Boys & Girls Club Cardboard Boat Race
Campers and counselors built cardboard boats and raced them, putting the summer STEM curriculum to a test that either floats or does not.
Indianapolis, Indiana
— Our mission
Our mission at the Utilicast Foundation is to ensure that underprivileged youth have access to the resources they need to be successful.
- 2021Staffing intern technology labs since
- 53%Lower lighting energy bills, Mission Clubhouse
- 15,018 kgEmissions avoided per year, Mission Clubhouse
- —Youth servedFigure not published
How we work
Expertise in, capability out
We bridge the gap between organizations in need and our network of regional partners. Every project runs the same three steps.
01
Source
An organization brings us a problem: a clubhouse running on failing lighting, a computer lab with no one to staff it, a site with no reliable power.
02
Transform
We pair our consultants with a regional delivery partner and fund the work. The consultants are the differentiator: this is what they do professionally.
03
Deliver
The organization keeps a capability it can operate without us, and the savings go back into its own mission rather than its utility bill.
Partners
Who we deliver with
Program partner
Serves orphaned and vulnerable children in Monterrey, Mexico. Host of the 2024 solar installation.
Program partner
The Foundation's longest-running partner. Host of the intern technology labs since 2021.
Program partner
Site of the Mission Clubhouse LED retrofit.
Lighting delivery
Delivered the LED retrofit at the Mission Clubhouse in San Francisco.
Solar delivery
Installs solar power systems for communities and mission organizations that would otherwise go without reliable electricity.
Accountability
A 501(c)(3), and the paperwork to show it
Tax status, filings, governance policies and how to request a Form 990 are published in one place rather than scattered through a footer.
Filings and governanceBring us a project
If your organization runs a site that needs power, lighting or technology it cannot fund on its own, tell us about it.
Start the conversationVolunteer your expertise
Skilled volunteering is what makes this work. Engineers, IT staff and project managers are what we are short of, not goodwill.
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