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Highlights
- TCS Tech4HOPE has supported community organisations with pro bono technology expertise since 2016.
- Every project looks different, but the goal remained the same: supporting not-for-profit organisations in Australia and New Zealand extend their reach, increase their impact, and create better outcomes for the communities they serve.
- Seven new organisations will receive tailored support in 2026 across AI, cybersecurity, accessibility, and digital solutions.
- TCS brings together technology expertise and community partnership to help not-for-profits strengthen digital capability and create longer-term impact.
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What is TCS Tech4HOPE?
Some of the most important work happening in our communities is carried out by organisations many people have never heard of.
They are delivering meals, supporting underserved families, funding research, mentoring vulnerable people, and helping communities thrive. They are often doing it with limited resources and small teams, but with an extraordinary commitment to making a difference.
For nearly a decade, TCS has supported not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) like these through TCS Tech4HOPE - its pro bono technology program (previously known as the Community Innovation Program). Through support spanning cybersecurity, digital solutions, websites, apps, and technology strategy Tech4HOPE helps NFPs strengthen operations and improve service delivery. The program has worked alongside community organisations to build digital capability and create long-term social impact.
As it enters its second decade, seven new organisations across Australia and New Zealand will receive support designed to help them strengthen services, reach more people, and continue creating positive change in the communities they serve.
Why technology matters for not-for-profits
NFPs are solving complex community challenges every day, often with limited funding and small teams. But many are doing so with outdated systems, manual processes, disconnected information, and increasing pressure to do more with less.
For these organisations, technology is not about innovation for innovation's sake. It is about increasing efficiency, strengthening operations and making information easier to access, while keeping sensitive data secure and helping volunteers work more effectively. Ultimately, it supports organisations scale their impact, extend their reach and better serve the communities that rely on them.
Ten years of Tech4HOPE
When the Community Innovation Program launched in Australia in 2016, the idea was simple.
If technology has the power to transform businesses, why could it not do the same for organisations creating social impact?
Early projects focused on helping community organisations gain access to technology expertise they could not otherwise afford.
One of the most memorable partnerships was with the Indigenous Marathon Foundation (IMF). Working together, TCS and the Foundation developed the IMF-Deadly Running Connect app, helping runners across Australia stay connected to coaches, training plans, community support, and one another, regardless of where they lived. For people in remote communities, that connection mattered.
Since then, projects have supported organisations including Meals on Wheels NSW, Food Ladder, Goondir Health Services, and Charitable Reuse Australia. Some needed websites. Others needed mobile applications, better data, improved systems, or strategic guidance. Every project looked different, but the goal remained consistent: supporting organisations use technology to work more efficiently and scale their efforts and deliver greater community impact.
Meet the 2026 recipients
This year, seven organisations across Australia and New Zealand will join the next chapter of Tech4HOPE, each tackling a very different challenge, but with a shared commitment to supporting their communities.
Meals on Wheels NSW supports a statewide network reaching approximately 22,000 frail, older people and 14,000 volunteers. Through Tech4HOPE, TCS will develop a custom digital solution that improves access to critical information, guidance and resources, helping Meals on Wheels NSW provide more effective and consistent support across its network. Once established in NSW, the solution will be expanded for use across the broader Meals on Wheels network nationally, strengthening support for services, volunteers and the people they serve across Australia.
Baby Give Back gives children an equal start in life by providing basic essentials (like clothing and nappies) to families experiencing hardship - packaged with dignity and delivered through the support services already walking alongside them. TCS will support Baby Give Back to strengthen data protection and support a digital strategy to scale toward its 2030 goal of reaching 50,000 children annually.
Women and Mentoring (VIC), an organisation that provides vital mentorship to help women build positive pathways away from the justice system. TCS will deliver a tailored solution, which will improve real-time support for its 120 volunteer mentors, enhancing service quality with the goal of scaling the program from 120 to 200 participants.
ANZUP Cancer Trials Group is the leading cancer cooperative trials group that brings together all the professional disciplines involved in researching and treating below the belt cancers. TCS will help the organisation make their online content more accessible to all those who are affected by prostate, testicular, penile, bladder and kidney cancer globally.
Playgroup WA, which connects families with young children through community-based playgroups, will receive a solution designed to help over 1,200 volunteers simplify management for more than 7,000 parents and carers, and 8,200 children across Western Australia.
RUN DIPG, which funds critical research into the brainstem cancer, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG), also known as diffuse midline glioma (DMG). The deadliest form of childhood brain cancer. TCS will provide strategic support to streamline RUN DIPG's systems, enabling the team to focus more time on its commitment to raising awareness of this disease, and generating funding to support the advancement of DIPG/DMG research.
Pregnancy Help New Zealand, a charity offering free practical support and advice for families during pregnancy and early childhood, will receive a customised solution from TCS. Having supported 40,000 families over the last five years, the new solution will modernise its digital infrastructure to better serve the 20,000 people it will reach annually across New Zealand.
Supporting those who support others
What makes Tech4HOPE distinctive is its combination of technology expertise and community partnership. TCS contributes the skills of technologists, consultants, designers, and engineers who work directly alongside not-for-profit organisations.
The program is grounded in nearly a decade of experience supporting Australian not-for-profit organisations or NFPs through practical technology projects. From mobile apps and websites to cybersecurity, analytics, and digital strategy, the focus has always been on creating support that continue delivering value long after implementation.
Future-ready NFPs
As community expectations evolve and technology continues to reshape how services are delivered, digital capability will become increasingly important for the NFP sector. Tech4HOPE exists to help organisations navigate that future with confidence.
The seven 2026 recipients represent a diverse range of social, health, community, and support organisations united by a shared ambition to create meaningful change. By providing access to expertise across AI, cybersecurity, accessibility, and digital innovation, Tech4HOPE continues to demonstrate how technology can help organisations strengthen services, build resilience, and create lasting impact for the communities that need them most.