We are a student organization at UC Irvine whose mission is to deliver high-quality software for non-profit organizations while giving students meaningful opportunities to develop tech with purpose. 🚀

Commit the Change (CTC) was founded in early 2020 by a small group of UC Irvine students looking to help nonprofits in the Orange County area, but has since grown into a team of over 70 members, with 5 completed software projects and counting. We were the Best New Organization and the winner of the Outstanding Virtual Service Initiative Award at UCI's 2020 Anteater Awards, following the completion of our first year as an official student organization at UCI.

Each school year (September to June), we work closely with a small group of NPOs to determine how software can alleviate bottlenecks in their operating procedures, facilitate a new initiative, or otherwise support their mission for social good. Once a project is found, our student design and development teams implement an elegant and user-friendly software solution at low or no cost to the NPO.

We revise and improve our solutions based on NPO feedback and conduct user testing after all major changes. This ensures that our software will always be tailored to the NPO's wants and needs.

We provide quarterly updates on projects, respond to emails and questions, and check in with NPOs on major design decisions and project requirements.

Being part of CTC is a rewarding experience that we hope our members can enjoy with one another while coming together to build tech for social good. We look for passionate, committed UC Irvine students every September who are interested in learning new technical skills by working on projects for NPOs with other like-minded peers!

• 🏡 Develop Community Our goal is to bring the whole organization together as one strong, helpful, and supportive community as friends and teammates.

• ✅ Build Enduring Products We aim to build products that are maintainable and sustainable for long-term use. This involves high quality development, design, and documentation.

• 💯 Be Authentic We want every member to feel safe being honest and true to their authentic self. Respect other members by being open to other opinions and perspectives.

• 💥 Take Initiative We want every member to feel comfortable trying and learning new things. Failure is accepted and encouraged, as long as you continue to try again.

• 🌱 Strive for Social Impact We aim to come up with creative solutions when designing our products to make a difference in the community and strive to pick partnerships with organizations that need our help the most, thus making the largest impact.

We recruit at the beginning of each school year, typically adhering to the following cycle:

• 📩 Application: Late September
• ☕️ Coffee Chat: Early October
• 🎩 Decision: Mid October

For more information, visit our website at ctc-uci.com!

We would love to hear from you at ctc@uci.edu!

Whether you are an NPO interested in partnering with our organization or an aspiring student looking to join us for the upcoming school year, we look forward to every conversation with hopes of enhancing the UCI student experience and promoting social good in our extended community.