About Compudopt
Compudopt is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 2007 with a mission to provide technology access and education to under-resourced youth. To date, it has distributed over 78,790 devices to students in need, delivered over 239,000 hours of technology education to over 82,947 students, connected over 4,500 households to the Compudopt Internet Network, and diverted 698.9+ tons of computer hardware from landfills. Compudopt has programs in 19 states and 40 cities. Learn more at www.compudopt.org.
For Media Inquiries
For media inquiries or interview requests, please contact Teddi Cliett at tcliett@threebox.com
Our Latest News
Be sure to check out the latest Compudopt news happening in your area.
Compudopt Partners with City of Goodyear to Empower 140+ Arizona Families with Laptops
A Decade of Service: Compudopt CEO Announces Transition Plan: Megan Steckly is stepping away from the leadership role
A Transformative 2025: Compudopt Delivers Digital Opportunity at Scale Through National Partnerships, E-Waste Programming and More
Power Up: One Million Individuals Impacted by Free Digital Solutions from Compudopt
Partnerships for Positive Change: Compudopt, Santander US Impact More Than Half a Million People with Digital Solutions
Compudopt marks National Digital Inclusion Week 2025 with events October 6-10 to amplify digital access in our communites
Compudopt Media Coverage 2026
- The Business Download: BLK & Bold Uses Coffee To Support Community (MAR)
- Sprout Social: March Madness Marketing Strategies (MAR)
- Free Laptop with GED Classes 2026: How Low-Income Adults & Students Can Get One(MAR)
- ABC Rio Grande Valley (KRGV-TV): Governor Abbott joins AT&T to deliver laptops to Los Fresnos CISD students (MAR)
- Telemundo 40 McAllen: Gobernador Abbott asiste a evento tecnológico con alumnos de Los Fresnos (MAR)
- The St. Kitts & Nevis Observer: United States: Governor Abbott, AT&T Deliver 150 Laptops To Los Fresnos CISD Students (MAR)
- Governor Abbott, AT&T Deliver 150 Laptops To Los Fresnos CISD Students (MAR)
- ABC Green Bay: AT&T, Compudopt donate 50 laptops to Door County families affected by digital divide (MAR)
- ASC3 wants to close the intergenerational digital gap, teaches seniors email, Zoom, more (FEB)
- Metro Atlanta CEO: AT&T, Compudopt Provide Laptops to Georgia Sheriffs’ Youth Homes (FEB)
- Glenn Heights Partners With AT&T, United Way, and Compudopt to Bridge Digital Divide Through Laptop Giveaway (JAN)
Compudopt Media Coverage 2025
- Daily American Republic: Fifty free laptops give Boys & Girls Club kids a tech boost for school and beyond (DEC)
- FOX 23: 150 students receive laptops thanks to AT&T, Compudopt donation (DEC)
- SERJobs Partners with Compudopt to Provide 200 Free Laptops to Local Job Seekers at Winter Graduation Ceremony (DEC)
- La Prensa: Entregaron 200 computadoras portátiles a la comunidad (DEC)
- Meeting Clients Where They Are: Digital Literacy in Action (DEC)
- WJOL-AM: The Salvation Army, AT&T and Compudopt Provide 600 Free Laptops (DEC)
- Patch AM: How to benefit from next week’s free laptop giveaway in Champaign (DEC)
- St. George News: 200 laptops given to St. George families through Big Brothers Big Sisters (DEC)
- Eagle Pass Business Journal: Eagle Pass HEROES Students Receive Laptop Computers from AT&T and Compudopt (DEC)
- WKOW-TV (ABC Madison): 150 laptops gifted to Dane County teens in need (Dec)
- Emanuel County Live: Technology donation supports ECI students’ future success (Nov)
- Houston Style Magazine: Comcast Closes the Year with Purpose: Celebrating Community Champions
and Announcing Over $700,000 in Grants to Texas Nonprofits (Nov) - KLST-TV (San Angelo, TX): AT&T, Compudopt donate 50 laptops to San Angelo Schools Foundation (Nov)
- KXAS-TV (NBC Dallas): Something Good - Laptop donations for North Texans (Nov)
- WGN9-TV: AT&T and Compudopt work to bridge digital divide with laptop donation in Chicago (Nov)
- Power Up: One Million Individuals Impacted by Free Digital Solutions from Compudopt (Nov)
- Recycling Today: Bridging the divide (Nov)
- Announcing the 2026 Microsoft TechSpark Fellows (Nov)
- FOX 23: AT&T gives away over 150 laptops at Tulsa school (Oct)
- Growing Up In America: The Way It Is by Dr. Robert Sanborn (Oct)
- KVEO-TV 23: AT&T, McAllen Chamber of Commerce give out 100 laptops (Oct)
- 5 Clever Uses For Your Old Laptops (Oct)
- Energy Capital HTX: Expert: How technology is transforming energy education and powering young minds (Sept)
- BringingApps Teams Up with Compudopt (Sept)
- Transforming Technology into Opportunity: How FHLBank Chicago Repurposed Laptops to Support Students (Sept)
- KVEO 23/CBS 4: AT&T, Compudopt donate 100 laptops to bridge digital gap (Sept)
- WCIA-TV (ABC): 100 free laptops given to students in need at United Way of Danville Area (Sept)
- Mesa Independent: AT&T, Compudopt provide 250 laptops to A New Leaf in Mesa (Sept)
- Free laptops for Citrus Boys & Girls Clubs members through partnership with AT&T and Compudopt (Aug)
- LSC-University Park fuels summer youth learning on campus (Aug)
- El Dia: CHA despide a más de 200 estudiantes de primer año que aspiran a la universidad (Aug)
- The Crusader: CHA bids adieu to more than 200 college-bound freshmen at 15th annual Take Flight College Send-Off (Aug)
- Forward Times: AKA Sisters Celebrate 30 Years of Giving: A Back-to-School Celebration Expands to Support Students at Every Level (Aug)
