Deadline: rolling
Amount:
- Small awards: equipment requests of up to $25,000 made by smaller organizations; small awards are managed and fulfilled by the funding agency’s partner, TechSoup
- Customized connectivity awards: significant equipment requests of $25,000 or more made by larger organizations, or requests for specialized equipment not available through TechSoup
Description:
The purpose of this program is to help nonprofit organizations realize significant gains in productivity, scalability, and cost-efficiency through donations of Cisco networking technology and equipment. Ideal applicants will take full advantage of Cisco’s rich asset mix and end-to-end strategic thinking, using technology and ingenuity to bring about order-of-magnitude improvements to their public benefit programs. Smaller organizations may request small awards, which will be managed and fulfilled by the funding agency’s partner, TechSoup. Larger organizations may request customized connectivity awards for specialized equipment not available through TechSoup.
Applicants must focus on at least one of the following social investment areas: access to education, economic empowerment, and critical human needs.