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I'm a current MSFT employee and also the Secretary of the Brisbane Valley Rail Trail User Association. We used this licensing to run our organization which operates on the smell of an oily rag. We are all volunteers and any funds we do collect go straight back into enhancements for the rail trail. The new changes proposed WILL impact us to a great extent, and ultimately means we would need to consider alternate platforms.
Noel supported: Urge Microsoft to Continue Grant Program for NonprofitsWe are a small UK-based charity who have hugely appreciated and relied upon our 10 x free MS 365 licences - we'll now have to pay for these, adding to our core costs just means that we'll be able to offer slightly less drug education - v frustrating.
Carolyn supported: Urge Microsoft to Continue Grant Program for NonprofitsThe Microsoft 365 Business Premium grant has been vital for organizations like the Centre de Recherche sur l’Anti-Corruption (CERC). It provides secure access to essential tools such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, and OneDrive, enabling our staff to collaborate effectively across regions. With Defender and Intune, we protect sensitive youth and education data, ensuring compliance and digital safety in high-risk environments. The grant empowers us to work remotely, manage devices, and support transparency initiatives in underserved communities. Losing this support would severely impact our operational capacity, limit our reach, and reduce our ability to fight corruption through digital accountability tools.
Heri supported: Urge Microsoft to Continue Grant Program for NonprofitsOur infrastructure as a non-profit is small and on a shoestring budget as it is - This grant has been a huge help to us in the past and creates a major part of our efficiency and effectiveness - losing it will force us off the platform as we don't have the budget to turn it around on such short notice.
Matt supported: Urge Microsoft to Continue Grant Program for NonprofitsIn a non-profit, especially small-medium ones, every penny counts. We work hard to use the money in the best interest of the participants in need of free services. The economic bubble created by inequalities can only stretch so much, & will end up bursting if the growing trend of profit-hungry corporation continues.
Isabelle supported: Urge Microsoft to Continue Grant Program for NonprofitsWe're a small non-profit with a tiny staff and tight budget. The Microsoft tools have enabled us to multiply ourselves and communicate across great distances. The loss of this grant will take money away from our cause or cost a lot of time and effort to switch to another platform that is willing to give us a grant. We have been very grateful for access to all the tools that Microsoft has offered. At this point we only use no more than five premium business licenses. This enables my team to work offline and not require them to always be working in the browser. More complicated documents do not show up well in the browser and must be viewed in the desktop apps that the premium licenses offer. Please reconsider offering this wonderful tool to nonprofits.
Cariño supported: Urge Microsoft to Continue Grant Program for NonprofitsI am a former MSFT employee who left my corporate job to work at a very small but long-standing nonprofit. I have always been a proponent of Microsoft technology but this decision is simply greedy. The cost of running on the MSFT stack for us has been manageable only because of the grant - taking that away will absolutely cause us to move off the platform. It's a HUGE deal to tiny organizations and will negatively impact an already hurting industry.
Shanna supported: Urge Microsoft to Continue Grant Program for NonprofitsI work for an MSP with a significant non-profit customer base. Whilst £45/$55 per month that small non-profits will now have to pay for the 10 Business Premium Premium licenses might not sound much, often charities of this size have almost zero IT budget and this WILL impact them. The total amount of money Microsoft will make from this is pittance and it really does just speak of corporate greed.
Sam supported: Urge Microsoft to Continue Grant Program for NonprofitsThis impacts the nonprofit I volunteer for. They don't have an IT budget and I was excited about this solution but now they'll be forced to pay to be able to have office downloaded on their computers.
Joshua supported: Urge Microsoft to Continue Grant Program for NonprofitsWe are a small non-profit proving support to survivors of head injuries. Every dollar we now have to spend on Office 365 is directly taking away from people in need. Please reconsider this decision because we are not alone. This will hurt people.
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