Nonprofit Eligibility Requirements and
Donor Partner Restrictions
Our technology partners require that
organizations meet certain specific requirements in order
to receive donations through TechSoup Stock. To determine
if your organization is eligible to participate in a particular
program, please review the information below.
TechSoup Stock does not provide donated or discounted products to organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
Please note that certain programs have ordering limitations that correspond
to TechSoup Stock's fiscal calendar (July 1 – June 30). See what programs are affected.
Donated product will be distributed under this program to qualifying
organizations only, not to individuals.
Only one Acteva donation may ever be received per organization.
Customers already registered with Acteva are not eligible to receive this donation.
This donation is available to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and Canadian Registered Charities with a Confirmation of Registration letter from the Canada Revenue Agency.
This donation is available to U.S. and Canadian public libraries. U.S. public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database. Canadian public libraries must appear on a list collected for us by the Public Library Services Branch, Ministry of Education, in British Columbia.
Recipient organizations must be willing and able to provide information to Acteva for the purposes of creating a case study or testimonial on this program.
Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
Donated products may be distributed to qualified organizations only, not to individuals.
Donated products may not be transferred or resold.
Donated products may not be used for raffles, door prizes or any other fund-raising activities or individual awards.
This donation is available only to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation or Canadian Registered Charities with a Confirmation of Registration letter from the Canada Revenue Agency.
Only organizations with annual operating budgets of $10 million USD or less are eligible to receive this donation.
Eligible organizations may request up to a total of four individual applications or one suite application per fiscal year (July 1 to June 30).
Organizations must represent and warrant that they are willing to provide information to Adobe Systems for the purposes of creating a case study and/or testimonial on this product.
Organizations must warrant that they are willing to provide a nondiscrimination policy, if requested, showing that the organization does not advocate, support, or practice unlawful discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.
Organizations must provide direct services to beneficiaries in the United States or Canada in one of Adobe's philanthropic focus areas. Organizations that focus on the following types of activities are eligible:
Support for these cultural activities: museums, zoos, libraries, performing arts, community theater, cultural performances, cultural and ethnic awareness, arts agencies, visual arts, folk arts, arts education, arts service, and community celebrations
Instruction and training in publishing, film production, and broadcasting
Assistance to people with disabilities
Disaster preparedness
Support for these community organizations: community centers, community service organizations, and organizations whose mission is inner-city or community benefit activities
Support for these youth activities: Boys and Girls Clubs, YMCA, YWCA, and many other nonprofit organizations serving children in grades K-12 with an emphasis on low-achieving, economically disadvantaged students and/or those who are not succeeding with traditional methods
Conservation, environmental protection, and improvement of public spaces for the enjoyment of the community
Provision of housing services for youth, elderly, and low-medium income individuals; supplying money, goods, or services to the poor; and assistance to individuals
United Way organizations are eligible for Adobe donations.
Religious organizations with a secular community designation are eligible for Adobe donations. A secular designation is defined as an organization separate from the church or religious organization that provides services to people regardless of their religious beliefs and does not propagate a belief in a specific faith.
The following is a partial list of organization types that are ineligible for Adobe donations. For details on eligibility, please contact TechSoup Stock Customer Service:
Organizations that promote political views, influence legislation, or support candidates for public office
Endowments and private foundations that are themselves grant-making organizations
Research or advocacy organizations and think-tanks that do not provide direct services to beneficiaries
Fraternal organizations
Organizations that fund direct service and related organizations (except for United Way organizations)
Organizations that provide education services or computer literacy, but do not provide digital technology training to students
Organizations that provide advocacy or information services (including organizations that primarily provide publications and Web sites)
Organizations that provide scholarship services
Organizations whose clients are other nonprofit organizations
Organizations providing medical services (exception: organizations that provide medical services to people with disabilities are eligible)
Organizations, such as churches, houses of worship, and seminaries, whose primary mission is religious
Schools and international nonprofit organizations are not currently eligible for donations through this program
Nonprofit organizations that don’t meet the above eligibility requirements or have already received the maximum amount of donated Adobe products through TechSoup Stock might still be eligible for donated products or special non-profit pricing:
If your organization is a school or an internationally based nonprofit, go to Gifts In Kind International to find out about Adobe's education and international software donation programs.
If your organization is registered under U.S. 501(c)(3) or specific 509 sections or is registered as a charity with the Canada Revenue Agency, go to Adobe solutions for nonprofits to find out about Adobe’s Nonprofit Open Options Licensing Program and find an authorized nonprofit reseller.
Donated products may be distributed to qualified organizations only, not to individuals.
