Atlassian
In Atlassian’s early days, founders Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar built giving back into the business with the creation of the Atlassian Foundation. We’re passionate about the power education and business have to transform the world. The company contributes 1% of its equity, profit, employee time and products to the Atlassian Foundation to tackle disadvantage on a global scale and in our own backyards.
At Atlassian, we’re passionate about the power education and business have to transform the world. The company contributes 1% of its equity, profit, employee time and products to the Atlassian Foundation to tackle disadvantage on a global scale and in our own backyards.
Atlassians love the Atlassian Foundation. It’s an important part of why many join the company. One of Atlassian’s core values is ‘Be the Change You Seek’ - the Foundation, and the opportunities it provides, are a great way for employees to live this value.
All Atlassian employees get 5 days of paid leave to volunteer and have up to USD$1,000 in donations matched every financial year. In the 2022 financial year, Atlassian employees volunteered more than 45,600 hours. Included in this time was the delivery of 130 skilled volunteering projects, such as: using AI to detect frog species; a website refresh for a fashion label that employs refugee women; and a Jira Service Management project to manage seabins that collect rubbish from our oceans.
This photo is of a group of Atlassians mentoring students in East Gippsland, a region in Australia that has experienced significant trauma following bushfires, flooding and Covid-19. They participated in a design thinking workshop with the children to help them develop projects to address challenges in their communities. We're proud of our team for all they were able to offer, and grateful for the experiences they received in return.
To find out more, read our latest Sustainability Report or visit www.atlassianfoundation.org.
