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| Application Developer |
| Apple |
| www.apple.com/education/mobilecomputing |
| Apple's iBook Wireless Mobile Lab initiative
in schools may allow home computer access to students who are
able to bring their wireless laptops home. |
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| Application Developer, Corporate Foundation |
| AOL Time Warner Foundation |
| www.aoltimewarnerfoundation.org |
| The AOL Time Warner Foundation seeks to improve
access to communications and information technology and make
them more widely available. The foundation focuses its giving
in four core areas: the digital divide, civic engagement, kids,
and arts in the community. |
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| Application Developer, Corporate
Foundation |
| Intel Corporation and Foundation |
| www.intel.com/community |
| The Intel Foundation funds
programs that advance math and science education, promote women
and underrepresented minorities entering science careers, and
increase public understanding of technology. |
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| Application Developer, Corporate
Foundation |
| Microsoft Corporation |
www.microsoft.com/giving/display.asp?page=expanding
www.nten.org |
| Microsoft Giving focuses on
creating greater access to information technology in disadvantaged
communities worldwide. The Microsoft Corporation makes grants
of cash, software, and technical support to nonprofit organizations
worldwide to help bring information technology to people and
communities. Npower is the incubator of the Nonprofit Technology
Enterprise Network. |
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| Corporate Foundation |
| ADC Foundation |
| www.adc.com/aboutadc/adcfoundation/programs/#technology
|
| The ADC Foundation seeks to
support innovative educational programs and organizations that
support excellence in science and technology education and expand
telecommunications access for the disadvantaged. |
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| Corporate Foundation |
| BellSouth Foundation |
| www.bellsouthfoundation.org/about/index.asp |
| The BellSouth Foundation provides
grants to improve outcomes for elementary and secondary students
in select states. It also sponsors a health and education initiative.
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| Corporate Foundation |
| Digital Blackboard Foundation (formerly
Washington Software Foundation) |
| www.learningspace.org/digitalblackboard |
| The Digital Blackboard Foundation
supports outstanding teachers who open opportunities for students
and close the education gap in schools and communities at risk.
The foundation works to incorporate classroom technology into
new educational practices to help these teachers improve students'
performance. |
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| Corporate Foundation |
| eBay Foundation |
| www.pages.ebay.com/community/aboutebay/foundation/history.html |
| The eBay Foundation's primary
focus has been to support organizations that assist people in
reaching their full potential through the creative application
of technology. |
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| Corporate Foundation |
| NEC Foundation of America |
| www.necfoundation.org |
| The NEC Foundation of America
makes cash grants to nonprofit organizations with national impact
in science and technology education, primarily at the secondary
level, or the application of technology to assist people with
disabilities. |
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| Corporate Foundation |
| Verizon Foundation
(formerly Bell Atlantic Foundation) |
| http://foundation.verizon.com |
| The Verizon Foundation focuses
on literacy, the digital divide, workforce development, community
technology development, and employee volunteerism. |
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| Federal Committee |
| Web-based Education
Commission |
| www.hpcnet.org/webcommission |
| The mission of the Web-based
Education Commission was to recommend actions to help ensure
that all learners have full and equal access to the capabilities
of the World Wide Web, and to ensure that online content and
learning strategies are affordable and meet the highest standards
of educational quality. |
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| Federal Funding |
| AmeriCorps |
| www.americorps.org/digital/index.html |
| AmeriCorps is a volunteer organization
that brings the Internet to lower-income families, people of
color, and those who live in rural areas. Members are helping
Americans acquire the skills to use the Internet through one-on-one
instruction to children and adults. |
| |
| Federal Funding |
| Institute of Museum
and Library Services (IMLS) |
| www.imls.gov |
| IMLS is an independent Federal
agency supporting the Nation's 10,000 museums and 122,000 libraries.
IMLS grant programs fund projects that promote literacy, provide
free public access to the Internet, train individuals to use
computers effectively, and provide educational and vital content
on the Web. |
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| Federal Government |
| U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), Computer Donations Program, Computers for
Learning |
| www.lsc.usda.gov/computers.asp |
| USDA's Computer Donations Program
receives excess computers from Federal offices and repairs or
refurbishes them for donations to schools. The Computers for
Learning program places computers in classrooms and prepares
children to be technologically apt. Children who are schooled
at home are eligible to receive a computer. |
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| Federal Government |
| U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Research on Rural Telecommunications, Economic
Research Service (ERS) |
| www.ers.usda.gov |
| The Research on Rural Telecommunications
Branch of ERS works on improving rural infrastructure. Recently,
ERS conducted an assessment of Internet access and use by farmers
in rural areas. |
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| Federal Government |
| U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service (RUS) |
| www.rurdev.usda.gov/rus |
| RUS helps rural America finance
electric, telecommunications, water, and wastewater projects
and makes loans and grants for rural distance learning and telemedicine
projects, particularly in rural areas with populations of fewer
than 5,000 people. In addition, RUS is greatly expanding the
efforts to bring broadband technology into rural households. |
| |
| Federal Government |
| U.S. Department of
Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration
(NTIA) |
| www.ntia.doc.gov/otiahome/top/index.html |
| NTIA administers the Technology
Opportunities Program (TOP) to bring digital networks to communities
in the United States. This grant program provides matching grants
to State, local, and tribal governments and nonprofit entities
for model projects that demonstrate innovative uses of digital
network technologies in underserved communities. |
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| Federal Government |
| U.S. Department of
Education, Enhancing Education Through Technology, No Child
Left Behind |
| www.ed.gov/offices/OESE/SST/edtech.html#grant |
| The No Child Left Behind program
of the U.S. Department of Education gives grants for computer
