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  • Latino Founders

    Latino Founders

    Latino Founders is a culturally specific Oregon-based nonprofit launched in 2023 to address a persistent gap in the entrepreneurial landscape.

  • Pollinate Impact

    Pollinate Impact

    Pollinate Impact is a member-led network creating a thriving ecosystem of social impact incubators and accelerators in the Global South. 

  • Recognizing the Power of Invention Education for Re-Engaging Students

    Recognizing the Power of Invention Education for Re-Engaging Students

    Discover how this educator’s introduction to invention education resulted in her students’ presenting at MIT, speaking on a U.S. Department of Education panel, and becoming SXSW finalists.

  • Entrepreneurship Funders Network (EFN)

    Entrepreneurship Funders Network (EFN)

    The Entrepreneurship Funders Network (EFN) fuels prosperity through an impact network of foundations supporting entrepreneurship.

  • Engineering for Good

    Engineering for Good

    Invention education programs inspired this young inventor to pursue engineering to make an impact in people’s lives.

  • Seven Women Making History and Inventing the Future

    Seven Women Making History and Inventing the Future

    In commemoration of Women’s History Month, read about these pioneering inventors from the past and present.

  • VertueLab

    VertueLab

    VertueLab is a nonprofit that supports climate tech entrepreneurs and cleantech startups in the Pacific Northwest.

  • On World Engineering Day: Excellence in Engineering Redefined

    On World Engineering Day: Excellence in Engineering Redefined

    Every year on March 4, World Engineering Day provides an opportunity to reflect on the invaluable role engineering excellence plays in tackling global issues in pursuit of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These 17 goals exist out of a necessity to address global crises that limit humanity’s collective health and potential. Given the…

  • From Dream to Patent: The Lemelson Foundation’s Commitment to Equitable Invention

    From Dream to Patent: The Lemelson Foundation’s Commitment to Equitable Invention

    Black History Month is a time for reflection, celebration, and a renewed commitment to acknowledging and uplifting the immense contributions of African American and Black inventors throughout history.

  • The Food Allergy Detective

    The Food Allergy Detective

    This young inventor created an AI-enabled, electronic nose to sniff out allergens lurking in your food.

  • Nonprofit Association of Oregon

    Nonprofit Association of Oregon

    The Nonprofit Association of Oregon (NAO) advocates for charitable nonprofits of all sizes and purposes at the local, state, and national levels.

  • Inventing Our Future: A National Inventors’ Day Celebration

    Inventing Our Future: A National Inventors’ Day Celebration

    A message from Rob Schneider, Executive Director, The Lemelson Foundation

  • Envisioning a Safer Eye Exam

    Envisioning a Safer Eye Exam

    This young inventor created a synthetic model eye to help medical students train for optical procedures.