Your skills can move projects forward
These are five priority areas from the nonprofit requests. Every kind of tech experience can help, and you will work alongside a team.
Cybersecurity & privacy
Help teams make safe choices about accounts, access, sensitive data, and security planning.
CRM & workflow tools
Configure practical systems for contacts, grants, inventory, forms, and repeatable tasks.
Maps & GIS
Turn location data into useful, accessible maps that organizations can keep current.
Accessibility & UX
Make websites, forms, and services easier for more people to understand and use.
Websites & integrations
Bring WordPress, Duda, APIs, calendars, and existing systems together where it helps.
So much more
Data, design, AI, cloud, testing, documentation, and other tech skills are welcome. Tell us what you bring.
From sign-up to a real result
Selected team leaders guide the work. Each team builds with a nonprofit representative present to answer questions and shape the solution.
Sign up
Tell us what you know and what you want to work on in the participant form.
Get matched
Team leaders, who are already selected, choose a project and assemble a team using the signup information.
Build together
Spend the day creating a practical solution with a representative from the nonprofit on site.
Share the result
Show what works, explain how to use it, and identify the next steps the organization can take.
Meet developers. Build something real.
Work beside local developers and experienced volunteers on a nonprofit project. Ask questions, practice your skills, and leave with a project story you can share with future employers.
What a day can lead to
Students and experienced developers both have something to bring to a Techathon team.
Tamsyn Evezard
Techathon helped turn graduate-level skills into real project experience and a stronger story for starting a career in technology.
- Built on her M.S. in Computer Science at Hood College
- Gained experience applying AI, machine learning, and data skills
- Connected classroom learning with local technical work
Michael Hoff
Michael led a mixed team through a focused nonprofit technology project and helped turn a broad request into practical work.
- Scoped the challenge into work the team could deliver
- Guided onboarding and automation improvements
- Helped the organization continue using the result afterward
There is a place for your skills.
We need enough people with the right mix of experience to support all 22 nonprofits. Join a team and put your skills to work for Frederick.
Thank you to our Strategic Partners
