Ripple Achieves Fortune Recognition as One of the Best Bay Area Workplaces and Celebrates Eight Years of Ripple Impact by Supporting Over 60 Universities Through New Blockchain Research Partnerships and Reaching $200 Million in Global Impact Funding

Ripple continues to lead as both a blockchain organization and a purpose-driven, progressive company that treats people well. In 2024 and 2025, Ripple was listed as one of Fortune Magazine’s Best Workplaces in the Bay Area. This award is important in demonstrating not only Ripple’s positive culture internally, but also Ripple’s emphasis on recruiting and retaining the best talent. Ripple’s part and influence begin and extend far beyond the office; it is changing the bad press of how blockchain can be a force for good in the world.

Having now turned 8 years old, Ripple Impact has surpassed $200 million deployed globally in education, sustainability, financial inclusion, and disaster resilience. The 2024 Ripple Impact Report captures Ripple’s evolving role as a social change enabler beyond just a technology innovator. Ripple is showing, through partnerships with universities, NGOs, and local communities, how crypto and cause can co-exist.

What is Ripple Impact and Why It Matters in 2025?

Ripple Impact was born from a visionary idea: to realize the potential of blockchain in service of social impact. Today, that idea is a reality. Ripple Impact is much more than a for-profit business, whether in its investment in academic programs, or in building resilience in communities. The 2024 Ripple Impact report outlines Ripple’s extensive and measurable contributions to global development goals, access to technology, and sustainable finance. 

This year, Ripple Impact continued to expand its academic partnerships, bringing nearly 100 million added to the ledger, and providing funding for important blockchain research, and supporting future innovation. Part of Ripple’s overall contribution includes engaging with promising projects in Web3 and Blockchain Technology, and helping to build next-generation solutions such as the XRP Ledger and DeFi applications. The report also shows how Ripple’s core technology is really interwoven with its own ethical commitments.

How Ripple Is Accelerating Blockchain Research Across the Globe

One of the highlight developments in the report is Ripple’s ongoing commitment to the University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI). For over 7 years Ripple has been supporting academic talent and research in blockchain technology. UBRI is now an extensive network of more than 60 top-tier universities around the world. Ripple launched its first UBRI partnership in Taiwan this year, which is another significant development in expanding our Asia-Pacific region. 

The universities in the region have been leading the way in innovation in blockchain applications in supply chains, healthcare, and financial inclusion; Ripple’s support helps that work continue, at scale, in real-world applications. Events such as UBRI Connect create unique opportunities for UBRI faculty, students, and researchers to work together and share new findings, particularly new findings that utilize or build on the XRP Ledger. These collaborations embody Ripple’s vision of innovation as a long-lasting opportunity to collaborate with their stakeholder partners rather than compete with them.

How Ripple Supports Sustainability and Local Communities

Ripple’s impact goes far beyond universities and research labs. A significant portion of the $200M has also been directed toward sustainable finance and local empowerment programs. From community resilience funds to climate-focused grants, Ripple’s support is backing people on the frontlines of environmental and economic change. The report details partnerships with organizations creating financial access in underserved regions and solutions for mitigating climate risk. 

Blockchain technology, often critiqued for its energy use, is here reimagined as a force for sustainable change when combined with intention, transparency, and innovation. Ripple has also supported disaster recovery and inclusive economic programs across different regions. These aren’t just one-time donations, but long-term relationships aimed at systems-level impact.

What’s Next for Ripple Impact?

Ripple Impact’s future looks positive and deeply invested. Ripple is poised to deepen its global impact through increased footprint in the Asia-Pacific, additional Universities on-boarded to UBRI, and expanded collaborations with NGOs and sustainability leaders. As blockchain technology continues to mature, Ripple is poised to navigate through to equitable and sustainable outcomes. 

Ripple Impact Report made it clear Ripple was not seeking blockchain for finance but blockchain for good. Going forward, Ripple will be looking to leverage the positive momentum it has created by making additional, targeted deployments into blockchain research, policy and advocacy, and climate technology. Ripple appreciates that shaping the future involves supporting those who will build it and their initiatives in 2025 demonstrate that.

Ripple’s Ripple Effect is Global, Lasting, and Growing

The 2024 Ripple Impact Report is not just a document, it’s a testament to what happens when innovation meets purpose. With over $200M deployed, Ripple is leading the charge in areas where crypto’s potential meets humanity’s biggest challenges: education, sustainability, and financial inclusion. In a rapidly changing digital world, Ripple’s focus on real-world progress is not just refreshing, it’s essential. From nurturing the brightest blockchain minds to supporting communities in need, the ripple effects are just beginning.