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Expertise to advance innovation

Autodesk employees work alongside the portfolio, applying their expertise in service of scaling impact innovations.

Making a better world with pro bono consulting

An active network of hundreds of Autodesk employees contributes unique skill sets ranging from design to marketing to imagine, design, and make a better world alongside nonprofits and startups. Autodesk employees volunteer directly with the portfolio on one-on-one pro bono consulting, team pro bono consulting projects, and immersive pro bono consulting.

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260,000 employee volunteer hours

From fiscal years 2015-2025, Autodesk employees contributed 260,000 volunteer hours, including 36,000 Pro Bono Consulting volunteer hours.

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Pro Bono Consulting

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1:1 consulting

Autodesk employees provide one-on-one pro bono consulting with Autodesk Foundation portfolio organizations.

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Team projects

Teams of three to five Autodesk employees volunteer their skills for one to three hours of pro bono consulting per week over 12 weeks.

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Immersion

Teams of five to 10 Autodesk employees volunteer their professional skills on-site for two weeks.

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    "There's nothing like experiencing the joy of a new bridge in-person to recruit new advocates to the cause. Autodesk's pro bono consultants helped us think about ways to draw people into that experience, even from a desk thousands of miles away from rural Rwanda."

    Nivi Sharma, CEO, Bridges to Prosperity
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    "The visuals that the pro bono team developed gave us a fresh perspective on how to make our data more actionable and impactful."

    Amy Fowler, Director of Vaccine Programs, Nexleaf Analytics
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    "In just a month and a half we improved our presence and engagement across all of our communications channels."

    Karthik Chandrasekar, Founder, Sangam Ventures
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    "What's amazing about the Autodesk team is the breadth and depth of their knowledge and capabilities. The Pro Bono Consulting project on employer branding helped us to support and build our team in a critical phase of growth."

    Andrew Maxey, CEO, Vartega
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Impact in action

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Kheyti

Low-cost farming solutions

Autodesk engineers, designers, and training partners worked with Indian startup Kheyti to lower costs and installation times for its signature “Greenhouse-in-a-Box” product, laying a strong foundation to deliver the solution at scale.

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Bridges to Prosperity

Expanding virtual site visits

Autodesk employees helped Bridges to Prosperity bring its site visit program online during the COVID-19 pandemic, creating new avenues to engage partners in connecting rural communities with trailbridges.

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Vartega

Building an employer brand

Vartega, a Colorado-based startup closing the loop on carbon fiber waste, partnered with Autodesk pro bono marketing consultants to develop an effective employer brand strategy to attract the right talent to support its growth and accelerate its impact.

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Ways to engage

Nonprofits and startups

If your impact organization is interested in volunteer and or pro bono support from Autodesk employees, you can register your organization via the resources below.

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Autodesk employees

Employees interested in pro bono consulting, volunteering, and or charitable giving can visit the employee impact hub or visit the links below to get started.

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