Synopsys Foundation
ActivePhilanthropy & VoluntarismFunds Individuals
Wilmington, DE8008391754
About Synopsys Foundation
The Synopsys Foundation concentrates its philanthropy on STEM education/outreach tied to the company and on employee engagement through national volunteer and workplace giving platforms. It makes a small number of large, targeted grants—often repeat awards—to organizations that run Synopsys-branded science & technology programs or administer corporate volunteer and giving programs. The foundation’s giving is both locally focused (Silicon Valley science & tech outreach) and oriented toward scaling employee-driven community impact nationally.
Focus Areas
Corporate STEM outreach: Synopsys Silicon Valley science & technology education and outreach programsEmployee engagement & volunteerism: Company-sponsored volunteer programs (Season of Service)Workplace giving & corporate philanthropy platforms: Benevity/American Online Giving Foundation donor-advised/community impact fundsNational volunteer infrastructure: Support for intermediaries that mobilize volunteers (e.g., Points of Light)
Who They Fund
K-12 students (elementary and secondary)teachers and school staffunderprivileged / low-income children and families
About Synopsys Foundation
The Synopsys Foundation’s largest recent award was a $1,451,173 expenditure responsibility grant to Synopsys Silicon Valley Science & Technology Outreach in Los Gatos, showing how central company-linked STEM programming is to its philanthropy. That same pattern appears across its grant history: the foundation backs science and technology education, volunteer infrastructure, and workplace-giving platforms rather than spreading support broadly across many unrelated causes. It also makes repeated, program-specific awards to organizations that administer Synopsys-branded initiatives, including Points of Light for Season of Service and American Online Giving Foundation Inc for donor-advised and community impact funds. Its recent grants include both major operating-scale support and tightly designated program funding. Awards to Myriad USA Inc for Europe and AsiaPac and to The UK Online Giving Foundation for general and unrestricted support show that the foundation also routes funds through intermediaries for international giving. In the education lane, it supports organizations tied to STEM outreach and youth engagement, including Technovation, Agastya USA, and City Year Inc. The overall picture is of a corporate foundation using a mix of large targeted grants, repeat awards, and intermediary funds to move money into STEM, employee engagement, and community-impact channels.
What Synopsys Foundation Funds
In STEM education, the foundation backed Technovation with $150,000 for the Technovation Girls program and SDG 4 Curriculum and Prize Funding, and another $150,000 for Technovation Girls and Education Prize Sponsorship. It also supported Agastya USA with $141,492 for Anveshana Science Fair, linking its education giving to science outreach and competition-based learning. For volunteer engagement, Points of Light Foundation received $651,400 for the 2024 Synopsys Foundation Season of Service Volunteer program, following prior Season of Service-related awards. The foundation also uses workplace-giving intermediaries: American Online Giving Foundation Inc received $500,000 for the Benevity Community Impact Fund and $300,000 for the Synopsys Foundation AOGF Float Fund. Community-based support appears in Bay Area school and service programs too. City Year Inc received $125,000 for City Year San Jose/Silicon Valley Whole School Whole Child (WSWC) STEAM programming, while Sunnyvale Community Services received $120,000 in general and unrestricted support.
Financial Snapshot
Annual Giving
$4.7M
Total Assets
$20.2M
Total Revenue
$11.5M
Total Expenses
$5M
Typical Grant Size
Most grants fall between $15K and $146K, with a median of $25K.
25th Percentile
$15K
Median
$25K
75th Percentile
$146K
Geographic Reach
National14 states funded
About 7% of grants go to recipients in CA.
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Headquarters
Funding intensity
LowHigh
Where Synopsys Foundation Funds
Top 3 recipient countries by grant volume for Synopsys Foundation.
| Rank | Country | Grants | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United StatesDomestic | 101 | $19.5M | 91.8% |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 6 |
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