Free Tech Grants for Nonprofits: Google, Microsoft, Canva & More

Rejection emails from nonprofit tech programs usually point to a fixable file, not an organization that doesn't qualify.

• Our guide lists the common causes and fixes:
• no online footprint: put up one page with name, mission, address, contact and activity photos
• a name that differs between the form, the founding deed and the website
• a personal email instead of one on the organization's domain
• blurry scans where stamps and registration numbers can't be read
• a generic description instead of what, where, for whom and how many people

Then ask which criterion wasn't met, fix the file, and wait two to four weeks before reapplying.

That chapter sits in Part 1 of our Nonprofit Tech Grant Guide, a 213-page book in six parts: Claim, Tools, Use, Grow, Prove and Run. It maps Google for Nonprofits and Ad Grants, Microsoft for Nonprofits and the Azure credit, Canva and the smaller programs. Program details were re-verified against official provider pages in September 2026, and the book tells you to check each provider's page before you apply.

You reapply knowing what was wrong. It isn't legal or tax advice, and Ad Grants availability differs by country.