Our Sponsors and Donors Invest in a More Innovative Tomorrow
Each of our programs is made possible through generous charitable contributions.
Education Programs
The Weissman Family Charitable Fund

Regional Sponsors
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary PTO
- Clay Adkins
- AGC of Wyoming
- Akron Community Foundation
- The Albert W. and Edith V. Flowers Charitable Foundation
- Alline and C.C. Davis Charitable Foundation
- Alpha & Omega Real Estate Group
- American Intellectual Property Law Association
- The Amos E. Joel Young Inventors Fund
- Anna May Family Foundation
- ArcBest Corporation
- Arvest Bank
- Deborah Bailey
- Ball Brothers Foundation
- Banks-Baldwin Foundation
- Barberton Community Foundation
- Bartlett Foundation
- Beaverson Foundation Community Fund of the Wayne County Community Foundation
- Bedford Federal Savings Bank
- The Belden Brick Company Charitable Trust
- Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems
- Betty V. and John M. Jacobson Foundation
- Beverly Service
- The Blanche & Julian Robertson Family Foundation, Inc.
- Blessings Fund of the Coshocton Foundation
- Blueprint4
- Heidi Boone
- Bridgestone Americas Trust Fund
- Michelle Brierton
- Brookshire Grocery Company
- Elsa Brown
- Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs Fund of Akron Community Foundation
- Butler Rural Community Connection
- Campbell's Kids
- Camblin Mechanical, Inc.
- Caro Lions Club
- Charles E. & Mabel M. Ritchie Memorial Foundation
- Charles Loehr Charitable Trust
- Charlie Bledsoe Memorial Scholarship
- Chatfield Fire Department
- Cirba Solutions
- The Cleveland-Cliffs Foundation
- The Clorox Company
- Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania
- Community Foundation of Central Wisconsin, Inc.
- The Community Foundation of Muncie & Delaware County, Inc.
- ConocoPhillips
- Keith Conrad
- Rodney Coon
- The Cora E. Rogge Memorial Foundation
- Coshocton Kiwanis Club Fund
- Coshocton Rotary Club
- The Covia Foundation
- Malissa Crawford
- Dealmakers Forums
- Duane Dean
- In memory of Chase Anthony Vane Ditter
- Dow
- Duke Aerial, Inc
- Duke Energy
- Eakin School PTO
- Edwin F. Mulligan Endowed Fund of the Coshocton Foundation
- Edwin J. Thomas Foundation
- Elizabeth H. and Stanley E. Evans Charitable Foundation
- George & Lissa Elliott
- Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis
- EQT Foundation
- Evangelical Community Hospital
- Expand Energy Corporation
- Featherstone Development Corp.
- First National Bank of Fort Smith
- Alicia Fletcher
- FloSource
- Edward Franco
- Fremont Area Community Foundation, Inc.
- Greg Gard
- The George H. Deuble Foundation
- The Gerber Foundation
- Grace Community Kitchen
- Grand Casino Mille Lacs
- Derek Gray
- Greater Cincinnati Foundation
- Greater Oxford Community Foundation
- Mary Ann Hall
- Hanover Lions Club
- Hardenbergh Foundation
- Hatton GIBO Charitable Fund
- The Henry V. and Frances W. Christenson Foundation
- Hidden Valley
- Hinda and Joel Miller Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation
- Michelle Hortega
- Howmet Aerospace Foundation
- Hungerford Charitable Foundation
- The Huntington-Akron Foundation
- IEEE - Northern Virginia Section
- Indy Summer Youth Program
- International Paper
- The J.W. and M.H. Straker Charitable Foundation
- James Buchanan Donor Advised Fund
- Jarrett Scott Ford, Inc.
- Jesse Walker
- Joann Hartley Gross Memorial Fund of the Coshocton Foundation
- John Deere Ottumwa Works
- Jones Metal Product Company
- Kindra Jones
- Dr. & Mrs. Marshall and Annie Jones
- Funds provided by the Kansas Health Foundation Children's Fund, administered by the McPherson County Community Foundation
- Katharine Matthies Foundation, Bank of America, N.A., Trustee.
- The Kendal C. and Anna Ham Charitable Foundation
- Kennedy Family Fund, component fund of the Community Foundation of the Mahoning Valley
- Kentner Sellers CPA's
- King George Education Foundation
- Kirkpatrick Foundation
- Kiwanis Club of Oxford
