Charles F. Kettering Foundation Endowment
The Charles F. Kettering Foundation is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, operating foundation headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1927, the foundation sponsors and carries out scientific research for the benefit of humanity, inspired by the inventiveness of its founder, the American inventor Charles F. Kettering. For the past four decades, the foundation's research and programs have focused on the needs of democracy worldwide. Industries it has a preference for include: diversified/conglomerates, consumer services, energy & utilities, healthcare, information technology, software/internet.