The Lemelson Foundation inspires and enables the next generation of inventors and invention-based enterprises. Founded in 1992 by prolific inventor Jerome Lemelson and his wife Dorothy, our workseeks to build a stronger US economy and to create social and economic change for the poor in developing countries.

Within the geographies where we work, the US and developing countries, we support an ecosystem of programs that inspire youth to become inventors, stimulate and provide invention and entrepreneurship education, and support the launch, earliest incubation and mentoring of invention-based enterprises.