Current Partners

Cisco and the Cisco Foundation provide cash, products, and people to help organizations create scalable, replicable, and sustainable solutions that use Internet and network technology to benefit individuals and communities around the world.

The list below includes our major recent nonprofit, non-governmental, and community partners in the following areas:

Education

Economic Empowerment

Critical Human Needs

Other Partners

Geographical reach is indicated in italics at the end of each partner's description.
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Cisco's strategy is to support the creation and deployment of Internet solutions that enable primary school-age children to master a baseline of educational knowledge in mathematics, literacy, science, engineering, and technology. Learn more.

	_	Citizen Schools partners with middle schools to expand the learning day for children in low-income communities so students are prepared to graduate from high school and attend college. Cisco has made financial and in-kind contributions, and Cisco volunteers lead student apprenticeships on topics ranging from robotics to investing to computer programming. Watch a video about the apprenticeship program featuring Cisco volunteer Ricardo Benavidez. (United States) Learn More
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	_	City Year leverages the talent, energy, and idealism of corps members who serve as tutors, mentors, and role models to help keep students in third through ninth grade in school, since students who reach the tenth grade on time are three times more likely to graduate. Cisco supported the development of City Year's school-based service "Whole School, Whole Child," devoted to making schools more conducive to third- through ninth-grade student success. (Multinational, including United States) Learn More / Read Cisco CSR blog
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	_	Communities In Schools, North Carolina (CISNC) helps K-12 students graduate on time, prepared for college, career, and life, by bringing resources into schools that help meet students' academic and personal needs. With Cisco support, CISNC is developing a program for at-risk youth to help them identify a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) career path and design an educational track to success. (United States) Learn More
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	_	MIND Research Institute helps underserved elementary and secondary students develop critical thinking, reasoning, and mathematical abilities. Cisco has supported a variety of MIND's programs, including expansion of its Math + Music program, an online professional development program for teachers, and conversion of its K-5 ST Math education program to an online format. (United States) Learn More/ Read Cisco CSR blog
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	_	The National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) helps people with learning disabilities succeed by developing tools and services for early, effective response. Cisco has supported several of NCLD's programs that help bridge the achievement gap in public schools between struggling K-12 learners and their peers through the Response to Intervention (RTI) model. (Multinational, including United States) Learn More
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	_	New Leaders ensures high academic achievement for every student by recruiting, training, and supporting outstanding principals who transform urban schools with innovative, instructional, data-driven leadership and close the achievement gap. Cisco supports the use of its communications products at the organization's central and regional sites. (United States) Learn More
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	_	New Teacher Center is a nationally recognized nonprofit that works with school districts, state policymakers, and educators to create "induction programs" that accelerate new teacher effectiveness. Cisco supports NTC's Teacher Assessment Tool project and its online mentoring solution. (United States) Learn More
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	_	Roadtrip Nation empowers underserved youth to define their own path in life through innovative curriculum, multimedia resources, live campus events, and the annual Roadtrip Nation documentary series on public television. Cisco has funded initial development of a customized, online career exploration curriculum. (United States) Learn More
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	_	Save the Children aims to create real and lasting change for children in need. Cisco's support has focused on the organization's literacy initiatives for underserved, rural communities. Save the Children is also a strategic partner in Cisco's disaster/humanitarian relief response activities. (United States) Learn More
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	_	The Silicon Valley Education Foundation (SVEF) leverages partnerships and resources for public education so all students can realize their full potential. Cisco has supported SVEF's efforts to transform education in Silicon Valley via the effective use of technology, including the Lessonopoly program, partnerships, and content creation. (United States) Learn More
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	_	Teach for All is a global network of independent social enterprises working to expand educational opportunity in 23 countries. Cisco is helping Teach for All lay the foundation for a global telecommunications platform that will facilitate resource sharing and collaboration among its network organizations and staff. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	Teach for America eliminates educational inequity by enlisting the nation's most promising future leaders in the effort. With Cisco technology, such as videoconferencing solutions, Teach for America has expanded its infrastructure, increased its efficiency to support 2000 more teachers, and generated rich impact data. (United States) Learn More
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	_	Teachers Without Borders (TWB) aims to close the global education divide. Cisco has supported several of TWB's initiatives, including its Certificate of Teaching Mastery (CTM) program, TWB Toolset, and Community Evaluation tool. (Multinational, including United States) Learn More

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Cisco supports technology-based initiatives that increase access to information, skills, and financial products and services for underserved populations around the world, to help individuals and communities become economically self-sufficient. Learn more.

