TechSoup Global

TechSoup Global, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was founded in 1987 on the belief that technology is a powerful enabler for social change. TSG is working toward a time when every nonprofit and NGO on the planet has the technology resources and knowledge they need to operate at their full potential.
 
TechSoup.Org Product Donations is a technology product philanthropy service for nonprofits which was launched in January 2002. It is the exclusive U.S. distributor of Microsoft product donations, and helps to connect nonprofits and libraries to over 430 different product donations from 45 donating partners (including Cisco, Symantec, Sun and Adobe). Products and services valued at more than US$2.2 billion have been put in the hands of social benefit organisations since the project began in January 2002, resulting in great savings to the civil society sector and freeing precious financial resources.
 
The TechSoup Global Network helps connect nonprofits from outside the U.S. to donations of software, technology products, and services. Through TechSoup Global Network Partner NGOs and regional affiliates, the TechSoup technology donation program is available to community-based organisations in more than 35 countries.
 
SANGONeT, through the SANGOTeCH Technology Donation Programme, is TechSoup Global’s partner in South Africa, Botswana and Kenya.
 
In 2010, TechSoup Global and GuideStar International, a U.K.-registered charity that promotes transparency and civil society organisation reporting, combined operations in order to strengthen their respective capacity-building programs for civil society. The two organizations share a mission to benefit global civil society through the provision of technology, information, and resources.
 
NGOsource, a project of the Council on Foundations and TechSoup Global, is an equivalency determination information repository service to help U.S. grantmakers streamline their international grantmaking procedures and help U.S. grantmakers evaluate whether an NGO outside of the U.S. is the equivalent of a U.S. public charity.
 
NetSquared is an initiative which aids individuals and communities in using web-based tools, and gives financial support for social action projects. Launched in 2005, it includes active Net Squared Local monthly meetups in 79 cities in 25 countries.
 
For more about TSG’s programmes, refer to http://www.techsoupglobal.org/story/programs.