- San Antonio students receive free laptops to aid college journey (Aug)
- Chicago Housing Authority sending off largest group yet of high school graduates to college (Aug)
- Connected Nation: The national Digital Divide Award goes to... (Jul)
- AT&T, Compudopt Provide 150 Laptops and Backpacks to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami for Local Students (Jul)
- Dan nueva vida a viejas computadoras para quienes más lo necesitan, buscan cerrar la brecha digital (Jun)
- Packers and NFL team up to tackle tech gaps for Oneida students (Apr)
- Las iniciativas de Compudopt Houston (Apr)
- Lasting impacts of '25 Draft leaves legacy in Green Bay (May)
- AT&T, RGX and Compudopt partner on device collection (May)
- AT&T, Recycle Global Exchange, and Compudopt Team Up to Make Electronic Recycling Easier and More Impactful (May)
- AT&T, Compudopt Provide 500 Laptops to Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School(Feb)
- Cook County Recognized as One of the Nation’s Digital Inclusion Trailblazers(Jan)
Compudopt Media Coverage 2024
- AT&T, Compudopt Provide 400 Laptops and Backpacks to Augusta Students (Aug)
- Compudopt releases performance results for first half of 2024, celebrates 17 years(Aug)
- Compudopt Ofrence Resursos Gratuitos para los Estudiantes(Aug)
- Laptops given to Midland students(Aug)
- Compudopt, AT&T Equip 13,000 Students With Free Back-to-school Resources(Aug)
- Searching for a new job in North Texas? Here are more than 22,000 to choose from(July)
- National nonprofit Compudopt celebrates 17 years of digital equity solutions impacting 610K individuals(July)
- AT&T, Compudopt to provide 50 laptops to Midland students and families(July)
- Winners Revealed: D CEO’s 2024 Nonprofit & Corporate Citizenship Awards(July)
- Houston-area storm recovery: Where to find cooling centers, food, water, other resources in aftermath of Hurricane Beryl(July)
- List: Back to school supply giveaways for Shreveport-Bossier families(July)
- Mayor Whitmire Announces Expanded Cooling Centers and Drive-Thru Distribution Points Amid Heat Wave(July)
- Beryl relief: Houston distribution events, cooling centers, shelters for Friday(July)
- Cooling centers remain open in Houston as many are still without power after Hurricane Beryl(July)
- Beryl recovery: Houston cooling centers, distribution events for Thursday (July)
- AT&T, Compudopt to give 250 laptops to Atlanta students(July)
- LIST: Cooling, charging centers across Houston residents can turn to amid ongoing power outages(July)
- People on the move: Megan Steckly(June)
- High school seniors surprised with free laptops in Southeast DC(June)
- Graduation surprise! AT&T donates 100 laptops to southeast DC seniors(June)
- Efforts mount to increase digital access in Louisiana’s underserved communities(June)
- Nearly 900 students in Houston receive free laptops from AT&T(June)
- Compudopt donates 350 computers to Goose Creek(June)
- Miami-Dade residents receive laptops from AT&T, Compudopt to bridge digital divide(May)
- How to Get a Free Computer (& Why It’s Easier Than You Think)(May)
- Gambit's Thumbs Up / Thumbs Down for May 20(May)
- Efforts to close the Digital Divide in St. Louis slowly making progress in underserved communities(May)
- Finalists Announced: D CEO’s Nonprofit and Corporate Citizenship Awards 2024(May)
- Compudopt Gratis(May)
- Broadband grant funding includes $1 million for TCAT here(May)
- County Receives Multiple Grants from State(May)
- San Antonio, Bexar County public-private initiatives ramping up to increase internet access (April)
- Governments Work to Get San Antonio, Texas-Area Residents Online (April)
- Digital Skills: 'It's about the future of the Workforce' with Megan Steckly of Compudopt (April)
- Connected America panelists look ahead at future challenges and discuss remaining digital gaps in Texas (March)
- Five projects awarded funding to advance Internet access and connectivity worldwide (March)
- How to get free computers for low income families (March)
- Heights-based Compudopt bridges digital divide, secures $7.3M grant (Feb)
- AT&T completes fibre optic broadband expansion in Boonville, Indiana (Jan)
- AT&T Continues to Help Close Digital Divide in Boonville with Completion of Fiber-Powered Broadband Project and Connected Devices (Jan)
- Vonda Malbrough Gives an Overview of Compudopt
(Jan)
Compudopt Media Coverage 2023
- Compudopt by Green Living Magazine (May)
- Compudopt Opens Doors in Arizona to Provide Low-Cost Internet Solutions to Thousands of Mesa Residents by Newsbreak (May)
- Non-profit group providing computers, internet access to those in need by KNXV (May)
- Local Nonprofit Celebrates Opening in Arizona by Donating 150 Computers to Local Teens by Health and Living (May)
- Tech nonprofit opens up in Mesa and starts work right away by AZ Family (May)
- Lexington, KY Computer Distribution Feature (Aug)
- Nonprofit gives free computers to Durant area by KXII (Aug)
- National nonprofit connects about 5,000 Dallas residents to Internet services by Dallas Business Journal (Sept)
- To bridge the digital divide, national nonprofit offers free devices and internet by Healthcare IT News (Dec)
- Help bridge the digital divide facing so many children in our community by KHOU (Dec)
- AT&T & Compudopt Donate 110 Laptops to Georgia Foster Kids & Those Aging Out of Foster Care by Metro Atlanta CEO
(Dec)
