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Cisco Systems Foundation

Accepts applications San Jose, California · EIN 770443347

Cisco Systems Foundation is a private foundation in San Jose, California. In tax year 2024 it gave $18.6 million in 1 grant; the typical grant was $18.6 million and the largest $18.6 million. It accepts applications; its filing gives the instructions below.

From its IRS Form 990-PF for tax year 2024.

Giving in 2024 was up from $17.8 million the year before.

0% of its 2024 grantees had not received a grant from it the year before, so most of its money goes to organizations it already funds.

Giving by year

Tax yearGrants paidNumber of grantsAssets
2022$30.4 million3$230 million
2023$17.8 million2$241 million
2024$18.6 million1$243 million

How to apply

ContactStatement 19
Statement 19, Statement, CA 95134-1706
Phone or email(408) 527-3040
DeadlinesStatement 19

As written in the foundation's IRS filing for tax year 2024. Details may have changed since.

Foundation website IRS filings on ProPublica

Where it gives

All of its grants went to recipients in California.

StateGrantsAmount
California1$18.6 million

Grants paid in 2024

All 1 grants
RecipientPurposeAmount
See Statement 18
See Statement, CA
Various$18.6 million

Officers and trustees

As listed in Part VIII of the 2024 filing.

Questions people ask

Does Cisco Systems Foundation accept grant applications?

Yes. Its latest IRS filing says it accepts applications, with this on deadlines: Statement 19.

How much does Cisco Systems Foundation give?

$18.6 million in tax year 2024, across 1 grant, with a typical grant of $18.6 million.

Who runs Cisco Systems Foundation?

Its 2024 filing lists John P Morgridge (Trustee/Pres.), Saidah Grayson Dill (Trustee), Mary de Wysocki (Trustee/Sec't) and Jacqueline Wong (Trustee) among 12 officers and trustees.

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