DONATION INFORMATION

The principle goal of EJI is to support STEM education.

Equipment donations may be of two types:

1. Equipment that will have end users that are academics (high school, community colleges and universities for education and/or research

2. Equipment that will have for-profit end users (funds will be used for scholarships, small research grants to schools and/or to reduce the cost of equipment sold to academic institutions)

Types of equipment for donation of most interest include the following

Balances - various sizes

Battery analysis and production

Bioimaging systems

Bioreactors

Biosafety cabinets

Cell homogenizers

Centrifuges

Chemistry analyzers (not robots)

Circular dichroism spectroscopy

Electroporators

Fluorimeters

HPLC, FPLC, UPLC

Incubators/shakers

Mass spectrometers

Materials characterization

Membrane filtration

Metallography

Microscopes

Optical tables and equipment

Ovens and autoclaves

PCR machines

Physical testing

Pipettes and liquid handling

Plate readers

Power supplies

Protein purification equipment

Pumps

Refrigerators and freezers

Rheometers

Spectrophotometers

Stirrer/hot plates

Thermogravimetric analysis

Water baths/chillers

Water purification

Donation process

Companies that have equipment for donation can provide a list of the equipment to be donated with the following information for each item (send to claire@equipmentjunction.org):

1. Make and model of equipment (req’d)

2. Estimated year of purchase (or production for OEM) (req’d)

3. Estimated cost/value at time or purchase (req’d)

4. Location of the equipment (req’d)

5. Statement of the state of the equipment (req’d)

   1. New (unused or very lightly used)

   2. Used in working condition

   3. Used not working – minor repairs needed (e.g. replace bulb, other repairs estimated to cost less than $500)

   4. Used not working – major repairs needed (e.g. repairs estimated to cost more than $500)

6. Serial number

EJI will review the collection and respond within 7 days with one of the following responses

1. We will collect all of the proposed equipment and provide a statement of value for tax deduction for review by donating company.  If you agree with the value of the tax deduction we will schedule pick up.

2. We will collect some of the proposed equipment (we will identify which items are of interest) and provide a statement of value for tax deduction for review by donating company.  If you agree with the value of the tax deduction we will schedule pick up.

3. We are interested in one or more items but we cannot pick it up (due to distance and/or estimated value of the equipment – it would not cover the cost of us to pick it up)  If the company is willing to proceed, they can ship the equipment to us absorbing the shipping cost.  We will provide a tax deduction letter for the value of the equipment and we will communicate what that value is for review by the donating company.  We will also provide a tax deduction letter for the cost of the shipping.

4. We are not able to collect any of the proposed equipment.

Liability

EJI authorized signer will sign any statement from the donating company releasing liability due to personal injury resulting from misuse of the equipment.