Kyndryl Foundation has announced its second year of grants, extending its funding to 12 nonprofit organisations across 11 countries, five of them for the first time.

These grants are designed to advance cybersecurity and AI skills development, helping over 55,000 people over the next two years.

The grants are focused on supporting work that tackles the digital divide by providing digital and AI skills to women, youth, and marginalised groups, to improving their employability and economic independence. The funding covers training programmes, awareness initiatives, and job placement support.

In its first year Kyndryl Foundation supported nonprofits in the Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Japan, Poland and the United States.

This year it expanded its support to nonprofits in five additional countries: Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Spain and the United Kingdom.

In addition it has introduced multi-year grants (up to two years) in some cases to enhance their impact on communities.

About Kyndryl

Kyndryl is “the world’s largest IT infrastructure services provider” serving thousands of enterprise customers in more than 60 countries. It designs, builds, manages and modernizes the complex, mission-critical information system.

“As the largest IT infrastructure services provider, we are committed to addressing the critical shortage of cybersecurity and AI professionals,” said Una Pulizzi, Kyndryl Foundation President and Kyndryl Global Head of Corporate Affairs.

“We are proud to offer second-year funding to our grantees and look forward to the positive impact that can be achieved through our continued and expanded work together to drive innovation and build a new generation of skilled professionals.”

Kyndryl Foundation is the philanthropic arm of Kyndryl and supports the communities where Kyndryl does business by addressing critical societal issues through local grant funding, volunteerism and investments.