Short answers, pulled from the story.
The IEEE traces its founding to 1884, when the American Institute of Electrical Engineers was established. The IEEE itself was formed in 1963 through the merger of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers and the Institute of Radio Engineers.
The IEEE has more than 486,000 STEM professionals across a variety of disciplines in its global network.
The IEEE publishes approximately 200 peer-reviewed journals and magazines and more than 1,700 conference proceedings every year. The organization claims to produce over 30% of the world's literature in the electrical, electronics, and computer engineering fields.
The IEEE has its corporate office in New York City. Most business is conducted at the IEEE Operations Center in Piscataway, New Jersey, which opened in 1975.
In May 2019, IEEE restricted Huawei employees from peer reviewing or editing papers due to what it described as the severe legal implications of U.S. government sanctions against Huawei. The restrictions were lifted on the 3rd of June 2019 after IEEE received clearance from the United States government.
The IEEE Foundation is a charitable organization established in 1973 to support technology education, innovation, and excellence. By the end of 2014 its total assets were nearly $45 million, split roughly equally between unrestricted and donor-designated funds.