For practically 30 years, the Cisco Basis has turned concepts into alternative – serving to individuals and communities all over the world thrive.
This dedication has propelled us ahead since 1997, after we first got down to assist primary human wants throughout the California Bay Space. Since then, we’ve partnered with nonprofit and for-profit organizations across the globe – from established leaders to rising innovators – to deal with complicated issues via daring, technology-driven options.
Our technique has enabled us to positively influence one billion lives, ship tens of millions in catalytic funding, and attain organizations in practically each area of the world. As we speak, we’re proud to report our newest influence and progress in our FY25 Cisco Basis Influence Report.
The final yr was marked by each immense change and alternative as organizations tailored within the age of AI. We witnessed firsthand what occurs when expertise and human ingenuity come collectively via our companions, from organizations serving to individuals rebuild their lives after incarceration to social enterprises increasing entry to schooling, financing, important providers, and local weather options.
Whereas we on the Cisco Basis present assist, it’s our companions’ creativity, resilience, and dedication that deliver transformation to life.
A couple of of the numerous highlights you’ll see on this yr’s report embrace:
- Positively impacted extra than 154 million lives in each area of the world
- Supported 103 organizations throughout greater than 100 international locations
- Catalyzed greater than US$42 million in extra funding for our nonprofit companions from the general public and personal sector, greater than doubling our collective influence
Past these numbers, what conjures up us most is our companions’ tales. This yr, you’ll meet a couple of organizations who’ve led the way in which in influence and innovation, together with:
Trek Medics, a company making emergency care extra accessible via its revolutionary, mobile-first platform, Beacon. By means of the Cisco Basis, Beacon facilitated greater than 42,000 emergency responses worldwide and onboarded a whole lot of recent responders throughout 18 new response companies.
FINCA Ventures is working to eradicate international poverty by backing early-stage social enterprises. The Cisco Basis supplied funding to a number of FINCA Ventures investees throughout Ghana, Zambia, and Kenya, serving to to speed up their capability to scale and deepen influence within the area.
Raspberry Pi Basis is inspiring the subsequent technology of expertise creators by making computing schooling accessible and interesting for all. With assist from the Cisco Basis, Raspberry Pi has been capable of broaden their influence, from lecture rooms in rural India to refugee camps in Africa.
Digital Inexperienced is co-creating a world the place farmers use expertise and knowledge to construct affluent communities. Cisco Basis grants helped to develop and scale FarmerChat, an AI assistant that has supported greater than 460,000 farmers since 2023.
Photographs courtesy of Trek Medics and Raspberry Pi Basis.
Our companions, like these highlighted above, are reimagining what’s attainable in a time of tighter sources and surging neighborhood calls for. They’re utilizing AI to decrease prices and digitize sources to enhance effectivity and, in flip, ship deeper influence. They’re additionally forging new funding and partnerships that make options extra sustainable, whereas collaborating with each other — and with us — to drive systemic change for the communities they serve.
These actions will not be solely creating influence on the neighborhood stage; they’re additionally strengthening the organizations themselves, serving to them entice extra funding, scale their options, and make progress towards long-term monetary viability. To higher assist them, we’ve deepened our technical advisory providers, supplied elevated flexibility, and prioritized alternatives for connection.
As we glance forward to fiscal 2026, we’re desperate to see the subsequent wave of influence from our AI and digital innovation investments. We’ll proceed supporting each well-established organizations and “hidden gems,” or early-stage innovators who’re redefining what’s attainable.
Our imaginative and prescient for the longer term is certainly one of shared progress, with communities thriving within the digital age, social enterprises scaling confirmed fashions of change, and companions uniting throughout sectors to create influence.
The street forward is complicated, however with collaboration, creativity, and Goal, we’ll proceed to construct a world the place expertise connects and empowers everybody to thrive. Be taught extra in our FY25 Cisco Basis Influence Report.
Photograph courtesy of Digital Inexperienced.
