{"id":425,"date":"2014-09-05T16:25:04","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T16:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.autodesk.com\/inthefold\/2014\/09\/05\/our-autodesk-foundation-grantees-embodying-the-design-led-revolution\/"},"modified":"2018-01-24T14:04:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T14:04:04","slug":"our-autodesk-foundation-grantees-embodying-the-design-led-revolution","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/adsknews.autodesk.com\/en\/stories\/our-autodesk-foundation-grantees-embodying-the-design-led-revolution\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Autodesk Foundation Grantees, Embodying the Design-led Revolution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Joe Speicher, executive director of the Autodesk Foundation<\/p>\n<p>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<p>Yesterday, the&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.autodesk.org\/\">Autodesk Foundation<\/a> furthered our commitment to accelerating the work of impact designers by deepening our investment in two current grantees, <a href=\"http:\/\/d-rev.org\/\">D-Rev<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massdesigngroup.org\/\">MASS Design Group<\/a>, and making new investments in several additional design-driven nonprofits.&#160; We are providing training, technology and software grants to <a href=\"http:\/\/gearbox.co.ke\/\">Gearbox<\/a>, Kenya\u2019s first open makerspace; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.proximitydesigns.org\/\">Proximity Design<\/a>, whose products and services serve rural Myanmar; and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buildchange.org\/\">Build Change<\/a>, which aims to strengthen housing in developing and earthquake-susceptible countries.<\/p>\n<p>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<p>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. &#160;We also launched the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.impactdesignhub.org\/\">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.&#160;<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"\/app\/uploads\/autodesk\/6a017c3334c51a970b01b7c6da670c970b-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1.jpg\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a017c3334c51a970b01b7c6da670c970b image-full img-responsive\" src=\"\/app\/uploads\/autodesk\/6a017c3334c51a970b01b7c6da670c970b-800wi\" title=\"1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Krista Donaldson, CEO of Autodesk Foundation grantee D-Rev<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"\/app\/uploads\/autodesk\/6a017c3334c51a970b01b8d0645bf1970c-pi\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2\" border=\"0\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a017c3334c51a970b01b8d0645bf1970c image-full img-responsive\" src=\"\/app\/uploads\/autodesk\/6a017c3334c51a970b01b8d0645bf1970c-800wi\" title=\"2\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Me, Joe Speicher, executive director of the Autodesk Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Joe Speicher, executive director of the Autodesk Foundation I started my career on Wall Street, where measurable results, accountability and transparency drove success. 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