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CompuMentor and NPower, supported by a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, are
providing technical assistance to grantees to help them comply with the new list-checking
requirements that are a result of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act.
CompuMentor and NPower are both nonprofit technology assistance providers with over 20
years of combined experience providing reliable, high-quality services to the nonprofit
sector.
As an organization that currently re-grants Mott funds or is considering re-granting Mott
funds in the future, you are eligible for technical assistance from CompuMentor and
NPower. The Mott Foundation, CompuMentor and NPower are committed to providing you the
highest quality technical assistance and support throughout this project.
You may have already participated in the first phase of this project, a needs assessment
conducted by CompuMentor to help the Mott Foundation better understand the type and range
of assistance you will need to meet the new list-checking requirement. Based on the
results of this needs assessment, CompuMentor and NPower are currently implementing the
second phase of this project: building the capacity of Mott-designated organizations to
utilize recommended list-checking software in accordance with USA PATRIOT Act compliance
guidelines prepared by the Mott Foundation.
For more about these guidelines, please visit the Mott Toolbox at http://toolbox.mott.org.
As a part of this project, grantees will receive a variety of technical assistance
including training, direct assistance, informational resources, and real-time online
assistance via instant messaging.
Training
Our training strategy is two-fold: we provide the tools necessary to ensure that your
organization’s management team understands and is able to support the technology and
human infrastructure necessary to complete common business tasks such as data tracking and
security. In addition, we provide training on new software and tactical support to the
individuals responsible for implementing list-checking within your organization.
Over the next eighteen months, NPower, with CompuMentor’s support, will provide two
reoccurring web-based trainings:
- Data Care & Management: The Data Care & Management workshop provides key
information and next steps required so that your organization can manage your data in a
secure and accessible way. Good data management practices ensure that you are maintaining
reliable data sources. If your organization currently struggles to track and store your
data in an organized and secure way, this workshop will help you implement the changes you
need to improve your data management and reliably meet the new list-checking requirement.
- Bridger Insight Web v6.0: The Mott Foundation recommends the use of a specific
list-checking application called Bridger Insight. This workshop will provide the training
your staff needs to use Bridger Insight, so that list-checking can be done effectively and
efficiently.
The training will be offered on a rolling schedule. Organizations will be invited to
join the training based on the information collected during the needs assessment phase.
Direct Assistance
All Mott re-granting organizations will receive a minimum of five hours of direct
assistance to help ensure that you have adequately documented your list-checking
procedure. In addition, the needs assessment identified a group of organizations that may
benefit from additional assistance with data management and security. If your organization
is one of these that qualifies for additional assistance, you will be contacted by a
technology assistance provider to discuss next steps.
NPower will provide direct assistance in the United States. CompuMentor will work with
regional partners to bring local technical assistance to organizations outside of the
United States.
Please find out more about all of our partners at the project resource site.
Informational Resources
All training materials and other resources will be archived, for the life of the
project, at the project resource site.
Real-time Online Assistance via Instant Messaging
We understand that you may have questions that arise outside of the workshops or visits
from your technology assistance provider. CompuMentor and NPower are committed to making
sure that you have access to someone who can answer your questions about list-checking at
all times. For that reason, CompuMentor and NPower will establish an Instant Messaging
presence and make that, as well as step-by-step instructions for use, available to all
participating grantees. This support network will be available for ad hoc questions. For
details on this, please see the project resource
site.
Questions?
Please visit the project resource site for
information and answers to common questions. You can also contact Zack Hedling (mott@compumentor.org) to help you find the right
person to answer your questions. By phone:
From inside the United States: 800-659-3579 or 415-633-9368
From outside the United States: + 1-415-633-9368
About the Providers
CompuMentor, the home of TechSoup.org, has been providing technology assistance to
nonprofits for 17 years. To find out more about CompuMentor, visit one of their two
websites, http://www.compumentor.org or http://www.techsoup.org.
NPower is a US network of locally-based NPower programs, providing a range of
high-quality, affordable, and appropriate technology assistance services for nonprofits.
To learn more about NPower, visit http://www.npower.org.
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