Bosch Builds Community
In the U.S., Bosch and the Bosch Community Fund are committed to supporting our communities through a local and strategic approach to nonprofit organization support. To learn about our corporate social responsibility efforts continue reading below. To learn more about the Bosch Community Fund click here.
How Bosch Builds Community
Bosch takes a focused approach to community investment with an emphasis on local decision making and associate engagement.
Local Communities
We strive to increase Bosch community impact by investing in local and targeted nonprofit partners to support associate volunteerism and local needs.
Our Associates
Bosch associates volunteer with a variety of nonprofits and community activities such as beach cleanups, supporting animal shelters, and planting rain gardens.
National Volunteer Programs
Bosch purposefully invests in a limited number of national nonprofit organizations. Organizations like FIRST® and Adler Zooniverse enable associate volunteering and impact across the United States.
Bosch Community Fund
Bosch Community Fund, the corporate foundation for Bosch in North America, was established in 2011 to provide community engagement and philanthropic support on behalf of the company. Bosch Community Fund convenes community partners together to connect, communicate, and collaborate.
Virtual Volunteering
Adler Zooniverse is the world’s largest and most popular platform for people-powered research providing virtual volunteering opportunities. It is easy for anyone to contribute to real academic research, on their own computer or cell phone, at their own convenience.
Projects include unlocking vast data sets, tracking migration patterns, discovering planets around distant stars, providing insights on cancer, and fighting resistance to antibiotics.
*Bosch associates, please use your Bosch email address when logging into Zooniverse.
Bosch’s Legacy of Social Responsibility
Our approach to community builds on our founder’s legacy. By 1929, Robert Bosch had donated the equivalent of over $300 million dollars (in 2023). For the company’s 50th anniversary in 1934, Bosch donated a hospital in Stuttgart, Germany. After his death, the Robert Bosch Foundation was established in 1964, which holds 92% of the company’s shares.
It is my intention, apart from the alleviation of all kinds of hardship, to promote the moral, physical, and intellectual development of the people.
Our Values
Our values reflect the manner in which we run our business: our professional ethics in dealing with our business partners, investors, employees, and society.
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Number of Organizations Receiving Associate Directed Donations |
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FIRST®
102 Teams
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Bosch Builds Week – Inaugural Year
2023
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Number of Organizations Receiving Associate Directed Donations
1084 Organizations
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FIRST®
Teams supported by Bosch associates during the 2023-24 season. This total includes FIRST® LEGO Leagues, FIRST® Tech Challenge, and FIRST® Robotics Competition.
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Bosch Builds Week – Inaugural Year
During Bosch’s first Bosch Builds Week, associates from across the United States and Canada came together to volunteer with a variety of nonprofit organizations.
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Number of Organizations Receiving Associate Directed Donations
Associates chose a wide variety of nonprofit organizations to receive a donation through our Bosch funded, associated directed, donation program.
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Business Resource Groups, like African Ancestry @ Bosch, provide an opportunity to build community through volunteering while connecting with fellow associates.
STEM Builds Resilience - FIRST® More Than Campaign
Resilience. The same skills students learn from STEM education help make kids more resilient. It’s one of the reasons we invested in FIRST®’s More Than campaign.
Sustainability at Bosch
Bosch’s sustainability strategy is based on concrete objectives in all focus areas. We have for many years now been consistently working to realize those objectives.
The target vision is “New Dimensions — Sustainability 2025.”