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By Joe Speicher, executive director of the Autodesk Foundation<\/p>\n

I started my career on Wall Street, where measurable results, accountability and transparency drove success. While volunteering with New York immigrant communities during this time, I quickly learned that these practices are lacking or nonexistent at many nonprofits. I saw an opportunity to bring those business lessons I learned on Wall Street to the High Street of Kampala, helping found a nonprofit\/business hybrid that would employ, train and empower people in the developing world. Now, I\u2019m doing this at Autodesk, helping support the nonprofit organizations fueling the design-led revolution as the executive director of the Autodesk Foundation.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the Autodesk Foundation<\/a> furthered our commitment to accelerating the work of impact designers by deepening our investment in two current grantees, D-Rev<\/a> and MASS Design Group<\/a>, and making new investments in several additional design-driven nonprofits.  We are providing training, technology and software grants to Gearbox<\/a>, Kenya\u2019s first open makerspace; Proximity Design<\/a>, whose products and services serve rural Myanmar; and Build Change<\/a>, which aims to strengthen housing in developing and earthquake-susceptible countries.<\/p>\n

When I talk with design-led revolution innovators like Krista Donaldson, the CEO of D-Rev, I am certain that the Foundation is making the right choice to invest in D-Rev\u2019s business model that improves the health and income of the global population living on less than $4 a day. \u201cWe\u2019re excited to continue our work with Autodesk. We were thrilled to be a part of the Foundation launch in March as we see a great value in the collaboration and look forward to more of it, moving forward,\u201d said Krista.<\/p>\n

Last night, we celebrated these new grantees\u2014and the impact of designers for social good everywhere\u2014at a Design Night in the Autodesk Gallery at 1 Market Street in San Francisco.  We also launched the Impact Design Hub<\/a>, which we hope to be the go-to resource for information on design for positive impact. This is only the beginning of our support for leaders who imagine, design and create a better world and we look to continue to fund and support those using design to address epic challenges. <\/p>\n

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Krista Donaldson, CEO of Autodesk Foundation grantee D-Rev<\/p>\n

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Me, Joe Speicher, executive director of the Autodesk Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Joe Speicher, executive director of the Autodesk Foundation<\/p>\n

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