We need volunteers! We have several volunteer opportunities that we’ll need to fill in the coming weeks. We are currently looking for Microsoft Office 365 experts / administrators to install new occurrences of Office 365 in addition to troubleshooting existing installations. We’re also seeking volunteers who have experience with installing Mailchimp as well as conducting … Read more
On May 8, Leadership Metro Richmond honored Tom Anderson, Class of 2014, Founder & CEO of IT4 Causes for making significant contributions to the community in the year since he completed Leadership Quest. Tom was nominated and selected by his fellow class members. Leadership Metro Richmond’s mission is to connect and educate a diverse group … Read more
We’re proud to have been selected as a finalist for the 2015 RVA Creativity Awards! Please come to Bolling Haxall House at 5:30 on May 21st to join in on the excitement, and to support IT4Causes in the voting for People’s Choice Award. Learn more and get your tickets here!
IT4Causes is a start-up nonprofit agency located in Richmond, VA. Our mission is to provide stable, secure, and sustainable information technology solutions that enable other nonprofit organizations to focus on their missions and serve their clients better, with lower total cost to their organization and the community. We are currently offering two flexible full-time internship … Read more
The big event is Monday 3/2 from 6:30-9 PM! If you want to: Learn more about our current partner agencies, Find out how to use your skills to deliver great IT to those agencies, Be part of our next video, which will premier at The Byrd Theatre on April 11, Dress up as an Office … Read more
IT4Causes enjoys the support of many dedicated volunteers. One such volunteer is Daulton West, a Capital One alumni with years of IT experience who is now President and Owner of ASocialMediaChampion4U, a social media strategy consulting firm. Follow Daulton on Twitter (@DWestJr) for more social media tools, tips, and breaking news. Daulton has helped a … Read more
IT4Causes is pleased to announce the addition of Bill Flowers to our staff. Bill joins us with 20+ years of experience in project management, information technology and communications. As project manager, Bill will work with our volunteers and oversee the implementation of IT4Causes solutions for our nonprofit partners. “Working with so many great nonprofit organizations … Read more
Were your dreams of being up on the big screen interrupted by a fantastic career in IT? If so, this is the perfect event for you! Join us for pizza and beverages on Monday, March 2 at !mpactmakers. It’s gonna be a blast! Be part of the ACTION! by participating in the shooting of an exciting … Read more
At IT4Causes, we’re all about using skilled volunteers to get IT done for our nonprofit partners. So we’re setting up an event to give you a chance to meet our partners, to see what projects we have in the chutes to move them towards our common IT strategy, and to give you a chance to … Read more
First, Some Great Reasons to Volunteer Anywhere: Help others Make a difference Find purpose Enjoy a meaningful conversation Connect with your community Feel involved Contribute to a cause that you care about Use your skills in a productive way Develop new skills Meet new people Explore new areas of interest Expand your horizons Get out … Read more
You’ve got great IT skills, why not use them? You have a resume that showcases your IT skills and talents, what better way to put them to good use than to volunteer for a great organization, like IT4Causes? Your work history is ongoing and evolving, so please consider adding a volunteer section to your resume … Read more
For an IT firm, it’s critically important to have a testbed where you can test out the latest changes before sending them off to your customers. When IT4Causes wanted to start helping our pilot agencies with solutions that run on their Apple equipment, we knew we needed to get our hands on more Macs and … Read more
So far, IT4Cause’s Fall Campaign has raised $24,524 in donations, pledges, in-kind support, and matches. That’s 38% of our goal of $65,000 so far! We’re extremely grateful to everyone who has contributed so far, and we’re hoping that more folks will decide to chip in before the campaign officially ends next Friday, Jan. 16. At … Read more
Meet Sarah Mullens, co-founder of UnBoundRVA, an IT4Causes pilot customer. One of our heroes, Sarah is a young educator and business professional who has dedicated herself to building a better Richmond, one small business at a time. Together with her co-founder Richard Luck, Sarah is helping a group of low-income, high-potential people with challenging backgrounds … Read more
On December 8, Virginia Commonwealth University’s Innovation Gateway announced that IT4Causes was the top prize winner in their second annual Next Big Idea Challenge (NBIC). The competition’s judges selected IT4Causes to receive the Next Big Idea Award for the nonprofit agency’s business strategy, which provides information technology services to other small and midsized nonprofits using … Read more
IT4Causes is extremely fortunate to have the support of Impact Makers, who graciously allow us to share office space with their team. This in-kind support has been very valuable to us. The beautiful office, meeting, and event space help us project a very professional image with all of our stakeholders. The proximity to many of … Read more
For many, the true meaning of the holidays rests not in what we receive in presents, but in what we give to others, especially those in need. #GivingTuesday was started in 2012, and is one way the nonprofit and online communities have worked together to promote charitable giving during the holiday season. At IT4Causes, we … Read more
It’s Black Friday; do you know where your data is? Because if it’s not accessible remotely, backed up, and properly secured, there’s a risk that an event could cause it to become Blackout Friday. We’ve seen many small and midsized nonprofits that have some form of on-premise file server. Some of these were server-grade equipment … Read more
In this week of Thanksgiving, IT4Causes would like to give a huge “THANKS!” to all of the volunteers who have helped move the organization from concept to pilot in a few short months. We literally would not be here today without your dedication and commitment. One shining example of volunteerism in support of IT4Causes is … Read more
Don’t forget to vote for IT4Causes as the Next Big Idea in VCU’s Innovation Gateway contest. Go to http://vcunextbigidea.com/pins/20 and vote for us now! The deadline is Nov. 28, and you get one vote per email address. Thanks in advance!
