Category: Funding

  • Announcing the Autodesk Foundation’s Inclusive Climate Innovation Initiative

    The Autodesk Foundation is excited to launch its Inclusive Climate Innovation Initiative (ICII) to bolster the inclusive innovation environment in climate technology through philanthropy.

    DEI

  • ERG Grantmaking: Connecting Autodesk employees to philanthropy through participatory grantmaking

    For the second year, the Autodesk Foundation teamed up with Autodesk’s employee resource groups (ERGs) on a participatory grantmaking initiative that resulted in a total grant deployment of $180,000 to 13 nonprofits.

    Funding
  • A woman Safisana employee standing in front of a Safisana sign at the Ashaiman recycling plant, smiling and looking at the camera, holding a white hard hat in her blue-gloved left hand.

    Our investment in Safisana

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes Safisana—a nonprofit committed to improving climate resilience and solving waste, sanitation, and energy-related issues in rapidly growing economies throughout the African continent—to its Health and Resilience portfolio.

    Funding

  • The Bridges to Prosperity story at AU 2023

    During Autodesk University 2023, Autodesk highlighted its partnership, through the Autodesk Foundation, with Bridges to Prosperity (B2P) to address a critical global issue: more than 250 million people lack safe access to healthcare, education, and employment because they cannot cross rivers safely.

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  • Three individuals—an older man, a middle-aged man, and a teenager—standing in a farm field surrounded by tall green crops on a sunny day. All three are smiling and looking at a mobile phone, held by the middle-aged man, which appears to interacting with a sensor or other mechanism for monitoring the crop.

    Our investment in Wavemaker Impact

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes Wavemaker Impact—a climate venture builder fund that invests in Southeast Asian entrepreneurs and startups to rapidly decarbonize the planet—to its Health and Resilience portfolio.

    Funding
  • Close-up candid/action shot of a young man wearing a blue blazer, glasses, button-down shirt and a striped blue tie, holding a microphone in his right hand and his left hand in front of him, fingers curled as if grabbing something, presenting at a Generation workshop or event.

    Our investment in Generation

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes Generation—a global nonprofit network helping learners and workers achieve economic mobility through employment—to its Work and Prosperity portfolio.

    Funding

  • Our investment in BluLever Education

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes BluLever Education—a startup addressing South Africa’s labor shortage by training the next generation of skilled artisans—to its Work and Prosperity portfolio.

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  • Wide angle view of dozens of pallets of concrete blocks in an open-air dirt field on an overcast day. Foreground: A person in a forklift facing the camera, behind a few large pallets of concrete blocks.

    Our investment in CarbonBuilt

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes CarbonBuilt—a startup that is decarbonizing concrete and enabling manufacturers to make industry-standard products with 70-100% less embodied carbon than conventional concrete—to its Energy and Materials portfolio.

    Funding
  • Families and workers from Better Builder (FWF grantee) in Austin, Texas — Three women standing side-by-side, smiling and posing for group photo, wearing matching blue "We Build Texas" t-shirts and adhesive name-tags. The woman in the middle is leaning on a pair of crutches.

    Our investment in The Families & Workers Fund

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes The Families and Workers Fund—a nonprofit supercharging the green infrastructure workforce—to its Work and Prosperity portfolio.

    Funding
  • Avalanche employee Daniel working on micro fusion reactor, "Janice".

    Our investment in Avalanche Energy

    The Autodesk Foundation welcomes Avalanche Energy—a startup creating micro fusion reactors to mobilize carbon-free energy for hard-to-abate sectors—to its Energy and Materials portfolio.

    Funding