Technology consulting & community programs
The leverage behind the mission.
Palanca is a New Orleans technology practice that serves the organizations doing the hardest work in the city — nonprofits, churches, small schools, and mission-aligned small businesses — and runs free community technology programs in the neighborhoods where access is scarcest.
Paid work
Fixed scope. Fixed price. Signed end date.
Six defined engagements — Tech Health Check, Cyber Cleanup, Ops & Systems, Cloud Migration, Data & Reporting, and Incident Response — priced honestly and finished on time. Every paid engagement closes with a Lift Report.
Community programs
Robotics, coding, and adult digital literacy.
Three programs delivered free at libraries, community centers, churches, and recovery organizations: Robotics & Maker Stations, Beignet Bytes, and Adult Digital Literacy workshops. Funded by paid-work margins and sponsors.
What Palanca means
A lever. A tradition of support. A commitment to place.
The lever
Palanca is Spanish for lever. A small input, applied at the right point, produces a large output. That is the business model and the reason for the name.
The tradition
In the Jesuit Kairos retreat tradition, a palanca is a letter of support given at a critical moment. The word carries both meanings — mechanical leverage and generous support — into everything Palanca does.
The place
Palanca is a Greater New Orleans practice. The Spanish name reflects the city's multilingual inheritance and signals the business's local focus: work delivered where it is most needed, by a team grounded here.
The signature artifact
Every engagement closes with a Lift Report.
A four-page plain-English document — what was stuck, what we changed, what's now possible — printed, signed, and delivered in person in a branded folder. Something an Executive Director can show a board. Something a sponsor can attach to an impact report. Something the organization can hold in their hands.
Ready to talk about a project?
Send a short note about your organization and what you're trying to fix. Responses within three business days.