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DO-IT 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.
- Dole Foundation, Telecommunications Funding Partnership.
- Dynamac Corporation.
- Eisenhower Professional Development Program, Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.
- Jeld-Wen Foundation.
- 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.
- 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.
Additional partners include dozens of primary and secondary schools as well as
- Access Technologists Higher Education Network (ATHEN).
- Alaska/Idaho/Oregon/Washington Science Teachers Associations (ASTA/ISTA/OSTA/WSTA).
- Allying Companies, Communities, and Employees with Skills for Success (ACCESS).
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).
- 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).
- Disability and Business Technical Assistance Centers (DBTACs).
- Disability Mentoring Day (DMD) activity hosts.
- Disability Support Service Council (DSSC).
- Division of Vocational Rehabilitation.
- Emerald City Rotary Club.
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
- Governor's Committee on Disability Issues and Employment.
- Highline School District - Secondary Special Edition.
- Idaho Assistive Technology Program (IATP).
- Idaho Council for Exceptional Children (ICEC).
- Incight.
- Independent Living Centers.
- Life Sciences Education Achievement Partnership (LEAP).
- Math and Engineering Science Achievement (MESA).
- Medtronic.
- Minorities in Science and Engineering Program (MSEP).
- National Center for Secondary Education and Transition.
- National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Educational Support, University of Hawaii.
- Northwest Engineering Talent Expansion Partnership (ETEP).
- Northwest Girls Cooperative.
- Onestop Resource Centers.
- Organizations from Japan, Korea, and India.
- Parent Advocacy Coalition for Educational Rights (PACER).
- Pediatric Critical Care Program of Seattle Children's.
- Puget Sound ESD Transition Specialist Group.
- Renton School District, Life Management Program, Secondary Special Education.
- RDE Regional Alliances for Persons with Disabilities.
- Seattle School District - Transition/Secondary Special Education.
- UW Genomics Outreach for Minorities (GenOM) Project.
- 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).
- Women in Science and Engineering (WISE).
- Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP).