Learn about the nonprofits that Cisco is supporting as part of our Education investment sector.
Global outlook
Improving global access to education prepares individuals, and their communities, to capture the benefits of the digital economy and thrive.
Education impact pillars
We focus on supporting solutions across four key areas aligned to our strategy:
Innovation leads to measurable impact
We measure the areas that matter most to ensure our key investment goals are met.
Our funding recipients
The Algebra Project: The Algebra Project is dedicated to math literacy through their Math Makes Movement platform, a national campaign focused on building math education skills for all K-12 children.
BellXcel: BellXcel and its youth management solution, Arly, provide an innovative solution to improve out-of-school-time (OST) programs by streamlining operations and enhancing program effectiveness.
CareerVillage.org: Career Village democratizes access to career information and guidance, providing AI-powered career COACH that scales guidance, closes skill gaps, and improves student outcomes co-designed with career experts.
Code.org: Code.org expands global access to computer science and AI education. Through Hour of AI CODE guides students and educators to take their first steps into understanding and creating with AI.
CommonLit: CommonLit 360 was designed by educators with assessments and provides learning and outcomes data for teachers and administrators.
Darsel: Darsel is a math solution bridging the digital divide with low-end phones and AI to improve learning outcomes and reverse learning losses in low to middle income countries.
European Schoolnet: European Schoolnet, through the Scientix community, champions teachers and their role in delivering innovative STEM Education to classrooms throughout Europe and beyond.
Human-I-T: Human-I-T serves bridges the digital divide between underserved students and today’s digital classrooms by providing low-cost devices, digital navigation services, and access to internet access.
Raspberry Pi Foundation: The Raspberry Pi Foundation enables youth to realize their full potential through early grade initiatives like Code Editor and Code Club programs, and Experience AI in the classroom.
Save the Children: Save the Children, with its Waliku program, provides an attendance capture and learning outcomes platform for frontline educators in underserved communities around the world.
Concord Consortium: Concord Consortium builds data science knowledge and skills with students with the CODAP (Common Online Data Analysis Platform) for K-12 students available globally.
Cyber Innovation Center: The Cyber Innovation Center (CIC) leads in early grade cybersecurity education with CYBER.ORG to address the need for cybersecurity education for K-12 students.
Earth Rangers: Earth Rangers inspires students, teachers and other carers to learn, understand and take actions to positively affect the environment.
EIDU: EIDU partners with ministry and government officials to provide an AI enabled digital learning platform material that improves literacy and numeracy in underserved schools and classrooms across Africa.
IndigiGenius: IndigiGenius builds AI learning solutions that increase Indigenous language preservation, student fluency, and literacy with student application of AI, machine learning, and data science.
PhET: PhET Interactive Simulations, at the University of Colorado Boulder and available in classrooms globally, offers no cost interactive Science content enabled by PhET Studio for teacher use with students.
WorldLink: WorldLink provides Story.Earth and Nourish classroom curriculum materials on weather, geography, food production, and food systems with visual maps and interactive tools for classroom use.
World Possible: World Possible’s innovative RACHEL server and digital divide cloud solutions connect and bridge classrooms with STEM education and digital skills content for students.
Expanded access to education transforms lives
Our social impact partners help learners access the tools, knowledge, and support they need to move ahead in their lives while building their families and communities.
