives
ExxonMobil
HYDAC and Schroeder Industries
Hydra-Power Systems
Hydraquip
Netshape Technologies
Poclain Hydraulics

Class of 2015

CNH Industrial
Pall Corporation
Moog

Class of 2014

Danfoss Power Solutions
Eaton Corporation
Gates Corporation
ROSS Controls

Class of 2013

Bimba Manufacturing
Bosch Rexroth Corporation
Caterpillar
Deltrol Fluid Products
Parker Hannifin Corporation

Class of 2012

Enfield Technologies

Class of 2010

Sun Hydraulics Corporation

ACTION CHALLENGE CHAMPIONS

Thirty-five NFPA member companies and education partners from across the country have been recognized as Fluid Power Action Challenge Champions for their efforts in organizing and running Fluid Power Action Challenge events in their local communities. In doing so, they have not only made serious investments of both time and money but have also helped spread information about our industry and reaped the benefits that come with connecting their organizations to the schools and science classrooms where the industry’s future employees are learning fluid power for the first time.

These Fluid Power Action Challenge Champions are:

Bennett Mills Middle School – 4 annual events, engaging 180 total students
Bucher Hydraulics - 1 event (new), engaging 20 total students
Caterpillar – 5 annual events, engaging 372 total students
Cleveland Community College – 6 annual events, engaging 198 total students
Cooper Middle School – 3 annual events, engaging 171 total students
Daman Products Company – 10 annual events, engaging 904 total students
Deltrol Fluid Products –11 annual events, engaging 2,608 total students
Dura-Bar - 2 annual events, engaging 158 total students
Eisenhower Junior High – 2 annual events, engaging 36 total students
Florida Technology Student Association – 5 events, engaging 129 total students
FORCE America – 8 annual events, engaging 493 total students
Georgia Tech University – 2 annual events, engaging 136 total students
Gulliver – 1 annual event, engaging 90 total students
Husco and Waukesha STEM Academy – 4 annual events, engaging 332 total students
Hydroquip - 1 annual event, engaging 18 total students
Hydrotech – 1 annual event, engaging 20 total students
Jerling Middle School – 4 annual events, engaging 803 total students
Komatsu Mining Corp Group – 4 annual events, engaging 251 total students
LoneStar Community College – 3 annual event, engaging 65 total students
Master Pneumatic – 8 annual events, engaging 1,250 total students
Mequon School District – 1 annual event, engaging 36 total students
Micromatic – 1 annual event, engaging 20 total students
Milwaukee School of Engineering – 14 annual events, engaging 1,426 total students
Oak Prairie Middle School - 2 annual events, engaging 68 students
Parker Hannifin – 2 annual events, engaging 44 total students
Pennsylvania Small Business Education Fund – 5 annual events, engaging 604 total students
Price Engineering – 6 annual events, engaging 881 total students
Purdue University – 7 annual events, engaging 373 total students
Ridgewood High School - 2 annual events, engaging 325 total students
SMC Business Councils – 2 annual events, engaging 224 total students
Triton College - 2 annual events, engaging 52 total students
Triton Girls Summer Camp – 2 annual events, engaging 80 total students
University of Minnesota – 5 annual events, engaging 352 total students
Valley View Junior High School – 3 annual event, engaging 324 total students
Wojanis Supply Company – 10 annual events, engaging 911 total students

In total, our Fluid Power Action Challenge Champions have organized 150 events impacting 13,969 students.

NFPA Education & Technology Foundation Giving Opportunities