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Sponsor
This grant is sponsored by Think|Stack, LLC ("Sponsor"), located at 11307 York Road, STE 366, Cockeysville, MD 21030. Sponsor is solely responsible for all aspects of this grant process (“Grant”).
Application
During the period commencing at 8:00:00 a.m. CT on April 18, 2025 and ending at 5:00:00 p.m. CT on August 31, 2025 (“Application Period”), you may enter this Grant by:
Applying for this Grant by the method described above shall constitute an “Application.” Please ensure that all information provided is clear and legible. Illegible, incomplete, or late applications will be disqualified. By submitting an Application, you warrant that you are legally entitled and authorized to make such submission. To be eligible for the Grant, Applications must comply in all respects with these Rules (each such submitting organization, an “Applicant”).
Limitations
Eligibility for this Grant is limited to credit unions, non-profit organizations, and not-for-profit organizations with their principal place of business located within the fifty (50) states of the United States of America and/or the District of Columbia (collectively, the “Territory”) that submit an eligible Application (each such organization, an “Applicant”). To be eligible, each Application must comply in all respects with these Rules. Applications submitted from organizations physically located outside the Territory will be disqualified. Individual persons are not permitted to participate. Among the eligible organizations, only one Application per organization is permitted. Group Applications (i.e., an Application purporting to be submitted by two or more organizations) will be disqualified. Employees, contractors, and agents of Sponsor, its affiliates, or successors are not eligible to participate in the Grant. This prohibition on eligibility extends to all advertising, promotional, or fulfillment agencies engaged by Sponsor in connection with this Grant (Sponsor and such agencies, collectively, referred to as the “Entities”). Neither the Entities, nor any of their respective officers, directors, shareholders, employees, agents, or representatives (individually and collectively, “Releasees”) are responsible for Applications that are altered, delayed, deleted, destroyed, forged, fraudulent, improperly accessed, inaccurate, incomplete, irregular in any way, late, lost, misdirected, multiple, mutilated, non-delivered, stolen, tampered with, unauthorized, unintelligible, or otherwise not in compliance with these Rules; or for applications that are not received due to interrupted or unavailable network, server or other connections, miscommunications, failed phone, computer hardware or software, telephone transmissions, garbled or jumbled transmissions, Internet connection or other technical failures, unauthorized human intervention, or other errors of any kind, whether due to electronic, human, mechanical, printing, production, or technical errors or other causes, even if caused by the negligence of any of the Releasees (each, a “Failed Application”). Each such Failed Application will be disqualified. This Grant is void where prohibited or restricted by law and subject to all applicable federal, state, local, and municipal laws and regulations.
Agreement to Rules
Participation in the grant process constitutes Applicant’s full and unconditional agreement to and acceptance of these Rules and the decisions of the Sponsor, which are final and binding. Winning a prize is contingent upon being compliant with these Rules and fulfilling all other requirements set forth herein. Sponsor reserves sole and final judgment as to all matters concerning the Grant and interpretation of Grant rules.
Description of Prize
One (1) prize, totaling $100,000 in value, will be awarded (hereinafter referred to as the “Prize”). The Prize will be divided into two awards, the Think|Stack Prize and the AWS Prize:
One (1) organization will be awarded a block of hours from Sponsor valued at $50,000 to be exclusively used for consulting, advisory, and professional services hours by Sponsor’s employees for the winner’s organization (the “Think|Stack Prize”). The Think|Stack Prize will be used exclusively for pre-migration, migration, and post-migration services for helping the organization transition from their current hosting environment to the AWS cloud. The Think|Stack Prize must be used in the calendar year 2025. The winning organization must sign Sponsor’s standard master services agreement (the “MSA”), and the hourly rates outlined in the MSA will apply to work done on behalf of the winner. If additional services are requested beyond the scope of the Think|Stack Prize, Sponsor will prepare a separate statement of work for the client to review and sign.
The same organization will also be awarded a credit of $50,000 to be used towards the utilization of Amazon Web Service’s cloud-based services (the “AWS Prize”), to be credited for use over the course of a year.
The Prize will be delivered in accordance with a statement of work which will include a timeline of services as applicable. Any portion of the Prize not accepted or used by the winner shall be forfeited. The Prize is non-transferable. Sponsor will not substitute cash for the Prize, in whole or in part. Applicants may not use Grant funds for any purpose other than those described by these Rules, nor may Applicants use any portion of the Prize to reimburse any expenses incurred prior to or during the Application Period.
Procedures
This Grant process is being conducted during the Application Period. On or about September 15, 2025, the sponsor will select a winner from all eligible applications received. This is a competitive grant process. Winners will be selected by the a panel of Grant judges (“Grant Panel”) consisting of the following individuals:
The winning organization will be selected based on the Grant Panel’s determination of the Applicant which displays the greatest comparative need for the services of Sponsor, at the discretion of the Grant Panel. The Grant Panel will review each Applicant’s answers to the questions contained in the questionnaire to determine which Applicant, in the belief of the Grant Panel, has demonstrated the highest need for Sponsor’s services. Each question contained in the questionnaire is not assigned a distinct point value. The winner chosen is determined purely at the discretion of the Grant Panel who will select, based on the totality of the responses given, which Applicant has demonstrated the most need for Sponsor’s services. No Applicant will be required or permitted to submit additional responses or enter in any subsequent round of competition following their Application submission.