	_	Digital Divide Data connects disadvantaged youth to employment by equipping them with the education and technology-based skills training they need to take on jobs in the business process outsourcing industry. Cisco investments are enabling the organization to expand its business operations to reach more disadvantaged youth in East Africa. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	Good World Solutions helps improve the economic livelihood of low-income workers in the developing world by leveraging technology solutions to provide access to critical information. Cisco's investment is supporting development and deployment of the Labor Link initiative, which gives low-income workers (particularly women) free information on wage and work-related issues, training, education, and financial literacy via mobile phones. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	Grameen Foundation helps the world's poorest, especially women, escape poverty via access to financial products and services and innovative technology. Cisco has supported development of several solutions, such as Mifos, an open-source software platform that enables microfinance institutions (MFIs) to expand the scale, efficiency, and social impact of their work in underserved communities. Cisco is also supporting the Progress Out of Poverty Index™(PPI), used by MFIs and anti-poverty organizations to measure their effectiveness in moving clients out of poverty. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	ImagineNations is a global alliance of social entrepreneurs, thought leaders, investors, and others working to create development and employment opportunities for young people ages 15 to 29. Cisco supported the ImagineNations Network portal, which promotes youth-led entrepreneurship and economic development, especially among adolescent girls and young women. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	Inveneo helps put the tools of information and communications technology in the hands of people and organizations in rural, highly underserved communities in the developing world. Cisco has supported expansion of Inveneo's Certified ICT Partner Program in Africa, and works with the nonprofit to establish Community Knowledge Centers in sub-Saharan Africa as part of a Clinton Global Initiative commitment. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	Kiva helps alleviate poverty by empowering individuals to lend directly to an entrepreneur in the developing world via the Internet. Cisco supports the Kiva Labs Initiative, a program to help more people gain more timely access to appropriate loan products. This innovative initiative will help Kiva finance the development and implementation of client-centric loan products in the areas of agriculture, water and sanitation, clean energy, higher education, health, and information and communication technology. (Multinational, including United States) Learn More
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	_	Living Goods operates a network of micro-entrepreneurs in Uganda who make a modest income going door-to-door to sell affordable health related products such as clean cook stoves, mosquito nets, medicines, soap and fortified foods. Cisco's support will enable Living Goods to develop and implement a mobile technology platform, allowing its staff to respond more quickly to the needs of local populations and increase the scale, efficiency, and effectiveness of its micro-entrepreneur network. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More / Read Cisco CSR blog
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	_	Microfinance Information Exchange (MIX) provides objective, qualified, and relevant microfinance performance data and analysis to promote transparency in the sector. Cisco support is helping MIX use technology to increase visibility of the social performance management of microfinance institutions. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	One Global Economy increases access to resources and technology to help low-income people access the information, skills, and resources to make informed decisions and improve their lives. Cisco has supported the development of several initiatives, including The Beehive, a multilingual portal that helps people find localized information about health, education, business, and more. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	OneWorld International Foundation pioneers Internet and mobile phone applications that the world's poorest people can use to improve their life opportunities. Cisco supported OneWorld's Lifelines program, which provides better quality of life for poor Indian farmers through an ICT-enabled knowledge service. (India) Learn More
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	_	Samasource brings dignified, computer-based work to women, youth, and refugees living in poverty, while providing content moderation, data entry, and other outsourcing services to clients. Cisco investments are helping Samasource expand a custom-built technology platform to increase the efficiency of its business operations, improve the productivity of its workers, scale the program to reach more workers, and ultimately, help workers become economically self-sufficient. (Multinational, including United States) Learn More
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	_	Women's World Banking works to expand the economic assets, participation, and power of low-income women and their households by helping them access financial services, knowledge, and markets. Cisco is supporting the Center for Microfinance Leadership, which provides training and coaching for executives of microfinance institutions (MFIs) that, in turn, helps them scale, become more efficient, recruit and retain talent, and introduce new products and services. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More

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Cisco seeks to help overcome the cycle of poverty and dependence through strategic investments that enhance the capacity of organizations addressing basic needs in underserved communities, such as food, potable water, shelter, and disaster relief. Learn more.

