The Surplus Computer Donation Program provides a means for
the Division of Purchase and Property, through a joint initiative
with the Division of Property Management and Construction, to
distribute State surplus (used) computer equipment to interested
local government entities, boards of education, nonpublic schools
and nonprofit charitable corporations.
More than 12,000 institutions throughout the State are eligible
to receive computer equipment under this program, with the majority
being 11,000 registered charitable organizations. More information
on the Administrative Code that governs the program can be obtained
here: N.J.A.C.
17:12-9.
The Surplus Computer Donation Program is in its seventh year of providing useable,
(currently, Pentium III - or equivalent) desktop personal computers to eligible
non-profit, charitable, governmental and educational entities. Since inception,
over 1,000 computers have been made available for donation, more than 400 request
forms have been processed and more than 200 organizations have received equipment.