Funding and Partners
DO-IT seeks funding to support the successful participation of individuals with disabilities in challenging academic programs and careers. Specifically, your support is needed to sponsor participants in the Scholars program, special events, internships, and other work-based learning experiences for individuals with disabilities, participant attendant or travel costs, refreshments for program participants, and the creation and distribution of educational videos and publications. To make a gift to DO-IT, see our contribution form, or for more information contact Director Sheryl Burgstahler, sherylb@uw.edu, 206-543-0622.
Primary funding for the DO-IT program is provided by
Additional grants and gifts have been received from
- Boeing Company
- Bristol-Myers Squibb
- Dole Foundation, Telecommunications Funding Partnership
- Dynamac Corporation
- Eisenhower Professional Development Program, Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction
- Microsoft
- Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation
- NASA
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administartion
- NEC Foundation of America
- Samuel S. Johnson Foundation
- Seattle Foundation
- U.S. Department of Labor
- Visio Corporation
The University of Washington also contributes substantial resources to this project.
Additional monetary and in-kind gifts have been made by:
- 3Com
- American Computer Experience
- AOL Foundation
- Apple
- Ashland Kiwanis Club
- Boxlight Corporation
- Braitmayer Foundation
- Cascade Sign
- Compaq US
- ComputerGear
- Connectix Hooker Northwest
- Courage Center
- Digital Vision
- DTP Micro Systems
- Ephrata School District
- Fessenden Booster Club, North Dakota
- Ford Foundation
- Honda
- Honeywell International Foundation
- Institute for Science, Engineering & Public Policy
- Intel
- Macrostaff
- Mitsubishi Electric Power Products
- Nike
- Nintendo of America
- Northwest Fisheries Science Center
- Olathe East High School
- Olathe East National Honor Society
- Outdoors for All
- P. Roger Hillerstrom, Inc.
- Pacific Science Center
- Poquoson High School Key Club
- PTI Communications
- Sun Microsystems
- Sundog
- University Bookstore
- University of Colorado at Boulder
- U.S. West
- U.S. West Foundation
- Washington State Department of Services for the Blind
- Whatcom Community College
Organizations who have offered internships for participants, hosted training and events, and otherwise engaged with DO-IT include:
- Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Society
- Access Technologists Higher Education Network (ATHEN)
- Advancing Robotics Technology for Societal Impact
- Alaska Department of Fish & Game
- Alaska/Idaho/Oregon/Washington Science Teachers Associations (ASTA/ISTA/OSTA/WSTA)
- Allying Companies, Communities, and Employees with Skills for Success (ACCESS)
- Amazon.com
- American Red Cross
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Anita Borg Institute
- Association for Computing Machinery
- Association for Computing Machinery Special Interest Group on Accessible Computing (ACM SIGACCESS)
- Association for Higher Education and Disabilities (AHEAD)
- Association for Science Teacher Education (ASTE)
- Auburn University
- Auburn State University
- Aultman Hospital
- Bellevue Boys & Girls Club
- Bellevue College
- Berea College
- Cascades Volcano Observatory
- Camp Courage
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Center for Minorities and People with Disabilities in Information Technology
- Children's Hospital
- Challenger Learning Center
- City of Bremerton
- City of Seattle
- City University of New York
- Clemson University
- Clover Park Community College
- Coldwell Banker
- Commonwealth Alliance for Information Technology Education
- Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions
- Computing Research Association
- Computer Science Teachers Association
- Cornell University
- Deaf-Blind Service Center
- Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs)
- Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) activity hosts
- Disability Support Service Council (DSSC)
- Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
- East Alliance for Students with Disabilities
- Easter Seals Washington
- Emerald City Rotary Club
- Empowering Leadership Alliance
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
- Florida State University
- Gallaudet University
- Georgia Computes! Alliance
- Georgia Tech
- Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment
- Hart Computer Technology
- High School - High Tech
- Highline School District - Secondary Special Edition
- Idaho Assistive Technology Program (IATP)
- Idaho National Labratory
- Idaho Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- Impact Studios
- Incight
- Independent Living Centers
- InterConnections
- Into the Loop
- Invision Learning
- Kindering Center
- Lane County Women, Infants, & Children Center
- Landmark College
- Leonardo Museum
- Life Sciences Education Achievement Partnership (LEAP)
- Manatee Community College
- Math and Engineering Science Achievement (MESA)
- Medtronic
- Midwest RDE Alliance
- Minorities in Science and Engineering Program (MSEP)
- Missouri Southern State University
- National Center for Secondary Education and Transition
- National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Educational Support, University of Hawaii
- National Center for Women & Information Technology
- National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute
- National Girls Collaborative Project
- National Parks System
- National Technical Institute for the Deaf
- National Weather Service
- New Mexico State University
- Nordstrom
- North Carolina State University
- North Star Borough Library
- Northwest Engineering Talent Expansion Partnership (ETEP)
- Northwest Girls Cooperative
- Northwind, Inc.
- Ocean House Alliance
- Onestop Resource Centers
- Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER)
- Pediatric Critical Care Program of Seattle Children's
- Portland State University
- Port of Seattle
- Positive Solutions
- Pride Polymers
- Providence Medical Center
- Puget Sound ESD Transition Specialist Group
- Quality of Life Center, South Korea
- Raven Software
- Reaching the Pinnacle
- Reel Grrls
- Renton Public Library
- Renton School District, Life Management Program, Secondary Special Education
- RDE Regional Alliances for Persons with Disabilities
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- Rose International Fund
- Seatac Airport
- Seattle Biomed
- Seattle University
- Seattle School District - Transition/Secondary Special Education
- Seoul National University
- Sheldon-Jackson College
- Sierra Club Washington
- Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
- Starbucks Coffee
- The STARS Alliance
- Tethers Unlimited
- Touch the Future, Inc.
- Towson University
- University of Alaska
- University of Idaho
- University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Rochester
- University of South Carolina
- University of Tokyo
- UW Genomics Outreach for Minorities (GenOM) Project
- Virtual Alliance for Deaf and Hard of Hearing in STEM
- Washington Access Services
- Washington Assistive Technology Alliance
- Washington Association for Postsecondary Education and Disability (WAPED)
- Washington Library Network
- Washington PAVE - Project CORE
- Washington School Information Processing Cooperative's WedNet
- Washington State Business Leadership Network (WSBLN)
- Washington State University
- Women in Science and Engineering (WISE)
- Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP)
- Xerox