In-Person Engagement
- 1,031,000 Visitors to Places of Invention and Inventive Minds exhibitions
- 105,000 Participants at Lemelson Center Public Programs
- 393,000 Visitors to all Spark!Lab Network Sites
- 225,000 Visitors to Draper Spark!Lab
Digital Engagement
- 656,254 Lemelson Center website total visitation
- 15,192 Lemelson Center blog page views
- 23,378 Lemelson Center YouTube viewings equaling 183,712 minutes of watch time (127 days, 13 hours)
- Invention at Play game pageviews:
- Tinker Ball 141,518
- Cloud Dreamer 38,403
- Puzzle Blocks 9,650
Social Media Interactions
Facebook
- 96 posts
- 45 new fans
- 798 engagements
- 15k impressions
Twitter
- 192 tweets
- 340 new followers
- 825 engagements
- 250k impressions
Instagram
- 30 posts
- 1.3k followers
- 947 engagements
- 14k impressions
News Publications Highlights
The Lemelson Center was featured in over 50 significant media pieces, including placements in Variety, ABC News, Bloomberg, Politico, Smithsonian magazine, Slate, USA Today, the Washington Post, and Inventors Digest.
REVENUE
- Endowment Income $1,434,000
- Grants, Sponsors, and Gifts* $693,000
EXPENDITURES
- Lemelson Center Staff $1,387,000
- Draper Spark!Lab and Spark!Lab Network Operations $227,000
- Research, Fellowships, Public Programs, and Exhibitions $513,000
Figures rounded to the nearest thousand.
*Multi-year support is shown as 2018 portion only
