Community Engagement
Our Core Values direct our areas of giving
At Bentley, we use our resources, talents, and influence to impact the environment and quality of life responsibly and positively around the world. The Bentley family has always led by being an example of giving back and volunteering. We, the colleagues of Bentley, believe in the power of a connected community, and through this connection comes unity of passion, motivation, and innovation.
Motivated
We are motivated by the ability to leverage our corporate resources to help our communities globally.
Innovative
We support innovation by encouraging colleagues to designate corporate funds to their choice of STEM initiatives.
Passionate
We are passionate about giving back to communities and organizations and seeing the positive direct impact.
Connected
We are connected through our desire to give back to our communities and to each other, building lasting bonds.
Responsible
We are responsible by supporting global organizations that provide assistance for an improved quality of life.
Stories of Impact
Since the company’s inception, Bentley and its colleagues have embraced a culture of being good neighbors and giving back to communities in need throughout the world. Through corporate giving, we strive to make a positive impact for people worldwide by focusing on humanitarian efforts, giving to the community, and partnering with organizations that are infrastructure-aligned and have STEM initiatives.
Through corporate giving, Bentley provides financial support for global and local organizations, such as The Hunger Project, Habitat for Humanity, United Way, American Red Cross, and many others. These organizations help provide necessities—such as food, water, and shelter—to people in need all around the world.
Wildfire Disaster Relief – Sokcho, Seoul
Colleagues in Seoul organized a collection for disaster relief supplies to send to Sokcho after a massive wildfire ripped through this city on South Korea’s mountainous northern coast, destroying 135 homes and forcing more than 4,000 to flee. Donations included towels, clothes, first aid, chargers, diapers, and canned food.
Flood Disaster Relief – Pune, India
Bentley colleagues in Pune, India aided students and their schools to achieve better infrastructure. Eight schools under “Shikshan Prasarak Mandal, Kurundwad” received benches after the schools were affected by the flood and were submerged underwater for more than 15 days. Bentley also donated water purifiers to Vatsalatai Patil Girls High School and to Gargoti High School, Gargoti. Colleagues felt proud that they could help 1,000 students, who now are able to drink pure water.
Rebuilding after an Earthquake – Nepal
Bentley colleagues visited a Nepalese school that has received STEM grant donations from many Bentley colleagues in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The grant money helped in rebuilding after part of it was destroyed by earthquakes, an event that impacted more than 800 students; building a science lab to provide access to tools and equipment that never existed before; and educating more girls and impacting all students through various STEM-related programs, like a robotics team.
Together, we support local food pantries, charitable events, fundraising efforts, service projects, and humanitarian causes in our communities.
Caring for the Earth – Mumbai
Colleagues in Mumbai planted 30 saplings to help the go green effort. Together with the NGO Hariyali, colleagues planted the trees in Navi Mumbai.
CASA of Madison County – Huntsville, Alabama
CASA of Madison County makes it possible to install wheelchair ramps in homes across Madison County for individuals unable to leave their homes, allowing them to remain safe and independent. Over the years, Bentley colleagues have volunteered to construct and assemble the ramps.
Delaware Valley Children’s Charity – Exton, Pennsylvania
Colleagues in Exton, Pennsylvania participate annually in an Adopt-A-Kid holiday program, sponsored by the Delaware Valley Children's Charity. The program provides gifts for less fortunate children during the holiday season. For the second year in a row, we adopted 100 children. This was our 20th year participating in this program.
Aiding Underprivileged Children - Pune, India
In honor of Diwali, Pune colleagues adopted 190 children from underprivileged schools and local orphanages. Several colleagues visited one of the orphanages near the Pune office to personally distribute gifts to the kids.
Bentley and our colleagues are motivated to support organizations that are also part of the infrastructure industry. We are passionate about infrastructure for all, both in our daily work and outside of it.
Bridges to Prosperity - Rwanda
Through the Bridges to Prosperity organization, Bentley colleagues helped build a 45-meter suspension bridge that connected two sides of rural Rwanda. Many residents lost their lives in the last decade during monsoon season trying to cross over the water, making this bridge important. It also creates a safe passage for children to travel from their homes to their school.
