Corporate Social Responsibility

Product Grant Program

Cisco's Product Grant Program (PGP) makes technology grants that bring our best-in-class networking products and technology to qualifying nonprofit organizations, helping them to realize significant gains in productivity, scalability, and cost-efficiency.

Building Wired Nonprofits for Empowered Communities

We specialize in partnering with community organizations around the world who are working in one of our three funding areas: Critical Human Needs, Access to Education, and Economic Empowerment. Together, we build public benefit programs that make innovative use of the Internet and of networking and communications technology.

Partnership with TechSoup

Cisco partners with TechSoup to help nonprofit partners gain access to new technologies. TechSoup provides product donations, informative resources, and technical support to help community organizations improve their capabilities and impact.

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Employee Product Donation Program

Employee Product Donation Program

Our Employee Product Donation Program empowers our staff to purchase Cisco equipment at a significant discount and then donate it to qualified nonprofit organizations and schools in the United States.

 

Equipment Donations for Research

Equipment Donations for Research

The Cisco Research Center makes equipment donations to universities as part of an award for a peer-reviewed and approved research proposal. Details at www.cisco.com/research.