WE’VE MOVED!
More Room to Grow,
Same Unwavering Mission.
This move will create opportunities for enhanced collaboration and learning, reflecting a forward-looking approach to our mission.
Our new address is: 2035 NW Front Avenue, Suite 501, Portland, OR 97209
The Lemelson Foundation Story
Inspiring and educating the next generation of inventors and catalyzing their ideas into invention-based businesses and commercial technologies.
We believe inventors will solve our biggest challenges and improve lives in communities in the United States and around the world.
Our Strategic Funding Areas
The Lemelson Foundation harnesses the power of invention and innovation to accelerate climate action and improve lives around the world.
“Sustainability describes fundamental changes in the ways we power our world and interact with the Earth and each other on an individual and societal level — a globally decarbonized society that is more equitable, hopeful, and just.”
Eric Lemelson
President, The Lemelson Foundation
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