Adobe’s commitment to doing the right thing by focusing on people, purpose and community has guided our evolution and growth for more than four decades. As part of our Adobe for All commitment, we believe that greater representation leads to a virtuous cycle of more role models, advancement, growth and meaningful innovations for our customers and communities. Although there is still more work to be done, we are proud of our progress across diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) by building a more diverse workforce, fostering an inclusive workplace, and mobilizing our partner ecosystem to drive positive impact for our industry and society at large.
Adobe, with financial support from the Adobe Foundation, established the Equity and Advancement Initiative (EAI) last year alongside 11 best-in-class nonprofit organizations to address systemic barriers to opportunity and advance social equity within our business and communities. As part of Adobe for All Days, our annual event where we come together to celebrate the uniqueness of Adobe’s people, places and products, I’m happy to announce that the Adobe Foundation is granting an additional $10 million across the EAI cohort to foster racial and social justice worldwide — bringing its current overall investment to $30 million.
A differentiated approach to corporate philanthropy
We continually work with nonprofits to support creative and digital literacy, social equity and opportunity, and active engagement in global communities where our employees live and work.
With the EAI, Adobe is taking a unique, global and multi-pronged approach to nonprofit collaboration grounded in people, product and philanthropy.
- Aside from multi-year general operating grants from the Adobe Foundation, Adobe is further engaging with EAI organizations by providing access to our products, employee pro bono consulting and volunteering, and legislative and advocacy support.
- Given our model for “trust-based philanthropy,” we empower EAI organizations to make critical investments in areas where they can best scale their work and make an impact — rather than dictate where grants should be allocated. This has equipped EAI nonprofits with stronger infrastructure to expand programming in education, workforce and community development.
- Together with the Adobe Foundation, Adobe is making long-term, strategic commitments and investments through the EAI to provide meaningful partnership opportunities, learning experiences for employees, and new ways of leveraging Adobe’s unique strengths in support of key issues to our company and communities.
We are proud to be working alongside these inspirational organizations for the EAI — Asian Americans Advancing Justice –Asian Law Caucus, Disability Rights Fund, Equal Justice Initiative, Equality Now, First Nations Development Institute, Hispanic Heritage Foundation, Human Rights Watch, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Outright International, United Service Organizations, and VetsinTech. Each of these organizations are aligned with the priorities of our DEI teams and Employee Networks, which helped select the nonprofits.