WESTFIELD, PASSAIC and PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY – September 22, 2026

More Than Bootstraps (MTB), a New Jersey non-profit organization dedicated to helping low-income, first-generation students access and succeed in higher education, gratefully announces the donation of 5 laptop computers from Revivn, a hardware lifecycle management platform that provides an all-in-one software-enabled solution for managing and repurposing IT assets. The laptops are for use by the High School Fellows and College Student Leaders in MTB and will enable them to participate in More Than Bootstraps’ remote programming and meet the full demands of applying to and attending college.

As a certified benefit corporation, Revivn is committed to reducing waste, closing the digital divide, and providing tech access for all. With the donation of these devices, Revivn not only provides MTB students with the technology they need to succeed, but Revivn allows MTB to dedicate more of its private donor, grant, and foundation funds to student stipends, providing students in the program the financial support necessary to give them time to devote to the work of creating a community of success.

“Have you ever tried to write an essay on a phone? As a college professor, I know that some students find themselves trying to. Thanks to Revivn, MTB students don't find themselves in this difficult spot! By providing laptop computers, Revivn continues to help MTB remove barriers to success for first-generation students,” said Audrey Fisch, president of More Than Bootstraps.

Interested donors are invited to visit the MTB website: www.morethanbootstraps.org/donate

ABOUT REVIVN

Revivn is a Certified B Corporation and social enterprise that transforms retired enterprise hardware into opportunity. By partnering with organizations to repurpose and redistribute used technology, Revivn connects businesses with communities and places laptops, tablets, and other devices into the hands of nonprofit organizations, students, and populations that need them. For more information, visit revivn.com.

More Than Bootstraps is a nonprofit created by educators seeking to level the playing field and remove some of the substantial barriers that first-generation college students encounter in accessing and succeeding in higher education. More Than Bootstraps employs a near-peer mentoring model to create a community of success. College students from the community return to guide their younger peers in the community through the college search, application, and assimilation process. These leaders, working as a mentoring cohort, in turn strengthen their own college-going identities and improve their own chances of success in higher education.

Students are selected based on their desire to attend college and their commitment to the program rather than grade point average or test scores. All students in the MTB program receive stipends, laptop computers, and access to emergency resources to help them with the many non-tuition expenses of higher education. 

More Than Bootstraps is a 501(c)3 organization, Tax ID 83-2245008.

Media Contact:

Audrey Fisch, Ph.D.

President, More Than Bootstraps

(908) 397-0893

audrey@morethanbootstraps.org