technology and Internet access to schools and community centers. |
| |
| Federal Government |
| U.S. Department of
Education, Office of Educational Technology |
| www.ed.gov/Technology/digdiv.html |
| The U.S. Department of Education’s
Office of Educational Technology provides substantial funding
to help American schools and communities bridge the digital
divide, reducing inequities in access to information technology
and the Internet. |
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| Federal Government |
| U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA) |
| http://telehealth.hrsa.gov |
| HRSA’s Office for the
Advancement of Telehealth funds telemedicine projects in the
United States to help ensure equitable access to comprehensive,
quality health care for all. |
| |
| Federal Government |
| U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) |
| www.hud.gov/neighborhoodnetworks |
| HUD established Neighborhood
Networks— innovative private and public partnerships establishing
computer-based multiservice centers to help people in public
and assisted housing learn critical computer skills and prepare
for 21st-century jobs. |
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| Federal Government |
| U.S. Department of
Labor, Employment and Training Administration (ETA) |
| www.doleta.gov |
| ETA seeks to ensure that American
workers, employers, students, and those seeking work can obtain
information, employment services, and training (including technology
training). |
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| Federal Government, Federal
Funding |
| U.S. Department of
Education, Community Technology Center Program |
| www.ed.gov/offices/OVAE/AdultEd/CTC/index.html |
| The Community Technology Center
program funds local community technology centers that demonstrate
the educational value of technology in urban, rural, and economically
distressed communities. |
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| Independent Foundation |
| Benton Foundation |
| www.benton.org |
| The Benton Foundation raises
public awareness, understanding, and involvement in communications
policy issues by educating the public and decisionmakers about
the current issues involving the rapidly changing communications
landscape. Benton’s Digital Divide Network chronicles
the issues of the digital divide and provides “best practice”
stories of efforts to reduce the digital divide, including those
to increase home access to the Internet. |
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| Independent Foundation |
| Bill & Melinda
Gates Foundation |
| www.gatesfoundation.org |
| The Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation is dedicated to improving people’s lives through
increasing health and learning. It has three focus areas: education,
libraries, and public access to information. Currently, the
Community Access to Technology grant program is designed to
assist nonprofit organizations in Washington State to deliver
access to information technologies to State residents. |
| |
| Independent Foundation |
| California HealthCare
Foundation |
| www.chcf.org |
| The California HealthCare Foundation
focuses on several issues, including managed care, the uninsured,
health policy and regulation, healthcare quality, and public
health. The foundation has sponsored several analyses of privacy
issues related to health Web sites, a series of reports on the
future of e-health, and an “eHealth Reports” feature
on its Web site. |
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| Independent Foundation |
| Case Foundation, PowerUP
|
| www.powerup.org/index.shtml |
| The Case Foundation provided
$10 million to start PowerUP, a partnership of more than a dozen
nonprofit organizations, major corporations, and Federal agencies
to give underserved children access to technology and guidance
on how to use it. The partnership focuses on increasing access
to technology within schools and community centers. |
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| Independent Foundation |
| Community Technology
Foundation of California |
| www.zerodivide.org |
| The Community Technology Foundation
of California works to bring existing and new communications
and information technologies to California’s underserved
communities. The foundation’s primary goal is to increase
the access of underserved populations to basic and advanced
telecommunications services as well as to provide the necessary
education and training to use these services. |
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| Independent Foundation |
| J.C. Downing Foundation |
| www.jcdowning.org |
| The J.C. Downing Foundation
supports efforts and projects in five program areas: education
and human development, environmental research and preservation,
fine arts, sports and athletics, and technology and communication. |
| |
| Independent Foundation |
| John and Mary R. Markle
Foundation |
| www.markle.org |
| The John and Mary R. Markle
Foundation promotes the development of communications programs
that address public needs. A recent initiative involved expanding
efforts for increasing household Internet access, resulting
in the publication Toward a Framework of Internet Accountability. |
| |
| Independent Foundation |
| Kellogg Foundation |
| www.wkkf.org |
| The Kellogg Foundation seeks
to increase and support equal access to information and electronic
media through education and policy support. Special attention
is focused on vulnerable populations, especially youth. |
| |
| Independent Foundation |
| Paul G. Allen Virtual
Education Foundation |
| www.pgafoundations.com |
| The Paul G. Allen Virtual Education
Foundation seeks to advance the development and growth of online
learning experiences. The foundation primarily funds projects
to design, test, produce, and evaluate digital content for education,
including multimedia instructional materials and instructional
software. |
| |
| Independent Foundation |
| Waitt Family Foundation |
| www.waittfoundation.org |
| The Waitt Family Foundation
is dedicated to eliminating the gap between those who have Internet
access and those who do not through the PowerUP program and
other online resources. |
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| International Organization |
| United Nations Information
Technology Service (UNITeS) |
| www.unites.org |
| UNITeS has compiled an extensive
list of examples of volunteers, citizens, and grassroots advocates
using handheld computer or phone devices as part of their community
service, volunteering, or advocacy. UNITeS has produced an Online
Software Directories for Handhelds. |
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| Legislators |
| U.S. House of Representatives |
| |
| Various bills have been introduced
in the House to promote access to and the diffusion of broadband
services and Internet-access devices. |
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| Nonprofit Consortium |
| MarcoPolo |
| www.marcopolo-education.org |
| MarcoPolo: Internet Content
for the Classroom is a consortium of national education organizations,
State education agencies, and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation
that is dedicated to providing the highest quality Internet
content and professional development to teachers and students
throughout the United States. |
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