Community-Centered Connectivity Grant Program (Internet Society Foundation)

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"Over 2 billion people remain offline – about a quarter of the world’s population – and most live in remote and rural, low-income and isolated communities  worldwide. [...].

The Internet Society Foundation’s Community-Centered Connectivity (CCC) Grant Program supports organizations that expand Internet access in digitally excluded communities. 

Eligibility 

1. Applicant organizations must:

a) be a legally registered non-profit organization or a social enterprise in their country;

b) have an official bank account in their name that can receive funds from a foundation based in the United States;

c) be well-positioned to implement the project in terms of successful experience managing similar Internet-connectivity work, technical skills of staff and/or partners, and other strengths and capacities;

d) have demonstrated support from the local community / communities that will benefit from the  connectivity solutions.

2. Locally designed connectivity solutions, capacity building, and scalable digital inclusion initiatives.

3. Connectivity solutions that:

a) solve the major barriers to meaningful connectivity for communities:

• availability,

• affordability,

• adoption;.

b) increase the availability of affordable, reliable Internet connectivity among digitally excluded communities;

c) increase Internet adoption by strengthening digital literacy and local capacity to manage and maintain connectivity solutions;

d) Increase organizational capacity of grantee partners to scale their work.

4. Two open funding tracks:

• Catalyst Track: Up to USD $50,000. Projects can be up to 12 months.

• Scaling Track: Up to USD $200,000. Projects can be up to 18 months.

Applications will be accepted until 7 May 2026, at 21:00 UTC."

For more information please visit 

https://www.isocfoundation.org/grant-programme/community-centered-connectivity/ 

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