Lemelson Foundation
Foundation, based in Portland, Oregon, reporting $414M in assets.
Composed from this allocator's classification, location and filed figures.
Nothing material in the last 90 days. No dated change on record yet.
3 more people, 7 more managers and 24 more commitments
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People to know
View all people- EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASST. SECRETARYWhy: Executive director: runs the plan or the officeProfile
Capital path
who backs this record, through what, into what; each name opens its own path- Robert LemelsonBoard Chair and President
- Robert SchneiderEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASST. SECRETARY
- Robert SchneiderExecutive Director
- DCVC CLIMATE SELECT, LP1 commitment
- AZOLLA VENTURES FULL-CYCLE FUND I, LP1 commitment
- GLOBAL IMPACT ACCESS PARTNERSHIP, LP II1 commitment
- Brandywine Global Investment Mgmt.4 commitments
- Tiedemann Advisors, LLC2 commitments
- Lightsmith Climate Resilience Management LLC1 commitment
Relationship network
42 connected entities27 observed commitments2 repeat counterparties8 dated commitments shown here, 2024
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Managers, funds and consultants are read from the commitments: three or more is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat counterparty. No consultant link is marked current on the source, so none is labelled current or former here. Related plans, people and plan service providers are ordered by what the filing shows.
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Size, funding, policy and commitments, with their basesFoundation · EIN 880391959ShowHide
Allocation policy
- ENERGY IMPACT PARTNERS $2.6M
- GLOBAL IMPACT OPPORTUNITIES III, LP $1.8M
Consultants and advisers
Decision makers
- Robert Schneider · EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASST. SECRETARYWhy this person: Executive director: runs the plan or the officeLinkedIn or profile link on file (the allocator's own staff page), confirmed 2026-09-30, confidence 90%
Who else at this allocator · 1 person, grouped by function
- Robert Lemelson · Board Chair and PresidentWhy this person: Runs the firm (chief executive or president)
Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. 1 with a route on file. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.
People
- Robert Lemelson Board Chair and PresidentBoard chair
- Robert Schneider EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ASST. SECRETARYExecutive director / CEO
- Robert Schneider Executive DirectorExecutive director / CEO
+3 more people on the investment staff and board
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Manager roster
- Brandywine Global Investment Mgmt.4 rows, latest Dec 31, 2024
- Tiedemann Advisors, LLC2 rows, latest Dec 31, 2024
- Lightsmith Climate Resilience Management LLC1 row, latest Dec 31, 2024
+7 more managers received commitments
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What changed
Commitments
| Date | Fund | Manager | Bucket | Amount | Vintage | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| as of Dec 31, 2024 | LIGHTSMITH CLIMATE RESILIENCE PARTNERS S | Lightsmith Climate Resilience Management LLC | Private equity | $3.0M held | Disclosed holding | apps.irs.gov | |
| as of Dec 31, 2024 | DCVC CLIMATE SELECT, LP | Dcvc | Private equity | $1.1M held | 2022 | Disclosed holding | apps.irs.gov |
| as of Dec 31, 2024 | AZOLLA VENTURES FULL-CYCLE FUND I, LP | Azolla Management Company, LP | Private equity | $214,912 held | 2021 | Disclosed holding | apps.irs.gov |
+24 more commitments
Every fund and manager this allocator committed to, with the amount, date and source on each.
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Size and funding
Provenance
Provenance
Not yet on record: private markets allocation target.
Lemelson Foundation is the same institution as 1 record in Family Offices.
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Lemelson Foundation sits on 8 traced paths of capital across the graphs.
DFX traced 8 paths of capital through this record
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›Connections
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+16 connections on the graph
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