Accelerating 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.

 

Explore our grant programs

Global Impact Cash Grant Program

Funding to multiply the tech-fueled impact of organizations with national or multinational operations

India Cash Grant Program

Funding for programs that serve the underserved in India by applying technology

Bay Area Community Impact Grant Program

Funding to support Bay Area programs within a 50-mile radius of Cisco's San Jose, California, headquarters

Product Grant Program

Donating Cisco networking technology to help nonprofits make innovative use of the internet

Technology for good worldwide

We reached our ten-year goal to positively impact one billion people by 2025.

Inclusive future for all

We support programs with scalable, replicable, and financially sustainable solutions.

Working locally, nationally, and globally

Social innovators can magnify the impact and scale of their work through technology.

Take a closer look

Social investment areas

We concentrate our investments around crisis response, education, and economic empowerment.

Grant giving policies

Cisco grantees must meet the requirements listed. Each grant program also has specific eligibility requirements. 

SMART metrics for nonprofits

We prioritize proposals that clearly articulate planned results, using SMART metrics for measurement.

Cisco Foundation

The Cisco Foundation supports Cisco’s efforts to team up with nonprofit and non-governmental organizations around the world.

Explore our partners’ transformative work

Life-saving jobs in Africa

A network of health workers delivers medicine to those who need it through Living Goods.

Efficiently feeding the hungry

Automation technology helps the largest US hunger-relief organization, Feeding America, do its work.

Helping teachers thrive

Data-driven professional development improves teacher retention, instructional quality, and more.

ESG Reporting Hub and 2023 Cisco Purpose Report

Cisco is putting people, technology, and resources toward Powering an Inclusive Future for All, where everyone has the opportunity to thrive. Visit our Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Reporting Hub.

Nonprofit partner impact updates

Empowering students to learn math at home

MIND Research Institute is helping students by giving parents direct access to their ST Math program.

Microloans support small businesses

Cisco is currently supporting Kiva's efforts to provide zero interest loans to small businesses.

Providing housing and hope

Destination: Home responds to the homelessness crisis using research and ingenuity.

Power an inclusive future for all

We pursue our purpose by closing the digital divide, empowering the future of work, fighting for equality and social justice, and building a regenerative planet.