- Kattie Konno-Leonffu
- Landfall Foundation
- Laura B. Frick Charitable Trusts
- The Laura R. & Lucian Q. Moffitt Foundation
- Laura's World Fund
- Lester A. Walker Fund of the Fremont Area Community Foundation
- LG&E and KU Foundation Inc.
- Lisle M. Buckingham Endowment Fund of Akron Community Foundation
- Lloyd L. and Louise K. Smith Memorial Foundation
- Love Our Schools
- Laura Lyons
- The Maloof Group
- Tim Manz
- Mr. Wayne Marable
- Marathon Petroleum Corporation
- Multiple Funds of the Marietta Community Foundation
- Martha Holden Jennings Foundation
- Gregory Mccall
- Christopher McIntyre
- McWane Ductile
- Micron
- Robert Mittman
- The Montgomery Foundation
- MSBR Camp Invention Scholarship
- NAVAIR - Lakehurst
- Niagara Bottling, LLC
- Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr. Memorial Foundation
- NineStar Community Trust
- The Nord Family Foundation
- North Dakota Department of Public Instruction - Cyber Savvy Futures Grant
- nVent Foundation
- OceanFirst Foundation
- Kate O'Neal
- OtterCares Foundation
- Ottumwa Regional Legacy Foundation
- Tracie Pacheco
- Pacific Power Foundation
- Parkesdale Market , Inc.
- Kumar and Shela Patel
- Patrick Morgan Memorial Event
- The Patuxent Partnership Inc.
- Lisa Phillips
- Pierce Family Fund of the Coshocton Foundation
- Plant City Rotary Club
- Plantation Women's Club
- Publix Super Markets Charities
- Pulaski County Farm Bureau
- R. J. McElroy Trust
- Rachel Ehmke Memorial Foundation
- Ralph D. & Judy P. Wisenburg Fund of the Coshocton Foundation
- Ramsey Evergreen Foundation, Inc.
- Readers to Leaders Story Book Trail
- Jeff Reid
- The Reinberger Foundation
- Rheem Manufacturing Company
- Richard & Caroline T. Gwathmey Memorial Trust
- Robert F. Orr Charitable Foundation
- Rocky Mountain Power Foundation
- The Romich Foundation
- The Roundhouse Foundation
- RPX Corporation
- Cathy Ruiz
- Ruth M. Tieche Community Fund, of the Wayne County Community Foundation
- Sabin Corporation (A Cook Group Company)
- Salisbury-Rowan Community Foundation
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Joseph Schuman
- Schreiber Foods
- Dr. Edmund and Mrs. Beatriz Schweitzer
- Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories
- Second Chance Emporium
- Robert Seiwald in memory of Joan Seiwald
- Brian Selinsky
- Gary and Patty Sharp
- The Shelby Foundation
- Michelle Shuler
- Sam Sicard
- Simpson Family Donor Advised Fund of the Coshocton Foundation
- Sioux Valley Energy
- The Sisler McFawn Foundation
- Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh
- Society for Science
- Somerset Pulaski Economic Development Authority Inc
- Sons and Daughters of Italy Lodge 2857
- Sorenson Legacy Foundation
- The Spencer Silver Memorial Endowment Fund
- Tammy Sposeto
- St. John's Lutheran School
- The Stanzel Family Foundation, Inc
- Stark Community Foundation - SummerTime Kids
- The Stuller Family Foundation
- The Summit Foundation
- Sundt Foundation
- The Swanson Family Fund
- David Swegle
- Synthomer Foundation
- Jason Tackett
- Tallmadge Schools Opportunity Foundation
- Texas Women's League
- The Thomases Family Endowment of the Youngstown Area Jewish Federation
- Three Rivers Parent Teacher Organization
- Tierney Hallett
- Toyotetsu America, Inc.
- Elias Trace & Sherie Trace
- The Troy Foundation
- The Upper Bucks Community Fund of the Lehigh Valley Community Foundation - Richard E. Gasser Fund
- United Way of South Central Indiana
- Vermilion Education Foundation
- Vermilion Teachers Association
- Vier Family Foundation Fund
- Rachel Watson
- W. Paul Mills and Thora J. Mills Memorial Foundation
- We Energies Foundation
- Weld Community Foundation Littler Youth Fund
- The Weld Trust
- Welty Family Foundation
- Lisa Whiteley
- William T. & May Pittman Hennessy Foundation
- Fallon Winterstein
- Woodgrain
- Wyoming Community Foundation, Woodrow & Glyda May Endowment Fund
- Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America
Visionary Sponsors
Ted & Judy Hoff

