We're a nonprofit
team of cybersecurity experts helping our fellow nonprofits stay safe online.
Vendor-neutral.
Expert guidance.
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Evaluate IT vendors
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Select cybersecurity tools and services
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Live Awareness Training
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Assessing Risk
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Concerned about the security of your organization's apps and data?
We offer 1:1 mentoring, Google Workspace checklists customized for your organization, live awareness trainings customized for your organization, and more.
No Cost Cyber Awareness Services
Our Impact
501Secure began as a volunteer-driven pilot program in 2023 dedicated to bringing affordable cybersecurity guidance and awareness trainings to nonprofits least able to afford cybersecurity services.
While our organizational home and structure have evolved, our core mission remains
the same: providing nonprofit-oriented resources and guidance with a vendor-neutral perspective to organizations navigating an increasingly unsafe digital world.
We continue to build on that foundation today, by creating a space where nonprofit leaders can work with a cybersecurity expert to manage risk and plan their next moves forward without sales pressure.
374
Organizations
Served
668
Nonprofit Professionals
Trained
455
Expert Volunteer
Hours Contributed
"It’s rare to find a space where you can talk about security without feeling overwhelmed."
— Executive Director
"Thank you so much for paying attention to the needs of nonprofits like mine who need a stepping stone in cybersecurity. The trainings provided were really essential in helping me set up a presentation to begin shifting the mindset of protection being too daunting, to there are very easy ways to improve our habits and mindset on cybersecurity."
— Volunteer Services Manager
"The training gave us a reality check on where we were and where we needed to go next."
— Operations Manager
Cybersecurity professionals with a range of expertise volunteer their time to keep our services free or well below market rates.
Spokane, Washington
Timeline
2023: Pilot Program Launch, Seattle, Washington
2024: Launched Free Annual Cybersecurity Awareness Trainings for Nonprofit Teams
2025: Transitioned to the Piper Center for Nonprofit and Civic Impact at the Mabel G. Ragland Institute, Spokane, Washington
Today: Curating right-sized cybersecurity approaches for small teams and advocating for digital stewardship as a required core competency for nonprofit professionals.
501Secure is a Mabel G. Ragland Institute program and a proud Cybersecurity Awareness and Data Privacy Champion with the National Cybersecurity Alliance.
501Secure is a program of the Mabel G. Ragland Institute, a registered Washington State education nonprofit, 501(c)(3) .
Proud Nonprofit Member of the Spokane Independent Metro Business Alliance