Community IT Innovators

Specialties

Community IT Innovators is a Washington, D.C. based IT consultancy providing technical staff and strategic technology support to nonprofit organizations. We commit to long-​term, collaborative partnerships with our customers. This enables us to be the «in-​house» expertise, building and maintaining appropriate IT infrastructure to meet current and future goals.

We have focused exclusively on nonprofit technology since 1993, and our staff of about 40 provide the depth and expertise needed for the broad range of technologies in use at nonprofits today. To our knowledge, we are the only company from among the top 200 managed IT services providers in North America that is focused exclusively on nonprofit technology support. We have certifications in all of the major (and some less common) technologies in use at nonprofit organizations today.

We serve customers primarily in the DC and Baltimore areas and take on select engagements across the United States.

History

Established in 1993.

Here at Community IT, our longstanding commitment to helping nonprofits use technology effectively began back in 1993. We began as the philanthropic division of a small business that provided IT services to corporate and government clients, occasionally drawing upon their expertise and often upon their back office support to help nonprofits with their technology needs. We had outgrown our parent company by 2000 and went through a friendly spin-​off to become an independent company.

We brought together people who were invested in the nonprofit sector and were talented with technology, and built a team that worked exclusively with nonprofit organizations. Instead of reselling a single product, we believed that our clients most needed a trusted advisor that could help them evaluate complex technology decisions, and walk with them through implementation and support of the solutions.

Meet the Business Owner

David D.

Business Owner

David is the Chief Executive Officer and Founder of Community IT Innovators. For David, Community IT is an expression of his desire to serve people and organizations working for social justice by supporting them in using technology effectively. He started work at Community IT’s parent company in 1994 and led the division through a friendly spin-​off to become an independent company in 2001. He implemented a business model at Community IT that has been recognized for its social mission and its commitment to sustainable business, and led it through a conversion to 100% employee ownership. David enjoys engaging with nonprofits around their strategic technology decisions, and frequently speaks on topics ranging from servant leadership to sustainable business and entrepreneurship.

David has served on the Boards of Directors and Advisory Boards of numerous nonprofits, and helped to found the Sustainable Business Network of Washington.