Every dollar is tax-deductible, and we take devices as happily as money. Old laptops become teaching hardware; teaching hardware becomes someone's first repair.
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Here's exactly what happens to a donated device: we triage it. Works? We resell it, and every dollar of proceeds goes directly into the program — toolkits, parts, new chapters. Fixable? It becomes teaching hardware, then a giveaway. Dead? Its screen and battery live on as parts.
We tell you this up front because most nonprofits put it in a footnote. It's not a footnote — it's how the whole thing runs.
Covers a new chapter's ~$100 startup kit — toolkit, first batch of parts — plus the buffer every launch needs.
Funds a full device collection drive — bins, transport, and staffing for a town-wide intake day.
Seeds five new chapters at $100 each — five more towns with a workshop of their own.
Seeds ten new chapters at $100 each — a whole new regional network of workshops.
We can use what we can teach on and fix with — same intake criteria as our Granite batch: