Beltsville, MD – July 6, 2020 –  Alertus Technologies, a leader in emergency mass notification solutions, today announced a partnership with California IT in Education (CITE) to provide an emergency preparedness grant valuing up to $75,000 to one qualified member of the CITE annually. 

“Working with Andrea Bennett and CITE provides us with a great platform to reach local K-12 communities all across California that want and need to strengthen their emergency preparedness,” said Ryan McGonigle, Director of Philanthropy at Alertus.

As Alertus has grown, so has the desire to reach local and international communities that are insufficiently prepared for an emergency or disaster event. The Alertus Grants Program was created to help reduce barriers for these organizations by providing free hardware and software solutions to enhance their emergency preparedness strategies. The Desktop Donation program was initially created to do this, and to date, it has served over 700 non-profit organizations across the world. Now in partnership with CITE, Alertus will be expanding their Grants Program to support K-12 Schools in need across California. 

“An effective emergency notification in a school environment is more important today than ever before,” said CITE Executive Director Andrea Bennett. “This grant will help schools complete their notification system with no implementation costs and with three years of support.”

Interested organizations can apply for the Alertus Grant via the CITE website here beginning on July 6th. Applicants must be a registered non-profit organization or a government entity such as a school, library or public agency. Priority will be given to high-risk and high-need organizations.

Alertus Philanthropy Contact
Ryan McGonigle, Director of Philanthropy
202.253.7887 x789 | rmcgonigle@alertus.com

About Alertus Technologies
Since 2002, Alertus has pioneered the emergency mass notification space, helping organizations find innovative notification solutions for disaster risk reduction. Alertus believes that all organizations and communities vulnerable to risk, from potential violence or natural disaster, should have access to life-saving mass notification solutions, regardless of available resources. Through raising awareness, sharing technical expertise, and granting its solutions to at-need organizations, Alertus is committed to supporting the creation of disaster-resilient societies across the world. www.alertus.com/philanthropy.

For more information about Alertus Technologies and additional educational resources, visit www.alertus.com. 

About CITE
California IT in Education is a not-for-profit, professional membership association supporting the IT Professionals working in schools. We are dedicated to providing high quality resources, professional learning, and a strong support community to our members. Our members are the dedicated individuals supporting hardware, software, help desk, data, WiFi, providing training, and installing and maintaining the infrastructure as technology used in schools and now part of the Internet of Things (IoT).