DANEnet

We're a nonprofit focused on digital equity and we love helping other nonprofits leverage their tech to improve efficiency and impact (and staff morale!). DANEnet currently provides affordable IT support to over 100 other nonprofits in Dane County, both large and small agencies, doing a variety work including desktop support, staff computer setup, building wireless networks, installing security systems, and pretty much everything in between. Nonprofits often don't have large budgets (or even budgets at all!) for tech support, and that can put their data, network, staff, and clients at risk. We want all nonprofits to have safe, efficient tech systems!

Our Digital Equity Project leverages partnerships with other nonprofits able to identify adults from low-income households so we can offer:
*Free digital skills education
*Free refurbished donated laptops
*Assistance enrolling in affordable home internet plans

When people have working devices, connectivity, and the skills to use both they have access to better health, educational success, job opportunities, financial independence, and social/civic engagement. Our Digital Equity Project is a collaborative effort and we partner with municipalities, libraries, public schools, community centers, and other nonprofits in order to build digital equity for formerly homeless families, veterans, elderly citizens, adults living with disabilities/trauma, at-risk youth, those living in financial precarity, and other vulnerable community members.

Since 2020, our Digital Equity Project has helped over 700 low-income households improve their computer skills and connectivity. We have helped rural cancer patients connect with telehealth visits, assisted single parents with resume-building computer skills, helped seniors stay safe online, given job-hunters access to online training/education, and shown isolated veterans ways to connect with support and community online. All this is made possible through donations!