Donated products may not be transferred or resold.
Donated products may not be used for raffles, door prizes or any other fund-raising activities or individual awards.
This donation is available to U.S. nonprofits and schools with 501(c)(3) designation and U.S. public libraries. U.S. public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database.
Only organizations with annual operating budgets of $10 million USD or less are eligible to receive this donation.
Eligible organizations may request up to a total of four individual applications or one suite application per fiscal year (July 1 to June 30) from this special donation program. These requests do not affect the product-ordering limits for the regular TechSoup Adobe donation program.
Organizations must represent and warrant that they are willing to provide information to Adobe Systems for the purposes of creating a case study and/or testimonial on this product.
Organizations must warrant that they are willing to provide a nondiscrimination policy, if requested, showing that the organization does not advocate, support, or practice unlawful discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.
The following is a list of organization types that are ineligible for Adobe Special Donation products. For details on eligibility, please contact TechSoup Stock Customer Service:
Organizations that promote political views, influence legislation, or support candidates for public office.
Religious organizations without a secular community designation are not eligible to receive software through this program. A secular designation is defined as an organization separate from the church or religious organization that provides services to people regardless of their religious beliefs and does not propagate a belief in a specific faith.
Nonprofit organizations that don’t meet the above eligibility requirements or have already received the maximum amount of donated Adobe products through TechSoup Stock might still be eligible for donated products or special non-profit pricing:
If your organization is a school or an internationally based nonprofit, go to Gifts In Kind International to find out about Adobe's education and international software donation programs.
If your organization is registered under U.S. 501(c)(3) or specific 509 sections or is registered as a charity with the Canada Revenue Agency, go to Adobe solutions for nonprofits to find out about Adobe’s Nonprofit Open Options Licensing Program and find an authorized nonprofit reseller.
Up to one donation request
may be fulfilled within a fiscal year (July 1 to June 30).
(Nonprofits needing additional copies may contact Alpha Software
directly for special nonprofit discounts.)
This donation is available only to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation, or Canadian Registered Charities with a Confirmation of Registration letter from the Canada Revenue Agency.
Donated products will be
distributed under this program to qualifying organizations
only, not to individuals.
Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
Alpha Software products
may not be transferred or resold.
Donated product will be distributed under this program to qualifying
organizations only, not to individuals.
One Staff Manager donation may be requested within a fiscal year (July 1 to June 30).
One ScheduleAnywhere donation may be requested per organization. After the one-year subscription expires, it can be renewed at a reduced cost through Atlas Business Solutions, not through TechSoup Stock.
This donation is available to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and to Canadian Registered Charities with a Confirmation of Registration letter from the Canada Revenue Agency.
This software is available to non-501(c)(3) libraries and Canadian libraries. U.S. public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database. Canadian public libraries must appear on a list collected for us by the Public Library Services Branch, Ministry of Education, in British Columbia.
This software will not be made available to organizations that support political parties or candidates.
This software will not be made available to religious organizations, except that religious organizations requesting software for use in secular community service programs are eligible to receive donations.
Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
Atlas Business Solutions products may not be transferred or resold.
Donated product will be distributed only to qualifying organizations, not individuals.
This donation is available only to U.S.
nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation, U.S. public libraries with 501(c)(3)
designation or an FSCS ID, U.S. educational institutions such as all schools,
colleges, universities, and vocational schools, and Canadian charitable organizations
with a Confirmation of Registration Letter from the Canada Revenue Agency.
To be eligible, an organization must have
an annual operating budget of less than $5 million USD.
Each qualifying NPO may request up to 500 licenses (for all products combined) per year within a fiscal year — July 1 to June 30.
Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
Blancco products may not be transferred
or resold.
Eligible organizations may request the following from Business Objects:
Four Business Objects software products per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30)
Two Business Objects training modules per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30)
One perpetual crystalreports.com ten-user license
This donation is available only to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and Canadian charitable organizations with a Confirmation of Registration Letter from the Canada Revenue Agency.
Donated products will be distributed to qualifying organizations only, not to individuals.
Business Objects products are not available for distribution to educational institutions (including K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and trade schools), libraries, organizations that support political parties or candidates, religious organizations (except for those with a secular community designation), professional associations, labor/fraternal associations, professional sports groups, hospitals or hospital support, nursing homes, health care provider associations or registries, health insurance, scientific research (except for research of diseases or other medical research), or conferences.
This donation is available only to organizations with an annual operating budget of under $10 million (USD).
Donation recipients must be willing and able to provide information to Business Objects for the purposes of creating a case study or testimonial on this product.
Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
Business Objects products may not be transferred or resold.
Donated product will be distributed under this program to qualifying organizations only, not to individuals.
This donation is available only to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation, Canadian Registered Charities with a Confirmation of Registration letter from the Canada Revenue Agency, and public libraries. U.S. public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database. Canadian public libraries must appear on a list collected for us by the Public Library Services Branch, Ministry of Education in British Columbia.
Each qualifying organization may request a single donation within a fiscal year (July 1 – June 30).
Donations are available to organizations with annual budgets of US$1,000,000 or less.
Donations are not available for distribution to:
Educational institutions; however, donations are available to schools for the disabled, parent-teacher groups, student housing organizations, student exchange programs, and similar organizations.
Advocacy groups except for those explicitly working in human rights; drug, alcohol, and firearm policy; ecology and conservation; racial integration; or population control.
Computer refurbishing programs.
Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
Bytes of Learning donated licenses may not be transferred or resold.
Organizations must represent and warrant that they are willing to provide information to Bytes of Learning for the purposes of creating a case study or testimonial on this product.
This donation is available only to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and to Canadian Registered Charities with a Confirmation of Registration letter from the Canada Revenue Agency.
Donated product will be distributed under this program to qualifying organizations only, not to individuals.
To be eligible for a Cisco donation, an organization must have an annual budget of no more than US$7,500,000 (your organization's most recent total revenue as reported on your IRS 990 or other tax form), have a unique U.S. Employer Identification Number (EIN) or Canadian Business Number (BN), and fall within one of the Cisco-approved nonprofit categories listed below.
An organization may receive no more than one donation of Cisco products per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30).
Grants that are donated within three months of a sale are not considered as a donation by the IRS; instead, the IRS considers these products an additional discount to the sale. Therefore, TechSoup Stock donations cannot be given to organizations that have purchased Cisco equipment within the last three months or that plan to purchase Cisco equipment within the next three months. TechSoup Stock donations done in conjunction with a Cisco sale are not allowed.
Administrative fees for Cisco equipment received by a single organization may total no more than $800 per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) — up to a $10,000 retail value in all.
An organization must be willing and able to demonstrate that technology is a budgeted line item and must be able to state the amount of such budgeted line item.
A range of direct-service nonprofit organizations are
eligible to receive Cisco donations. Please make sure that your organization's
primary mission and services correspond to one of the following
organizational types:
Health-service support organizations offering any of these types of services:
Hospital auxiliaries
Health clinics
Rural medical facilities
Blood banks
Cooperative hospital services
Mental health care facilities
Organizations providing these types of housing services:
Low-income housing
Low- and moderate-income housing
Housing for the aged
Instruction and guidance on housing
Organizations that provide education, job training, and literacy support
to underserved populations through any of the following program types:
Apprentice training
Other instruction and training
Job counseling or assistance
Remedial educational services
The following organizations are not
eligible to receive Cisco donations:
Affiliates of a national organization (such as the YMCA, the American
Red Cross, and Habitat for Humanity) that has more than twenty locations
(even if those affiliates are considered separate entities and are not
funded by the national organization)
Religious organizations without a secular community designation — A secular designation is defined as an organization separate from the church or religious organization that provides services to people regardless of their religious beliefs and does not propagate a belief in a specific faith. Example: A food bank with nonprofit or charity status that is run by a church but is a separate and unique organization that provides food and meals to anyone who qualifies for services, regardless of religious beliefs.
Legislative and political advocacy groups
Youth services organizations
other than those listed above for education, job training, and literacy support to underserved populations
Radio, television, media, publishing programs, or training
Foundations, lending, grant-making organizations, or organizations that provide funding or loans
Schools, academic organizations, and educational activities
Scientific research activities
Day care centers
Legal aid and civil rights activities
Museums
Art, cultural, and environmental education organizations
Libraries
Camps
Zoos
Rescue — fire departments and ambulance services
Hospitals and nursing homes
Outpatient services
Any organization that advocates, supports, or practices discrimination
based upon age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race,
size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.
All Cisco products except Linksys equipment include five years of Cisco SMARTnet
service and support on both hardware and software. After that coverage expires,
donation recipients are strongly encouraged to renew their SMARTnet service
and support agreement annually, for as long as they own the equipment or until
that equipment is declared End Of Life (EOL) and no longer supported by Cisco.
(PCMCIA and PCI cards alone do not require a SMARTnet contract.)
Cisco orders may not include non-Cisco item requests. Any non-Cisco items must be ordered separately so they are not subject to the Cisco processing delay.
