The Indiana Non-Profit Information Technology Organization, Inc. (I.N.P.I.T.O.) is proud to announce that we have once again surpassed a major milestone in our mission to provide high-value technology services to the community.

Since our founding in 2009, we have delivered an estimated $1,282,820+ dollars in community benefits - while receiving a grand total of only $1,120 in donations.

That means: For every $1 donated, the I.N.P.I.T.O. has provided more than $1,000 in free I.T. services, support, and community savings.

This extraordinary ratio reflects our commitment to maximizing every contribution, stretching every donated dollar, and delivering exceptional value to the Indiana community as well as to users of our open-source resources online.

Very few 501(c)(3) organizations can say that each dollar given results in over a thousand dollars of impact - We can.

Our lack of financial support is, ironically, what made this impressive $1,000-to-$1 ratio possible ( a second time ) - giving us unsurpassed bragging rights that few nonprofits could ever match. But honestly? We’d much rather have more funding than the ability to brag about being miracle-working tech wizards.

So please consider supporting us. It would help us keep providing high-impact I.T. assistance and open-source resources-without the need to find the nearest street corner to hold up signs begging for money.

At I.N.P.I.T.O., we believe in maintaining full control over our digital resources, which means we host our own websites and services on our own in-house server rather than outsourcing to third-party hosting companies. This approach gives us greater transparency, flexibility, and data stewardship… but it also comes with a few quirks.

When our server was located on Garro Street in Plymouth, we enjoyed remarkably stable and reliable bandwidth. However, since relocating our server to a rural address, our internet connection has occasionally developed a mind of its own, typically dropping offline about twice a month. Our longest outage stretched to sixteen days (yes, we felt every minute of it).

We share this information so visitors understand why our website might occasionally be unavailable. If you ever try to reach us and our site or email is temporarily offline, rest assured we're not gone-we're just waiting for our ISP to provide us the service we payed for to come back online, again.

Update: As of February 15th, 2024, we've switched to a new ISP, and we're hopeful this will greatly reduces future downtime. Thank you for your patience as we continue improving our self-hosted infrastructure.

https://source.inpito.org the I.N.P.I.T.O. is pleased to announce the launch of our dedicated Source Code Server.

This server was created in response to community requests; particularly from developers who asked for access to individually packaged versions of our Trinity compilations and other open-source builds. To better support programmers, students, and open-source enthusiasts, we've established this central repository where users can download individual packages as they're released.

Please keep in mind that our nonprofit operates with limited bandwidth. We're happy to share our work with the community, but we kindly ask visitors to download responsibly so everyone can access the resources they need.

The server is still in its early (and somewhat embryonic) stage of development, so files may shift locations as new packages are added and the directory structure evolves. We appreciate your patience as we continue building out this resource for the open-source community.

It’s time to celebrate! Since the Indiana Non-Profit Information Technology Organization, Inc. (I.N.P.I.T.O.) was founded on September 21, 2009, we’ve provided countless Information Technology solutions to nonprofit organizations throughout our community.

• Building computers and supporting operations at Rachel’s Home, a Christian pregnancy home in Plymouth, Indiana. This included creating newsletters, prayer request flyers, fundraiser postcards, and more.
• Assisting the First Baptist Church of Plymouth, Indiana with website development and hosting, full internal wireless and Ethernet networks, Internet setup, and Linux file and service servers.
• Setting up a network share with RAID and resolving file permission issues for Evergreen Baptist Church of Michigan City.
• Contributing computing power to the University of California Berkeley Foundation’s BOINC Project, helping accelerate scientific research.
• ... and the list goes on and on.

As of January 2015, the total value of our completely free technology services exceeded $523,000 all delivered at no cost to the organizations we served.

During that same period, the I.N.P.I.T.O. received just $510 in donations. That means we achieved an incredible $1,000-to-$1 giving back ratio. Yes, that’s right-for every dollar donated, over $1,000 in technology aid was delivered to nonprofits and the community. How many organizations can claim that achievement? We can!

We didn't write this just to brag (well… maybe a little). We also have a not-so-secret mission: teaching computer skills to the next generation of community leaders. Kids like Mark U., Shyanne H., and Jerimiah V., as well as adults serving local nonprofits, have asked us to teach classes on video production, software use, and other IT skills.

Here's the catch: we don’t have a permanent classroom or enough 2012+ computers and laptops to make these classes happen; yet.

So, if you happen to have a 2013+ computer or laptop gathering dust, or if you're thinking about upgrading your own 2013+ computer, you could donate that computer to I.N.P.I.T.O. and help empower students to learn skills that will directly benefit the nonprofits and communities they love.

Yes, your donation helps us teach. Yes, your donation helps kids. And yes ... it would keep us from bragging about our $1,000-to-$1 giving back ratio, but, hey! We'd much rather have the hardware!