Lemelson Foundation Grant
Funding Amount
Not stated
Deadline
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Grant Type
Foundation
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Overview
The Lemelson Foundation Grant supports initiatives in invention education and entrepreneurship, aiming to empower young inventors and foster innovation. With over $300 million provided since its inception, the Foundation focuses on strengthening ecosystems for invention in the U.S. and developing countries. Organizations interested in aligning with their mission are encouraged to take an eligibility quiz and submit inquiries through their contact form. This commitment is crucial for driving impactful solutions to global challenges.
NOTE: We are unable to consider unsolicited grant proposals. We invite you to review our approach and criteria, then take our eligibility quiz to determine if your organization’s work might align with The Lemelson Foundation’s.
To date we have provided more than $300 million in support of our mission.
The Lemelson Foundation invests in helping young people become inventors and in helping inventors change the world.
What The Lemelson Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990-PF, 2024
- Grants in 2024
- 71
- Total given
- $19.71M
- Median grant
- $115K
- Range
- $5,000–$2.96M
- By dollars: Massachusetts 24%, District of Columbia 20%, Virginia 9%. Top recipient cities: Washington, DC; Portland, OR; New York, NY.
- 7% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 27% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
National Collegiate Inventors & Innovators Alliance · Hadley, MA
To support inventive mindsets and skillsets among higher education students and to…
$2.96M
National Science Foundation · Alexandria, VA
To enable innovative collaborative research on sustainability by fostering efforts to…
$1.65M
Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy Inc · Washington, DC
To support pre-development activities necessary to support tribes seeking to develop…
$1.25M
Massachusetts Institute of Technology · Cambridge, MA
To (1) support the lemelson-mits invention education work in developing the next…
$1.15M
Rocky Mountain Institute · Boulder, CO
To source, select, support, and scale promising startups through rmis third derivative…
$1M
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- STEM education
- Education
- Startups
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