Winner
Sponsor will attempt to notify the potential winner via email on or about September 15, 2025. At the sole discretion of Sponsor, disqualification, forfeiture, and the selection of an alternate potential winner may result from any of the following: [1] potential winner’s failure to respond to notification within seven (7) days after the notification date; [2] the return of an email notice as undeliverable; or [3] any other noncompliance with these Rules. In the event of a forfeiture of the Prize, Sponsor may, in its sole discretion, award or not award the forfeited Prize to an alternate winner. In the event an alternate potential winner is to be selected, the same procedures will be used to select any such alternate potential winner as soon as practicable.
Because notification of the Grant winner(s) will be made via email, Sponsor recommends that Applicants keep their email addresses current and ensure that email filters do not prevent Sponsor from contacting them.
Conditions
By submitting a Grant application and/or accepting the Prize that Applicant may win, you agree, represent, and/or warrant that: [1] you will abide by and be bound by the Rules and Sponsor’s decisions, which shall be final in all respects; [2] upon submission, the Application becomes solely Sponsor’s property and will not be acknowledged or returned; [3] you release and hold harmless the Releasees from any and all liability for claims, injuries, losses, or damage of any kind, including without limitation, death and bodily injury, resulting, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from the awarding, delivery, acceptance, participation in, use, misuse, possession, loss or misdirection of the Prize; participation in the Grant or any Grant-related activity or travel or from any interaction with, or downloading of, computer Grant information; [4] the Releasees do not make any representation, warranty, or guarantee, express or implied, relating to the Grant or the Prize;[5] the Releasees are not responsible for typographical or other errors in the offer or administration of this Grant, including but not limited to, errors in the advertising, Rules, selection, and announcement of the winner and distribution of the Prize; [6] the Releasees are not responsible for any inability of the winner to accept or use a Prize (or any portion thereof) for any reason; and [7] Sponsor has the right to terminate the Grant process or modify these Rules, including the Prize award procedures and dates of the Application Period and notification date, at its sole discretion.
Taxes
All taxes on any prize won are the sole responsibility of each winner, including, without limitation, any federal, state, or local taxes, which may be deemed applicable in such winner’s jurisdiction of residence. Winner(s) shall be solely responsible for the reporting and payment of all taxes incurred by acceptance and use of the prize(s) (or any portion thereof), if applicable.
Rules & Winner
To obtain a copy of the Rules (before April 18, 2025) and/or for information regarding the winning organization (after September 15, 2025 and before December 31, 2025), please direct your request to sflaherty@thinkstack.co.
Jurisdiction
All federal, state, and local laws and regulations apply to this Grant. The Grant and these Rules are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to its conflict of law principles. As a condition of participating in this Grant, you agree that any and all disputes and causes of action arising from or relating to this Grant or in connection with these Rules that cannot be resolved by the parties shall be resolved individually, without resort to any form of class action, exclusively before any State or Federal court located in Baltimore, Maryland, and you irrevocably agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of and waive any jurisdictional venue or inconvenient form objections to such courts. Further, in any such dispute, under no circumstances will you be permitted to obtain awards for and you hereby waive all rights to claim punitive, incidental, or consequential damages (including reasonable attorney’s fees), other than your actual out-of-pocket expenses, determined as the costs directly incurred in entering this Grant, and you further waive all rights to have damages multiplied or increased.
Applicant Releases
Winner’s acceptance of the Prize constitutes a grant to Sponsor and assignment of an unconditional right to use winner’s name, address (city and state only), photograph, Prize information, and/or statements made by employees, contractors, or agents of the winner about the Grant for any programing, publicity, advertising, and promotional purposes without additional compensation, except where prohibited by law, provided, however, if a winner resides in the state of Tennessee, winner can notify sponsor of winner’s decision to keep winner’s name, voice, likeness, and photograph confidential. Grant Applications constitute permission to use winning submission on Sponsor’s website, including archiving winning Applications indefinitely on any webpage thereof, without further compensation. Applicants agree that the sole and final judgment as to all matters concerning this Grant and interpretation of the Rules are at the sole discretion of Sponsor, its owners, and its staff.
Privacy
By applying and providing the required Application information, you acknowledge that Sponsor may also send your organization information or special offers it believes may be of interest to you about its products or other complementary goods offered by Sponsor. Information collected is subject to Sponsor’s online privacy policy at https://www.thinkstack.co/privacy-policy. IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO SHARE YOUR INFORMATION, PLEASE DO NOT APPLY FOR THIS GRANT.
