Bridging the Digital Divide, Protecting Our Planet
Across the United States, 15 million low-income households still lack access to reliable home internet and computers. For nearly two decades, Compudopt has steadily worked to reduce that number, ensuring youth and families in North Texas are fully equipped to thrive in a rapidly growing digital economy.
Our mission began with a simple belief: every child deserves equal access to education and opportunity. Founded in 2007 by Jonathan Osha, Compudopt was born from a striking observation, most corporate computers are shelved, upgraded, or discarded in under three years. Instead of allowing this high-quality technology to sit in storage or end up in local landfills, he envisioned a circular solution that turns corporate e-waste into life-changing community infrastructure.
A Dual-Impact Model: Digital Equity Meets Environmental Sustainability
Compudopt is uniquely positioned as a dual-benefit social enterprise. We serve as a certified, eco-friendly IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) partner for the corporate sector, providing secure data destruction and electronics recycling. By intercepting these hardware lifecycles, we achieve massive environmental impact—diverting hundreds of thousands of pounds of e-waste from landfills and directly lowering carbon footprints through technology reuse.
We then channel these physical resources straight back into North Texas neighborhoods through a comprehensive, three-tiered approach:
Device Access: We sanitize, completely refurbish, and distribute free, high-quality computers to low-income households without home technology, creating permanent tools for learning and employment.
Connectivity Solutions: Our teams work directly in the community to help families overcome financial and logistical barriers, navigating and connecting households to free or low-cost high-speed home internet.
A Continuum of Digital Education: We host free, age-appropriate educational programs that meet community members where they are—from play-based youth STEAM programs to youth hardware training (Learn2Earn), young adult career certifications (Pathways), and essential digital literacy building for adult learners.
Join Us This North Texas Giving Day
When you support Compudopt on North Texas Giving Day, your investment does twice the good. Every dollar directly fuels local workforce development, supports educational equity for under-resourced students, and keeps toxic electronics out of our ecosystems. Together, we can build a more sustainable planet and ensure no family in North Texas is left behind on the wrong side of the digital divide.
Our foundation has been serving the Dallas metroplex since 2019. During this time, we have:
Our mission is to provide technology access and education to under-resourced youth and their communities.
Guided by our core values—Commitment, Accountability, Integrity, and Responsibility—we equip, connect, and inspire.
You can make a lasting impact on students and families with a gift of any size. Every dollar makes a difference. Here are a few examples of what your support can provide:
$25 - Can provide a family with high-speed internet access for a month
$50 - Helps refurbish a computer for a new home
$100 - Offers tech support and digital skills training to those in need
$250 - Places a computer into the hands of a community member
$500 - Supplies a household with a laptop and reliable internet
$1,000 - Provides 25 hours of tech education
At Compudopt, we believe every child deserves equal access to education and opportunity, regardless of race, color, or national origin.
Organization name
Compudopt
Causes
Education - STEM, Environment & Conservation, Employment & Workforce Development
Operating Budget
$10,000,000 or more
Counties Served
Hunt, Tarrant, Rockwall, Navarro, Kaufman, Ellis, Denton, Dallas, Collin
BIPOC Serving
Native American, Hispanic or Latinx, Asian/Pacific Islander, Black or African American
BIPOC Leadership
Board Chair
Address
2121 S Harwood St