Private foundation · EIN 88-0391959 · Portland, OR · Return for the year ending 2023-12-31
Where The Lemelson Foundation's grants went
It reported $16.1M in grants paid across 60 lines. WHOFUNDS matched 70.5% of those dollars to 34 recipient organizations.
- Matched to an EIN $11.3M 39 lines
- No confident match $1.64M 11
- Individuals, not shown $90K 1
- Outside the US $3M 9
What its filing says about applications
Preselected only It checked the 990-PF box saying it only gives to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.
- Website on filing
- WWW.LEMELSON.ORG
Contact names and phone numbers are on the filing itself. WHOFUNDS doesn't republish them.
Grants paid 56 published lines
| Recipient | Paid | Purpose as filed | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance Hadley, MA · EIN 42-1727335 | $3,021,976 | TO SUPPORT INVENTIVE MINDSETS AND SKILLSETS IN COLLEGIATE STUDENTS AND TO SUPPORT FACULTY TO CULTIVATE INVENTION EDUCATION. | Same address 1.00 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2103594 | $2,300,000 | TO SEEK TO DEVELOP THE NEXT GENERATION OF INVENTORS, WITH A FOCUS ON DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION, AND SPECIFICALLY TO EXPAND INCLUSIVE… | Same street 1.00 |
| Climate Breakthrough Berkeley, CA · EIN 88-0587390 | $1,000,000 | FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. | Same address 1.00 |
| Rocky Mountain Institute Boulder, CO · EIN 74-2244146 | $1,000,000 | TO ACCELERATE INDUSTRIAL DECARBONIZATION BY SOURCING, SELECTING, SUPPORTING, AND SCALING CLIMATE TECH STARTUPS THROUGH RMIS THIRD DERIVATIV… | Same address 1.00 |
| Impact Innovators and Entrepreneurs Foundation Wilmington, DE · no confident EIN match | $585,000 | SCALING INVENTION-BASED IMPACT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES THROUGH TRAINING, CAPACITY BUILDING AND PROVIDING SEED-FUNDING FOR IMPACT INCUBATORS IN THOSE ECOSYSTEMS. | Unmatched Help match |
| Clearpath Washington, DC · EIN 82-5026325 | $500,000 | TO ESTABLISH A FUND TO ACCELERATE THE DECARBONIZATION OF HARD-TO-ABATE INDUSTRIAL SECTORS. | Same city 1.00 |
| Sustainable Energy for All Verein Fur Nachhaltige Energie Wien, AU · outside the US | $500,000 | FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. | Foreign |
| Kenya Impact Innovations Foundation Nairobi, KE · outside the US | $450,000 | TO SUPPORT KENYA IMPACT INNOVATIONS FOUNDATION'S BUSINESS INCUBATION ACTIVITIES AND TO BUILD A STRONGER PIPELINE OF INVENTION-BASED ENTERPRISES IN EAST AFRICA THAT WILL MEET THE HEALTH NEEDS FOR LOW RESOURCE POPULATIONS. | Foreign |
| Selco Foundation Bangalore, IN · outside the US | $400,000 | TO SET UP A ROBUST CLIMATE FOCUSED, INCLUSIVE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND INCUBATION PROGRAM AND KNOWLEDGE CENTER. | Foreign |
| Villgro Innovations Foundation (Formerly Known As Rural Innovations Network Chennai, IN · outside the US | $360,884 | TO INCUBATE INVENTION-BASED ENTERPRISES, ADDRESS SYSTEMIC BARRIERS TO SCALE AND STRENGTHEN THE RESILIENCE OF THE INVENTION ECOSYSTEM IN INDIA. | Foreign |
| American Society for Engineering Education Washington, DC · EIN 37-0730118 | $352,206 | TO INTEGRATE ENGINEERING FOR ONE PLANET SUSTAINABILITY LEARNING OUTCOMES IN DIVERSE COURSES AND PROGRAMS NATIONALLY. | Same address 1.00 |