Design. Engineer. Construct! Lithuania
Many of our Lithuanian colleagues have chosen to support "Design. Engineer. Construct! Lithuania." This program allows students to test their tech skills, engineering minds, and creativity, flexibility, teamwork, and communication skills. This year, 13 teams of students had to create a hotel for James Bond, receiving feedback from professionals in the tech industry. This funding allows Kaunas University of Technology to prepare teachers with learning materials and training, as well as software installation in schools, organizing opening and graduation events, and providing prizes for outstanding students.
Submersible Water Pump - Pakistan
With financial support from Bentley’s STEM grant program, the Govt. Higher Secondary School in Gaggoo Mandi, Pakistan installed a submersible water pump and constructed an overhead storage tank. The school had faced challenges with water storage problem in the extreme summer temperatures, which reach 50 °C (around 125 °F). With Bentley's support, they also installed a water turbine and constructed a turbine room, added two rooms under the overhead tank, and built a first aid room, which will benefit around 1,000 students.
Govt. College of Women - Punjab, Pakistan
Bentley colleagues donated to a Govt. College of Women in their native village of Gaggoo in Punjab, Pakistan. The college did not have a clean water system, so the students drank contaminated water, resulting in health issues. Additionally, the college had a computer lab with only four out-of-date systems for 600 students. There were not enough benches, so the students had to sit on the floor during classes. The school now has a submersible water pump, a water room with electric coolers, security cameras, and street lights. The computer lab was updated to include 20 new computer systems, a printer and scanner, a projector, 100 student chairs, and 60 sitting stools with staff furniture.
We support science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) efforts around the globe. These programs help encourage, educate, and empower students to explore the field of engineering.
Le Code des Filles – Quebec, Canada
In Quebec City, colleagues became a silver partner for the contest Défi LCDF. They allocated their STEM grant to help Le Code des Filles buy technology products, such as 3D printers, which are lent to the winning schools that participate in the contest. Schools must accumulate coding hours by participating in activities in various IT-related learning workshops. This year, Bentley sponsored l’École Secondaire De Rochebelle and provided education on what we do at Bentley, as well as an introduction to artificial intelligence. And best of all, l’École Secondaire De Rochebelle won the contest! As their teacher said, “Le rêve!” – The dream!
Be an Online Teacher – Tibet
Colleagues in Bentley China jointly organized the China STEM program - Be an Online Teacher, with a local not-for-profit organization, Share the Care. Bentley sponsored online class equipment for Tibetan students in Qinghai Chengduo County Wenle Center Boarding School, and 23 colleagues volunteered to give Tibetan students three-month online learning to help broaden their horizons and gain more knowledge of STEM. Some of the students now aspire to be engineers, scientists, or teachers to help the world’s infrastructure and environment in the future.
Future City Competition - Worldwide
Future City is a leading engineering education program and competition that engages more than 45,000 middle school students throughout the United States and abroad to imagine, research, design, and build cities of the future. Students repeatedly report that the program increases their motivation and excitement about STEM. Bentley has been involved for over 25 years and not only sponsors the finals and the first-place prize (which includes sending the winning team to space camp) but also provides mentors for several teams and judges for regionals and finals.
Cora Chiquito Robotics Kits - Columbia
See the power of giving in action.
Our Response to COVID-19
Our Response to COVID-19
In response to COVID and in alignment with our culture of giving back and matching donations for natural disasters, Bentley formed a Resilience Response Fund. The fund is led by a core group of colleague volunteers to research, provide advice for colleagues’ contributions, and to allocate the company’s 2:1 matching contribution to charitable organizations and nonprofits organizations that working to lessen the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The fund distributes donations on a global basis for both short-term critical needs and to support the resilience of our communities and our economies. We contributed to the following organizations in response to COVID-19: Combating COVID-19 Fund (Gates Philanthropy Partners), UNICEF, International Medical Corps, Project HOPE, CDP COVID-19 Response Fund (Center for Disease Philanthropy), United Way Worldwide, International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, Amref Health Africa, and Give2Asia.
Colleagues Empowered to Give Back
Empowering our colleagues to help make impactful change and support our local and global communities.
Bentley Impact Day
We are proud of the personal and lifelong impact that Bentley colleagues have on the people and communities around them. Colleagues are encouraged to use the Bentley Impact Day to participate in a day of service or to organize an activity or event with other Bentley colleagues.
Natural Disaster Relief Matching Program.
We understand the importance of being involved in our local communities throughout the world. Bentley matches donations made by colleagues to relief organizations that are helping those impacted by natural disasters.