Free Geek Community & Friends,

As we kick off 2026, Free Geek is proud to announce the release of our latest Impact Report highlighting our progress from our last fiscal year (October 2024 through September 2025). FY25 marks a quarter-century of Free Geek and our transformation from a hobbyist organization with an emphasis on e-waste into a trusted community leader in the digital equity space. The communities we serve continue to be an endless well of inspiration and hope, driving our team to expand and improve our programs and services to make digital equity a reality for all.

This past year was not without its challenges. The ongoing presence of ICE has threatened the safety and fabric of our community, and federal funding cuts have left many critical service providers and communities in the dark. In response, we developed community safety policies and adjusted programming to protect those most vulnerable, and diversified our funding streams to minimize service disruptions. I am immensely grateful to our team and our community for doing what we do best–meeting the moment with solidarity and showing that we are stronger than the forces that seek to drive us apart.

Despite these challenges, Free Geek remains undeterred in its mission to include everyone in our digital future. I’m thrilled by our upcoming opportunities for growth, both in the physical sense as we move into a larger space for our recycling and refurbishment services, and in our program capacity: we are strengthening partnerships with like-minded community organizations to deliver services in more languages and expand our network of digital navigators supporting digital literacy in our schools, community centers, low-income neighborhoods, and shelters. In creating robust community networks, our mission will remain resilient in an uncertain future; many hands make light work.

In the next 25 years, my hope is that the stories within this report will be looked back upon as the beginning of multi-generational impacts. I am immensely grateful and proud of our staff, the majority of whom have lived experience with the same barriers that our volunteers, interns, and program participants seek to overcome. When Black, Brown, Indigenous, People of Color, and LGBTQIA+ community members show up for Free Geek programs, we see ourselves in them–they are the next generation of leaders creating a digital future for all.

Thank you to every partner, funder, and community member who makes our work possible. We invite you to read the full Impact Report to learn more about the progress made, the challenges met, and the collective work that continues to move digital equity forward.I hope that you feel a great deal of pride reading about our victories in FY25, because they are yours, too. 

Onward,

Juan M. Muro Jr. Executive Director