Cisco Global Impact Cash Grants for Socioeconomic Challenges

Deadline: Ongoing

Cisco invites applications for Global Impact Cash Grants from community partners around the world, to offer an innovative approach to a significant social problem. The program seeks to identify, incubate, and develop innovative solutions that solve challenging socioeconomic conditions.

Priority Areas

Cisco makes primary investments in the following areas:

Education,
Economic empowerment and
Critical human needs

Funds Available

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

Eligibility Criteria

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:
1. provide information and documents to determine whether the organization is the equivalent of a U.S. public charity, or
2. agree to sign and comply with an expenditure responsibility contract.
Cisco will determine whether 1^st or 2^nd is appropriate for a particular organization.
Organizations to be funded must serve an audience greater than 65 percent economically underserved relative to the average standards of the target geography.
An 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.)