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Your Tech Needs: How to Save and When to Spend What Foundations and Grantees Can Access When it Comes to Product Donations, Free IT Training and Resources

W E L C O M E !

DANI EL L E O L EKSZY K Chief Financial Officer, William Davidson Foundation

JI M LY NCH Staff Writer and Green Tech Director, TechSoup.org

Q & A

F O U N D AT I O N P E R S P E C T I V E

F O U N T A T I O N R E A L I T I E S • Budget constraints • % of Overhead • Subscriptions vs. Upfront Cost • Many Staff Wearing Multiple “Hats” – No dedicated IT staff – Non-technical personnel managing IT relationships

Our Story We are a global network of 62 partner NGOs that provide the best technology resources to over a half- million organizations in over 200 countries & territories. We connect organizations and people with the resources , support , and technology they need to change the world. Nonprofit Resources: Donated and Discounted Products - http://www.techsoup.org/ • Free Webinars - http://www.techsoup.org/community/events-webinars • The latest NPTech info - http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/b/tsblog/ • IT Assist – Discounted Managed IT Services - http://www.techsoup.org/it-assist •

Product Donation and Discount Suppliers for Charities, Education and Foundations • Nonprofit resource for general product • Primary resource for IT product donations • Affinity Partners program is a new donations and training. service offering discounted • Admin fee model like TechSoup nonprofit services and products • Admin fee model • Mostly different offers than • Variety of product donations - shoes, • Serves charities, foundations, religious TechSoup clothes, toys, office and school supplies, organizations and public libraries health and beauty products, sports and • http://www.independentsector.org/ • http://www.techsoup.org/ recreation equipment, a few IT is_affinity_program products • https://good360.org/ • Commercial discount IT store for nonprofits • Commercial IT discounter for schools, • Useful for augmenting TechSoup donations teachers, and education • Nonprofit IT discounter for schools, • https://www.cdw.com/content/industries/ • Available to charities and foundations teachers, and education (not charities) nonprofit/default.aspx through Techsoup • Deep catalog, but a bit difficult to use http://www.techsoup.org/journeyed • http://www.digitalwish.com • Deep catalog, and easy to use • Lots of charities get their refurbished iPads • http://www.journeyed.com/

TechSoup Donations and Admin Fees • TechSoupis a nonprofit that fits in between tech companies and charities. • Companies donate to TechSoup, and we distribute to foundations, nonprofits, & libaries worldwide. • Most product donations have admin fees for charities. • Example: Microsoft admin fees are 5% of retail. • Cloud products and services are trending toward discounts - not donations. • Admin fees cover shipping, customer service, and operating expenses etc.

Popular Product Donations for Michigan Charities and Foundations • Standard 2016 (6 applications) • Cloud based e-signature and • Professional Plus 2016 (9 applications) transaction management software • Office for Mac 2016 • All come with Software Assurance (free • Multiple versions of Norton Anti -virus upgrades) • Norton Small Business protects computers, tablets, and smartphones against the latest online threats • Online file-sharing, content management, and collaboration service with advanced security • New annual subscription service • Zero admin fees for multiple products • Adobe Creative Cloud Discounted for including new Dell computers, Photoshop nonprofits Elements, Tableau and Tableau training. • Dell Affiliate Program • Useful for frequent TechSoup users • Annual subscription • Up to 40% discounted new Dell laptops, • Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, • Sliding scale: small, medium and large desktops, and servers Dreamweaver – pretty much everything organizations (based on budget) • Commercial grade equipment

