Restrictions:
- This donation is available to Irish Registered Charities as granted by the Revenue Commissioners.
- Organisations that are not eligible: Not all Irish Registered Charities organisations are eligible for participation in the Microsoft
Donation Programme. Those that are not eligible should visit Microsoft Volume Licensing for Industries
for more information about charity licensing; they may still be
eligible for discounted software from Microsoft. The following types of
organisations are ineligible for Microsoft software donations:
- Governmental organisations or agencies.
- Educational institutions, including K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and trade schools.
- Healthcare organisations and networks, including hospitals, specialty networks, ambulatory healthcare services, home healthcare and assisted living healthcare organisations, research organisations, and laboratories. Exceptions: Community health clinics, medical research groups, behavioral healthcare nonprofits, women's health centers, and blood banks are eligible to request Microsoft software donations.
- Political, labor and fraternal organizations; commerce and trade associations without charitable aims or activities; sponsorships of events, tables, exhibitions, or performances; fundraising events such as luncheons, dinners, walks, runs, or sports tournaments.
- Religious organisations not registered as a charity and without a secular community designation that is separate from the church or religious organisation. A secular designation is defined as an organisation that provides services to people regardless of their religious beliefs and does not propagate a belief in a specific faith. Example: A food bank with nonprofit or charity status that is run by a church but is a separate and unique organisation that provides food and meals to anyone who qualifies for services, regardless of religious beliefs. Religious organizations without secular designations can visit Programs for Charitable Organizations for information regarding licensing options; they may be eligible to receive discounted Microsoft software through these programmes.
- Refurbishers that will be installing the donated software on refurbished computers to be distributed or donated to nonprofits or schools. Please visit the Registered Refurbisher Program.
- Nonpublic libraries, including private libraries, school libraries, specialty libraries, armed forces libraries, and libraries in government agencies.
- Eligible organisations receive an allotment of Microsoft software donation requests that is reset every two years. An organisation’s two-year cycle begins with its first donation request after 27 July 2011. After two years, a new cycle begins, and a new allotment becomes available. The organisation does not need to request the full amount of its allotment. There is no limit to the number of separate requests the organisation can make and no minimum quantity requirement.
- During its two-year cycle, an organisation can request products from up to 10 title groups. For title groups that contain applications that run on an individual computer (like a desktop or laptop PC), there is a 50-license maximum. For title groups that contain client access licenses or other licenses that provide for connection to or management of a server, there is also a 50-license maximum. For server products, there is a five-product maximum, regardless of title group. For further details, see Quantity and Frequency of Microsoft Requests in the Microsoft Donation Program - Eligibility and Allotments.
- Public libraries may request Microsoft software donations through this program for public-access computers only. Donated software is available only for use on public access computers or computers used directly in the management of the public library access computers or the library's public access program. Participating libraries must also make their collection and basic services available to the population of their legal service area without charges to individual users (excluding incidental fees such as printing charges). If they so choose, libraries may impose charges on users outside the legal service area and may provide products and services (beyond basic services) to the public at large, with or without individual charges.
- Organisations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organisations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
- Microsoft products may not be transferred between separate legal entities or resold. Additionally, Microsoft products may not be installed on computers that will be given to or sold to other organizations or individuals, even as part of a charitable programme.
- Donated product will be distributed under this programme to qualifying organisations and libraries only, not to individuals.
Restrictions:
- This donation is available to Irish Registered Charities as granted by the Revenue Commissioners.
- Organisations that are not eligible: Not all Irish Registered Charities organisations are eligible for participation in the Microsoft
Donation Programme. Those that are not eligible should visit Microsoft Volume Licensing for Industries
for more information about charity licensing; they may still be
eligible for discounted software from Microsoft. The following types of
organisations are ineligible for Microsoft software donations:
- Governmental organisations or agencies.
- Educational institutions, including K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and trade schools.
- Healthcare organisations and networks, including hospitals, specialty networks, ambulatory healthcare services, home healthcare and assisted living healthcare organisations, research organisations, and laboratories. Exceptions: Community health clinics, medical research groups, behavioral healthcare nonprofits, women's health centers, and blood banks are eligible to request Microsoft software donations.
- Political, labor and fraternal organizations; commerce and trade associations without charitable aims or activities; sponsorships of events, tables, exhibitions, or performances; fundraising events such as luncheons, dinners, walks, runs, or sports tournaments.
- Religious organisations not registered as a charity and without a secular community designation that is separate from the church or religious organisation. A secular designation is defined as an organisation that provides services to people regardless of their religious beliefs and does not propagate a belief in a specific faith. Example: A food bank with nonprofit or charity status that is run by a church but is a separate and unique organisation that provides food and meals to anyone who qualifies for services, regardless of religious beliefs. Religious organizations without secular designations can visit Programs for Charitable Organizations for information regarding licensing options; they may be eligible to receive discounted Microsoft software through these programmes.
- Refurbishers that will be installing the donated software on refurbished computers to be distributed or donated to nonprofits or schools. Please visit the Registered Refurbisher Program.
- Nonpublic libraries, including private libraries, school libraries, specialty libraries, armed forces libraries, and libraries in government agencies.
- Eligible organisations receive an allotment of Microsoft software donation requests that is reset every two years. An organisation’s two-year cycle begins with its first donation request after 27 July 2011. After two years, a new cycle begins, and a new allotment becomes available. The organisation does not need to request the full amount of its allotment. There is no limit to the number of separate requests the organisation can make and no minimum quantity requirement.
- During its two-year cycle, an organisation can request products from up to 10 title groups. For title groups that contain applications that run on an individual computer (like a desktop or laptop PC), there is a 50-license maximum. For title groups that contain client access licenses or other licenses that provide for connection to or management of a server, there is also a 50-license maximum. For server products, there is a five-product maximum, regardless of title group. For further details, see Quantity and Frequency of Microsoft Requests in the Microsoft Donation Program - Eligibility and Allotments.
- Public libraries may request Microsoft software donations through this program for public-access computers only. Donated software is available only for use on public access computers or computers used directly in the management of the public library access computers or the library's public access program. Participating libraries must also make their collection and basic services available to the population of their legal service area without charges to individual users (excluding incidental fees such as printing charges). If they so choose, libraries may impose charges on users outside the legal service area and may provide products and services (beyond basic services) to the public at large, with or without individual charges.
- Organisations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background are not eligible to participate in this program. Organisations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations.
- Microsoft products may not be transferred between separate legal entities or resold. Additionally, Microsoft products may not be installed on computers that will be given to or sold to other organizations or individuals, even as part of a charitable programme.
- Donated product will be distributed under this programme to qualifying organisations and libraries only, not to individuals.