| National Science Foundation Alexandria, VA · no confident EIN match | $350,000 | TO SUPPORT AND EXPAND THE RESEARCH IN THE FORMATION OF ENGINEERS PROGRAM AT HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS TO INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY INTO THE ENGINEERING CURRICULUM. | Unmatched Help match |
| The Edison Institute Dearborn, MI · EIN 38-1359513 | $308,806 | TO SUPPORT THE INTEGRATION OF JUSTICE, EQUITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION IN THEIR INVENTION EDUCATION WORK, IN ADDITION TO SUSTAINING A NATI… | Same address 1.00 |
| Portland State University Foundation Portland, OR · EIN 93-0619733 | $281,500 | TO SUPPORT CONTINUATION AND EXPANSION OF THE OREGON MESA PROGRAM INCLUDING AFTER SCHOOL AND COMMUNITY INVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND TEAC… | Same city 1.00 |
| National Public Radio Washington, DC · EIN 52-0907625 | $250,000 | FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. | Same address 1.00 |
| Portland State University Foundation Portland, OR · EIN 93-0619733 | $167,000 | TO SUPPORT A STATEWIDE COLLEGIATE INVENTION COMPETITION IN OREGON. | Same city 1.00 |
| Portland State University Foundation Portland, OR · EIN 93-0619733 | $165,000 | TO SUPPORT A STATEWIDE COLLEGIATE INVENTION COMPETITION IN OREGON. | Same city 1.00 |
| William Marsh Rice University Houston, TX · EIN 74-1109620 | $150,000 | TO DESIGN AND BEGIN IMPLEMENTING A PROGRAM TO SUPPORT ADOPTION OF INVENTION EDUCATION IN SELECT KENYAN UNIVERSITIES AND TO IDENTIFY AND CON… | Same city 1.00 |
| African Venture Philanthropy Alliance Nairobi, KE · outside the US | $150,000 | TO SUPPORT THE MOBILIZATION OF INVESTMENT WITHIN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES INTO ENTERPRISES OFFERING CLIMATE ADAPTATION SOLUTIONS FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS. | Foreign |
| Oregon State University Foundation Corvallis, OR · EIN 93-6022772 | $136,404 | TO SUPPORT IN-SCHOOL INVENTION EDUCATION PROGRAMS, SUMMER CAMPS, AND SUPPLEMENTAL PROGRAMS IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN OREGON. | Same address 1.00 |
| Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association Arlington, VA · EIN 53-0242992 | $125,000 | TO PROVIDE BLACK, NATIVE AMERICAN, AND LATINX YOUTH AN OPPORTUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH INVENTION EDUCATION, USING TEACHERS AS THE VEHICLE TO REA… | Same address 1.00 |
| Tie Oregon Foundation Portland, OR · no confident EIN match | $120,181 | TO CONTINUE TIE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS (TYE) PROGRAM AND EXPAND TIE OREGON'S EVALUATION EFFORTS. | Unmatched Help match |
| Society for Science & the Public Washington, DC · EIN 53-0196483 | $112,500 | TO SUPPORT A MULTI-POINT ENGAGEMENT STRATEGY WITH MIDDLE SCHOOLERS TO INSPIRE AND EDUCATE THEM THROUGH SCIENCE FAIRS HELD ACROSS THE COUNTR… | Same street 1.00 |
| Impact Innovators and Entrepreneurs Foundation Wilmington, DE · no confident EIN match | $110,000 | TO PROVIDE CAPITAL FOR SEED INVESTMENTS IN INVENTION-BASED ENTERPRISES AND TO PILOT FINANCE INNOVATIONS THAT ADDRESS CAPITAL NEEDS THAT ENABLE SCALE OF INVENTION-BASED ENTERPRISES. | Unmatched Help match |
| Oregon State University Foundation Corvallis, OR · EIN 93-6022772 | $103,599 | TO CONTINUE PROVIDING INVENTION EDUCATION TO DIVERSE AND RURAL YOUTH IN GRADES K-12 THROUGHOUT OREGON AND TO TEST CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE TE… | Same address 1.00 |
