ardentCause was founded by three partners, all veterans of the information technology industry. They met while creating and managing a regional charitable nonprofit and foundation, assisting girls and women to enter and stay in the technology fields.
While the challenges were significant, the partners learned from their volunteers and from the community they served. They realized that simple, transparent information tools, technology consulting, and management consulting could be an answer to many operational challenges and the need for additional capacity for nonprofits.
Wanting to serve this community as a whole, they discovered that there were technology tools, but many of them were not easily implemented by volunteer-run or even fully-staffed organizations.