The Autodesk Foundation aligns its philanthropic offerings with design and engineering. We invest in nonprofits and startups helping to de-risk innovation and bring industry-transforming solutions to scale. By facilitating a blend of funding, technical training, and expertise, we can bring early-stage innovations to market to advance a more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient world.
We focus our funding on three impact areas guided by strategic investment theses that drive impact outcomes across our industries.
Avoiding, reducing, and removing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to accelerate the transition to a decarbonized economy.
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Improving resilience in low-resource communities with climate adaptation technologies.
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Preparing workers to thrive in the era of automation by creating opportunities for quality employment for all.
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More than fifty organizations receive grants and impact investments to scale innovative solutions to climate change and inequality.
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Thousands of entrepreneurs and innovators use Autodesk design and make software and technical training for positive impact.
Hundreds of Autodesk employees work alongside nonprofits and startups to imagine, design, and make a better world.
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The Autodesk Foundation’s impact measurement and management (IMM) practice is central to our work—informing how we invest and adapt to optimize impact. We invest in our portfolio’s impact outcomes through a rigorous IMM practice that establishes accountability, informs decision-making, and generates evidence of success.
individuals reached with resilient solutions in housing and infrastructure, energy access, agricultural productivity, and workforce development (cumulative)**
metric tons CO2e emissions reduced
individuals obtained quality jobs†
*Based on data that were self-reported by portfolio organizations.
**This metric represents individuals reached with resilient solutions in housing and infrastructure, energy access, agricultural productivity, and economic development. Cumulative data from organizations, since their inception, that were part of the Autodesk Foundation portfolio during the year noted.
† As of 2025, we are no longer collecting data on new or improved jobs from organizations in the H&R portfolio. The focus for this portfolio is on broader economic advancement, which we captured through qualitative responses.
