HP launched the Digital Equity Accelerator in 2022 as a way to support high-potential nonprofits to scale initiatives that address the digital divide. Over the last two years, our collaboration with extraordinary changemakers has expanded the reach of 17 nonprofits across six countries by 8.1 million people.
 
This progress is encouraging, but we know we can’t stop there.
 
A growing digital divide hinders billions of people around the world from equal access to education, healthcare, and economic opportunities. 

At HP, we are on a mission to change that reality and advance digital inclusion for everyone, in partnership with incredible nonprofits in communities facing the digital divide. 
 
Today, we are excited to welcome submissions for the 2024 Digital Equity Accelerator, a joint initiative between HP Inc. and the HP Foundation, to help nonprofits from Brazil, Canada*, and Poland strengthen capacity and scale digital impact. The program offers selected nonprofit organizations a $100,000 USD grant, HP technology (~ $100,000 USD value), and six months of virtual training to scale digital equity solutions. Nonprofits in Brazil, Canada*, and Poland working to bridge the digital divide are invited to apply until March 1, 2024. 
 
The 2024 Accelerator countries were strategically selected as areas of high opportunity, where HP has a local presence to support nonprofits working to address some of the most acute digital equity gaps. We’re excited to discover how organizations in these countries are making innovative strides toward digital equity, and how we can help extend their impact.
 
We’ve learned so much from our Accelerator nonprofit alums, our country teams, and the communities across India, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, and the United States where this work has taken place. This year, participants will not only benefit from these insights and learn from one another, they will also have access to the Accelerator’s full suite of resources.    
 
The Digital Equity Accelerator is intended for nonprofits that deliver essential support to communities that are often or have traditionally been excluded from digital access, skills, and opportunities. These include women and girls, people with disabilities and aging populations, historically disconnected and marginalized groups, and teachers and healthcare practitioners. 
 
The Accelerator is designed to extend the work of nonprofits that are addressing the digital divide in meaningful ways—such as developing digital literacy skills for career advancement and entrepreneurship, expanding access to information, strengthening educator networks, increasing technology access in schools, and building digital platforms for healthcare. 
 
If this sounds like your organization, we would love for you to apply!  
 
It will take partnership to achieve goals that aim to significantly close the digital divide, including HP’s goal to accelerate digital equity for 150 million people by 2030. We believe there are audacious solutions from amazing organizations that are poised to make an outsized impact on the world. We look forward to not only hearing about them, but supporting these solutions and the nonprofits that make them a reality.
 
To learn more and apply to HP’s Digital Equity Accelerator, please visit hp.com/digitalequityaccelerator. Applications close at 11:59 p.m. EST, March 1, 2024.
 
* Excluding the Province of Quebec.