Orders may be partially fulfilled: Due to the nature of the network design, product availability, and fiscal year schedules, all product donations are subject to change or delay without notice. Cisco reserves the right to substitute functionally equivalent products for any request or order.
One Community Enterprise donation may be requested per organization.
Donated product will be distributed under this program to qualifying
organizations only, not to individuals.
This donation is available to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and to Canadian Registered Charities with a Confirmation of Registration letter from the Canada Revenue Agency.
This software is available to non-501(c)(3) public libraries and Canadian public libraries. U.S. public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database. Canadian public libraries must appear on a list collected for us by the Public Library Services Branch, Ministry of Education, in British Columbia.
This software is available to educational institutions, including K – 12 schools, colleges, universities, and trade schools.
Only organizations with annual operating budgets of $500,000 USD or less are eligible to receive this donation.
Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
CitySoft products may not be transferred or resold.
Donated product will be distributed under this program to qualifying
organizations only, not to individuals.
This donation is available only to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation.
Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
ClickTime products may not be transferred or resold.
Donated product will be distributed under this program to qualifying organizations only, not to individuals.
This donation is available only to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designations or to Canadian Registered Charities with a Confirmation of Registration letter from the Canada Revenue Agency.
Each qualifying organization may request up to three donations per year within a fiscal year -- July 1 to June 30.
Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
Concentric products may not be transferred or resold.
Donated product will be distributed under this program to qualifying
organizations only, not to individuals.
One donation may be requested within a fiscal year (July 1 to June 30).
This donation is available to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and U.S. public libraries. U.S. public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database.
Recipient organizations must be willing and able to provide information to ESRI for the purposes of creating a case study or testimonial on this program.
Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
ESRI products may not be transferred, assigned, or resold.
Up to 1 item request may be
fulfilled within a fiscal year - July 1st to June
30th
Donated product will be distributed under this program to qualifying
organizations only, not to individuals.
This donation is available to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and Canadian Registered Charities with a Confirmation of Registration letter from the Canada Revenue Agency.
This software is available to non-501(c)(3) libraries and Canadian libraries. U.S. public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database. Canadian public libraries must appear on a list collected for us by the Public Library Services Branch, Ministry of Education, in British Columbia.
Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
eTapestry products may not be transferred or resold.
Donated products will be
distributed under this program to qualifying organizations
only, which will then assign the accounts to individuals.
One Flickr donation request
may be fulfilled within a fiscal year (July 1 to June 30).
This donation is available to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and to Canadian Registered Charities with a Confirmation of Registration letter from the Canada Revenue Agency.
This software is available to non-501(c)(3) libraries and Canadian libraries. U.S. public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database. Canadian public libraries must appear on a list collected for us by the Public Library Services Branch, Ministry of Education, in British Columbia.
Donation recipients must be 18 years of age or older.
Recipient organizations must be willing and able to provide information to Flickr for the purposes of creating a case study or testimonial on this program.
Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
Donated products
may not be transferred or resold.
One item request may be fulfilled within a fiscal year – July 1 to June 30.
Products will be distributed under this program to qualifying organizations, not to individuals.
Only organizations with annual operating budgets of $25,000 USD or less are eligible to receive a donated GiftWorks product. Only organizations with annual operating budgets of $50,000 USD or less are eligible to receive a discounted GiftWorks product.
This donation is available only to U.S. nonprofits and schools with 501(c)(3) designation, Canadian Registered Charities with a Confirmation of Registration letter from the Canada Revenue Agency, and public libraries.
U.S. public libraries must either have valid 501(c)(3) nonprofit status or be listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database. Canadian public libraries must appear on a list collected for us by the Public Library Services Branch, Ministry of Education in British Columbia.
Recipient organizations must be willing and able to provide information to GiftWorks for the purposes of creating a case study or testimonial on this program.
Organizations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organizations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
GiftWorks products may not be transferred or resold.
Donated product will be distributed under this program to qualifying
organizations only, not to individuals.
This donation is available only to U.S. nonprofits with 501(c)(3) designation and Canadian Registered Charities with a Confirmation of Registration letter from the Canada Revenue Agency.
This GrantStation membership is good for one year.
If your organization is a member of one of the following organizations, do not request this GrantStation offer. You are already eligible for a volume licensing membership. Please contact GrantStation directly for more information.
The Society for Nonprofit Organizations
Christian Appalachian Project
Orion Grassroots Network
Association of Junior Leagues International
Community Economic Assistance Center
Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development
Arkansas Coalition for Excellence
American Association of Grantwriting Professionals
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