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Donating Technology and the Training to Use It

Organizations that donate technology or the training to use it are in the largest category of technology organizations. Groups in this category may either help other nonprofits learn to use technology, help people (including the disabled and minorities), or help businesses.

Training & Aid for Nonprofits

Helping nonprofits become more effective is what these groups think is the best use of technology.

  Center for Nonprofit Management
An educational organization whose mission is to help schools enhance instruction through technology integration and other innovative methods.

  Columbia Technology Center
Offers computer use and classes, nonprofit Internet access and Web Pages, laser printing, scanning, photocopying, faxing, digital camera, tutoring, and more.

  Environmental Support Center
Strengthens grassroots environmental nonprofits with training and organizational assistance, donations of technology, fund-raising loans and other services.

  NPower
Helps nonprofits utilize technology. Services include consulting, training, and volunteer matching.

  TechBridge
Offers technology consulting and resource location services to other nonprofits.

  Technology Works for Good
Technology Works for Good is committed to helping nonprofits in the Washington, DC area understand, access and apply available technologies to deliver vital programs and services.

  Tecschange
Technology for Social Change, based in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, provides recycled computers, services of skilled volunteers, and computer training to nonprofit groups in the Boston area and around the world.

  Together Foundation
Provides computer and communications services that make critical information and communication linkages more universally accessible, especially to nonprofit organizations.


Training & Aid for People

Donating computers and training people to use them can improve their chances of finding a job and leading a successful and productive life.

  computerempowerment
Computer Empowerment strengthens communities and individuals by bridging the technology and education gap in under-served areas.

  Futures in Information Technology
A nonprofit job retraining program. Funded by the city of New York and operated by the Metropolitan Jewish Council. Their mission is to provide quality job training to unemployed individuals and assist them in re-entering the work force.

  mouse.org
The mission of MOUSE is to be a catalyst for the integration of technology and education, empowering students and schools to succeed in the information age.


Training & Aid for Disabled Persons

Some of the most exciting advances in computer technology have been in aiding those who may be physically handicapped, deaf, or blind, and these organizations provide training and aid for these groups.

  Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired
Offering services for the visually impaired including counseling, rehabilitation training, assistive technology center and orientation and mobility instruction.

  Assistive Technology Resource Centers of Hawaii
A statewide, nonprofit committed to ensuring access to assistive technology for persons with disabilities via information and training on devices, services, and funding resources.

  DREAMMS for Kids Assistive Technology Clearing House
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit agency that specializes in assistive technology for children with special needs.


Training & Aid for Minorities
These groups target some of the problems that are unique to our minority communities in an effort to correct inequalities.

  Center for Accessible Technology
CforAT has grown to become a consumer-based technology resource and demonstration center for adults and children with disabilities, families, teachers, and professionals.

  Digital Sisters
Digital Sisters offers programs that empower young girls and women of color to be fluent users, inventors of technology, providers of content, and academically enriched.

  National Association for the Advancement of Minorities in Technology
Offers a nonprofit, non-partisan organization advocating minority participation in technology oriented education, employment, and venture capital formation. Also includes women and those with disabilities.

  PeasyHead Inc
Private nonprofit organization providing support and technology education to underrepresented African-American youth.




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