Project Invent Receives Motorola Solutions Foundation Grant

to empower students with the 21st-century skills to succeed individually and impact globally, through inventing technology solutions for a real problem in their community.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA - October 15, 2023 - Project Invent, a national nonprofit that empowers middle and high school students to invent technologies that make a difference, today announced it has received a grant for $25,000 USD from the Motorola Solutions Foundation, the charitable arm of Motorola Solutions.

Through this grant, Project Invent will recruits and trains educators through a yearlong fellowship in design thinking, engineering, and entrepreneurship to lead students in inventing technology solutions to a real problem in their community. Annually, Project Invent serves approximately 800+ students, 100+ trained educators, and sparks 100+ student inventions across the United States.

“The support of this Motorola Solutions Foundation grant is critical as we work to ensure every student can invent. We greatly appreciate the support of our flagship programming and Motorola’s commitment to students, communities, and a future of fearless compassionate problem solvers.”

- Jax Chaudhry, Project Invent Executive Director

Through Project Invent, we’re transforming classrooms to empower students as innovators and real-world problem solvers. Our goal is to (1) develop strong 21st-century skills and mindsets, (2) increase teacher capacity to lead student-centered and project-based classrooms, and (3) increase diversity in technology and engineering as we move into a tech-driven future. We are redesigning the school experience for the 21st-century, and we’re starting with the students who need it most.

The Motorola Solutions Foundation, which has donated $100 million over the past 10 years, focuses its giving on three key areas: first responder programming, technology and engineering education, and programs that blend the two. The Foundation has a long-standing commitment to supporting programs that benefit underrepresented populations and aims to partner with organizations that align to its values of accountability, innovation, impact, diversity and inclusion.

"The Motorola Solutions Foundation is honored to partner with organizations like [Your organization] that are actively driving positive change within the community," said Karem Pérez, vice president of Diversity,Equity and Inclusion and executive director of the Motorola Solutions Foundation. "We are immensely proud of the work that [Your organization] is doing, and we look forward to seeing their continued impact."

About Project Invent

Founded in 2018, Project Invent is a nonprofit that empowers students nationwide to invent technologies that make a difference. With a focus on under-resourced schools and communities, we recruit and train educators through a yearlong fellowship in design thinking, engineering, and entrepreneurship to lead students in inventing technology solutions to a real problem in their community. Since our founding, Project Invent has served approximately 2,000 students, trained 300 educators, and sparked 200+ student inventions across the United States.

About the Motorola Solutions Foundation

As the charitable and philanthropic arm of Motorola Solutions, the Motorola Solutions Foundation partners with organizations around the globe to create safer cities and equitable, thriving communities. We focus on giving back through strategic grants, employee volunteerism and other community investment initiatives. Our strategic grants program supports organizations that offer first responder programming and technology and engineering education, and align to our values of accountability, innovation, impact, diversity and inclusion. The Foundation is one of the many ways in which the company lives out its purpose of helping people be their best in the moments that matter. For more information on the Foundation, visit: www.motorolasolutions.com/foundation