Autodesk Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Autodesk, Inc (NASDAQ: ADSK). We invest in startups and organizations using design and engineering to address the world's most pressing problems.
The Community Development & Investment Group of Northern Trust works to bring innovative, flexible, below market rate capital to underserved communities to leverage additional capital sources to further expand sustainable community impacts.
Northern Trust Corporation (Nasdaq: NTRS) is a leading provider of wealth management, asset servicing, asset management and banking to corporations, institutions, affluent families and individuals. Founded in Chicago in 1889, Northern Trust has offices in the United States in 19 states and Washington, D.C., and 20 international locations in Canada, Europe, the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific region. As of December 31, 2015, Northern Trust had assets under custody of US$6.1 trillion, and assets under management of US$875 billion. For more than 125 years, Northern Trust has earned distinction as an industry leader for exceptional service, financial expertise, integrity and innovation.
The objective of the Thriving Communities Fund is to help deliver on our mission to improve the health of our members and the communities we serve. We recognize that the health outcomes of our members and communities are impacted by the social, economic, and environmental conditions of the places where they live, work, and play. Our Community Health strategy commits us to engage all our assets and influence to help make every KP community one of the healthiest in the nation. Our investment capital is an important asset that we can deploy in support of healthier communities in America and the world. The Thriving Communities Fund (“the Fund”) will make impact investments in institutions and programs that seek to improve the length of life, quality of life, and reduce inequity in KP communities, while preserving capital. Fund investments will be made in KP served communities, with a primarily focus on underserved populations. Fund investments will be informed by the Community Health Needs Assessments and ongoing engagement in KP communities, as well as by external experts and advisors.
To fund projects and programs that build Opus communities and make them better places to live, work and raise families. The Foundation supports nonprofit organizations that foster human and community development with an emphasis on early childhood education, youth development, workforce development, and community revitalization.
The purpose of Opus Foundation’s impact investing is to deploy a board-defined portion of the Foundation’s financial assets in ways that will advance the mission by building Opus communities and making them better places to live, work and raise families. This generally means investing in opportunities that will foster human and community development with an emphasis on early childhood education, youth development, workforce development and community revitalization.