PhRMA

Honor Sponsors
The Amos E. Joel Young Inventors Fund

Mary Beth Carroll & Dr. Keith Wilson

Richard W. Pogue

Challenge Sponsors
American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)

Dr. & Ms. Kristina Johnson and Veronica Meinhard

Ruth & Donald Keck

Micron

Microsoft

Drs. Sumita and Sam Mitra

Morgan State University

Russ & Phyllis Slifer

Karen & Frank Steininger

University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst

Jim & Marlene West

Tom Wolf

Wood IP Law & Strategy

Endowment Donors
Spencer Silver Memorial Scholarship
Bryan Silver
Linda Silver
Susan Schoenecker
Children's Endowment
Diana R. Braun
Amos E. Joel Young Inventors Fund
Howell High School Understanding Us Club
Fossum Family Young Inventors Fund
Eric R. and Su Fossum
Charlie Bledsoe Memorial Scholarship
Deb Berg
Deborah Blake
Kara Brandemuehl
Ashley Carrasquillo
Anthony Culver
Darci Doll
Amber Dowd
Shelly Franz
Linda Fultz
Demetria Garnsey
Marc Ginsberg
Michael Haynes
Juanita Hickerson
Christopher Hofmann
Laura Huff
Henry Jean
Keith Johnson
Colin Kampmier
Thomas Kampmier
Susie and Bob Keat
Stacy Kiejko
Jane Koh
Kim Mullen-Kuehl
Penny Libby
Carrie Livingston
Mark Mcleod
Mary Murphy
Caryl Owen
Amanda Panell
Alicia Pinto
Debra Piper
Ginny Potter
Deborah Rolman
Abby Rutledge
Mary Ann Sabo
Kimberly Sailor
Katja Schindler
Nevenah Smith
Margaret Smyser
Susan Williams
Annual Fund
- JD and Anne Albert
- Iver and Nancy Anderson
- Lyndsey Ardito
- Don Arney
- Dr. Syliva Blakenship
- Andrew Blike
- Wesley Brown
- Deborah and Henry Cohn
- Moussa Coulibaly
- Renee DuBord Brown
- Rachel Fausnaugh
- Joanie Freeman
- Edward Gray
- Eli and Britt Harari
- Stan and Sally Honey
- Erna Hoover
- Polly Jones
- Kimberly King
- Jeffrey and Gail Kodosky
- James D. Kraus
- Ming-Jun Li
- Frances and George Ligler
- Caroline J. Mange
- Pamela Marrone and Michael Rogers
- May & Walt Family Charitable Fund
- Michelman Inc.
- Michele Minor
- Mick and Tiffany Mountz
- Professor Shuji Nakamura
- Sandra Nowak
- Richard W. Pogue
- Ryan Rodojev
- Steven and Cindy Sasson
- Kristin Schroll
- Schuman Family Foundation on behalf of Joseph Schuman
- Megan Severn
- Gary and Patricia Sharp
- Jeremy Sharpe
- Polly Smith
- Solventum
- Andrew Steele
- Frank and Karen Steininger
- Gary and Rona Sterling
- Jack Teetor in honor of Ralph Teetor
- Andrew Viterbi
- Wakeling Family
- William Walker
- Chen Wang
- Jon Wood
- James J. Wynne & Barbara J. Wynne
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