More capability from a smaller budget.
Managed IT for Los Angeles private schools and non-profits — non-profit licensing that cuts software cost sharply, student and donor data protected properly, and systems that survive constant volunteer turnover.
Designed for constrained budgets.
Eligible organisations qualify for heavily discounted or granted Microsoft licensing. We handle eligibility, application, and tenant setup.
Access controls and retention around student records, structured to support FERPA obligations for schools that are subject to them.
Time-bound accounts with automatic expiry, so a volunteer who stops coming loses access without anyone having to remember.
Donor records and payment information protected with proper access control — the data whose loss would damage you most.
Shared laptops and tablets managed with per-user profiles, content filtering, and remote wipe.
Teachers and programme staff are not IT people. Support that explains rather than lectures, with a 4-hour response SLA.
The realities of running IT here.
Every dollar is scrutinised
Money spent on technology is money not spent on the mission. Non-profit licensing alone often covers a meaningful share of the managed IT cost.
Turnover is constant
Volunteers, seasonal staff, and student workers cycle through continually. Manual account management does not survive that; automated expiry does.
Attackers do not exempt charities
Non-profits are targeted precisely because defences are assumed to be weaker, and donor databases are valuable. Grant fraud through compromised email is a recurring pattern.
Funders ask about data protection
Grant applications and renewals increasingly include data security questions. Being able to answer them properly protects funding.
Frequently asked questions.
What non-profit discounts are actually available?
Microsoft offers substantial non-profit pricing, and eligible organisations can receive a number of Microsoft 365 Business Premium licences at no cost, with additional seats heavily discounted. Google and many other vendors run comparable programmes, and TechSoup aggregates donated software from a range of providers.
Eligibility rules and allocations change, so we verify current terms as part of onboarding rather than promising a specific figure up front. For many organisations the saving offsets a meaningful portion of managed IT cost.
Does FERPA apply to us?
FERPA applies to educational institutions receiving US Department of Education funding. Many private schools are not directly covered, but often adopt equivalent practices because families expect it and other obligations overlap.
Whether or not it applies formally, the controls are the same: restrict who can see student records, log access, and retain deliberately rather than indefinitely.
How do you handle volunteers who come and go?
Time-bound accounts with an expiry date set at creation. If the volunteer is still active, the date gets extended; if not, access ends automatically without anyone needing to notice.
This solves the most common access problem in the sector, which is a long tail of live accounts belonging to people who stopped participating years ago.
We have almost no budget. Where should we start?
Three things, roughly in order: enable MFA everywhere, get non-profit licensing applied so you stop paying commercial rates, and establish one tested offsite backup.
Those three cover the majority of realistic risk at very little cost. We are happy to point you through them even if managed service is not affordable right now.
Can you support our donor or student information system?
We support the infrastructure, identity, and access layer those systems depend on, and coordinate with the vendor on application issues.
We also help with the integration points that tend to cause trouble — single sign-on, data exports, and making sure backups actually include the system of record.