| Environmental Defense Fund New York, NY · EIN 11-6107128 | $100,000 | TO SUPPORT METHANESAT, AN ORBITAL EYE IN THE SKY THAT COULD MONITOR INDUSTRIAL METHANE LEAKS ALL OVER THE PLANET. | Same address 1.00 |
| The Asme Foundation New York, NY · EIN 13-3372934 | $100,000 | TO PROVIDE CONTINUED SUPPORT OF ASME ISHOW IN INDIA, KENYA, AND THE UNITED STATES AND TO PILOT MODELS FOR STRENGTHENING REGIONAL ECOSYSTEMS. | Same address 1.00 |
| Trustees of Indiana University Bloomington, IN · no confident EIN match | $100,000 | TO CONDUCT RESEARCH TO IDENTIFY THE CAPACITIES YOUTH NEED TO BE INVENTIVE PROBLEM-SOLVERS. | Unmatched Help match |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · EIN 04-2103594 | $90,000 | TO PREPARE AND DISTRIBUTE THE DOCUMENTARY PATHWAYS TO INVENTION NATIONALLY THROUGH AMERICAN PUBLIC MEDIA TO INSPIRE A NEW GENERATION OF INV… | Same street 1.00 |
| The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University Redwood City, CA · EIN 94-1156365 | $90,000 | TO SUPPORT HEALTH INNOVATORS, FACILITATE NETWORK CONNECTIONS, AND ADVISE NHA TO REDUCE BARRIERS TO ADOPTING INNOVATION IN INDIA'S PUBLIC HE… | Known alias 1.00 |
| Vertuelab Portland, OR · EIN 26-1652936 | $90,000 | FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. | Same address 1.00 |
| Venture Partners Education and Career Development Portland, OR · EIN 88-2616016 | $88,000 | FOR GENERAL OPERATING SUPPORT. | Exact name 1.00 |
| Regents of the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI · EIN 38-6006309 | $80,392 | TO INTEGRATE SUSTAINABILITY IN MULTIPLE ENGINEERING COURSES AND PROGRAMS THROUGH PROJECT-BASED LEARNING. | Exact name 1.00 |
| Community Initiatives Oakland, CA · EIN 94-3255070 | $75,000 | TO SUPPORT COSTS FOR THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP FUNDERS NETWORK IN 2023. | Same address 1.00 |
| Project Invent San Francisco, CA · EIN 82-4377729 | $75,000 | TO MAP THE CURRENT INVENTION EDUCATION NETWORK AND BUILD A BASE OF RESEARCH TO GUIDE DEVELOPMENT OF A POTENTIAL INVENTION EDUCATION ECOSYST… | Same address 1.00 |
| Villanova University Villanova, PA · EIN 23-1352688 | $75,000 | TO INCREASE ADOPTION OF THE ENGINEERING FOR ONE PLANET FRAMEWORK IN DIVERSE INSTITUTIONS BY DEVELOPING AND DELIVERING MODELS FOR FACULTY TR… | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| University of Maryland College Park, MD · no confident EIN match | $72,955 | TO FOSTER THE INTEGRATION OF ENGINEERING FOR ONE PLANET LEARNING OUTCOMES IN DIVERSE ENGINEERING COURSES AND PROGRAMS BY SUPPORTING FACULTY CURRICULAR DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. | Unmatched Help match |
| Tie Oregon Foundation Portland, OR · no confident EIN match | $68,798 | TO DEVELOP THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT AND SKILLS IN OREGON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THROUGH STRUCTURED EDUCATION, MENTORING, AND EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES. | Unmatched Help match |
| The Aspen Institute Washington, DC · EIN 84-0399006 | $65,859 | TO BUILD CAPACITY RELATED TO CLIMATE CHANGE EXPERTISE SO THAT ANDE CAN SUPPORT CLIMATE ENTREPRENEURS AND ADVOCATE ON THEIR BEHALF. | Same address 1.00 |
| Kennesaw State University Research and Service Foundation Kennesaw, GA · EIN 37-1535589 | $65,284 | TO INCREASE CAPACITY FOR KSU ENGINEERING STUDENTS AND FACULTY TO INTEGRATE MULTIPLE LEARNING OUTCOMES FROM THE ENGINEERING FOR ONE PLANET F… | Same street 1.00 |
