About C4I
Mission & Values
One sentence, five pillars, and the governance behind them.
Our Mission
C4I Veteran Services Corp trains veterans for careers in information technology, opens that same path to young people who cannot yet see it, and puts both to work rebuilding donated computers for families recovering from disaster.
What That Means
One Pipeline, Three Purposes
Veterans leave the military with discipline, clearance-grade trustworthiness, and a proven ability to run complex systems under pressure. What most of them do not leave with is a credential the civilian technology industry recognizes. We close that gap with hands-on training on real enterprise equipment, issued to the veteran at no cost so the learning does not stop when class ends.
Then we ask them to teach. Before any veteran finishes our program they serve. They sit with older veterans who have been given technology nobody showed them how to use, and they stand in community centers in front of young people who have never met an engineer. Those young people are the second half of this organization. They come for the equipment and stay for the credential, and the ones who finish come back to run it for the next group.
Veterans and young people work side by side on our benches restoring donated computers, which go to households rebuilding after a flood, a fire or a storm. For those families a working machine is how they reach insurance, benefits, employment and school again. One pipeline, three purposes, and nobody in it is only a recipient.
What We Stand For
Five Pillars
Service does not end at discharge.
A veteran still has something to give, and giving it is not charity we extend to them. It is the point. We build the path and then we expect them to walk it.
Competence is built by hand.
You do not learn a network by watching a video about one. Our people rack it, cable it, break it and fix it, on equipment they keep, because skill that survives is skill you earned.
Potential is everywhere. Access is not.
The young people we serve are not short on ability. They are short on a door, and on somebody standing on the other side of it who looks like they could have been them.
Nothing useful gets thrown away.
A retired switch is a training floor. A dead laptop is a family reaching FEMA again. We restore what others discard, and the same instinct runs through everything else we do.
We measure, and we say what we find.
Including when it does not work. We would rather run a smaller program that holds and report honestly on it than make a claim we cannot defend.
Corporate Standing
Legal & Governance
We are building this organization to withstand the scrutiny of grantmakers, corporate giving committees and the veterans who trust us with their transition.
Nonprofit Corporation
C4I Veteran Services Corp is incorporated as a nonprofit corporation in the State of North Carolina, with articles of incorporation containing the organizational and dissolution language required under Internal Revenue Code §501(c)(3).
Federal Tax Status
C4I Veteran Services Corp has been recognized by the Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt organization under Internal Revenue Code §501(c)(3), EIN 42-4128695. Contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Documentation on Request
Our IRS determination letter, articles of incorporation, EIN confirmation, Form W-9 and state filing records are available to prospective donors, grantors and partners on request.
How We Measure Success
Outcomes We Track
These are the four measures we hold ourselves to. We report against them publicly as our programs mature, and we would rather show an empty column than a number we cannot stand behind.
Certifications earned
Industry credentials completed by program participants.
Placements secured
Participants who enter paid IT roles or apprenticeships.
Hardware placed
Devices and lab equipment issued to veterans, youth and disaster-affected households.
Service hours
Volunteer and service hours delivered by C4I participants and teams.
We have not published figures against these measures yet. C4I is an early organization, and posting impact numbers before a cohort has completed would tell you more about our marketing than our work. These columns stay empty until there is something real to put in them, and when there is, it will appear here with the period it covers.
Funders, grantors and partners evaluating us now can request our current figures directly. We will send what we have, dated and unrounded, along with our IRS determination letter and organizational documents.
Ready to move?
Whether you are a veteran looking for a way into IT, a company with retired hardware, or a funder looking for measurable impact, the next step takes about two minutes.