Is my donation tax deductible?

Yes. Smallbean is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and all donations made to Smallbean are tax deductible. Donations to Smallbean are also eligible for corporate matching grants if your workplace supports such a program.

What types of donations is Smallbean looking for?

Smallbean is seeking both monetary and in-kind donations to support our ongoing Citizen Archivist Project initiatives in Tanzania and Brighton. We also seek support for our future Citizen Archivist Project installations launching around the world.

Make a cash donation to Smallbean

Smallbean just completed the first stage of our Citizen Archivist Project pilot in Kwala, Tanzania. We built a solar-powered technology lab, taught a computer and solar technology class, and collected amazing oral history and media footage for inclusion in the Smallbean Digital Archive. Smallbean also continues to operate our domestic Citizen Archivist Project pilot in Brighton, MA. We successfully met our fundraising goals and raised $10,000 to make both of these pilot projects a smashing success. Thanks everyone for your wonderful support.

But our pilot projects in Kwala and Brighton are just the first step and we need your support to grow Smallbean to the next stage in our lifecycle. Smallbean is already planning additional Citizen Archivist Project pilots both domestically and abroad. We'll have lots more details in the coming weeks, but the tentative plan at this time is to launch a second CAP in East Africa early this summer. And we can't do it without your support!

Please have a look around our website at the results that Smallbean was able to obtain in Tanzania and Brighton and consider supporting our present and future initiatives.

Click here or the "Make a Donation to Smallbean" link in the menu to your left to donate now. 

Make an in-kind donation to Smallbean

Smallbean builds solar-powered technology labs using donated and refurbished electronics. Once a lab is constructed, participants in the Citizen Archivist Project learn computer and technology skills while documenting community life in diverse locations around the world. Smallbean seeks the donation of laptop computers, digital cameras, digital audio recorders and solar power technology such as panels, batteries, or charge controllers.

If you have any of these items to donate, please click here or the "Make a Donation to Smallbean" link in the menu to your left. 

A message regarding in-kind donations to Smallbean

Smallbean began with the simple idea that many people in the United States have wonderfully useful gadgets collecting dust in their closets or under their beds that could be put to productive reuse in other locations around the world. In the months leading up to our CAP pilot in Kwala, we collected a breathtaking assortment of used laptops, cameras, iPods, cellphones and any number of other still loved but no longer used personal electronics. We were able to use a great number of the cameras, iPods, laptops, and other in-kind donations in support of the Citizen Archivist Project. However, there was also a very large number of donations that we weren't able to use for any number of reasons. Whenever we could, these items were donated to other organizations that could put them to use. For example, many of the donated cell phones went to organizations that support our troops or battered women's shelters. As a last resort, in-kind donations to Smallbean were environmentally recycled.

Smallbean continues to believe that there are lots and lots of useful electronic gadgets in the United States that can be put to reuse in other places. We are currently seeking the donation of refurbished laptops, cameras, and audio recorders from corporate sponsors for use in future Citizen Archivist Projects. We're also looking for individual donations of high-funtioning personal electronics. Specific details about what we need can be found by clicking &here or the "Make a Donation to Smallbean" link in the menu to your left to donate now.