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Special thanks to the Ontario Trillium Foundation for providing seed funding for TechSoup Canada.

Community Partners

Donor Partners

Adobe

Adobe revolutionizes how the world engages with ideas and information. The company's award-winning technologies and software have redefined business, entertainment, and personal communications by setting new standards for producing and delivering content that engages people anywhere at anytime. For more than 20 years, Adobe has been not only a technological innovator, but also a respected employer and steadfast community partner. Adobe supports strategic programs and partnerships that help make communities better, stronger, and more vibrant places to live, work, and do business by providing cash grants and in-kind contributions, including donated software, volunteer support, and software training for nonprofit organizations.

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Alpha Software

At Alpha Software, our mission is to build cutting-edge database software that enables our customers to build breakthrough applications and solve database management problems rapidly and easily. Our award-winning flagship product, Alpha Five, combines sophisticated database management and application building capabilities wrapped in an extremely straightforward and intuitive user interface. Alpha Five has solved database problems for the smallest businesses, government users, and Fortune 100 companies.

"We are delighted to be able to offer our Alpha Five database software to nonprofits across the country through the innovative TechSoup donation program. Increasingly, we are seeing commercial organizations benefiting from both desktop and web-based database applications. Alpha Five donations grant nonprofits the same ability to build database solutions easily, rapidly, and cost-effectively."

—Richard Rabins, Co-Chairman, Alpha Software, Inc.

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Atlas Business Solutions

Atlas Business Solutions, Inc. (ABS), a leading provider of affordable and easy-to-use business software, is committed to assisting those organizations that support the world in which we live. ABS realizes the need for effective business software tools in the workplace and is proud to offer these best-in-class solutions to qualified nonprofits. Through software donations and discounts, ABS is driven to improve efficiency in the workplace and help organizations become more productive and successful. ABS is proud to partner with TechSoup to offer its software to the nonprofit community.

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Bytes of Learning

Bytes of Learning believes that computer technology enriches education by engaging students and teachers in learning, creating, and communicating. Its mission is to provide the tools, technology, and guidance to meet this goal.

Bytes of Learning offers its software donations to community organizations and other nonprofit groups who rely primarily on private donations and who assist disadvantaged people of any age and walk of life.

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Cisco

Cisco Systems Corporate Philanthropy is committed to providing the resources its communities need to prosper, while educating its coworkers about the challenges facing those communities. Corporate Philanthropy includes the Cisco Foundation and the Community Investment group. Cisco's partnerships with nonprofits give them access to technology solutions and leverage the power of the Internet, allowing them to focus on the individuals they serve.

"Cisco is committed to providing comprehensive technology solutions for nonprofits at a fraction of the usual cost. This joint initiative with TechSoup ensures that our products are properly distributed to nonprofits, and used in a way that furthers their business goals and increases their productivity."

— Robert Deutsch, Senior Community Investment Manager of Cisco Systems

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Citrix Online

Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, Inc., provides remote connectivity and collaboration tools to organizations throughout the world. Every Citrix Online product is designed to deliver exceptional reliability, speed, security, and ease of use while being affordable to organizations of all sizes.

Citrix Online supports nonprofit organizations through donated products, employee volunteerism, and other corporate philanthropy programs. We offer these solutions to nonprofits because we believe in connecting people — not only online, but in our communities. Through partnering with TechSoup, Citrix Online seeks to provide even more nonprofits with the resources they need to increase productivity, decrease travel costs, and reach more people.

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CitySoft

CitySoft is a software company serving the social sector — nonprofits, associations, and government clients. CitySoft provides Community Enterprise, an open-source, Web-based enterprise software platform that provides content management (CMS), constituent-relationship management (CRM), and more than 20 other modules. CitySoft's donation program is meant to reach small charitable organizations that could not otherwise afford the product.

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easyLearning

easyLearning offers online professional development courses to individuals who could not otherwise access such training, helping them gain the skills necessary to succeed in today's global knowledge-based economy.

easyLearning is a program of Serebra Learning Corporation, which provides innovative e-learning solutions to companies, organizations, and individuals worldwide. Through Serebra Campus, Serebra provides an extensive course catalogue and versatile learning management system (LMS) for delivering and managing professional training and development. Serebra's easyLearning program is available to organizations in the developing world and charitable organizations in North America to help individuals in need gain valuable skills and qualifications.

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eTapestry

Founded in 1999, Indianapolis-based eTapestry.com is the first Web-based donor database and communications management system that rents its software to customers who access it over the Internet. Nonprofit organizations of all types and sizes using eTapestry.com do not pay the large upfront purchasing costs or the ongoing maintenance and support contracts typically paid in the purchase of more traditional software.

