The city’s new SPARK Innovation Academy has a mission to bridge the “digital divide” between professionals in nonprofits and other industries.

The free course provides support for local nonprofits in using digital tools, said Juliet Fink-Yates, the Office of Innovation and Technology’s broadband and digital inclusion manager.

Too often, nonprofits don’t have the funds for administrative positions, leaving them to figure out many of these responsibilities on their own.

“I think there’s a huge need in the nonprofit sector to upskill, because [employees] often have to be really scrappy, and they have to kind of figure things out on their own,” she said. “So if we can help them do it and figure it out in ways that are easier, time-efficient, and more effective, they can then use that saved

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