hello from Google for nonprofits in this quick tutorial we'll go over how to request a Google for nonprofits account if your organization is outside of the United States the first question to answer is is my organization eligible for Google for nonprofits in order to be eligible there are three buckets to consider firstly the country definition of what it means to be a non-profit in your specific country in this slide I've listed out the example of Portugal and those requirements you're interest
ed in the specific definition for your country you can check out our Help Center and support google.com slash nonprofits under eligibility guidelines and we list all country definitions secondly your organization must acknowledge and agree to the applications required certifications regarding non-discrimination eligible organization type and usage these terms will be presented during the account requests well and that's where you agree to them and lastly it's important to keep in mind that the t
hree types of organizations that are not eligible for Google for nonprofits are government entities hospital or healthcare organizations or schools academic institutions or universities if your organization is eligible for Google for nonprofits you can move on to requesting a Google for nonprofits account first thing you do is head to google.com slash nonprofits click on get started in the upper right hand corner from there the system will walk you through the prompts of requesting at Google for
nonprofits account the first step is confirming the Google account that you would like to be the first administrative user on your Google for nonprofits account you can add different administrative users later when you do have an account but this is the first admin user the next step is we'll go ahead and have you confirmed that your organization is eligible and it's not a school not a hospital and not a government entity then the next step is selecting the country where your organization is lo
cated for the example of this video I've selected Portugal from there will ask you to enter your TechSoup validation token TechSoup is a third party partner that we have that validates all the nonprofit organizations under Google for nonprofits if you're outside the United States you'll work with the local in-country TechSoup partner to have your nonprofit organization validated this step here links you directly to reach out to that website to go ahead and get validated by TechSoup so you click
on get a validation token from TechSoup and this case since I'm using Portugal as an example it pops you in the into the TechSoup Portugal website there's two options here firstly are you already a member maybe you've already validated your organization with TechSoup and are taking advantage of other products and services that they offer if you're already a member that's great you can move quickly to get to login and to get a TechSoup token for Google for nonprofits but if you're not a TechSoup
member already that's totally fine you can go ahead and click new to TechSoup and start the process of being validated by TechSoup once you've followed all the steps that they have listed on their site and they've taken the time to review the requirements and review your organization they'll present you with a TechSoup token to use on Google for nonprofits you input that token on this step here you can see an example of a token listed at the bottom and from there you would click Next so now that
your organization has been validated by TechSoup and you've inputted your token the last thing to do is to agree to our terms and conditions that you are representative of your organization the your organization does not discriminate and that you have read the full Google for nonprofits terms select that you agree and then submit your request for Google for nonprofits account once you've submitted your request you'll get email that congratulate you and welcomes you to the program and you can lo
g in again at google.com slash nonprofits and this is an example of an account that you would see you'll see your nonprofit organization name at the top three tabs products administrators settings and under the products tab is where you go and you could get started under any of the products that you would like to activate the administrators tab is used to add new administrative users that you would like to be able to login to Google for nonprofits and activate products and lastly the Settings ta
b is where you handle your email preferences you can select if you want to receive our newsletters survey and feedback customized performance suggestions or special offers and that's how you get at Google for nonprofits account now how do you get help if you have any questions during the process whether that's requesting a Google for nonprofits account activating several products or tips and tricks for using those products visit our Help Center at support google.com slash nonprofits or check out
our youtube channel at youtube.com slash Google for nonprofits
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