RTX is always innovating – both across our industry and in the places where we operate around the world. Likewise, our 180,000 employees work within their local communities to make them stronger and better connected, all in line with RTX's mission to connect and protect our world.
Our community work is part of Connect Up, RTX’s 10‑year, $500 million commitment to creating transformative, generational change. With focused investments, strategic partnerships, and employee volunteerism, we expand STEM opportunities, support military families and veterans, and promote community well‑being around the world. We’re doing this through focused investments, strategic partnerships and employee volunteerism.
We leverage the scale of our business, the expertise of our employees and the reach of our 300+ global sites to drive impact through every investment we makes across three interconnected pillars:
Through strategic partnerships, we connect promising minds with resources to take on real-world engineering challenges. Our investments in leading educational organizations address critical workforce needs and create measurable pathways that strengthen regional economies and advance the next generation of innovators.
In 2025, 301,000 students advanced their STEM skills as a result of RTX funding and signature partners.
RTX and Boys & Girls Clubs of America have teamed up for more than a decade to make STEM learning more accessible and engaging for club members everywhere. Through hands‑on challenges, updated DIY STEM experiences and guided exploration, young people get to experiment, collaborate and imagine themselves in STEM careers.
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RTX supports a variety of FIRST’s robotics challenges for students from ages 4 through 18 worldwide. Our employees mentor more than 500 teams of FIRST robotics students globally, giving them practical experience with engineering and technology problem-solving, while also building life skills like collaboration and critical thinking.
RTX partners with NAF to expand career-themed Academies of Engineering and IT within public high schools across the U.S., giving more students access to meaningful, career‑connected learning in technology and engineering. These programs strengthen student outcomes, offer mentorship and internship opportunities, and help prepare high school students for college, careers and the future.
“Volunteering is an easy yet important way to give back to communities, foster personal growth and make a positive impact on the lives of others. My desire to volunteer began at a young age. Growing up, my brothers and I volunteered at our church, where I first discovered the joy and fulfillment that comes from serving others.”
“As engineers, we dedicate our lives to solving human problems — volunteering simply extends that purpose beyond code and projects into real lives. If we can transform even one life, we fulfill something far deeper than a professional goal; we fulfill our soul.”
We honor and support active‑duty service members and veterans by creating opportunities to apply their leadership and expertise in aerospace and defense careers. Through veteran hiring initiatives, transition programs and investments in career pathways, we help build meaningful connections from military service to civilian roles.
In 2025, CSR programs serving STEM, service members and veterans, local communities reached 12.5 million people globally.
We partner with Student Veterans of America to ensure student veterans’ success. Our support provides resources, networking and advocacy for students throughout higher education and beyond. Our employees mentor students to help build career readiness at more than 1,600 SVA chapters across the country.
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RTX works with The Travis Manion Foundation to empower veterans to continue their service in new ways, solve tough challenges and mobilize local communities to serve alongside them. Our partnership supports service platoons in more than 40 cities across the United States, mobilizing thousands of volunteers for high-impact community improvement projects.
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For over 30 years, RTX has partnered with the USO, demonstrating our steadfast support for those who serve in the U.S. military. We are committed to enhancing the lives of military families and easing their transition to civilian life with essential resources and support. Our involvement spans key programs, such as USO Centers, the USO Transition Program with Military Mentorship Connect, USO Holidays, USO Care Package Program and the USO Canine Program. These initiatives empower RTX employees to engage meaningfully with service members and their families.
“I volunteer because it provides an opportunity to give back to our community while supporting our military service members beyond our core mission. Being part of an organization that prioritizes both protecting and uplifting those who serve is deeply fulfilling and allows me to contribute to something greater than myself.” Favorite nonprofits to volunteer with are the Travis Manion Foundation, Honor Flight West Central Florida and Operation Military Matters.
Our partnerships build resilience, stability and long-term impact – from addressing food insecurity to engineering resilient infrastructure and aiding disaster response. Through employee volunteerism and strategic funding, we help communities thrive where we live and work.
In 2026, RTX was named to The Civic 50® list, which recognizes community-minded companies. In 2025:
We support Engineers Without Borders in their efforts to build a better world through skills-based volunteerism and engineering projects that empower communities to meet their basic human needs. Our partnership supports projects globally – in countries such as Tanzania, Nicaragua, Ecuador and Nepal – and across the U.S. Our employee-led group is the first industry-based chapter for Engineers Without Borders, with nearly 200 RTX volunteers and counting.
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Food security is foundational to global security. RTX partners with Feeding America and its network of food banks to address immediate problems of hunger and provide greater long-term food security in local communities. Our employees support local U.S.-based food banks through volunteerism by donating, sorting and distributing meal boxes in communities across the country. Additionally, we provide corporate and employee donations to local food banks in our international communities.
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“I volunteer because it’s such a personally rewarding experience that gives back just as much as I give. The skills we utilize at RTX easily and significantly translate and enhance our ability to help! It’s fulfilling to be able to pitch in with my time, effort, connections and skills to make a difference in our community.”
As part of our $500 million Connect Up commitment, we are honored to support thousands of nonprofit partners around the world with financial and in-kind support. Learn more about how we give and opportunities for your organization to get involved below. All partners must work through an RTX employee to apply.
Our standard grants are larger, invite-only donations and must demonstrate a strong tie to one of RTX’s priority outcomes. New nonprofit partners can apply for consideration during our open grant period: June 1 – July 31.
RTX is proud to offer employees opportunities to engage with local causes that make a big impact. Employees who volunteer with an organization can submit for a volunteer grant up to $5,000.
RTX occasionally offers in-kind donations of goods and services to nonprofits. An RTX employee must fill out a request form.
For nonprofits with questions about a request, please contact the Connect Up team.
RTX and its employees give over $20 million annually in employee donations and matching gifts. Ensure your nonprofit is registered to take advantage.
