Grant Size :  

$10,000 to $100,000

Closing Date :

  31-12-2022

Global Impact Cash Grant Program for NGOs & NPOs

About

Cisco welcomes applications for Global Impact Cash Grants from community partners around the world who share their vision and offer an innovative approach to a critical social challenge.

Global Impact Cash Grants go to nonprofits and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that address a significant social problem. They’re looking for programs that fit within their investment areas, serve the underserved, and leverage technology to improve the reach and efficiency of services. They accept applications year-round from eligible organizations.

Funding Information
  • The maximum request amount for first-time grant recipients is US$75,000.

Social Investment Areas

Organizations and programs must focus on at least one of the social investment areas:

  • Cisco Crisis Response: Provides increased capacity to access clean water, food, and shelter. Note: healthcare is not included in Cisco Crisis Response and is not a focus area for Cisco funding. However, they will consider proposals that address environmental sustainability within the crisis response sector.

    • Examples of potential crisis response investments that could qualify:

      • Innovative solutions which increase capacity, allowing the organization to deliver their products/services more effectively and/or more efficiently.

      • Tools which increase the availability of, or improve access to, to basic products and services (e.g. food, water, shelter, disaster preparedness/response).

      • An IT-enabled solution that produces more clean water with less ecological impact (ultra-efficient desalinization; zero carbon, zero waste aquaculture solution, etc.).

    • Examples of investments that would NOT qualify:

      • Buying food, shelter or other support products/services.

      • Providing general operating funds.

      • Healthcare programs

  • Access to Education: Focuses on teaching and learning improvement through the use of technology with concentration in math, technology engineering, and science and/or the development of programs or tools that demonstrate applied knowledge or skills to applicable career paths within these fields. they will also specifically consider education programs that teach environmental sustainability.

    • Examples of potential investments that could qualify:

      • An IT-based educational program that helps inform and activate young people to empower them to engage in effective collaborative action around climate resilience, sustainability and ecosystem restoration

      • An IT-based solution that introduces young people to climate and sustainability careers and provides the skills and knowledge to eventually start those careers.

      • Innovative solutions which increase capacity, allowing organizations to deliver / administer / track education more effectively and/or more efficiently.

      • Tools which increase the availability of, or improve the access, to products/services for student centric engagement, performance or persistence, teacher development, parental participation.

      • Tools or solutions that map/demonstrate applied knowledge and skills to applicable career paths.

      • Innovative tools to teach students about ecological conservation and interest them in careers within that field.

    • Examples of investments that would NOT qualify:

      • Paying teachers/administrators/aids salaries.

      • Purchasing supplies, tuition, equipment i.e. hardware and/or software, recurring utilities.

  • Economic Empowerment: Enables individuals to participate in the workforce via access to knowledge, capital and/or jobs. They will also specifically consider economic empowerment programs that address environmental sustainability.

    • Examples of potential investments that could qualify:

      • Social enterprises like nonprofit women-owned-and-operated solar panel business in developing regions, which create sustainable power solutions while also creating sustainable jobs.

      • Innovative solutions which increase capacity, allowing the organization to deliver their courses / products / services more effectively and/or efficiently.

      • Tools which increase the availability of, or improve access to, products/services necessary for people to enter the workforce and earn a living wage.

      • Tech-driven portal to help people identify, prepare for, and apply to green jobs.

    • Examples of investments that would NOT qualify:

      • Capital, investments, loans/loan funds, etc.

      • Scholarships and/or stipends to cover cost of training expenses and/or certifications, purchase of laptops or other materials

  • Climate Impact & Regeneration: Seeks to reverse the impact of climate change, working towards a sustainable and regenerative future for all. They support programs that foster bold climate solutions as well as community education and activation.

    • Examples of potential investments that could qualify:

      • Solutions that reduce, capture, and/or sequester greenhouse gas and carbon emissions

      • Solutions that assist farmers to transition to restorative and regenerative agriculture

    • Examples of investments that would NOT qualify:

      • Direct climate policy change, advocacy, lobbying

      • Purchase of solar panels, other equipment

Eligibility :
  • Global Impact Cash Grants multiply the impact of eligible organizations around the globe with national or multinational operations.

  • Organizational requirements:

    • Organizations within the United States must be recognized by the IRS as tax exempt under Internal Revenue Code Section 501 (c)(3), and classified by the IRS as a public charity.

    • Organizations from outside the U.S. must provide information and documents to determine whether the organization is the equivalent of a U.S. public charity.

    • Organizations to be funded must serve an audience greater than 65 percent economically underserved relative to the average standards of the target geography.

    • For each of these three investment areas, they will also consider proposals that address environmental sustainability within the context of that investment area. For example, they would consider funding an economic empowerment program that specifically focuses on creating green jobs.

    • A nonprofit organization's overhead is not to exceed 25 percent. (Organizations are occasionally exempt from this requirement; however, they must be exceptionally aligned with Cisco's values and criteria, and they must clearly explain and justify their overhead costs. Exemptions to the requirement on overhead expenses are determined on a case-by-case basis.).

    • Cisco Foundation does not tend to make grants to colleges and universities. In the case that such a grant may be made, Cisco Foundation does not support additional institutional overhead rates for colleges and universities.

      Post Date: 10-Aug-2022

Location :
Yemen
Estonia
Syrian Arab Republic (the)
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
Egypt
United States of America
Palestine
Jordan
GHANA
Niger
Tunisia
Afghanistan
Algeria
Angola
Argentina
Australia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Barbados
Belgium
Benin
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Botswana
Brunei Darussalam
Burkina Faso
Cabo Verde
Cameroon
Central African Republic (the)
Chile
Colombia
Congo (the)
Côte d'Ivoire
Cuba
Czechia
Democratic Republic of the Congo (the)
Djibouti
Dominican Republic (the)
Equatorial Guinea
Fiji
France
Gambia (the)
Germany
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Hungary
India
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lesotho
Libya
Lithuania
Madagascar
Malaysia
Mali
Marshall Islands (the)
Mauritius
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Mongolia
Morocco
Myanmar
Nauru
Netherlands (the)
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Oman
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Poland
Qatar
Republic of Moldova (the)
Russian Federation (the)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
San Marino
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Solomon Islands
South Africa
Spain
Sudan (the)
Swaziland
Switzerland
Tajikistan
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Togo
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
Ukraine
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the)
Uzbekistan
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Zimbabwe
Cook Islands (the)
Niue
Albania
Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Armenia
Austria
Bahamas (the)
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belize
Bhutan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burundi
Cambodia
Canada
Chad
China
Comoros (the)
Costa Rica
Croatia
Cyprus
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the)
Denmark
Dominica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Finland
Gabon
Georgia
Grenada
Guinea
Guyana
Honduras
Iceland
Indonesia
Iraq
Jamaica
Kenya
Kuwait
Lao People's Democratic Republic (the)
Lebanon
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Malawi
Maldives
Malta
Mauritania
Mexico
Monaco
Montenegro
Mozambique
Namibia
Nepal
New Zealand
Norway
Pakistan
Panama
Paraguay
Philippines (the)
Portugal
Republic of Korea (the)
Romania
Rwanda
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Singapore
Slovenia
Somalia
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Sweden
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Turkmenistan
Uganda
United Arab Emirates (the)
United Republic of Tanzania (the)
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
Zambia
Holy See (the)
Antarctica
Aruba
Bermuda
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
Bouvet Island
British Indian Ocean Territory (the)
Cayman Islands (the)
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (the)
Curaçao
French Guiana
French Polynesia
French Southern Territories (the)
Gibraltar
Greenland
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guernsey
Heard Island and McDonald Islands

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