	_	AidMatrix develops distribution management software that enables humanitarian agencies to efficiently deliver critical resources to the most vulnerable in the community. Through Cisco's support, Aidmatrix improved its software and provided additional field deployments and training. (Multinational, including United States) Learn More
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	_	The American Red Cross (ARC) provides food, water, shelter, and relief services to people affected by natural disasters. For more than a decade, ARC has been a Cisco strategic disaster response partner. Many of our employees volunteer with ARC, and some have been trained to work at relief shelters through the Ready When the Time Comes program. (Multinational, including United States) Learn More
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	_	Blue Planet Network builds the capacity of organizations working to eliminate unsafe drinking water worldwide. Cisco support has enhanced the capacity of BPN's network of international agencies to monitor, evaluate, and report on their investments, resulting in the largest online project data warehouse in the sector. (Multinational, including United States) Learn More
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	_	Build Change provides earthquake-resistant standards; designs houses in developing countries; and trains builders, homeowners, engineers, and government officials to implement recommended standards. Cisco support has enabled Build Change to expand, reaching thousands of homeowners in disaster-prone countries like China and Haiti. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	CARE seeks to serve individuals and families in the poorest communities in the world. CARE is one of Cisco's strategic disaster response partners. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	Feeding America works through a network of 200 member food banks to deliver 3 billion pounds of food to 37 million hungry people each year. Cisco recently supported a new transportation management system that is projected to save US$1.5 million over five years, enough to provide 12 million more meals for hungry people. Click on Map the Meal Gap tool to learn more about food insecurity by region. (United States) Learn More
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	_	Habitat for Humanity seeks to eliminate poverty and homelessness by providing affordable housing to families in need. Cisco provides cash grants and, through an exclusive partnership, matches employee volunteer time with a cash contribution. Habitat was one of the initial partners under Cisco's Clinton Global Initiative commitment in Sub-Saharan Africa. (Multinational, including United States) Learn More
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	_	InSTEDD (Innovative Support to Emergencies, Diseases, and Disasters) improves global health, safety, and sustainable development by building capacity and creating collaboration technologies for social good. Through Cisco's support, InSTEDD developed, piloted, and is currently scaling Watchfire, a volunteer recruitment and management software and app that uses GPS, voice, and text messages to decrease by half the time it takes to identify disaster response volunteers. As a result, responding agencies can allocate resources efficiently and deploy expertise strategically during the first critical moments of a disaster. (Multinational, including United States) Learn More
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	_	NetHope is a consortium of international humanitarian organizations working to improve crisis relief efforts in the developing world through the strategic use of technology. Cisco has provided support to help NetHope build its organizational and information technology capacity, enabling its members to serve more people quickly and efficiently. (Multinational, including United States) Learn More
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	_	Pacific Institute conducts research and partners with stakeholders to advance economic development and social equity. Cisco support is helping Pacific Institute identify best practices in deploying SMS technology to enhance water and sanitation management and monitoring systems -- in order to increase transparency and accountability. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	Springwire connects people in crisis with the social services and support networks that surround them -- expanding a community's capacity to care. By providing free access to tailored communication tools, including its main program Community Voice Mail, Springwire restores a sense of hope and dignity, enabling people in transition to stabilize their lives and get access to the help they need to move out of crisis. Cisco has awarded millions in cash grants, products, office space, and technological expertise to the Community Voice Mail program since 2003. (United States & Canada) Watch Video or Learn More
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	_	Ushahidi is a nonprofit technology company that develops free and open source software for information collection, visualization, and interactive mapping. Cisco is supporting development of a mapping and content management system that enables organizations to better collaborate and coordinate disaster response and relief efforts. (Multinational, including United States) Learn More
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	_	Water for People works to build a world where all people have access to safe drinking water and sanitation. Cisco support helped the organization develop smart phone and web-based technology to monitor water investments, increasing the water sector's accountability and transparency. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	Water.org works with local partners to deliver innovative solutions to the global shortage of potable water and proper sanitation. A grant from Cisco supported development of an online giving network that enables donors to better monitor, access, and understand the impact of their investments. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	World Food Program (WFP) is the world's largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger. Cisco has supported the WFP's Humanitarian Early Warning Service, which provides humanitarian responders with interactive maps and data that help them forecast potential disasters and quickly coordinate relief strategies with partner agencies. (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More

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Cisco occasionally supports organizations that fall outside our three investment areas due to special initiatives or highly innovative uses of Internet and communications technology, or when organizations or programs span more than one investment area. We also partner with organizations that can help us scale the impact of our donation programs.

	_	Network for Good provides a range of services to help nonprofits raise funds, communicate, and strategize. Cisco is a founding partner and has supported the development of Internet-based resources to expand Network for Good's capabilities. (United States) Learn More
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	_	The Peres Center for Peace is an independent, nonprofit, non-governmental organization founded in 1996 by Nobel Peace Laureate and former Israeli Prime Minister and President Shimon Peres. Cisco has provided support for several of its programs, including enabling doctors in the Palestinian Territories to provide better care for patients through telehealth online consultations with Israeli doctors. (Middle East) Learn More
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	_	The Planetary Skin Institute (PSI) began as a bilateral research and development partnership between Cisco and NASA. Today, PSI works to enhance the decision-making capabilities of public, private, and academic organizations charged with addressing food, water, and energy security, and managing risks associated with the increasing impact and frequency of weather extremes. (While PSI's mission does not fall under Cisco's primary social investment areas of critical human needs, economic empowerment, education, or healthcare, we have invested in PSI to support its contributions to the global public benefits it is advancing in this critical area.) (Multinational, not including United States) Learn More
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	_	The South African Education Trust fulfills Cisco's commitment to support education for least-served students in South Africa. For example, one program supported by the trust, Cisco Scholars, provides scholarships for high-potential, disadvantaged Black South African students to attend the African Leadership Academy. Another, Innovation Hub/Coachlab, provides real-world entrepreneurial opportunities for college graduates in technology fields. (South Africa) Learn More
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	_	TechSoup Global (TSG) connects nonprofits and public libraries with donated and discounted technology products. Cisco and TSG have worked together to extend the benefits of information and communication technologies to social benefit organizations across the globe. (Multinational, including United States) Learn More

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