The growing skills gap between the demands of employers in high-growth fields and the skills being taught to learners at public post-secondary institutions is widening. An overlooked solution lies in local community colleges. They play a crucial role in educating diverse student populations with the technical and power skills to thrive in in-demand careers of…

Innovative funding to scale  At Autodesk Foundation, one of impact opportunity areas, Health & Resilience, focuses on backing technology-based solutions that increase health and resilience in low-resource, climate-vulnerable regions.  In this part of our portfolio, we look for organizations that can demonstrate impact in the three domains of our Health & Resilience thesis: environmental protection,…

Two billion people worldwide lack access to reliable energy In the energy access sector, the scaleup of mini-grids and solar home systems (SHS) is critical if we are to meet the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal 7—access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy for all—by 2030. Only half of the 800 million people without…