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January 31, 2025
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Legacy Impact
Shortly after its founding, The Lemelson Foundation launched three critical partnerships, all focused on recognizing and celebrating invention and cultivating the next generation of inventors. These legacy partners have greatly influenced our understanding of how we can have an impact in supporting invention.

Founded in 1995 through a generous gift from Jerome Lemelson and his family, the Center documents, interprets, and disseminates information about invention and innovation; encourages inventive creativity in young people; and, fosters an appreciation for the central role that invention and innovation play in the history of the United States.

Founded in 1994 by Jerome and Dorothy Lemelson, the Lemelson-MIT (LMIT) Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a national leader in efforts to prepare the next generation of inventors and entrepreneurs. LMIT focuses on the expansion of opportunities for young people to learn ways inventors find and solve problems that matter.

Founded with support from The Lemelson Foundation, VentureWell fosters collaboration among the best minds from research labs, classrooms, and beyond to advance innovation and entrepreneurship education and to provide unique opportunities for STEM students and researchers to fully realize their potential to improve the world.
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Climate Action
The 2024 state of the climate report: Perilous times on planet Earth
We are on the brink of an irreversible climate disaster. This is a global emergency beyond any doubt. Much of the very fabric of life on Earth is imperiled.
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Climate Action
Indigenizing Catalytic Capital
First Peoples Worldwide (FPW) studied the role that catalytic capital plays in “forwarding self-determination and non-extractive investing” for Indigneous Peoples in the United States. “Native Peoples have built economic power; Native businesses are flourishing; and there are ample opportunities to fund successful Native enterprises both on and off reservations,” according to the new report, Indigenizing Catalytic Capital.
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Climate Action
Funding trends 2024: Climate change mitigation philanthropy
The report traces the evolution of climate philanthropy and highlights ways to support bold climate action.
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Climate Action
AR6 Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2023
The IPCC finalized the Synthesis Report for the Sixth Assessment Report during the Panel’s 58th Session held in Interlaken, Switzerland from 13 – 19 March 2023.
Grantee Profiles
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Grantee ProfilesInvention and Entrepreneurship Initiative
Nonprofit Association of Oregon
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Climate Action InitiativeGrantee Profiles
ClearPath
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Grantee ProfilesInvention Education Initiative
Library Foundation of Los Angeles
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Climate Action InitiativeGrantee Profiles
Alliance for Tribal Clean Energy
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Climate Action InitiativeGrantee Profiles
Oil Change International
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Engineering for One Planet InitiativeGrantee Profiles
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
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Climate Action InitiativeGrantee Profiles
Rocky Mountain Institute
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Climate Action InitiativeGrantee Profiles
Action for the Climate Emergency