Lemelson Foundation

Invention education community of practice - The Foundation established an invention education convening focused on building an invention community, developed new partnerships between programs and built consensus among relevant stakeholders about frameworks, definitions, and thematic priorities in invention education. The Foundation broadened The original community to include grantees and partners from higher education. The program covered convening costs (food, planning consultants, av, attendee travel support, etc. ), as well as supported attendees to continue working on key topic areas gleaned (ex: researching invention education, communications) from The convening.

Engineering for one planet ("eop") network management & convenings - The ongoing management of The eop network and The convenings and meetings needed to bring The network together for collaboration, including an eop network manager. Network management activities include: weaving eop network members to strengthen connectivity; supporting emergent collaborations; fostering a beneficial participant experience; building collaborative infrastructure. The Foundation will support virtual meetings and is budgeted for one in-person event, depending on covid.

Invention education organization support - invention education is focused on developing and implementing sustainable systems and operations plans; moving from a community of practice to a united coalition; increasing awareness of invention education and identifying areas for collaboration and advancing field-level priorities. To achieve these goals, a contractor was added to lead The invention education network plus expenses; as well as a strategy contractor to assist community leaders in developing a 5-year strategic plan. Support for working groups and (research, teaching and learning, etc.) And engaging The community in a commitments process to drive towards community-based problem solving and leverage these to push for increased attention to invention education. An organization system (databases, email, etc.) And learning series (webinars and workshops) were held throughout The year.

Program related investment income

Tax exempt interest

State employment tax refund of previous qualifying distributions