"eTapestry is delighted to be participating in TechSoup's program. By bringing together the top high-tech providers, TechSoup gives nonprofit organizations the technology tools they need to be successful."

— Jay Love, CEO, eTapestry

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Flickr

Flickr (a Yahoo! Company) is a Web site for photo storage, sharing, and organization, making photo management an easy, natural, and collaborative process. Flickr has photos taken all over the world by pros and amateurs. With Flickr, members can get comments, notes, and tags on their photos, post them to any blog, share them, and more.

Flickr hopes to lend a hand to not-for-profit organizations and causes who can use Flickr to share their stories and images with the worldwide Flickr community, and to encourage everyone to participate in improving the world.

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Flip Video

Flip video cameras change the way people capture and share video by making it simple, accessible, and fun for anyone. Flip video cameras are preloaded with FlipShare software to enable easy organizing, editing, and seamless uploading to YouTube, Facebook, and other video-sharing sites.

Flip Video helps charitable organizations use video to show the work that the public rarely sees. Flip Video is a part of the Cisco Consumer Business Group.

FluidSurveys

FluidSurveys is a product of Chide.it Inc., which specializes in web-based solutions that optimize the gathering and analysis of data and feedback. In addition to the FluidSurveys advanced online survey software, Chide.it offers ReviewRoom, an online application-acceptance tool. Chide.it products are used by governments, universities, colleges, nonprofits, and enterprises across the world.

Chide.it offers FluidSurveys to nonprofits because it believes in the power of connecting people — not only online, but in local communities. The FluidSurveys Donation Program is meant to serve small charitable organizations that could not otherwise afford the product and to help them work more effectively toward accomplishing their missions.

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GiftWorks

GiftWorks is an innovative software company dedicated to building simple, powerful, high-quality software. GiftWorks embraces sustainable business practices and thrives on its passion to support the missions of nonprofits. GiftWorks is based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and is proud to partner with TechSoup in delivering quality products to the nonprofit community.

GiftWorks fundraising and donor management software is designed specifically for the needs of nonprofits. Because fundraising software has traditionally been prohibitively expensive and out of reach for small nonprofits, GiftWorks has sought to change that paradigm by offering smaller nonprofits a low-cost, yet highly sophisticated database fundraising tool. This donation ensures that nonprofits of all sizes and all budgets can have the tools they need to do their critical work more effectively.

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GrantStation

GrantStation quickly and easily links nonprofits and public libraries to the most current sources of grant money, while also teaching organizations how to secure available funding. Developed and tested by fundraising professionals, it is one of the only tools on the market that is based on in-depth and ongoing research.

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Intuit

Intuit Inc. is a leading provider of business and financial management solutions for small businesses, consumers, and accounting professionals. Its flagship products — Quicken, QuickBooks, and TurboTax — stand as testament to Intuit's commitment to revolutionize the way people manage their small businesses and personal finances. Intuit remains focused on creating new and easier ways for consumers and businesses to tackle life's financial chores, giving them more time to live their lives and run their businesses. More information can be found at www.intuit.com.

Intuit encourages nonprofits to offer training to support economic empowerment to disadvantaged individuals and cultivate an entrepreneurial spirit among small businesses. Intuit's product donation program also enables smaller nonprofits to do more with their resources. A core value at Intuit is the belief that success comes with the responsibility to give back to the community.

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Mailshell

More than 4,000 companies and 10 million consumers rely on 'Powered by Mailshell' products to block spam. The Mailshell Engine is the only anti-spam solution developed explicitly to integrate spam-blocking technology with common IT components, including security appliances, mail servers, anti-virus applications and many others. For more information, go to http://www.mailshell.com.

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Microsoft

Founded in 1983, Microsoft Community Affairs was one of the first corporate community investment programs in the high-tech industry and is now part of the Microsoft Global Citizenship Initiative. Ultimately, Microsoft believes technology can do amazing things. We're passionate about helping to ensure a safe, innovative, and diverse technology experience for everyone, everywhere on the planet.

Our citizenship commitment goes far beyond introducing people to information technology. We want to help people use it in ways that make sense where they live. The positive changes we make in our own communities can make a difference throughout the world, which is why, through our programs and partnerships, Microsoft provides support to communities in three key ways: technology skills training, strengthening nongovernmental organizations through technology, and engaging our employees in their communities. This past year, Microsoft gave more than $500 million in cash and software to organizations and causes around the world. These donations have supported over 50,000 technology centers in more than 100 countries. We have a long-standing commitment to use our technologies, our business expertise, and the passion and goodwill of our employees to help make the world a better place.

To learn more, please visit www.microsoft.com/ngo.

