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The following are excerpts regarding the types of organizations that are eligible for Microsoft donations through TechSoup. I encourage your organization to go to TechSoup.org and review the many programs that may be available for your non profit.
Microsoft believes technology can do amazing things. That's why they partner with thousands of organizations like yours around the world to help each one achieve its mission. They provide software donations, training, and resources that can help change peoples' lives and transform communities.
The Microsoft Software Donation Program for U.S. nonprofits and public libraries is one of TechSoup's most popular resources. As of June 30, 2011, 103,511 organizations in the United States and U.S. territories had received donations with a fair market value of over US$1,643,000,000.
Microsoft donations are available to nonprofits with a 501(c)(3) designation and to public libraries. Some types of nonprofits are not eligible, such as educational institutions, political organizations, many faith-based organizations, healthcare networks, and nonpublic libraries. Note: There is an Eligibility Check tool to find out whether your organization might be eligible to receive donations from Microsoft.
Microsoft provides nonprofits and libraries with an allotment of product donations that can be requested per two-year cycle. An organization's first donation request after July 27, 2011, marks the beginning of its recurring two-year cycle. Within a two-year cycle, each eligible nonprofit or public library may request:
- Products from up to 10 of the Microsoft title groups, with a 50-license maximum for desktop applications and operating systems or license-only title
- A maximum of five server products, regardless of title
There is no limit to the number of times an organization can make a Microsoft donation request within the two-year cycle as long as they have not used up their full allotment. After two years, a new cycle begins, and the allotment is reset.
Your organization's cycle will run for two years from this initial start date. It will then be immediately reset and run for another two years, and so on. For example, if an organization's first cycle starts on October 12, 2011, its new cycle will begin at 12:00 a.m. Pacific time on October 12, 2013, at which point the organization has a new allotment.
Hopes this helps! If you need to ask a question that is more immediate, just email David Fowler at executivedirector@computerbanc.info.
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