The NVIDIA Foundation annually tracks and reports on key metrics to measure our programs’ success. The accompanying graphic shows our progress in FY18 compared with FY17 and outlines our goals for FY19.
In FY18, total donations were up by more than 45 percent. This increase is thanks, in part, to employee donations, which nearly tripled from FY17.
We saw a significant decrease in the number of volunteers and volunteer hours, however, due to changes in our Santa Clara Project Inspire event. This effort — our largest of the year — typically engages nearly 2,000 volunteers, but we paused it in FY18 as we worked to revamp the program to better serve our increasing employee population and the changing needs of the community.
NVIDIA opened several new offices around the world, which are still ramping up their volunteer and fundraising activities. This resulted in a decline in the percentage of offices holding charitable-giving events.
We continue to work on defining a new Project Inspire model for our Santa Clara office and are working closely with our new offices to plan at least one activity in FY19.