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ReadyTalk

ReadyTalk is a full-service audio and Web conferencing provider that enables nonprofit organizations to communicate more effectively. With our affordable and easy-to-use Web conferencing, anyone in the organization can easily host trainings, present new initiatives, hold webinars, and conduct virtual board meetings.

ReadyTalk is committed to making our customers shine, whether they hold an impromptu conference call or host a global webinar. We have all of the benefits of a large provider, but we take a personal approach to serving our customers. That's why ReadyTalk has become a favorite with nonprofit organizations of all sizes and causes.

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Red Earth

Red Earth Software empowers organizations of all sizes to regulate and optimize their corporate email usage. By applying flexible and customizable rules to messaging systems, Red Earth's Policy Patrol helps companies increase employee productivity, free up bandwidth, avoid network congestion, stop confidentiality breaches, minimize legal liability, and ensure regulatory compliance. Policy Patrol currently filters emails for more than 350,000 users worldwide and is used by organizations in nearly every industry, including educational, financial, legal, health care, manufacturing, and government.

"Red Earth Software is delighted to give back to the community by teaming up with TechSoup and providing nonprofits with access to our email management software. We hope that our Policy Patrol software will allow nonprofits to better manage their emails, protect against security threats, and fully utilize their emails as marketing tools."

— Mike Spykerman, CEO of Red Earth Software

For more information on Red Earth Software please go to http://www.redearthsoftware.com.

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Sage

Sage is the North American business of The Sage Group, a leading global supplier of business management software and services to small and medium-sized businesses and organizations.

For more than 25 years, Sage has been helping nonprofit organizations manage their operations through easy-to-use, scalable, and customizable software and services such as fund accounting, fundraising, donor/constituent management, human resources, health care, and payroll. Likewise, the community is an important part of the company's culture. Employees are encouraged to become more closely involved in the local community through a wide range of volunteer activities, sponsorship, donations, and partnerships with all types of nonprofit organizations.

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SAP

SAP is the world leader in collaborative business software, working with a highly skilled team to optimize every day its customers' IT systems, connecting small and medium-size businesses, and helping almost 100,000 customers worldwide to navigate through the present times of economic and social challenges.

SAP solutions provide deep insight into customer business processes and enable sustainable business practices. From supply chain management to smart metering to carbon accounting, SAP solutions allow customers to manage complex data requirements and make more sustainable decisions.

Through its business intelligence platform, Business Objects XI, SAP helps organizations gain better insight into their business, improve decision making, and optimize performance. Business Objects XI, which includes Crystal Reports for enterprise reporting, offers one of the BI industry's most advanced and complete platforms for reporting, query and analysis, performance management, and data integration. Through its corporate citizenship program, the company is focused on strengthening the communities where SAP people live and work.

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SlideRocket

SlideRocket was founded in 2006 with the vision of building a better presentation experience, one that provides for every part of the presentation life cycle and helps people make great presentations. SlideRocket connects presenters to their audience and integrates with web-based services and content. It enables users to efficiently create engaging presentations, easily and securely share them, and gain insight into how they are being used.

SlideRocket is committed to providing the best presentation experience to individuals, businesses, and organizations around the world through innovative and compelling software as a service.

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Soc Nonprofit Orgs

The Society for Nonprofit Organizations, through its Learning Institute program, provides affordable, accessible educational programs for all involved in the nonprofit sector. These programs feature some of the finest experts in the field and have been taught to over 16,000 learners since 1996.

The Society's discount program seeks to provide nonprofits that lack access to affordable management training with resources to help them work more effectively and efficiently towards accomplishing their mission.

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Sumac

Sumac is nonprofit management software. It manages everything from contacts, communications and donations to events, memberships, and volunteers.

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Symantec

 

The Symantec Corporate Giving Program is committed to supporting the global communities where we work and live. This commitment comes in the form of sponsorships with an emphasis on education and software donations. As the leader in Internet security technology, Symantec understands the necessity of supporting the efficient functioning of nonprofit missions by allowing them to work safely in our connected world, building a strong educational system in order to produce the talented workforce that will create the technological advances of tomorrow. Symantec's goal is to proactively support educational programs aimed at pre-K through 12 through corporate sponsorship.

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Telosa

For over 25 years, Telosa Software has been helping nonprofits spend more time building donor relationships and maximizing their fundraising efforts. We are passionate about delivering affordable, easy-to-use fundraising software and information management solutions that empower nonprofits to focus on and achieve their respective missions and fundraising goals.

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Wikispaces

Wikispaces believes that any group of people, regardless of their technical background, should be able to start their own wiki. Tens of thousands of Wikispace members have found that easy-to-use wikis are a fantastic way for people to work together.

Our community is full of great examples of how technology can really help people, and we are proud to join TechSoup in expanding the community by donating to nonprofits, schools, and libraries.

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