Cisco helps nonprofits accelerate global problem solving.
Cisco and the Cisco Foundation partner with nonprofit organizations around the world, helping to solve global problems through cash grants, technology, and shared expertise.
Cisco and the Cisco Foundation have allocated and granted about $15 million in cash funding to support COVID-19 relief efforts in the United States and around the world, as part of Cisco’s overall $225 million in support for this crisis. We are not accepting unsolicited requests for support for COVID-19 response at this time, as we are working directly with our established grantee partners globally on any additional response efforts. Thank you to all of the nonprofit organizations that are addressing the immense need for health care, education, and financial assistance, and those addressing critical human needs around the world.
We donate Cisco’s best-in-class networking technology to help nonprofits make innovative use of the Internet.
Funding to multiply the tech-fueled impact of organizations with national or multinational operations.
Funding to support Bay Area programs within a 50-mile radius of Cisco’s San Jose, California headquarters.
Our goal is to positively impact one billion people by 2025.
We support programs with scalable, replicable, and financially sustainable solutions.
Social innovators can magnify the impact and scale of their work through technology.
We concentrate our investments around education, economic empowerment, and critical human needs.
Cisco grantees must meet the requirements listed. Each grant program also has specific eligibility requirements.
We prioritize proposals that clearly articulate planned results, using SMART metrics for measurement.
The Cisco Foundation supports Cisco’s efforts to team up with nonprofit and non-governmental organizations around the world.
A network of health workers delivers medicine to those who need it through Living Goods.
Automation technology helps the largest US hunger-relief organization, Feeding America, do its work.
Data-driven professional development improves teacher retention, instructional quality, and more.
Cisco is putting people, technology, and resources to work in service of an inclusive future where technology gives everyone the tools to thrive. Visit our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Hub.
MIND Research Institute is helping students by giving parents direct access to their ST Math program.
Cisco is currently supporting Kiva's efforts to provide zero interest loans to small businesses.
Destination: Home responds to the homelessness crisis using research and ingenuity.