{"id":15896,"date":"2013-10-17T11:35:15","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T15:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/?p=15896"},"modified":"2013-10-18T10:18:49","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T14:18:49","slug":"microsoft-software-donations-for-faith-based-organizations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/cccc\/2013\/10\/17\/microsoft-software-donations-for-faith-based-organizations\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Software Donations for Faith-Based Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has expanded their eligibility requirements for their popular software donations program.\u00a0<b>Faith-based or religious organizations and hospice societies are now eligible to participate.<\/b>\u00a0Available software donations and programs include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Microsoft Office<\/li>\n<li>Windows operating systems<\/li>\n<li>Windows server software<\/li>\n<li>Office 365 for Nonprofits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Faith-based or religious organizations include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>religious groups and places of worship, such as churches, synagogues, mosques and temples<\/li>\n<li>religious orders<\/li>\n<li>missionaries<\/li>\n<li>faith-based children\u2019s camps<\/li>\n<li>faith-informed women\u2019s health care centres<\/li>\n<li>other religious charities and nonprofits<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hospice societies must be separate from a hospital to be eligible. Educational institutions that provide accredited diplomas (such as religious private schools and separate schools) remain ineligible for Microsoft&#8217;s donations program; instead, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/licensing\/licensing-options\/for-industries.aspx#tab=2\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft&#8217;s Programs for Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additional terms and conditions may apply.\u00a0 Please refer to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.techsoupcanada.ca\/en\/microsoft\/eligibility\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft\u2019s Program Guidelines<\/a>\u00a0for detailed eligibility criteria.<\/p>\n<p><b>How to Get Microsoft Donations<\/b><br \/>\nThe first step is to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techsoupcanada.ca\/user\/register\/\" target=\"_blank\">register with TechSoup Canada<\/a>, which is free and only takes a few minutes.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.techsoupcanada.ca\/en\/support\/how-to-register\" target=\"_blank\">Registering<\/a>\u00a0will also give you access to discounts and donations from up to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.techsoupcanada.ca\/en\/directory\/vocabulary\/2\" target=\"_blank\">26 other donor partners<\/a>, which include office productivity suites, graphic design software, accounting packages, and security programs.<\/p>\n<p><b>How Does the Microsoft Program Work?<\/b><br \/>\nThe program uses an allotment cycle, which re-sets every two years, starting from your first donation request. In each two-year cycle you can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Request licenses from up to 10 of over 70 available Microsoft title groups.<\/li>\n<li>Request up to 50 licenses per Microsoft title group.<\/li>\n<li>Request up to 5 server products, regardless of server title group.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please refer to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.techsoupcanada.ca\/en\/support\/microsoft\/faq\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Donations Program FAQs<\/a>\u00a0for detailed information.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.techsoupcanada.ca\/en\/about\/contact\" target=\"_blank\">TechSoup Canada<\/a> would be happy to answer any of your questions.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has expanded their eligibility requirements for their popular software donations program.\u00a0Faith-based or religious organizations and hospice societies are now eligible to participate.\u00a0Available software donations and programs include: Microsoft Office Windows operating systems Windows server software Office 365 for Nonprofits Faith-based or religious organizations include: religious groups and places of&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/cccc\/2013\/10\/17\/microsoft-software-donations-for-faith-based-organizations\/\" class=\"linkbutton\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ts_fic_featured_image_caption":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-15896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Microsoft Software Donations for Faith-Based Organizations - CCCC Blogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mail.cccc.org\/news_blogs\/cccc\/2013\/10\/17\/microsoft-software-donations-for-faith-based-organizations\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Microsoft Software Donations for Faith-Based Organizations - CCCC Blogs\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Microsoft has expanded their eligibility requirements for their popular software donations program.\u00a0Faith-based or religious organizations and hospice societies are now eligible to participate.\u00a0Available software donations and programs include: Microsoft Office Windows operating systems Windows server software Office 365 for Nonprofits Faith-based or religious organizations include: religious groups and places of... 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