Internal tools, public services, and data workflows designed for the people who use them, with documentation to support ongoing maintenance.
Technology assistance for nonprofits
Technology that advances the mission.
Griffin Vanguard helps nonprofit and community-serving organizations build websites, secure accounts, improve systems, and reduce repetitive work.
Technology · Stewardship · Mission
Why Vanguard
Reliable technology helps your mission move forward.
Your resources serve people and programs. Technology should make that work easier to deliver and manage.
An outdated website, unprotected account, or disconnected system can take time away from your team. Griffin Vanguard helps you identify priorities and build improvements you can maintain.
Practical support. Clear ownership. Lasting value.
What we do
Support for the systems you depend on.
Start with a specific challenge or a broader technology plan. We help you choose, build, and maintain systems suited to your organization.
Website planning, design, development, content, accessibility, and hosting, with clear ownership of your domain and site.
Tenant setup, account structure, Microsoft 365, Azure, access controls, migrations, cost review, and operational guidance.
Account protection, access reviews, secure configuration, backup planning, incident preparation, and staff education matched to your risks and resources.
Secure places to coordinate work, share information, manage requests, and reduce reliance on scattered email and spreadsheets.
Connections between existing systems, including approvals, reminders, reporting, and repeatable workflows that reduce administrative work.
Technology assessments, vendor review, budgeting, purchasing guidance, and a practical roadmap for improvements your organization can sustain.
Sustainable hosting, monitoring, backups, documentation, recovery planning, and ownership that stays with the organization.
Training, documentation, workshops, and guidance that make technology less dependent on a single person or vendor.
Built to remain useful
Technology should outlast the project.
Your organization should be able to access its data, manage its accounts, understand its costs, and maintain its systems after a project ends.
We plan for ownership, documentation, security, backups, and training throughout the work.
Read about stewardshipAssistance options
Support that fits the organization.
Assistance depends on mission fit, need, impact, readiness, sustainability, security, available resources, and project scope. A request does not guarantee support.
Sponsored
Approved project costs are covered through donated resources, sponsorship, grants, or organizational funds.
Subsidized
The organization contributes part of the cost while Griffin Vanguard supports the remainder.
Cost-recovery
The organization contributes an amount designed to recover approved direct program costs.
In-kind
Technology, training, licenses, hosting, professional time, assessments, or other resources are donated.
0%Markup on eligible partner products
A documented standard
Eligible partner technology, at documented cost.
When eligible third-party technology is supplied through Griffin Technology Partners, Griffin Vanguard requires documentation of the underlying partner cost and a 0% markup.
Professional services remain separate and subject to Griffin Vanguard governance and conflict controls. Availability depends on vendor and program rules.
How to get started
A clear path from request to review.
Describe the need.
Tell us about your organization, the challenge, and the outcome you want.
Review the priorities.
We consider mission fit, resources, security, and what your team can maintain.
Define the next step.
If we can assist, we agree on the scope, responsibilities, and form of support before work begins.
For supporters
Fund the infrastructure behind the mission.
Help organizations improve the systems behind their programs through project sponsorship, technology resources, professional expertise, or training.
Ways to support the workStronger systems.
More capacity to serve.