We’re excited to officially kick off our fall fundraising campaign! Our goal of $65,000 will allow us to hire a full-time IT project manager for the first half of the year, as well as support our basic infrastructure such as shared office space, lab equipment, insurance, legal costs, promotional materials, food and beverages for events, … Read more
If you want to learn about IT4Causes, but you’ve only got 78 seconds, and you also want to be entertained in the process, then you have GOT to check out our new video!
For Immediate Release November 18, 2014 IT4Causes Receives Donation From Flashpoint Fund First Grant Will Help Deliver Sustainable, Cost-Effective IT Solutions to Non-Profits RICHMOND, Va. – Nov. 18, 2014 –The startup nonprofit IT4Causes today announced that it has received a $10,000 commitment from Flashpoint Fund, a Richmond-based private foundation. The donation will help IT4Causes … Read more
THANK YOU to everyone who came to the “Getting To Know IT4Causes” event on Monday night! We had a great turnout, awesome food, and lots of networking going on at the beautiful offices of !mpact Makers.
A couple of people who helped make the night so great:
Lynette Brinkerhoff from Children’s Mental Health Resource Center, one of our Pilot customers, explained the Center’s mission to link families with great behavioral health professionals, and how IT4Causes is helping the Center save money and time by stabilizing their network and getting the high-capacity printer working again!
Sarah Mullens from UnBoundRVA (our other Pilot customer) gave a great overview of her agency’s mission to help talented people from low-income backgrounds become successful entrepreneurs. She also talked about how IT4Causes is working to help the organization collaborate on documents, which will be enabled with a move to Office 365 in the cloud.
We’re now planning for our next big events:
We hope to see you soon!
What an amazing series of events this week!
On Monday, our Board met in our Organizational Meeting to approve Bylaws and complete many other tasks related to setting up a non-profit, so THANKS to the Board.
On Wednesday, we did our Agency Assessment at pilot agency UnBoundRVA in the morning (THANKS Elizabeth!), and THEN got to see them receive the award for Nonprofit Partner at the RVA Companies To Watch event that same evening. Few dry eyes left in the house after their video aired! Congratulations again to UnBoundRVA Sarah Mullens and Richard Luck on this awesome achievement! See our Twitter feed for images of that event!
On Thursday, CEO Tom Anderson and a few other IT4Causes leaders joined The Daily Planet for the Grand Opening of the new Southside Community Health Center! It was great to be part of the $1.6M project that created a new access point for primary and behavioral health for anyone, regardless of insurance or income. The facility also contains 20 beds of Medical Respite, a program for people being discharged from the hospital without a home to recuperate from a hospital stay while hopefully finding better housing.
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From left to right in this image are Elizabeth Roark (Daily Planet Board and IT4Causes TAG), Neal Graham (Virginia Community Healthcare Association CEO), Peter Prizzio (Daily Planet CEO), Tom Anderson (Daily Planet Board Chair and IT4Causes CEO), and George Welch (Daily Planet Board and IT4Causes Board Vice Chair).
And final preparations are under way for the Getting To Know IT4Causes event this coming Monday at Impact Makers. If you don’t have your ticket yet, you might want to jump on that now as we have over 100 tickets given out so far and we are heading towards a sellout!
IT4Causes’ Founder & CEO, Tom Anderson, was one of several leaders highlighted in a recent article on Leadership Metro Richmond (LMR). in the business section of the Richmond Times Dispatch. Tom was part of LMR’s Class of 2014, and participation in the program was instrumental in his decision to start a new organization to meet the information … Read more
We got to meet a lot of people at the RVATechJam down at Haxall Point last Friday. It was a great event for us, with right around 40 new contacts, plus we got to watch some awesome bands! This Friday October 24, Tom will be hanging out with Berkana Enterprise Consulting and William & Mary’s … Read more
Come join us for a cold one, maybe a few meatballs, and a chance to change the world! IT4Causes is shaking up IT for a better world, and we’d love to give you an overview of our vision to bring a cost-effective IT strategy to many excellent and deserving local nonprofits. Join us and a … Read more
