Funding Unsexy Tech

Paying for Technology

Hosted by: Misty

• Funding Struggles:

Finding funding and sponsorship

Increase org capacity to fundraising

Eager to fund tech by funders; but no sustained funding

technology not easy to update

get money for development platform side

tech development in house vs paying

digital literacy for low-wage workers; how can we get a grant

• Things to Consider:

• • Bake tech into programmatic activities, not as a seperate silo

• • Role-techmanager - decision maker at organization to help navigate tech decisions, someone familiar with your work and technology, not necesssarily developer or IT

• • Multiple partners - collaboration pays

• • Tech programming from a leadership development perspective
    • Digital literacy
    • digital security
    • language
    • youth