The X Prize

This one you can donate to or compete in. The X Prize Foundation gives out prizes to teams that develop certain new technologies, the prizes being $10 million or more. I first heard about this at the time of the Ansari X Prize, which was meant to encourage the technology for a viable commercial space plane. The current competitions have to do with a more efficient car, lunar rovers, and medicine and genetics. If you want to help, tell a friend, or even donate money. If you think you've got what it takes, you can consider competing, but if nothing else, it'd be good to take a look at what they're doing.