Blog entries
By Mindy Tanner Value – the importance, worth, or usefulness of something (Oxford Dictionary). When you donate to IT4Causes you know that your donation is helping great nonprofits get great IT at a fraction of the price. IT4Causes uses skilled volunteers, community donations, and lower rates to provide an average of 92.1% savings to … Read more
By guest blogger Dalhia Cavazos I recently read a article at greatergood.berkeley.edu about the benefits of giving. It is not only good for the world, the country and/or the community; it also has tangible benefits for the giver. These are some statistics from the article Giving makes us feel good. In a 2006 study, Jorge … Read more
<To Be Read in the Voice of Benjamin Franklin> Two score and Eight weeks ago, a man set forth the proposition that nonprofits should not suffer the unwieldy yoke of ineffective information technology, but that through their common business processes and universal need for great data, a collaboration might spring forth, with vision and process, … Read more
School’s back in, so what are YOU doing to keep developing the practical skills and experience that will make you stand out with top employers when you graduate? More importantly, are you building your professional network outside of campus to help you land a great job when you finally get that sheepskin? Since one of … Read more
Monday, August 17th has been a busy day for us in the office! Between our official 501(c)3 designation and preparing for future events, it’s a wonder we haven’t spent a fortune at the coffee shop across the street. ConnectVA posted a Spotlight on our CEO and Founder, Tom Anderson, which you can read here. And the … Read more
Do you remember rotary phones, baud rates, or punch cards? (Maybe not😊) Technology has brought about huge shifts in how we do things in just the past few decades. As part of a new blog series, IT4Causes will take you back once a month or so to how some things used to be done and how … Read more
Internships are awesome, even if you do end up getting paid in chump change …or not at all (which will probably be the case for most you come across). No, really! Internships pay you back in a priceless form: experience. It’s the perfect practice course for the adult world. My current internship with IT4Causes not … Read more
Information technology can get expensive very quickly! From strategy consulting to project management to hardware and software costs, the price is often insurmountable for small- and medium-sized nonprofit agencies, who end up suffering with inferior systems. IT4Causes helps solve this problem in several ways, so let’s walk through how we do that. We’ve done a … Read more
My name is Emily and I volunteered with IT4Causes. There is often more than one event on the horizon for this organization but volunteering is easily balanced with full time work. I helped organize a volunteer extravaganza where non-profits were introduced to skilled volunteers. The attendees were featured in the shooting of a new video … Read more
We are beyond excited to announce that our application for 501(c)3 status has been approved and we are officially a certified tax exempt organization. We want to extend our gratitude to the members of our board; George Welch, Michael Pirron, and Terry Sherman. And also thank Won-Suk Choi for his counsel on our legal matters, … Read more