| The University of Texas at Arlington Arlington, TX · no confident EIN match | $65,096 | TO EQUIP ENGINEERING FACULTY ACROSS MULTIPLE DISCIPLINES WITH THE KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS TO INTEGRATE THE ENGINEERING FOR ONE PLANET FRAMEWORK, CAPTURE AND SHARE LEARNINGS PUBLICLY, AND REACH 2,400 UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS. | Unmatched Help match |
| Editorial Projects in Education Bethesda, MD · EIN 53-0246895 | $60,000 | TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT AND DISSEMINATION OF NEW EDUCATION RESEARCH FOCUSED ON IDENTIFYING THE NEEDS OF DIVERSE STUDENTS IN STEM AND INV… | Same address 1.00 |
| Carden of Tucson Tucson, AZ · EIN 94-2764169 | $55,499 | TO CONDUCT A FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATORS TO IDENTIFY EFFECTIVE TEACHING PRACTICES THAT FOSTER INVENTIVENESS WITHIN YOUNG PEOPLE. | Same address 1.00 |
| Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA · EIN 95-1921340 | $54,800 | TO DEVELOP AND EMBED AN EIGHT-TERM PROGRAM OF SUSTAINABILITY LEARNING WITHIN THE CORE PRODUCT DESIGN CURRICULUM OF ARTCENTER COLLEGE OF DES… | Same address 1.00 |
| University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD · no confident EIN match | $49,918 | TO IMPACT ALL ENGINEERING STUDENTS BY TRAINING ENGINEERING FACULTY TO INTEGRATE LEARNING OUTCOMES FROM THE ENGINEERING FOR ONE PLANET FRAMEWORK INTO MULTIPLE ENGINEERING SPECIALIZATIONS. | Unmatched Help match |
| Engineering Change Lab - USA Omaha, NE · EIN 83-2954702 | $49,515 | TO SUPPORT AN EXPERIENCED FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONAL TO WORK WITH ECL-USA TO DEVELOP AND BEGIN IMPLEMENTING A FUNDRAISING STRATEGY. | Same ZIP 1.00 |
| African Centre for Technology Studies Nairobi, KE · outside the US | $49,155 | TO SUPPORT ACTS'S ROLE AS A COLLABORATOR IN THE NATIONAL ENTREPRENEURIAL INSTITUTIONS FRAMEWORK, TO STRENGTHEN COMMERCIALIZATION SYSTEMS IN KENYA TO INCREASE CAPACITY FOR LOCAL INNOVATION TO MEET SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS RELATED TO TH | Foreign |
| Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Piscataway, NJ · EIN 13-1656633 | $44,000 | TO DEFINE THE APPROACH, PARTNERSHIPS, PEOPLE, AND BUDGET REQUIRED FOR IEEE TO UNDERTAKE A PILOT INITIATIVE IN INDIA. | Exact name 1.00 |
| Lords Education & Health Society New Delhi, IN · outside the US | $43,574 | TO DEVELOP AND PILOT A HEALTH INNOVATION UNIT WITHIN TWO INDIAN STATES AND EVALUATE WHETHER THIS REDUCES BARRIERS FOR THE PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEM TO ADOPT INNOVATIONS. | Foreign |
| Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY · EIN 16-0743140 | $35,691 | TO ENHANCE ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY IN THE SKILLSET OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY UNDERGRADUATE AND GRADUATE STU… | Same ZIP 1.00 |
3 more lines ($1.15M) aren't listed because the payee name as filed could identify a private person.
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Where this comes from
Grant lines are from Part XV of this foundation's Form 990-PF (XML). The filing names each payee but gives no tax ID, so WHOFUNDS matched payees to the IRS Business Master File. Lines it couldn't match confidently are listed as filed. Method and limits.