In 2016, 90 percent of our offices held volunteer or fundraising events, and employees donated nearly $400,000 and more than 17,000 volunteer hours. These efforts amplified the impact of the company’s contributions, which totaled nearly $2.6 million in cash and in-kind donations.
NVIDIA Foundation grants and employee fundraising efforts yielded more than $850,000 in 2016 for the fight against cancer through our Compute the Cure initiative.
Provided to Translational Genomics Research Institute for research to discover individualized therapeutic vulnerability in cancer, which could lead to more precise therapies; and to a team from the University of North Texas working to discover new cancer biomarkers, which could improve diagnostics and treatment of the disease. Learn more >
Awarded to nonprofits providing patient care and support services. Grants are being used to provide:
For the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk
NVIDIA held a variety of activities around the globe in 2016 to provide K-12 students with the tools they need to succeed. The company donated more than $1.6 million and 14,600 volunteer hours to these education-related efforts, which reached more than 89,000 children.
Through Project Inspire events held in Austin, Beaverton, Berlin, Durham, Hyderabad, Pune, Santa Clara, the U.K., Westford, and Wuerselen.
Donated through office back-to-school efforts.
Donated when we built and stocked school libraries in China.
Through financial and in-kind donations to an international youth robotics organization.