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Computer Corps (Every Home a Classroom)
Computer Corps
Carson City, NV 89701
Nevada
Austin Free Net
Austin Free Net
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Austin
Texas
Computers for Families (Santa Barbara County Education Office)
sbceo.org/~sbceocff
California
Computers 4 Kids
Computers for Kids
Computers 4 Kids’ mission is to greatly improve the educational outcome of low income students in our community by providing free and low-cost computers to those who meet our program qualifications. Their goals include providing students with the valuable tools, resources, and supplies they need in order to continue to be productive and successful in school by placing a computer in the home of every kindergarten through 12th grade student in the Washington Unified School District in West Sacramento. They also provide computers to the Los Rios Community College District. Through the federal work study program at the local community college, students studying computer hardware can get hands-on training and experience refurbishing and repairing computers on-site. They have provided training to over 60 Computer Technicians.
West Sacramento
California
PCs for People
www.pcsforpeople.org
Since 1998, PCs for People has been a driving force behind digital inclusion efforts in across the US. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, our mission is to provide a technology access that offers employment and educational opportunities to low-income individuals, families with children, and those with disabilities.
Their services include free end-of-life IT asset management and certified data sanitization, technology refurbishing, computer distribution, computer repair, internet service, tech education, and free electronic recycling. Through an unwavering commitment to the communities they serve, they have distributed over 60,000 computers, subscribed thousands of families to low cost internet, and recycled millions of pounds of electronics.
They have facilities in St. Paul, Denver, and Mankato, MN, where they were founded. They serve 200 people a day coming through their doors, low income families looking for computers, computer repair, or Internet service.
In addition to shipping nationwide, PCs for People has partnered with Mobile Beacon to offer a free platform that allows non-profits to offer affordable, high-quality refurbished computers and Mobile Beacon’s unlimited, high-speed internet service for as low as $10/month.
St. Paul
Minnesota
United Tech Project Foundation
UTP Foundation
United Tech Project Foundation was created in 2017 to deliver the power of skilled education and opportunity to the people who need it the most. Their mission is to empower disadvantaged youth for success through the “Power of Tech”.
The United Tech Project Foundation offers a remote training program that provides IT professionals for disadvantaged youth helping close the digital literacy divide.
Wilmington
Delaware
Net Literacy
www.netliteracy.org
Net Literacy has donated over 44,000 repurposed computers to the families of students without a computer at home, as well as to schools, public libraries, after-school programs, churches, community centers, and other nonprofits. Their Computer Connects program has repurposed computers for eighteen years in Indiana.
Carmel
Indiana
RSVP
RSVP
RSVP improves the lives of vulnerable populations in the local community of Southeastern Pennsylvania by focusing on education and wellness and by supporting nonprofits through skill-based volunteer programs.
The Digital Equity Project provides online training for adults to learn to use email, the internet, Zoom, social media as well as access community resources so they can connect with friends and family, communicate with their child’s teacher, access resources, and ease the feeling of isolation.
King of Prussia
Pennsylvania
Independence FIrst
independencefirst.org
Independence First offers over 20 Programs & Services to people in the Milwaukee metropolitan area with disabilities of all kinds. Independence First provides help to identify technology and adaptive equipment to overcome barriers to use. Experienced staff has information on assistive technology and adaptive equipment while our Assistive Technology Loan and Demonstration Center offers 1000+ items to try. Formal and informal assessments, advocacy, information and referral, and equipment trials are services available through this program. Independence First helps their clients make informed choices about adaptive equipment and find cost effective ways to meet their adaptive equipment needs.
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Lutheran Social Services of North Florida
Lutheran Social Services of North Florida
Lutheran Social Services of North Florida began as a social ministry effort of Epiphany Lutheran Church in 1988. The goal was to meet what was believed to be critical social service need in the community. LSSNF was established as a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation in August 1989 with the following mission statement: “Develop and administer programs to address unmet social service needs in north Florida.” This mission is carried out by networking with social service providers in the target area and by reviewing current needs assessments.
The Computer Refurbishing and Technical Assistance (CRTA) program, a Microsoft Registered Refurbisher, recycles computers donated by the community for distribution to low-income individuals and human service agencies in Tallahassee and the Greater Big Bend area of North Florida.
As computers become a larger part of our daily lives, the lack of access to computers and the Internet for those unable to afford it creates an ever increasing digital divide. Likewise, electronic waste increases as consumers upgrade to newer technologies. CRTA addresses both of these problems. CRTA receives computers and related technology that would otherwise be discarded. Most of these machines go on to fill the digital divide by serving local not for profit agencies, their clients, and/or local elementary and high school students. The items we receive that are broken or that do not meet our quality standards are sent for electronics recycling. None of the items we receive go to landfills.
