Community-Centered Connectivity Grant Program
What Is the Community-centered Connectivity Grant Program?
The CCC grant program is part of the Internet Society’s effort to help communities bridge the digital divide. It supports connectivity solutions that solve the major barriers to meaningful connectivity for communities: availability, affordability, and adoption. This can take different forms, like fostering Internet adoption by strengthening digital literacy and local capacity to manage and maintain connectivity solutions.
The CCC grant program has two open funding tracks for eligible organizations, based on their organization’s capacity, experience, the scale, and duration of the project they propose. While applications from any eligible organizations are welcome, we will give a strong preference to those working with refugees/displaced communities, Indigenous communities, and women and girls. The open funding tracks are as follows:
- Catalyst Track: Up to USD $50,000 to build at least one new connectivity solution, or expand an existing solution, in a community. This project can take up to 12 months.
- Scaling Track: Up to USD $200,000 to support deployment of proven, successful solutions to improve or expand connectivity to multiple communities. This project can take up to 18 months.
How to Apply
The application is open to the public for the Catalyst and Scaling Tracks. The Systems Track is invitation-only, and only organizations invited by an ISOC Foundation staff member will be eligible to apply for the Systems Track.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to register their organization in the Foundation’s grants management system (Fluxx) prior to the application window opening. Applicants must be registered in Fluxx at least 24 hours before the application window deadline, and applications must be submitted prior to the deadline to be considered for funding. No e-mail submissions will be accepted. Prospective applicants can view the Example Application forms for Catalyst and Scaling.
Applications may be submitted in English, French, or Spanish. Incomplete submissions that do not meet eligibility requirements will not be considered (see “Eligibility” section above).
Applications will be accepted from 17 March to 7 May 2026, at 21:00 UTC. Applications are reviewed by the Internet Society, the Internet Society Foundation, and external experts to determine if they meet the eligibility requirements and are aligned with the focus areas. Please note that this process could take up to fourteen (14) weeks.
