DEIB: A Closer Look

.Heart Community Impact

The Nutanix culture is one of service and heart. Each fiscal year, we offer employees 32 hours of paid time off to volunteer during business hours. Our Dollars for Doers program allows employees to report their volunteer efforts so Nutanix can make financial donations to that organization on behalf of the employee, in accordance with the program’s guidelines. Employee financial donations can be matched by Nutanix for up to $100 each year per employee. These programs deepen the impact our people make to causes they care about.

Started in 2018, the Nutanix Advancing Women in Technology Scholarship Program has had a wide-reaching global impact. Nutanix pledges $50K in scholarship awards each year and in 2022, awarded 12 scholarships to students who actively use their education and voice to help increase the representation of women in tech jobs around the world.

In late February 2022, Nutanix created a special matching campaign where employee donations through .Heart could support the millions of people impacted by the conflict in Ukraine. This special campaign matched an additional $500 to causes supporting Ukrainians through December 2022. This provided humanitarian relief in the region, offering medical services, food, water, and other essentials and help for children, including the basic necessities and psychological support. One employee gave a refugee family with two children food and housing in their home, and Nutanix donated two laptops to help the children continue their studies despite the major life change they were experiencing. In 2022, Nutanix employee donations and company matching funds amounted to nearly $50,000 in support of Ukraine.

For the second year, a group of 12 employees (and some spouses) hosted the 2nd annual Great Nutanix Buzz Off. The event benefited the St. Baldricks Foundation, an organization committed to supporting the most promising research to find cures for childhood cancers and give survivors long and healthy lives. The project raised $20,000, pushing the two-year total beyond $50,000 in support of this cause.

The Junior Nutant Program is an initiative to mentor students in India to help them excel academically and enable them to discover their path in life.  The program introduced high-school students nominated by NGOs Christel House and Nirman to learn skills that will help them succeed academically and professionally, matching areas of student interest with Nutanix mentors. Students were paired with at least two Nutanix employees, who proved multiple perspectives to help students explore potential careers in technology. Paused during the COVID-19 pandemic, the program was revived in September to serve 21 high school-age students in 2022, through both virtual and in-person mentorship.

More than 1 in 5 Australian children have experienced food insecurity in the last 12 months.  In collaboration with Eat Up Australia, an organization providing lunches for children across Australia, the Nutanix Sydney team made over 1000 lunches to feed their local community.

In April 2022, Nutanix employees across the world put their voices and actions to work to support and promote investment in our planet. The company offered a range of campaigns and events throughout the week, including a joint effort with The Canopy Project, which planted a tree every time a Nutanix employee donated a dollar. More than 400 trees were planted on behalf of generous Nutanix employees in 2022.

Sixteen Nutanix volunteers hiked 26.2 miles in Dartmoor, England, to support two great causes, UNICEF and The Royal Marines Charity. The walking was fast, the scenery was stunning, the weather stayed clear, and the party afterward made it all worthwhile. The team raised more than $2,000 and had fun while doing it.

FIRST Tech Challenge teams design, build, program, and operate robots to compete in head-to-head competitions. Nutanix sponsors team Quantum Quacks, based in North Carolina. Comprised of middle and high school students from private, public, charter, and home schools, this team works with professionals from local companies to learn design, prototyping, electronics, programming, marketing, graphic design, leadership and teamwork skills.

Several years ago, Andrew Mills (pictured below), a State and Local Education Account Manager at Nutanix, started volunteering with Create Purpose, a non-profit dedicated to helping orphan and vulnerable children in Mexico thrive through education, mentorship, and environmental programs. Mills spends time helping children there learn basic computer skills.