This year’s Box Impact Fund application period is now closed. Please check back later this year.

Organizations eligible for the Box Impact Fund have a declared and verifiable charitable or philanthropic mission to benefit communities. Organizations must have a recognized legal status in their respective country.  Additionally, the application must be for a digital transformation project in child welfare, crisis response, or the environment to be considered.

Box, Inc. maintains a Donor Advised Fund (DAF) at Tides Foundation and the Box Impact Fund is funded through this DAF. Box has the privilege of recommending grants out of the Box, Inc. Fund to Tides Foundation. Tides Foundation is the grant maker, maintaining control and discretion over the use of the charitable funds of the Box Inc. Fund. If Box recommends a grant for your organization, Tides Foundation will contact your organization directly to conduct its own review and diligence to ensure that the grant aligns with Tides Foundation’s purposes. 

Applications must be completed in English and will be evaluated on four criteria: 

1. Alignment: 
   a. Projects must demonstrate clear alignment with a digital transformation focus in the child welfare, crisis response, or environment areas. A project may be internally focused, for example bringing digital transformation within an organization across all employees. Projects may also be externally focused, for example digital transformation enabling increased access to services for those served.
2. Impact: 
   a. Strong applications will focus on the outcomes projects aim to achieve, not only the outputs or activities they will pursue. They will speak to the potential for impact and the difference this project will make for your organization, and/or those you help.
3. Inclusion: 
   a. Inclusion is a Box priority reflected by our "Bring your _____ self to work" value. We're keen to support projects that exhibit inclusion with intention. Strong applications will include a plan for inclusion of key stakeholder voices, buy-in and support. How will those who are part of this digital transformation be brought on the journey? How will their voices be heard?
4. Scale: 
   a. Whether proposing a project that aims to reach all employees across an organization, office or department, or one that aims to pilot an approach reaching a group of external beneficiaries, please share your plan for achieving scale. Strong applications will show awareness of challenges you might face and how you plan to address them.

Digital transformation is certainly a journey. Working towards this can help ensure that nonprofits have the digital capacity to achieve their missions. A project may be internally focused, for example bringing digital transformation within an organization across all employees. Projects may also be externally focused, for example digital transformation enabling increased access to services for those served. The proposal could include funding for a staff member like an IT administrator to help with digital transformation for your organization. 

Your application for funding might include:

• Moving from paper to cloud-based operational processes
• Training and enablement programs to help employees use new technology
• Building out tech strategies and optimizing systems 
• Funding for an IT administrator so you can innovate and grow 
• A pilot project to test your idea before rolling it out at scale
• Automating workflows and processes so you can save time 

Yes, grant recipients will be expected to use the $25K grant within a 12 month period and provide a short report at the end sharing the outcomes achieved by the project. We’re also excited to include grantees in a special panel in early 2024 with our Boxers.

Yes you can apply again if you were not previously selected as a grant recipient.

No, you do not have to be a Box customer, we welcome all eligible organizations to apply.

Carefully read all instructions and requirements on this page and the application form. If you still have questions, please contact us here and be sure to select "Other" in the "Contact Reason" dropdown options.