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title: Website Help for the Helpers
date: 2024-04-10T05:30:00-04:00
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# Website Help for the Helpers

*April 10, 2024* — by [Lucy Hubbard ’24](/author/lucy-hubbard-24)


> Students Create Custom Software for Nonprofits

*I Stock 1415898144 1920x1080 — A student group, Hack4Impact-UMD, has built custom websites and software for philanthropic organizations since 2020. Below, members pose for a group picture.*

A veterans’ charity was having a hard time tracking its volunteers. An organization fighting opioid addiction in rural areas needed a website listing easily accessible resources. A nonprofit delivering food was having trouble coordinating deliveries. The solution to all was a group of University of Maryland students, who are polishing their coding skills while doing some good themselves.

[Hack4Impact-UMD](https://umd.hack4impact.org/) prepares students for socially conscious roles in the tech industry by offering them the opportunity to create software to help nonprofits across the country.

“A lot of these nonprofit organizations often don't have the funding to have their own tech team to develop a website for them,” said Co-Executive Director Wren Poremba ’25, a computer science major. “And we offer these services for free so that they can continue their mission without having to sacrifice funding.”


*Hack4Impact-UMD group photo*




**Topics:** [Campus & Community](https://today.umd.edu/tags/campus-community)


**Tags:** [Computer Science](https://today.umd.edu/topic/computer-science), [Information Science](https://today.umd.edu/topic/information-science), [Student Experience](https://today.umd.edu/topic/student-experience)


**Units:** [College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-computer-mathematical-and-natural-sciences), [College of Information](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-information-studies)