Silicon Valley Impact Grants

Program Overview

A set amount of $15,000 will be awarded to each approved grant and is restricted solely to approved program and associated costs as outlined in our eligibility requirements. Grants are awarded through a competitive annual process to carefully selected community-based nonprofits operating within 50 miles of Cisco's San Jose headquarters.

Application Deadline

The online application for this program opens February 1 of each year and closes March 1 of each year, at 11:59 PM PST. Successful applicants can expect to receive grant funds in July.

Learning More & Applying Online

All grant applications must be submitted using our online tool. We do not accept paper submissions.

PLEASE NOTE: If your organization has had any program funded for the last three years in a row, you must sit out one full year before applying for either a new program or further funding of an existing program. Please reference our grant recipients page for past awarded grants to determine your eligibility.

To begin an application, please review our investment areas for Silicon Valley, eligibility requirements, and policies, then learn how to apply online.