Microsoft adds Office 365 for Nonprofits to its worldwide donation programme

Howard Lake | 11 September 2013 | News

Microsoft is now offering its cloud-based Office 365 for Nonprofits software programme to qualifying nonprofits around the world via its software donation programme. The donation is available immediately to eligible organisations in 41 countries around the world, including the UK, and will be extended to a total of 90 countries by July 2014.

Office 365 for Nonprofits lets nonprofit and NGO staff use its cloud-based service to access files from almost anywhere, whether with a PC, smartphone or tablet. Staff can collaborate using shared applications such as email and shared calendars. Microsoft pledges a 99.9 per cent uptime.

Jean-Philippe Courtois, president, Microsoft International, said: "Today we are donating to nonprofits and NGOs access to Microsoft’s best-in-class cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools, enabling them to spend fewer resources and time on IT and focus on their missions addressing global issues, such as disease eradication, education and literacy, and environmental sustainability."

Microsoft's software donation programme

Microsoft has supported charities and nonprofits for 30 years with software and cash donations. In financial year 2013 it has donated $795 million in cash, software and services to 70,286 nonprofits in more than 115 countries.

Nonprofit organisations around the world can find their national TechSoup Global contact to apply for this and other Microsoft software donations. UK charities should do so via CTXchange.

About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.