Getting Started at TechSoup Stock

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Overview of TechSoup Stock

TechSoup Stock is an online product donation service that connects nonprofits with technology product donations from more than twenty-five leading corporate and nonprofit technology partners. As a nonprofit organization ourselves, our mission is to help other organizations further their programmatic goals through the intelligent use of technology.

To find out more about us, see About Us.

• Key Features and Benefits
• Who Can Receive Product Donations
• About Administrative Fees
• Privacy Policy

Key Features and Benefits

• TechSoup Stock distributes donated and deeply discounted technology products to eligible nonprofits and public libraries in a supportive, educational environment.
• Our administrative fees are low — typically 4 to 20 percent of retail prices — thanks to generous donations and discounts from over 25 technology partners, including Microsoft, Adobe, Symantec, Cisco, and Intuit.
• You can place requests for product donations quickly and easily online. There are no registration or membership fees to request products from TechSoup Stock.
• TechSoup Stock is a nonprofit serving nonprofits. TechSoup Stock is a project of CompuMentor, a San Francisco–based nonprofit. Since 2002, our low fees have saved over 50,000 nonprofits approximately $400 million, a savings they can redirect into their programs.

Who Can Receive Product Donations

In order to be qualified to receive any donated products, organizations must be able to demonstrate their status as 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations, registered Canadian charities, or U.S. or Canadian public libraries. In most cases, qualification entails providing documents by fax, mail, or email. TechSoup Stock customer service representatives use these documents to verify registration information.

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 confirm that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.

In addition to TechSoup Stock's eligibility requirements, each of TechSoup Stock's technology partners has its own restrictions for donations based on such factors as type of organization, annual budget, and the number of other products an organization has received in the past. These partner restrictions are based on the philanthropic policies of the partners and are not reflective of TechSoup Stock policy. Each partner has different eligibility requirements for donations.

Please Note: It is possible for an organization to pass TechSoup Stock's qualification process but still not be eligible for many donations. This could happen if the organization does not meet the eligibility requirements established by the technology partner that is donating the products through TechSoup Stock. It is a good idea to check the eligibility requirements for the products that you want to request before you begin the registration process.

• To determine if your organization might be eligible for a particular product, check the Restrictions section on the page that describes the product.
• To check the eligibility information for all standard donation programs in one place, see the Nonprofit Eligibility Requirements and Donor Partner Restrictions page.

About Administrative Fees

Our administrative fees partially subsidize our donation programs and ensure that TechSoup Stock can continue to offer donated and discounted technology products as efficiently as possible, at the lowest possible cost. The fees vary by program and are based on a number of factors:

• The amount of work involved in launching the program
• The amount of work involved in qualifying and processing organizations' requests for products on an ongoing basis
• The expected volume of requests
• For discount programs, the nature of our agreement with the partner or supplier

Privacy Policy

All of your information is encrypted to ensure privacy. Our servers are located in a secure facility and are protected by a sophisticated firewall. We do not sell email addresses to third parties. For details, see our Privacy Statement.

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