From: "John Zelson" <zelson@libertynet.org>
To: "reuse list" <reuse@thruputcomputing.com>
Subject: Fw:      Source of low-cost software for non-profits
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 05:25:55 -0400

hey,  a couple resources (software toward bottom) from VISTAnet.   later,
john

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Subject: Source of low-cost software for non-profits


>If your non-profit agency needs to buy Microsoft or educational software
but
>has a limited budget (is there any that doesn't?), CompuMentor, a
non-profit
>organization in San Francisco, can help.  Here is some information I copied
>from their website at www.compumentor.org <http://www.compumentor.org> .
>
>CompuMentor is the largest nonprofit computerization assistance
organization
>in the country. Since 1987, CompuMentor has utilized its consulting staff
><http://www.compumentor.org/cm/compumentor/staff.html>  and volunteer
>mentors to provide training and support services, and low cost software, to
>more than 6,000 nonprofits and schools.
>
>CompuMentor has two ways to help nonprofits and schools get the software
>they need at reasonable prices:
>
> <http://www.compumentor.org/cm/services/software/order_form.html> Order
>Software and Publications Thanks to the generous donations of Microsoft and
>other top software publishers, CompuMentor can offer some of today's
hottest
>software for very reasonable prices. The program offers such popular
>software packages as Office 2000 for Windows, Office 98 for Macintosh, and
>Windows 98. The software titles distributed through this program are
>available for nominal handling fees of $25 to $55. Also available are
>CompuMentor publications, like our Year 2000 Audit Workbook for Nonprofits.
>
>Microsoft donations are not available to political organizations, k-12
>schools, or religious organizations. Please refer to the Microsoft
Education
><http://www.microsoft.com/education/products/>  or the Microsoft Community
>Affairs <http://www.microsoft.com/giving/>  site for details on these
>programs.
>
>      Microsoft Limitations:
>
>*       Microsoft donations are not available to political organizations,
>k-12 schools, or religious organizations. Please refer to the Microsoft
>Education <http://www.microsoft.com/education/products/>  or the Microsoft
>Community  <http://www.microsoft.com/giving/> Affairs site for details on
>these programs.
>
>
>
>*       Microsoft restricts each eligible group to one copy each of up to 3
>different Microsoft products and up to 10 additional one-user licenses for
>each product (where applicable) in a fiscal year (July 1-June 30).
>
>
>
>*       Nonprofits located in Washington State should request Microsoft
>software donations directly from the company by visiting their Community
>Affairs website <http://www.microsoft.com/giving/pages/c-sofdon.htm> , or
by
>calling 425-936-8185 and selecting option one.
>
> <http://www.compumentor.org/cm/services/software/catalog_info.html> "One
of
>a Kind" Software Catalog Generous donations from software publishers, book
>publishers, reviewers, and individual donors, give nonprofits and schools
>access to a wide variety of software titles and computer related books. The
>software titles and books distributed through this program are available
for
>nominal handling fees of $7 to $25. Three times a year Compumentor makes
>available a "One of a Kind" software catalog. Items are available on a
first
>come, first served basis.
>
>CompuMentor's contact information:
>
>CompuMentor
>
>487 Third Street
>
>San Francisco, CA 94107
>
>T: (415) 512-7784 or (800) 659-3579
>
>F: 415-512-9629
>
>E: realperson@compumentor.org <mailto:realperson@compumentor.org>
>
>Diane Blomgren
>AmeriCorps*VISTA Leader
>Rural California Housing Corporation (RCHC)
>3120 Freeboard Drive, Suite 202
>West Sacramento, CA  95691
>Phone:  916-414-4442
>Fax: 916-414-4490
>