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E2D
www.e-2-d.org/
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.
Davidson
North Carolina
Interconnection
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.
Seattle
Washington
Bridging Tech
Bridging Tech
San Mateo
CA
Tech for Troops
Tech For Troops
Tech for Troops is a 501c(3) Non-profit based in Richmond Virginia, dedicated to
empower veterans with computer, skills, and Information Technology (IT), providing workforce training, enabling and encouraging veterans to apply for jobs, get online training, start business, manage their VA benefits, and connect with family and friends.
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.
Richmond
Virginia
We Care Tucson
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.
Tucson
Arizona
Closing the Divide
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.
San Jose
California
Connect Lake County
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.
Lake County
Illinois
Urban Tech Hero
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.
Wilmington
Delaware
St. Paul Neighborhood Network
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:
- Develop the personal and artistic expression of underrepresented people in media.
- Foster arts experimentation and collaboration among young people, emerging artists, and partners.
- Create meaningful connections between diverse arts voices and the broader community.
- Increase 21st century work-readiness skills of underserved youth and adults.
Saint Paul
Minnesota
Peer to Peer University (P2PU)
Peer to Peer University
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.
San Francisco
California
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Strive to Thrive |
Strive2Thrive Edu is a 501c3 nonprofit organization focused on ending cycles of poverty in developing countries through the advancement of education in all age groups. They provide students with personalized teaching, curriculum, highly qualified teachers, and academic resources such as books, pencils, laptops, etc. Strive2Thrive Edu aligns with 8 United Nations Sustainable Development goals focused on supporting over 3000 students in over 30 countries. Beneficiaries include orphans, refugees, youth from underserved schools, and young adults from underserved communities. Educational programs focus on academic, vocational/technical, and peer mentoring to support students in school and beyond to help make strides in building independent and self-sustaining lives.
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Connected Nation |
Connected Nation is a nonprofit working to develop and provide tools, resources, and methods to help local communities, states, and federal agencies create and implement solutions to their broadband and digital technology gaps. They believe that everyone is part of our connected nation and should have opportunities to improve their lives, families and communities regardless of who they are, where they live, or how they begin. They have a state map with information about current and past digital projects at: https://connectednation.org/state-by-state/ They work with all providers of broadband service. Their neutral approach to developing plans for broadband expansion makes it possible to build effective public-private partnerships within communities at the local, state and federal level.
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Connected Insights |
Connected Insights is a non-profit for scientific and educational research. Their mission is to increase the impact, responsiveness, and adaptability of social programs. They conduct social science research and evaluation of economic development and digital inclusion efforts made by nonprofit organizations, government programs and community leaders. Connected Insights was founded to:
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Masonic Angels Foundation, Inc. Laptops for Kidz |
Laptops for KidZ is a project of the volunteer-operated Masonic Angel Foundation, Inc. LFK was launched in 2010 to provide laptops and other devices to school children who would not otherwise have access to a computer outside school hours. Our volunteers accept donated laptops, make necessary repairs and reconfigure them with a fresh Windows license we obtain as a non-profit member of the Microsoft Registered Refurbisher Program. Laptops are placed through schools that partner with the Masonic Angel Foundation in our core function of basic assistance to families in need, providing food, clothing, winter coats, school supplies, eyeglasses and other necessary items. School professionals determine which students receive Laptops for KidZ devices. The Masons never learn the identity of recipients. Laptops for KidZ devices are sent home with a flash drive to facilitate moving files back and forth between home and school. Many recipient families qualify for Comcast’s $9.95/month Internet Essentials broadband access program. LFK/MAF has partnered with Internet Essentials since 2011. In its first five years of operation, Laptops for KidZ placed over 1,250 machines with families across Eastern Massachusetts.
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Orleans |
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IBSA |
IBSA, Inc. is a nonprofit tax-exempt organization that provides employment and training services, youth development and community service activities, and small business training, development & support services. IBSA is committed to the development and provision of programs that serve as alternatives to traditional institutionalization and works to further individuals’ full participation as productive citizens to society. Employment/Self-employment training, services and programs are available under provider agreements with the State of Kansas Dept. of Commerce, the Dept. of Children & Families (DCF) and other government agencies & nonprofit organizations.
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Computer Reach |
COMPUTER REACH is a nonprofit social enterprise that trains volunteers to refurbish used computers and digital equipment in an environmentally responsible manner. We work with funding partners to provide refurbished equipment to qualified humanitarian organizations around the world to meet their technology needs so they can better serve their communities. We support the equipment we place and specify environmentally responsible recycling.  
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Technology Learning Collaborative of Philadelphia |
The mission of the Technology Learning Collaborative is to sustain a robust network of community-based organizations doing digital literacy work, to improve and expand programming across Philadelphia, share and promote member resources to the wider communities they serve, offer professional training and development for member staff, collaborate on high priority interest areas, and advocate for projects and programs that promote digital literacy and reduce the digital divide. As a professional association TLC brings together agencies with diverse missions to accomplish common goals through digital literacy programming. Here are some of the things they do:
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TechBoomers |
Techboomers.com is a free educational website that teaches older adults and others with limited computer skills how to use the most popular websites and apps on the Internet.
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Waterloo |
Ontario |
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San DIego Futures Foundation |
San Diego Futures Foundation works to improve lives in San Diego County by making information technology available to underserved populations by providing technology equipment, training, support, IT outsourcing, and digital media services to nonprofit organizations, disadvantaged small businesses, low-income households, people with disabilities, and seniors.
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