Brian Tippens

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The 8th Global Partner Innovation Challenge drew record submissions in the Partnering for Purpose category. Meet the four winners whose solutions are addressing critical challenges in energy, health care, and emergency response with real-world impact.

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Since 1997, the Cisco Foundation has positively impacted more than one billion lives, delivered millions in catalytic funding, and reached organizations in nearly every region of the world. Today, we’re proud to report our latest impact and progress in our FY25 Cisco Foundation Impact Report.  

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As we mark the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Helene and the 20th anniversary of Cisco Crisis Response (CCR), I find myself reflecting on the true meaning of resilience — both within communities facing unimaginable disaster and within the teams mobilizing to help restore hope.

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AI is transforming lives in ways that truly matter-from helping teachers unlock student potential to supporting nonprofits and ensuring access to clean water.

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Celebrate the winners of Cisco's 7th Global Partner Innovation Challenge: Partnering for Purpose, showcasing impactful solutions in climate change, digital inclusion, and more. Discover their innovations and our shared commitment to a brighter future.

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The Cisco Crisis Response (CCR) team has responded to over 100 incidents across disasters and humanitarian efforts in 38 countries, providing secure connectivity for emergency response agencies and aid organizations to carry out life-saving activities after a crisis - most recently with Hurricane Helene.

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In the Cisco Foundation’s FY24 Impact Report, we dive deeper into our investment model, our partnership approach, how we define and measure impact, and highlights of the results we achieved over the past year.

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Cisco is ushering in a new era of impact and simplifying our organization by bringing together the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and Social Impact teams as one.

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Our ability to impact billions of lives lies in our ability to scale. We’re now expanding our areas of focus to impact entire communities through our Social Impact, Networking Academy, and Country Digital Acceleration programs — to address systemic causes of inequity through innovation and create lasting, generational change.