Free Stuff! • Google Ad Grants – links with Google • Free basic version (E1) for charities Analytics and public libraries • Great free online tool for editing • Google Apps for Nonprofits – online images for social media • Includes Office desktop applications, office applications, enterprise email, enterprise email, online file storage, • Easiest to use design program (takes online file storage, and simplified IT 23 seconds to learn) and simplified IT management management • Over 10 million users • Apply to get it at • Google One Today - mobile fundraising Microsoft.com/philanthropy • https://www.canva.com/ app • Apply to get them at: http://www.google.com/nonprofits • Data visualization and business • CRM database software • Free online photo editing from analytics software • NGO Connect - Basic fundraising and Autodesk • Free for 501(C)3 organizations with engagement management • Pixler Express is simple to use under $1M operating budgets • Nonprofit Starter Pack - Basic • Pixlr Editor is more robust • Find it at: fundraising http://www.splunk.com/en_us/solution • Find it at: https://pixlr.com/ • First 10 licenses are free, more are s/industries/nonprofit.html discounted • Get it at: http://www.salesforce.org

F R E E N O C O S T

H I D D E N C O S T S • Implementation • Training • Maintenance • Low cost is not always the right solution

T R A I N I N G A N D A R T I C L E S

NPTech and Foundation Training Resources • Training via how-to articles and webinars • Primary IT training courseware on TechSoup • Mostly oriented to how to use product • In-depth trainings and research donations • Multiple Microsoft courses • Much of it is free • All of it is free • http://www.techsoup.org/training- • Partners with TAG and-education • http://www.techsoup.org/community/ • http://www.idealware.org/ events-webinars • One of the primary NPTech consulting • Online community with deep IT training • Mostly free resources via their places in the U.S. resources exclusively for foundations blog, articles, and reports • Is a nonprofit organization • Some trainings are free, but well worth • Organizer of the annual • Very active blog the annual fee Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC) • Especially deep in cloud migration and • Training via webinars, in-person Office 365 regional meetings, annual conference • http://www.nten.org/knowledge /reports-and-resources/ • http://blog.techimpact.org/ • http://www.tagtech.org/

T H A N K Y O U !

A P E N D I X

TECHSOUP Impact Together, we build a stronger, more resilient civil society. 1M $5.8B $17,400 TechSoup Members in technology products saved, on average, by Worldwide and grants employed by nonprofits that use NGOs for the greater TechSoup’s resources Over a quarter million good in the U.S. 100+ 7.4M 700,000 corporate and newsletter subscribers foundation partners who want practical IT annual visits to connected with the knowledge our websites causes and communities they care about *Source: survey conducted among TechSoup members in 2013

TechSoup’s Programs TechSoup.org NGOsource NGOk Provides NGOs with technology, Simplifies international Connects philanthropy programs products, services, and education giving for grantmakers with validated at low or no cost. and grantees. NGOs around the world. GuideStar International Caravan Studios NetSquared Provides an information Creates apps that help Builds local communities system for NGO reporting communities solve critical for people working in social good and transparency. problems. technology.

100+ te c hno lo g y do no rs • Acclivity • ClickTime • InterConnection • Red Earth Software • Adobe • Closerware • Intuit • Sage Software • Alpha Software • Comodo • JourneyEd • Shopify • Atlas Business Solutions • Connect2Give • Litmos • Simple Charity Registration • Atomic Training • Dell • Little Green Light • Skillsoft • Autodesk • Dharma Merchant Services • Mailshell • Smart Business Savings • Azavea • Digital Wish • Microsoft • Society for Nonprofit Organizations • BetterWorld • Dolby • Mobile Beacon • Sparrow Mobile • Bitdefender • DonorPerfect • NetSuite • Symantec • Blackbaud • Efficient Elements • Nielsen • Tableau • Bloomerang • FileMaker • NonProfitEasy • TechBridge • Box • GoDaddy • O&O Software • Tech Impact • Brocade • GrantStation • OneNFP • Teespring • Bytes of Learning • Guide By Cell • PayAnywhere • Telosa • Caspio • Headsets.com • PC Rebuilders & Recyclers • Tint • CauseVox • Horizon DataSys • People-OnTheGo • Ultralingua • CDI Computer Dealers • HR Solutions Partners • PhilanTech • Western Digital • Cisco • Huddle • Pitney Bowes • Zoner • Citrix • Idealware • Quickbooks Made Easy • CitySoft • InFocus • Reading Eggs • CleverReach • Informz • ReadyTalk

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