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Digital Equity Opportunity Recognition Honoree
MNN Excellence in Partnerships Award
Digital Inclusion Leadership Award
Computer World Honors Laureate
BPS Parent University Special Recognition Award
Community Broadband Award Winner
Verizon Tech Savvy Award
PTI Solutions Award Winner
BPS and TTTS Community Collaboration Award
June 2023: Tech Goes Home Receives Long-Term Grant from Cummings Foundation to Expand Programming Capacity in Suffolk, Middlesex, and Essex Counties
May 2023: Tech Goes Home Hires Marwa Alnaal to Lead Advocacy and Organizational Development Work in Worcester
April 2023: Tech Goes Home Receives Historic Investment to Expand Digital Equity Work Across Massachusetts
March 2023: Tech Goes Home Announces Results of Pilot Program Expansion in Essex County
March 2023: Tech Goes Home Chief Advocacy Officer Marvin Venay Honored as One of Boston’s Most Influential Men of Color
March 2023: Tech Goes Home Receives Major Grant from The Devonshire Foundation to Increase Organization Capacity
February 2023: Tech Goes Home Receives Grant from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation to Help Improve Digital Equity Data and Evaluation
December 2022: Tech Goes Home Partners with the Alliance for Digital Equity to Expand Programming into Hampden, Hampshire, and Franklin Counties
November 2022: Tech Goes Home Receives $500,000 in New Funding in State Economic Development Legislation
November 2022: Tech Goes Home Receives New $250,000 Grant from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation to Expand Digital Equity Efforts
July 2022: Boston City Council Approves $2 Million Investment in Tech Goes Home Through American Rescue Plan Act Spending Package
June 2022: Grant from AT&T Supports Expansion of Tech Goes Home Digital Equity Work in Boston
May 2022: ECCF, Tech Goes Home, The Philanthropic Initiative Talk Digital Equity at National Conference
March 2022: QBE Foundation Awards Tech Goes Home Grant to Advance Digital Equity Throughout Eastern Massachusetts
February 2022: Tech Goes Home Receives $250,000 from Patrick J. McGovern Foundation to Expand Digital Equity Across Boston
September 2021: Tech Goes Home Announces New Partnerships with Community-Based Organizations in Essex County to Expand Digital Inclusion
July 2021: Tech Goes Home Receives Support from Crown Castle to Expand Digital Equity Work in Eastern Massachusetts
June 2021: Tech Goes Home and Essex County Community Foundation Partner to Increase Digital Equity in Key Essex County Communities
June 2021: Tech Goes Home and Jewish Vocational Service Partner to Provide Workers Across Massachusetts with Digital Tools and Training
April 2021: Tech Goes Home: Providing Digital Access in Boston
April 2021: Leaders in Technology, Health Join Tech Goes Home Board of Directors
March 2021: Tech Goes Home Hires Marvin Venay as Director of Advocacy to Advance Digital Equity in Massachusetts
February 2021: Tech Goes Home and SharkNinja Partner to Address Digital Inequity in Greater Boston
December 2020: Massachusetts Nonprofit Tech Goes Home and NETSCOUT Team Up to Expand Digital Access in Greater Boston Community
December 2020: Tech Goes Home Co-CEO Dan Noyes Recognized as 2020 Charles Benton Digital Equity Champion
September 2020: Tech Goes Home Recognized as 2020 DOER Honoree for Work to Advance Digital Inclusion in Greater Boston
Tech Goes Home in the News
"Tech Goes Home receives $4.5M grant to expand its digital equity outreach"
April 2023
"Western Mass. group gets $5.1 million to address ‘digital divide’ in skills, devices and fiber coverage"
April 2023
"$14M to address digital divide in Massachusetts"
April 2023
Marvin's Letter: "Telehealth is a thing. For real. Now how to make full use of it?"
