Technology Grants for CTCs

Posted by on November 15, 2002

[Digital Divide listserv]

The Association of Christian Community Computer Centers (AC4) is collaborating with the Beaumont Foundation of America, which will provide grants of new Toshiba-branded computers and other hardware to existing community technology programs. The Foundation has approximately $350 million in computers that will be distributed to schools, community and faith-based organizations over the next four years. Grants will range from $20,000-$200,000 each and will be provided in the form of new equipment only.

The full Frequently Asked Questions on this grant opportunity can be found at: http://www.ac4.org/resources/grant.html.

Please help us spread the word about this grant opportunity by forwarding this message to the appropriate people in your organization (i.e. Technology Program or Education Coordinator or Director of Development). There is also a Fact Sheet on the grant from the Beaumont Foundation at: http://www.ac4.org/resources/grant.html
http://www.ac4.org/resources/beaumontfactsheet.doc

Andrew Sears
Association of Christian Community Computer Centers
http://www.ac4.org/
andrew@ac4.org
(617) 282-9798 Fax: (617) 282-0685

The Beaumont Foundation of America was funded as part of the settlement of Shaw v. Toshiba, a historic $2.1 billion nationwide class action case. Three Beaumont,Texas lawyers, Wayne A. Reaud, Gilbert I. Low and Hubert Oxford, conceived of an ingenious approach to use large class action litigation for public good. They procured an order from Federal District Judge Thad Heartfield. Under this model, unclaimed portions of class action recovery are placed in a foundation dedicated to address unmet social needs. The Beaumont Foundation of America , the product of this model approach, will use its $350 million corpus to provide computers to low-income students, the poor, hospitals, churches and libraries in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.