Tech Citizenship

Stuart

For Parametric Technology Corp., charity is best done when you help someone help themselves. With that philosophy in mind, the bulk of PTC’s efforts in giving back are focused on education, says John Stuart, senior vice president of PTC global education.

More than 90 percent of the company’s charitable efforts touch on STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education and the ways technology is affecting it. For years, PTC has helped out FIRST Robotics, donating not only funds and volunteer hours, but also engineering and design software to help in the educational aspect of the competition.

“By focusing our support on STEM-based initiatives, we are investing in our youth, equipping them with the technology skills they need in order to be successful in the future,” said Stuart.

But while education is a strong foundation on which PTC builds its giving program, the Needham-based company gives in other areas as well. PTC has also donated time and funds to efforts such as City Year Serve-a-thon, the Pan Mass Challenge and the PTC PALS Mentoring Program, a mentor program in which several PTC staffers went to visit K-5 students at a local school every other week.

Citizenship Facts

Parametric Technology Corp.

Total cash contributions in New England in 2008: $720,000

Number of volunteer hours in New England in 2008: N/A

In-kind contributions of equipment and services in New England in 2008: $110,000,000

Principal recipients of charitable activities in 2008: FIRST Robotics, FIRST Tech Challenge, City Year, Museum of Science Boston, Pan Mass Challenge.

Interesting philanthropic activities: From kindergarten through high school, PTC has kept up its efforts to help students and the young, through its work with the nonprofits listed above and its own PTC PALS Mentoring Program.

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