Computer Matching Grant

To make a donation for the purchase of up-to-date computers and have your donation matched, scroll down this page and choose your method: PayPal/credit card, a US check to Open Windows Foundation or a Guatemalan check to Asociación Ventanas Abiertas. If you use PayPal/credit card, be sure to select “Computer Matching Grant” as the purpose of your donation. If you write a check, please write “Computer Matching Grant” in the explanation section of the check itself. Thank you for your participation in this campaign.

Why Donate to Open Windows Foundation?

 Guatemala has the lowest literacy rate in Central America and the problem is made worse because even public schools are not free after the primary grades. Our after-school program, lending library and computer classes provide primary school children the academic support they need to be ready to move on to high school, while our scholarship program gives them the financial means to do so. Without a secondary education most of these students would be destined to work in coffee plantations or similar agricultural jobs at very low wages. In Guatemala education is the difference between a life of poverty and a life of hope.

Where Your Donations Go

$16: a book for the lending library

$50: A doctor’s bill for a sick parent.

$100: One month of phone and internet

$600: a teacher’s salary for one month.

Three Ways to Donate

PayPal/Credit Card: You can donate with PayPal or a credit card by clicking the button below.

Check: If you prefer to send a check, you can use either US dollars or Guatemalan quetzals. To donate with a US check, please make it payable to “Open Windows Foundation” and send it to:

Open Windows Foundation
c/o John Davis
1268 E. McNair Dr.
Tempe, Arizona 85283  

All US contributions are tax deductible consistent with state and federal law and will be acknowledged in writing.

To donate with a Guatemalan check, please make it payable to “Asociación Ventanas Abiertas” and send it to: 

Nilda Girón
Asociación Ventanas Abiertas
Calle Real 3-43, Zona 1
San Miguel Dueñas, Sacatepéquez, C. A., Guatemala  

Bequest: You can make a bequest in at least two ways. One is to name Open Windows Foundation as one of the heirs in your will, specifying the amount to go to the Foundation. The amount can be in cash or in property, usually some type of securities. The other method is to create a separate securities account (or bank account) and make Open Windows the beneficiary of that account. While bequests do not provide immediate support to our programs, they are often larger than most donations and thus provide longer term benefit.

Please, make a donation and change the life of a Guatemalan child today.