OUR PURPOSE PIONEERING SCIENCE REPORTING 102 BIOGEN 2021 YEAR IN REVIEW PATIENTS OUR PEOPLE SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY 20 YEARS OF SERVING HUMANITY ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY Along the way, the Biogen Foundation has also contributed funds for emergency relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Southeast Asia tsunami and committed approximately $12 million to support COVID-19 relief efforts around the world. Over the past 20 years, we have given more than $70 million, building inclusive science education opportunities and career paths, strengthening health systems and working to ensure everyone in our communities has access to healthy food. Today, the Biogen Foundation supports organizations that focus on three areas: caring deeply for neighbors in need, working fearlessly for health equity, and changing lives through science. Þ TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BIOGEN FOUNDATION, VISIT WWW.BIOGEN.COM/FOUNDATION As the Foundation and Community Lab each celebrate 20 years of impact, our support of our 325 Red Sox Scholars would not be possible without our longstanding partnership. Our Red Sox Scholars always look forward to visiting the Community Lab, whether in person or virtually, and we could not be more grateful for all of the dreams that Biogen has helped to inspire in our students’ lives.” Bekah Salwasser Executive Director of the Red Sox Foundation & Executive Vice President, Social Impact for the Boston Red Sox FEATURE The Biogen Foundation brings science to 3 million people through the North Carolina Science Festival In 2010, the Biogen Foundation stepped up to support the North Carolina Science Festival , then a two-week series of programs. The founders, however, quickly realized that two weeks wasn’t enough to share the wonders of science with students and others. With the Biogen Foundation’s support, the Festival has blossomed into a month-long celebration of science that has now reached almost 3 million people statewide through interactive programs and school-based science activities every April. The Festival has always focused on serving historically marginalized and underserved communities, and the collaboration with Biogen has allowed the Festival to deliver scientific content that embodies accessibility and inclusion. For example, Biogen’s support enabled the creation of Hidden No More, an event that traveled to the state’s public universities celebrating women – particularly Black women – in science, who have been historically excluded. Future generations of scientists have also been inspired through programs like SciMatch, which in 2021 paired Biogen scientists with 100 middle school teachers for virtual discussions with students about science as a career path. Thanks to the Biogen Foundation, the Festival has been able to engage all 100 counties in North Carolina in its activities. “We have connections with thousands of scientists, and we serve hundreds of public schools each year,” said Dr. Crystal Harden, Director of Program and Inclusion Initiatives at Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, which organizes the Festival. “It’s because of Biogen’s support that we’re able to do that.” Children experience firsthand the wonders of science at the North Carolina Science Festival with Biogen intern Steve Mow. Photo used with permission from the North Carolina Science Festival.