In 1991, Fred Silverman, Apple Computer's manager of community affairs, praised CompuMentor as "a perfect marriage of technology and volunteerism.

[2][5][6] In 1997, CompuMentor received $350,000 in donations, tying it with the IT Resource Center as the largest Nonprofit Technology Assistance Provider in the U.S.[7] On May 9, 2000, TechSoup website www.techsoup.org was launched.

In partnership with Microsoft, it formed the TechSoup Global Network to support increased distribution of services to nonprofits.

GSI was begun in 2010 when TechSoup Global and GuideStar International, a U.K.-registered charity that promotes transparency and civil society organization reporting, combined operations.

[23] TechSoup Connect became the successor to NetSquared in 2021, and each chapter continues to be led by a volunteer who produces local events, in-person and online.