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Microsoft Program Eligibility Criteria (Hong Kong)

The Microsoft Software Donations Programme is currently available only to charitable and non-profit organisations that are exempted from tax under section 88 of the Inland Revenue Ordinance (Chapter 112, Laws of Hong Kong SAR).

Organisations which provide the following types of services may be eligible to receive Microsoft donations through this programme:

  • Relief to the poor
  • Advancement of education
  • Advancement of social and community welfare
  • Advancement of culture
  • Advancement of the natural environment
  • Other purposes beneficial to the community

Additional types of organisations may be eligible to receive Microsoft donations through this programme, including:

  • Public libraries for public access purposes
  • Public museums
  • Humanitarian assistance and disaster relief organisations
  • Community health clinics
  • Behavioral healthcare nonprofits that provide mental health, chemical dependency and other psychosocial services to the community
  • Women's health centres
  • Blood banks
  • Trade associations with nonprofit status that have charitable aims and activities
  • Religious organisations, registered as a nonprofit, with a secular community designation that is separate from the church or religious organisation, that provides services to people regardless of their religious beliefs, and does not propagate a belief in a specific faith [Note 1]

The following entities are INELIGIBLE to request Microsoft software donations.

  • Individuals
  • Private foundations
  • Governmental organisations or agencies including international governmental organisations and United Nations Entities
  • Educational institutions – organisations eligible through Microsoft academic volume licensing programs are not eligible for software donations, including nonprofit private schools
  • Healthcare organisations and networks – healthcare organisations and networks including hospitals, specialty networks, ambulatory healthcare services, home healthcare and assisted living healthcare organisations are not eligible [Note 1]
  • Healthcare research organisations and research laboratories – includes organisations pursuing systematic investigation, including research development, testing and evaluation, designed to develop or contribute to general knowledge
  • Commerce and trade associations without charitable aims or activities
  • Sponsorships of events, tables, exhibitions, or performances
  • Fund-raising events such as luncheons, dinners, walks, runs, or sports tournaments
  • Political, labour and fraternal organisations
  • Refurbishers that will be installing the donated software on refurbished computers to be distributed or donated to nonprofits or schools
  • Religious organisations not registered as a nonprofit and without a secular community designation that is separate from the church or religious organisation
  • Organisations that advocate, support, or practice discrimination based on age, ethnicity, gender, national origin, disability, race, size, religion, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background. Organisations must be willing and able to attest that they do not discriminate on any of these grounds in order to receive donations
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Note 1

For religious organizations, healthcare organizations and networks and their related agencies, their service units that are receiving subventions from the Social Welfare Department (“subvention units”)are eligible to request donations of software from Microsoft for use solely by such units. Supporting documents, including but not limited to, would be required:

Copy of the organisation's Section 88 letter of tax exemption issued by the Hong Kong Inland Revenue Department

Copy of notification letter on social welfare subvention issued by the Social Welfare Department

Copy of audited report of the organisation showing use of past year’s use of social welfare subvention funds (if any)

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