Charities and non-profits often have access to special pricing on the technology they use every day. Managed IT can be one of those opportunities too.
At The Human IT Company, eligible charities can receive special nonprofit pricing on managed IT services. For some organizations, fully managed IT can begin around $75 per person per month, depending on the technology you already have and the level of support your team needs.
It is a simple idea. If your organization is doing community-focused work, it is worth asking whether nonprofit pricing applies before assuming you will pay the same rate as a commercial business.
Does The Human IT Company Offer a Nonprofit Discount?
Yes. Eligible charitable organizations can qualify for nonprofit pricing when they use our managed IT services.
There is not one standard discount that applies to every charity because every technology setup is a little different. A 15-person organization working mostly in Microsoft 365 has different needs from a larger organization with several locations, specialized software, or more complicated technology.
For some eligible organizations, fully managed IT can begin around $75 per person per month. The final price depends on what your team actually needs, rather than putting every charity into the same package.
Nonprofit pricing also does not mean getting a stripped-down version of IT support. We still look at the people using the technology, how they work, and what needs to be in place to support them properly.
What Can Nonprofit Pricing Help With?
For most organizations, the main savings will be on the ongoing cost of managed IT.
That can include helping staff when something is not working, managing computers and Microsoft 365, keeping systems maintained, and looking after technology behind the scenes. The exact services depend on your agreement and the needs of your organization.
Software licensing can be another place to save. Many charities qualify for nonprofit rates from technology vendors, so it is worth checking whether the tools you already use have charitable pricing available.
When we are helping a nonprofit manage its technology, we can also look at whether the licences and services being paid for still make sense. Sometimes the saving is as simple as finding an old staff account that is still being billed or realizing that someone no longer needs the licence level they have.
Those small things can add up when you have 20 or 30 people on the team.
What Could This Mean for a 20-Person Charity?
For a 20-person organization, even a modest difference in the per-person cost can become meaningful over a full year.
The wider cost of managed IT varies depending on support needs, cybersecurity, cloud services, equipment, and the condition of the technology already in place. We look at those factors more closely when explaining what managed IT can cost for a 20-person charity in Vancouver, because the monthly number only makes sense when you know what is behind it.
The useful takeaway here is simply that nonprofit pricing should be part of the conversation.
If you are collecting IT quotes, ask whether nonprofit pricing is available and what it applies to. That gives you a much clearer comparison than assuming every provider uses the same commercial rate.
Are There Other Ways Nonprofits Can Save on Technology?
There can be.
Alongside nonprofit managed IT pricing, we have a few Giving Back programs that can help eligible charities and community organizations with things like refurbished computers, WordPress hosting, and responsible technology reuse.
Those programs are separate from managed IT pricing, and they are not meant to be complicated. They are simply another way we can help useful technology go a little further when there is an opportunity to do so.
How Do We Know If Our Organization Qualifies?
You do not need to work that out before speaking with us.
We would usually start with a few basics about your organization, including its charitable or nonprofit status, roughly how many people need technology support, and what your current setup looks like. From there, we can explain what nonprofit pricing may apply.
You also do not need a detailed inventory or a technical understanding of your network. Knowing how many people are on the team, what technology you rely on, and where things feel harder than they should is usually enough to start.
Our work with charities and other mission-driven organizations has taught us that technology needs rarely fit neatly into one standard package. The important part is understanding how your team actually works before deciding what support makes sense.
Nonprofit Pricing Is One Part of the Bigger IT Decision
A nonprofit discount is useful, but price is only one part of choosing the right IT partner.
It also helps to understand what is included in the monthly fee, how staff will get support, what happens when your organization grows, and whether the provider understands the realities of working in a mission-driven environment.
Those are the broader questions covered throughout our Charity Managed IT Buyers' Guide, where pricing sits alongside support, security, contracts, and the other things worth comparing before you make a decision.
If you mainly want to know whether your organization qualifies for nonprofit pricing, you can tell us a little about your team and we can help you work out what the options look like.
