GroundWork group

GroundWork group is a community effort to strengthen nonprofit organizations' use of information and technology to better achieve the goals of their missions.

• We work strategically with businesses in the community to leverage their products and services with broad applicability to nonprofit needs.
• We provide opportunities for IT professionals and business associates to give back to their community in a unique and meaningful way by sharing their expertise with nonprofit organizations whose missions appeal to them.

Lend Time and Expertise by Volunteering!

GroundWork group IT Board Matching and Development Program

Technology Leadership at the board level can help nonprofits take a strategic approach to technology, making better use of technology tools at hand and increasing the capacity to serve clients.  Through the GWg IT Board Matching and Development Program, we match IT Professionals with nonprofit organizations whose missions appeal to them.  Full Members of GroundWork group are eligible for the program at NO COST. 

The program is WIN-WIN.  Nonprofit organizations gain valuable Information Technology leadership while IT Professionals have an opportunity to give back to their community in a unique and meaningful way by sharing their expertise with a nonprofit. Since GroundWork group began the program in 2004, we have recruited, trained and placed more than 100 IT Professionals onto nonprofit boards in Central Ohio. 

The process is simple...

IT Professionals interested in lending your expertise to help on a nonprofit board of directors, please fill out this online form.

Nonprofits interested in finding an IT professional for your board of directors, please fill out this online form.

Questions?
In Central Ohio, contact Tracy Nelson, tnelson@groundworkgroup.org or 614-884-7780, ext. 128
In Orange County, contact Gene Elias, gelias@groundworkgroup.org or 1-866-495-6200, ext. 130

GroundWork group Action Committees

We recruit volunteers from the business community to serve on committees to help develop and test our IT solutions.

• Member Services
• Education
• Technology

Please contact us to discuss how you might volunteer for such a rewarding experience!

Educational Services

GroundWork group offers quality educational programs to nonprofit organizations, and occasionally we need instructors. GroundWork group works with businesses to help make the presentations high quality, instructive and geared to the nonprofit industry. Please contact us if you have an idea for a new course or would like to teach a course!

Other Partnership Opportunities

Business Partnerships
GroundWork group seeks assistance from the business community to develop and implement technical solutions for nonprofit business challenges. Our business partners have helped create the Network Documentation processes, the Security Pilot Project, the Office Supply Discount project, the Overstock Liquidation process, the Telecom Pilot Project, the Website Pilot Project, and the Managed IT Services demonstration project. If your business has a product with broad applicability to nonprofit organizations, we would be happy to talk with you about the potential for a partnership. Please contact us!

Donate Equipment
GroundWork group can help businesses determine how best to liquidate quality, used equipment. Businesses are often besieged by nonprofits requesting any number of computers. It can be time-consuming to sort through requests and determine which ones to support. GroundWork group can help identify the equipment needs of various organizations and match corporate equipment donors with them or make it easy for your business to divert all or part of your used inventory to our refurbisher for use in the nonprofit sector. Please contact us to learn more!

Financial Support
GroundWork group always welcomes financial support from the business sector.

• See your dollars in action by underwriting one or more of our pilot projects.
• Help us provide affordable pricing to nonprofits by underwriting a service offering.
• Sponsor one of our Education Events.
• Be the catalyst for tomorrow's greatest nonprofit technology solution!

Please contact us for more information!