Contents

• Eligibility
• Exceptions for Schools Affiliated with a Place of Worship
• Exceptions for Colleges and Universities
• How to Use Your Parent Organization's TechSoup Account

Eligibility

Programs, departments, and projects owned and operated by a 501(c)(3) Public Charity are not typically eligible for their own TechSoup account, since they do not carry their own 501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  While they are not eligible for their own TechSoup account, programs, departments, and projects are eligible to request offers through their parent organization’s account instead.  Organization types are based on your organization as a whole and cannot be based on individual programs, departments, projects, or activities.

Please note, fiscally sponsored programs and initiatives are not eligible for TechSoup and our corporate partners’ nonprofit programs.  They cannot use their fiscal sponsor’s TechSoup account to access TechSoup and our corporate partners’ nonprofit programs.

While programs and departments are not typically eligible for their own TechSoup account, there are a few exceptions to this policy.

Exceptions for Schools Affiliated with a Place of Worship

Your place of worship and its affiliated school may be eligible for their own separate TechSoup accounts.  Learn more about schools (preschool – 12^th grade) affiliated with places of worship and religious classes eligibility

Exceptions for Colleges and Universities

There are three exceptions to this policy for colleges and universities: 

1. Separate campuses located in different cities may qualify as branch locations of the parent organization that holds tax-exempt status with the IRS.
2. Campus libraries are eligible for their own account if they are listed in the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) database.
3. Law libraries are eligible for their own account if they have a letter from their state librarian confirming their library is part of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

How to Use Your Parent Organization's TechSoup Account

We recommend checking with your parent organization before adding or using their TechSoup account to request nonprofit offers.  Some of our corporate partners' nonprofit programs have quantity allotments that limit how many offers an organization can request in a fiscal year (July 1 - June 30) or its lifetime.  Review our corporate partners' eligibility requirements and restrictions for their nonprofit programs.

Add your parent organization to your TechSoup account, then browse the TechSoup catalog or see what offers your organization is eligible for with the Eligibility Quiz.  

Once added, the organization's details in your TechSoup account should reflect your entire organization.  It should not reflect a single program, department. or project.

You’ll be asked for an association code

For security purposes, when adding your organization to your account, you’ll be asked to provide an association code. 

• Ask an active representative for your parent organization to invite you from their TechSoup account — You can ask an active representative for your organization on TechSoup to invite you from the organization’s details in their TechSoup account. You will be sent the association code via email.
• Access the TechSoup account of an active representative for your parent organization — If you have access to a TechSoup account for an active representative of your organization, you can find the association code by logging into that account and selecting your organization.

Learn how an active representative can find your organization’s association code and invite someone to represent your organization on TechSoup. 

Need help adding your parent organization to your account?  Contact TechSoup Customer Service.