Help us reach the next city.
The best donation is a working laptop. It becomes the reason someone shows up. If you have hardware to give, that is where to start. If you want to give financially, that works too.
A working laptop is the best thing you can give.
Without donated hardware, someone shows up to an Install Party with nothing and leaves the same way. With it, they leave with a machine they own. Every refurbished ThinkPad or Dell from 2015 or newer is a reason for someone to walk through the door.
Best choice. Portable, self-contained, and ready to use at an event.
- ◆ThinkPad, Dell Latitude, HP EliteBook. 2015 or newer.
- ◆4GB RAM minimum. 8GB preferred.
- ◆Working display and keyboard required. Charger included if possible.
Good for lab stations. Runs anything. Takes up more space.
- ◆Dell Precision, HP Z-series, Lenovo ThinkStation. 2014 or newer.
- ◆8GB RAM minimum.
- ◆Include power cable and keyboard if possible.
Excellent for home server builds. Low power, small footprint.
- ◆Intel NUC, Beelink, HP EliteDesk Mini. 2016 or newer.
- ◆4GB RAM minimum. 8GB preferred.
- ◆Include power adapter if you have it.
Powerful and often donated when someone upgrades. Any tower works.
- ◆Any mid-tower or full tower from 2014 or newer.
- ◆8GB RAM minimum.
- ◆Dedicated GPU not required. Onboard graphics is fine.
Limited use. Can't run full Linux, but useful for basic training.
- ◆Android tablets from 2018 or newer preferred.
- ◆iPad accepted. Limited Linux compatibility, still useful.
- ◆Include charger and any accessories.
Great for home server and self-hosting projects at Level 2 and beyond.
- ◆Raspberry Pi 3B or newer. Pi 4 and Pi 5 preferred.
- ◆Include power supply, SD card, and case if you have them.
- ◆Other SBCs accepted: Orange Pi, Rock Pi, BeagleBone.
- ◆USB drives (8GB or larger).
- ◆USB-to-Ethernet adapters.
- ◆Power bricks and cables for common laptop models.
Email us at [email protected]. Tell us what you have and where you are. We will coordinate pickup or a ship-to address for the next event in your area.
Can't give hardware? Cash buys the drives.
Your donation funds the materials, the drives, and the next room full of people who don't know yet that this is possible.
Puts a USB drive in someone's hand.
Every install starts with a bootable drive. That drive is how it begins.
Funds one event's materials.
Printed Roadmap cards, install media, and supplies for a full session.
Sponsors a full event for a new city.
Covers everything needed to run a TFM install party from scratch in a new location.
Tech Freedom Ministries is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Filing in progress. Once approved, your donation will be tax-deductible. We don't sell data. We don't run ads. We teach people to protect themselves from the people who do.