Up to $100,000 for Tech-Enabled Social Impact Projects – Cisco Global Impact Grants

Cisco’s Global Impact Cash Grant Program supports nonprofits and NGOs developing innovative, technology-enabled solutions that can scale and improve opportunities for underserved communities worldwide.

Here’s what you can expect:

• Up to $100,000 for first-time grant recipients

• Funding for technology-enabled social impact programmes

• Crisis response and critical human needs

• Education and skills development

• Economic opportunity, employment and entrepreneurship

• Climate resilience

• Projects with potential to scale and be replicated

• Support for programmes with measurable and sustainable impact.

Who can apply?

• Nonprofit organisations and NGOs

• US applicants recognised as 501(c)(3) public charities

• International organisations able to demonstrate equivalency to a US public charity

• Organisations operating nationally or internationally

• Programmes where more than 65% of beneficiaries are economically underserved

• Organisations with overhead generally no higher than 25%

• Programmes aligned with at least one of Cisco’s four priority sectors

• Individuals aren't eligible

• Healthcare-focused programmes, research programmes, schools, scholarships and most events aren't eligible.

Applicants first complete an eligibility assessment and Letter of Inquiry (LOI). Strongly aligned organisations may then be invited to submit a full proposal.

Deadline: Rolling – applications accepted year-round