Tallahassee
Florida
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E2D hires high school and college students to be lab technicians’ to produce refurbished laptops with new operating systems and unrestricted access to the internet. They provide these computers to families for a very low cost or for free. E2D works with dozens of other non-profit organizations and wrap-around agencies that also serve families with need, such as The United Way, Habitat for Humanity, and the Federal McKinney-Vento Homeless program. Lastly, E2D works with some corporate philanthropists to cover the full purchase price for a certain constituency or select group of recipients, like Charter/Spectrum does annually, directing free laptops to Charlotte’s home insecure populations.
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Interconnection |
InterConnection is a Seattle based non-profit that has been working to bridge the digital divide since 1999. They do this through redistribution of refurbished computers. All of the computers they work with are donated, and those that cannot be reused are recycled and diverted from landfills. In order to get this refurbished technology back into the community, they work closely with community organizations around the country who help get this technology directly into the hands of the community members they serve. They work with these organizations through internal programs, partnerships to facilitate technology distribution, and specific made-to-request orders from organizations. They also have an in-person store in Seattle and two websites where folks can purchase technology directly: InterConnection.org/retailstore is a site for the general public, and ConnectAll.org site is for qualifying low-income individuals, students, and nonprofit organizations where folks can find heavily marked down technology.
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Tech for Troops |
Tech for Troops is a 501c(3) Non-profit based in Richmond Virginia, dedicated to T4T supports Veterans in confronting the lack of a computer and the lack of the skills needed to effectively use that computer by collecting and refurbishing laptops and other devices and providing the refurbished equipment, along with training, to Veterans in need for low or no cost.
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We Care Tucson |
We Care Tucson is a Tucson-focused nonprofit. They collect used technology, sort the donations, refurbish what they can, and recycle what they can’t use. They offer a low-cost computer program to the economically challenged, and sell their other refurbished electronics to the general public. WCT also offers rental of durable medical equipment, which people can borrow for a minimal administrative fee, plus they provide free medical supplies for those in need.
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Closing the Divide |
ClosingTheDivide (CTD) is a student-driven 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to bridging the digital divide through a variety of initiatives. Their initiatives range from donating computers to underprivileged families, to providing coding classes to thousands of students, to diverting e-waste from landfills. They implement these initiatives through two avenues: e-waste collection and digital literacy promotion. Through their e-waste program, they recycle or refurbish used devices to help the environment and create a new supply of devices to donate. They also provide free coding classes taught by high school students to use skills and inspire passion in local youth to follow a career path in the emerging STEM field.
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Connect Lake County |
Based in northern Illinois, ConnectWaukegan is an initiative of the Waukegan Community Broadband Taskforce, a public private collective impact effort focusing on underserved communities in Lake County. Through digital inclusion work, ConnectWaukegan is committed to the activities necessary to ensure that all individuals and communities, including the most disadvantaged, have access to and use of information and communication technologies. By utilizing the Digital Navigator just in time model, the ConnectWaukegan team helps community members register for the Affordable Connectivity Program, apply the benefit to an internet service provider, access technology support, and assess technology and digital skill building needs. ConnectWauekgan is currently exploring the feasibility of a fixed wireless solution (read their proof of concept here) and the Community Connection Center model as a means of providing resources to community members.
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Urban Tech Hero |
Urban Tech Hero takes young people in disadvantaged communities heading for a life of poverty, offers them best-in-class technical training at no cost, and helps them land tech jobs that suit their strengths.
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Wilmington |
Delaware |
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St. Paul Neighborhood Network |
Founded in 1984 to offer a media voice to underrepresented people, SPNN is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit that has since grown to harness its unique media tools, digital communications expertise, and spirit of innovation to elevate community media arts to a new level, becoming a national model. SPNN improves community social, civic, and economic equity via the transformative art of media making and 21st century skill-building. Their mission is: to empower people to use media and communications to better lives, use authentic voice, and build common understanding. They utilize the power of technology to:
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Peer to Peer University (P2PU) |
Peer 2 Peer University (or simply P2PU) is a non-profit organization that facilitates equitable learning beyond institutional walls. Founded in 2008, P2PU has grown into a distributed community of educators, librarians, activists, policy-makers, and technologists. P2PU trains librarians and community leaders to facilitate learning in their neighborhoods, develops and curates open educational resources and software, and champions related causes including open education, digital equity, and public libraries.
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