![]() I hope this can help some teams out there trying to take advantage of these resources. Where we would previously have binders full of documentation, we now have it all in the cloud and easily accessible. This has been a tremendous help to our team and we use Google drive for just about everything we make and every student has their own account. Some notable things about this is that you get unlimited users and unlimited drive space. ![]() So we have a Google Apps for Education account now. The nice guy at google understood our situation, asked for our EIN, and approved our Google Apps account. We decided to once again try our chances and explain the situation we were in because of the way the IRS classifies us. The next day we got a response from a fellow at Google stating that we do not qualify because we did not meet this requirement “ K-12 or higher educational institution, non-profit, accredited by a generally accepted accreditation body” One thing different when we were rejected this time was that it was a personalized response. We also aren’t a school so we don’t qualify. Google offers the Google Apps for Education, but you can’t take advantage of the other services offered (Educational Institutions and Related Activities). Google automatically took this as being a school so we did not qualify for the program. The reason being is our organizations classification for the IRS is a “Educational Institutions and Related Activities”. So our team applied at was quickly denied (within a few seconds). When you get approved, you qualify for various Google products that you can read up on here Selections are made at Google’s sole discretion, and are not subject to external review. Google reserves the right to grant or deny an organization’s application or participation at any time, for any reason, and to supplement or amend these eligibility guidelines at any time. To learn more about Google’s programs for educational institutions, visit Google in Education. Schools, childcare centers, academic institutions, and universities (philanthropic arms of educational organizations are eligible). Please note that the following organizations are not eligible for Google for Nonprofits: Internal Revenue Service andĪcknowledge and agree to the application’s required certifications regarding nondiscrimination and donation receipt and use. Hold current 501©(3) status, as determined by the U.S. To be eligible for the Google for Nonprofits program, organizations must: Google offers the same service to nonprofits free of cost. Google has a service called Google Apps for Business that they offer Gmail and Google Drive along with a whole bunch of little tools that help businesses stay organized. It was a little difficult, but I’m hope our experience can help others looking to take advantage of these great tools. Team 2543, TitanBot, recently went through the process of getting Google Apps for our organization. ![]() Google Apps for ***FIRST***® could provide huge benefits to ***FLL***® and ***FRC***® teams. Eric Schmidt (Google CEO and member of the ***FIRST***® board)?Ĭan a ***FIRST***® mentor who works at Google and contact someone in Google’s Corporate Responsibility organization? When I requested that the ***FIRST***® National organization contact Google they came up empty as well.ĭoes someone have a way to send email to Dr. My attempts to contact Google have met with silence. How can we propose the establishment of Google Apps for ***FIRST***® ?Ĭontacting a human at Google is extremely difficult due to their communication process. As a result FRC teams fall in between the two app groups Google has established. Many of the FRC teams are school sponsored (not 501©(3)) and in addition to students and faculty, team members include parents, mentors, and business people from multiple sponsors. *Google Apps for Non-Profits *is restricted to use by 501©(3) organizations. Google Apps for Education is used by many school districts but its use is restricted to administration, faculty, and students. We need a web based solution for communication, documentation, collaboration, web site, and source code management and it seems that Google Apps would fit the bill nicely.įurthermore many ***FIRST***® Robotics teams would benefit greatly by using Google Apps but there are barriers. ![]() While our team has developed a website for our ***FRC***® team we want to expand the capabilities to meet the needs of the ***FIRST***® program (***FLL***® and ***FRC***®).
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