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==Corporate responsibility==
The company's philanthropic activities include corporate giving—such as corporate donations of [[Gifts in kind|in-kind gifts]]—and employee match programs.<ref name=Bloomberg03>{{cite news |title=Table: Corporate Giving: In-Kind Donations |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/2003-11-30/table-corporate-giving-in-kind-donations |work=[[Bloomberg Business]] |date=November 30, 2009 |access-date=14 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317231421/http://www.bloomberg.com/bw/stories/2003-11-30/table-corporate-giving-in-kind-donations |archive-date=17 March 2015 }}</ref><ref name=Nyholt13>{{cite news |title=Foodbank to Honor Sara Miller McCune and Citrix at 'Table of Life' Gala |author=Candice Tang Nyholt |url=http://www.noozhawk.com/article/foodbank_table_of_life_gala_20130828 |work=Noozhawk |date=August 28, 2013 |access-date=14 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702010831/http://www.noozhawk.com/article/foodbank_table_of_life_gala_20130828 |archive-date=2 July 2015 }}</ref> In addition, Citrix employees are allowed to take two paid volunteer days each year and participate in the company's annual "Global Day of Impact", an event that encourages Citrix employees to volunteer in their local communities.<ref name=Weening11>{{cite news |title=Employees volunteer in school on 'Global Day of Impact' |author=Catherine Weening |url=http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2011/07/employees_volunteer_in_school.html |work=[[The Jersey Journal]] |date=July 8, 2011 |access-date=14 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702071524/http://www.nj.com/jjournal-news/index.ssf/2011/07/employees_volunteer_in_school.html |archive-date=2 July 2015 }}</ref><ref name=Palminteri13>{{cite news |title=Volunteers pick fruit for those in need |author=John Palminteri |url=http://www.keyt.com/news/volunteers-pick-fruit-for-those-in-need/20105302 |work=[[KEYT-TV]] |date=May 10, 2013 |access-date=14 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702032541/http://www.keyt.com/news/volunteers-pick-fruit-for-those-in-need/20105302 |archive-date=2 July 2015 }}</ref><ref name=TriangleBizJournal13>{{cite news |title=Best Places to Work: Citrix |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/print-edition/2013/10/04/citrix.html?page=all |work=[[American City Business Journals|Triangle Business Journal]] |date=October 14, 2013 |access-date=14 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150404084919/http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/print-edition/2013/10/04/citrix.html?page=all |archive-date=4 April 2015 }}</ref>

Citrix has provided business training to [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] teams near its Fort Lauderdale headquarters. In particular, the company helped a local non-profit organization launch a computer on wheels to offer training to low-income neighborhoods. In 2007, the company connected a [[Broward County, Florida]], area with [[Agogo, Ghana]], through donated technology and training.<ref name=Hemlock07>{{cite news |title=3 South Florida companies are making social responsibility a top priority |author=Doreen Hemlock |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2007-03-12/business/0703090553_1_office-depot-social-responsibility-green-book |work=[[Sun-Sentinel]] |date=March 12, 2007 |access-date=14 April 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701224954/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2007-03-12/business/0703090553_1_office-depot-social-responsibility-green-book |archive-date=1 July 2015 }}</ref> Furthermore, the company's Raleigh office began a program called "Project Code" in 2014, which leads [[Boys & Girls Clubs of America|Boys & Girls Clubs]] through [[Coding bootcamp|coding]] exercises and teaches them about [[computer science]].<ref name=Barr15>{{cite news |title=Citrix teaches Raleigh students the power of coding |author=Sarah Barr |url=http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/north-raleigh-news/article13079156.html |work=[[The News & Observer]] |date=March 9, 2015 |access-date=14 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150322062833/http://www.newsobserver.com/news/local/community/north-raleigh-news/article13079156.html |archive-date=22 March 2015 }}</ref>

In addition to its philanthropic activities, Citrix has donated some of its open-source technology to non-profit software organizations in order to continue its development and gain more contributors. For example, Citrix gave [[Apache CloudStack|Cloudstack]] to the [[The Apache Software Foundation|Apache Foundation]] in 2012 and [[Xen]] [[hypervisor]] to the [[Linux Foundation]] in 2013.<ref name=Jackson13>{{cite news |title=Citrix bequeaths Xen to the Linux Foundation |author=Joab Jackson |url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2034663/citrix-bequeaths-xen-to-the-linux-foundation.html |work=[[PC World]] |date=April 15, 2013 |access-date=14 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702001427/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2034663/citrix-bequeaths-xen-to-the-linux-foundation.html |archive-date=2 July 2015 }}</ref><ref name=Duckett14>{{cite news |title=Citrix happy with CloudStack move to Apache |author=Chris Duckett |url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/citrix-happy-with-cloudstack-move-to-apache/ |work=[[ZDnet]] |date=May 21, 2014 |access-date=14 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701220559/http://www.zdnet.com/article/citrix-happy-with-cloudstack-move-to-apache/ |archive-date=1 July 2015 }}</ref>