AWS Nonprofit Credit Program
Summary
The AWS Nonprofit Credit Program, distributed through TechSoup and TechSoup’s international partner NGOs, provides up to $5,000 in AWS Promotional Credit per fiscal year (July 1 – June 30), one grant per year, to eligible US nonprofits. The credit is tiered by organisation size ($1,000 / $2,000 / $5,000 for small / mid / large); eligibility requires a US IRS designation in the listed 501(c) categories and explicitly does NOT include 501(c)(4) advocacy organisations.
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https://aws.amazon.com/government-education/nonprofits/nonprofit-credit-program/
The AWS Nonprofit Credit Program provides “up to $5,000 USD in AWS Promotional Credit” per fiscal year, helping nonprofits offset the cost of cloud-based infrastructure for websites, fundraising, database management, and other mission workloads [source: aws-nonprofits]. The credit is distributed through TechSoup (US) and TechSoup’s international partner NGO network for organisations registered outside the US [source: aws-nonprofits].
The official AWS Nonprofit page lists eligible US designations as 501(c)(1), 501(c)(3), 501(c)(8), 501(c)(9), 501(c)(11), 501(c)(12), 501(c)(14), and 501(c)(15), plus public libraries with valid 501(c)(3) status or registered in the Institute of Museum and Library Services database [source: aws-nonprofits]. 501(c)(4) social-welfare organisations are NOT listed — the prompt’s note that the updated-directory’s claim “AWS = yes / 501(c)(4) qualifies” is wrong is confirmed by the AWS eligibility page. The program is operated in partnership with TechSoup as the validator, and AWS explicitly defers to TechSoup’s eligibility framework for organisations outside the listed 501(c) codes [source: aws-nonprofits].
The credit is valid for at least one year or until exhausted, whichever comes first; one grant per fiscal year (July 1 to June 30) [source: aws-nonprofits]. The tiered $1,000/$2,000/$5,000 amount by organisation size is the working figure cited across the TechSoup network. International organisations route through their country TechSoup partner, and the credit amount depends on the partner’s tiering.
Use it for
Procuring $1k–$5k in AWS credits per fiscal year to offset cloud infrastructure costs (compute, storage, database, content delivery) for a charitable 501(c)(3); confirming that 501(c)(4) social-welfare / advocacy organisations are NOT eligible; planning AWS architecture for one fiscal year at a time, knowing the credit does not roll over.