March 2023
Partner Highlight: "MakeIT Haverhill helps narrow the digital divide"
March 2023
Dan's Op-Ed: "Digital access remains a problem"
March 2023
Uploading a resume is a barrier to employment for some job seekers, even during a labor shortage
Marvin is Interviewed on "Talk of the Neighborhoods"
"Viewpoint: Connecting Bostonians to digital inclusion"
December 2022
"Highlights of the 2022 MNN Conference"
October 2022
"Expanding opportunity for Black communities"
October 2022
"Digital inequities extend beyond health care access"
September 2022
"Boston Digital Equity Group Nets Major ARPA Funding"
July 2022
"Boston City Council approves $2M investment in Tech Goes Home to address digital inequity"
July 2022
"Digital equity nonprofit gets $2M from city of Boston ARPA funds"
July 2022
"Boston nonprofit receives $100k grant from AT&T to address digital inequity"
June 2022
"Boost in digital access for low-income Americans is welcome — now sustain it"
May 2022
"5 for Good: Tech Goes Home and MACIR offer free IT training"
April 2022
"A Conversation with Tech Goes Home's Director of Advocacy Marvin L. Venay"
March 2022
"Boston Wi-Fi wastelands leaving students, parents in the dark"
March 2022
"Progress being made on digital inequity — but more needed"
March 2022
"Column: Fostering nonprofit innovation"
February 2022
"McGovern Foundation Awards $6M to Groups Expanding Access to Tech Education"
January 2022
"Massachusetts’ digital divide reveals complex problems and a simple solution"
January 2022
"Council takes up equitable access to broadband"
December 2021
"MakeIT Haverhill graduates first digital literacy class"
November 2021
"Devices, digital skills are the other two legs of the stool"
October 2021
"How the co-CEO of a nonprofit is helping to close Boston's digital divide by giving thousands of low-income residents access to the internet"
September 2021
"Tackling Health Inequity Means Addressing Digital Inequity, Too"
August 2021
"Gateway Cities battle the digital divide"
August 2021
"Letter: Narrowing the digital divide"
August 2021
"Technology Donation from Tech Goes Home"
June 2021
"Digital Equity Includes Clear Messaging And Training, Experts Argue"
May 2021
"Tech Goes Home: Providing Digital Access in Boston"
April 2021
"LETTER: Supporting efforts for digital literacy"
April 2021
"Mass. takes heat for its vaccine rollout (Letters)"
January 2021
"City of Boston Keeps Holiday Tradition Alive, Working With AT&T and Tech Goes Home to Connect Seniors with Loved Ones"
December 2020
"Massachusetts Nonprofit Tech Goes Home and NETSCOUT Team Up to Expand Digital Access in Greater Boston Community"
December 2020
"Digital gaps underscore need: 'Tech para todos'"
December 2020
"Activists calling on state's Dept. of Education to help Latinx families struggling with technology access"
December 2020
"We need to close digital divide in Boston"
With City Councilors Julia Mejia & Ed Flynn
November 2020
"Virtual learning can’t succeed without digital skills training"
October 2020
"Changemaker: Nonprofit brings technology home to low income communities"
August 2020
"The Digital Divide: Remote learning not possible for all families"
August 2020
"Robust funding for community-based training to enhance digital skills essential (Letters)"
July 2020
"Letter to the Editor: Digital inequities block the path for many"
July 2020
"Op-Ed: COVID-19 and the Digital Divide"
April 2020
"Coronavirus exposed the lack of Internet access. Now some in Congress want to close that digital divide"
April 2020
TGH awarded a grant by Life Science Cares to enroll 43 intergenerational families in digital inclusion programs
December 2019
"Internet is fundamental for school success"
October 2019
"Boston Mayor Walsh and Boston Public Schools Superintendent Praise Comcast Efforts to Help Bridge the Digital Divide"
September 2019
"Back to School: Internet Access is Essential These Days, and Yes, There Are Affordable Options"
September 2019
Boston named a "Digital Inclusion Trailblazer" of 2019, highlighting the City's collaboration with Tech Goes Home
July 2019
Tech Goes Home was featured in the Next Century Cities new toolkit for communities, "Becoming Broadband Ready"
January 2019
Tech Goes Home was funded by RootProject's Token Generation Event
July 2018
"With No Municipal Internet Seen on Horizon, Users Turn to Patchwork of Smaller Initiatives"
March 2018
Tech Goes Home was featured as a partner in WGBH's 2018 Report
March 2018
Co-CEO Dan Noyes was interviewed by Comcast Newsmakers on "Breaking Down Barriers to Technology"
February 2018
Co-CEOs Dan Noyes and Theo Hanna wrote an Op-Ed regarding "The Battle Over Screen Time"
February 2018
"Verizon Investing in the Community with a Grant to Tech Goes Home"
September 2017
"Tech Goes Home Program Helps Low-Income Families Gain Access to Computers"
September 2017
Tech Goes Home was featured in the Capital One Community Spotlight
March 2017
Tech Goes Home was selected as 1 of 3 new TUGG portfolio nonprofits
March 2017
Comcast offers low-cost Internet access to Boston seniors & awards TGH $100,000 to further support seniors
November 2016
Co-CEO Dan Noyes discusses internet affordability in Bay State Banner article, "Verizon bringing fiber optic service to Boston"
April 2016
"Tech Goes Home Receives Google Grant for Cambridge Residents"
February 2016
"Computer Trainers Help Boston Baby Boomers Reach Internet Speed"
November 2015
"HuffPost What’s Working Honor Roll: A New Program Helps Parents And Kids Learn Tech Skills Alongside Each Other"
July 2015
Co-CEO Dan was asked to represent Boston at the National ConnectHome Summit to discuss broadband access
July 2015
Tech Goes Home's Early Childhood Program was featured the article "The Best Screen Time," published by The Slate
July 2015
Tech Goes Home highlighted as a "Difference Maker" in the digital equity field
July 2014