Getting Started - Corporations and Nonprofit Organizations
Is your corporation or nonprofit organization thinking of helping the RtF Initiative? We can use your assistance in many forms - support, volunteers, and funding. Here's a roadmap of how to get to know RtF and find opportunities to help.
Read about the organization
Volunteer time, money, or support
- Become a contributing partner to RtF. Join our community by actively working on an RtF area and building off of our communal code base. Your code contributions go a long way towards improving accessibility for all. Plus, RtF's collaborative environment is a great place to gather basic core functionality and ideas that can be further developed within your organization. Contact Contribution@RaisingTheFloor.net for more information.
- Donate money or supplies. Make a monetary donation or donation in-kind to RtF. See the Donations Page for more information.
- Donate time. Encourage your employees to donate their time to supporting RtF. Consider giving employees a few flexible hours per month for them to donate to Raising the Floor.
- Publicly support the effort. Let us know that you will publicly support the RtF effort. Even if you can't give money or time right now, we love to hear from our supporters. Plus, the more companies, organizations, and leaders that we have behind us, the easier it is to attract funding and other organizational support. Email us at Contribution@RaisingTheFloor.net.
- Ask us for ideas. If you can't figure out where your work fits best, contact Contribution.net and include [Volunteer] in the subject line. Then tell us about your organization and interests so that we can match you to relevant projects.
Build accessible products
- Build accessibility into your corporate culture and your products. Ensure that your websites, software, kiosks, and other computer-based systems are as accessible as possible to people with disabilities. A company that commits itself to accessibility throughout the development process will save itself from future costs of meeting standards. Plus, it will make your pages more accessible to more people. RtF technologies can only go so far, and they work best with well-authored accessible pages. If your organization is interested in becoming accessibility-focused, please email us at Info.net and we will point you to the best resources to get started.
