01 · People
Youth & learners
Black and underserved youth gaining practical AI, cybersecurity, and cloud skills, plus the mentorship needed to translate skills into a first role.
Impact
The work, measured in people supported.
We track a small set of outcome-focused metrics: youth mentored, organizations strengthened, workshops delivered, volunteer engineering hours, and technology solutions put into production. The numbers below are reviewed each program cycle.
By the numbers
A decade of cumulative activity across our programs.
Approximate totals since the work began in 2015. Metrics are reviewed each program cycle and refined as new program activity logs come in.
150+
Youth mentored
50+
Businesses & nonprofits supported
10+
Workshops delivered
7,000+
Volunteer engineering hours
20+
Solutions deployed
Impact areas
Where the work shows up, across people, organizations, and community.
Our impact is felt in three connected places: in the lives of individual learners and youth, in the technical capacity of small organizations, and in the broader community spaces where we deliver programming.
02 · Institutions
Nonprofits & small businesses
Community-serving organizations and small businesses receiving engineering capacity, security hardening, automation, and AI adoption support.
03 · Community
The wider community
Workshops, learning circles, and partnerships that put technology skills directly into community spaces, schools, community groups, local nonprofits.
Selected work
Anonymized examples of recent engagements.
Beneficiaries are described by sector and scale rather than named, to protect their operating context. Full case studies are available on request.
Mentorship
From service industry to junior cloud engineer
A first-generation Canadian transitioning out of a service-industry career and into tech with no prior industry connections. Over a six-month engagement, the foundation supported them through structured study of cloud fundamentals, hands-on lab work, and interview preparation focused on infrastructure roles.
Outcome: Hired into a junior cloud engineering role at an Ottawa-area employer approximately ten months after starting the program.
Mentorship
Re-routing from a stalled tech career
An early-career developer two years into a role that wasn't progressing, with no senior engineers on their team to learn from. The mentorship focused on closing knowledge gaps in systems design, identifying a realistic next role, and navigating the move.
Outcome: Moved to a mid-level position at a larger employer with mentorship structure in place, with a measurable compensation increase.
Digital transformation
Cloud migration for a community arts nonprofit
A small arts organization running on aging on-premise infrastructure with no dedicated technical staff. The foundation designed and implemented a migration to a managed cloud setup, automated nightly backups, and trained a volunteer administrator to maintain the system.
Outcome: Lower annual infrastructure spend, reduced downtime, and a maintainable handover to the organization's volunteers.
Cybersecurity
Security review for a community centre
A community centre handling sensitive member and program information without a formal security posture. The foundation conducted a comprehensive cybersecurity review, identified and prioritized remediation items, and supported the organization through the highest-priority fixes.
Outcome: Documented security policy in place, critical remediations completed, and a written runbook for ongoing review handed over to the organization's leadership.
AI readiness
AI adoption for a small advocacy group
A regional advocacy organization spending significant volunteer time on repetitive research and drafting work. The foundation evaluated several AI tools against the organization's workflows, recommended a tightly-scoped adoption plan, and trained the team on safe use and data-handling guardrails.
Outcome: A working set of AI-assisted workflows in active use, with documented guidelines and a clear handover so future staff and volunteers can continue to use them safely.
Automation
Internal automation for a small nonprofit
A service-delivery organization running its client intake and reporting workflows by hand across spreadsheets and email. The foundation built a small internal tool that automated the repetitive parts of intake and produced the required reporting outputs directly.
Outcome: A meaningful reduction in volunteer hours spent on administrative work, and a system the organization's lead can run without ongoing technical assistance.
How we measure success
Outcomes, not activity counts.
We care less about how many sessions were held and more about whether the person or organization on the other side ended up better off.
- For mentorship: placement into a tech role within 12 months of starting, and the participant's own assessment of whether the program made the move possible.
- For organizational engagements: whether the agreed-on deliverables landed, whether the partner can run the resulting system without ongoing help, and whether the work produced measurable gains in cost, time, or risk.
- For workshops and community education: reach into communities historically underrepresented in tech, and participants' own assessment of confidence and follow-through.
- For all programs: that the work went to people and organizations who would otherwise have gone without it.
Help us grow the numbers
Every partner, sponsor, and mentor expands what's possible.
The metrics above are the floor, not the ceiling. The more partners we have, the more youth, nonprofits, and small businesses we can serve.