For IT buyers

The IT project already in your budget can fund your kid’s school.

Same supplier price. Your procurement process.

Share the projects your company has already budgeted, in a short intake. Kithix introduces suppliers that fit, and you decide whether to talk to any of them. If your company buys, it pays the supplier its normal price, the supplier side pays Kithix for the introduction, and your school’s parent organization receives a donation each quarter.

United States only.

How Kithix works for IT buyers. Who pays whom, and why your invoice does not change, in 72 seconds.

What you are being asked to do

Share your planned projects. Decide everything else yourself.

  1. You share your planned projects

    One project or several that your company has already planned and budgeted. The intake is short.

  2. Kithix introduces suppliers that fit

    The details come to your work email. Kithix does not call you to sell.

  3. You decide, and buy direct

    Talk to any of them, or none.

  4. The school organization receives a donation

    Each quarter after invoices are paid, while the referral stays active. Only if your company buys.

If you already have a supplier you like, keep it. Nobody has to replace a working contract for the school.

What does not change

You buy the way you always do.

What stays yours

The same purchase, with an introduction

The contract
The supplier’s
Its paper and its terms. Kithix does not resell, quote, or mark anything up.
The price
Its normal price
What you would pay without Kithix. Negotiate as you normally would; nothing is added for the introduction.
The process
Your procurement
Your evaluation, your approvals, your timeline.
Supplier calls
Only if you choose
Introductions arrive at your work email.
On the contract or invoice
Never
Kithix makes the introduction, and the purchase is between your company and the supplier.
Who decides
You
Which supplier, if any, and whether to talk to one at all.

The organization sees the donation amount and which referral it came from. It never sees the contract, the pricing, or the invoices.

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Before you buy

Is this a conflict of interest for me?

It can look like one if you keep it quiet, so do not keep it quiet. The donation goes to the school organization, never to you, and it comes out of what the supplier side pays Kithix, not out of your company’s price.

You receive nothing personally.

An introduction never obliges you to buy, and your employer’s procurement policy comes first.

Compared with what you do now

Three ways to buy the same thing.

Three ways to buy the same thing.
OptionYour timeWhat your company paysWho else benefits
Take the cold callsCalls and emails you did not ask for, from suppliers you did not chooseThe supplier’s priceNobody you know
Renew with the supplier or reseller you haveThe least. No new evaluationThe supplier’s priceNobody you know
Buy through a Kithix introductionA short intake, then only the conversations you chooseThe supplier’s normal priceYour school’s parent organization, each quarter, if your company buys

Who pays whom

Nothing is added to your invoice.

Here is one $10,000-a-month unified communications system, followed from your company to the school organization.

  1. Your company

    Buys the project it already planned, direct from the supplier.

    $10,000 a month, paid to the supplier at its normal price

  2. The supplier

    Delivers the service and bills your company, the same as any other customer.

    Introduction fee, paid by the supplier side

  3. Kithix

    Sends the organization its share once invoices are paid. Never more than it received for that referral.

    5% of qualifying spend: $500 a month

  4. The school organization

    $1,500every quarter

Added cost to your company: $0. Cost to the organization: $0.

What a project could send

Five example projects: the monthly spend, and what the school organization could receive at 5%
ProjectPer quarterAbout per year
Internet access$1,500 a month$225$900
Unified communications$10,000 a month$1,500$6,000
AI$15,000 a month$2,250$9,000
Disaster recovery$25,000 a month$3,750$15,000
Cloud computing$50,000 a month$7,500$30,000

Example monthly spend at the 5% share, not quotes. Each referred company is counted on its own; above $250,000 a month, 7% applies to the portion above $250,000.

The payout cap. Kithix never sends more for a referral than it received for that referral, so on some services the donation can be less than the published share.

Questions

What an IT buyer will ask.

Trust

Is Kithix new?

Yes. Kithix is new. No school organization has a result to show yet, so none is named here, and there are no testimonials. What you can check today is how the money moves, the published share, the terms, and who answers the email: hello@kithix.com goes to Amber Nash, the founder.

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Does Kithix resell anything or sit in the contract?

No. Kithix does not sell, resell, quote, or mark anything up. The company buys direct from the supplier under its own procurement process. Kithix is never on the contract or the invoice. It makes the introduction, and the supplier side pays it for that.

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Does the IT buyer still follow their employer’s procurement policy?

Yes, always. Approvals, due diligence, security review, contracting: all of it applies as usual. An introduction from Kithix replaces none of it. The buyer decides whether a supplier fits.

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What does a supplier listing or an introduction mean?

A listing means Kithix can introduce an IT buyer to that supplier. It is not an endorsement, and it says nothing about quality, price, or fit. An introduction narrows the field to suppliers that match the project. The IT buyer evaluates them and decides.

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Questions the school organization asks

Is this a pyramid, an MLM, or selling?

No. Nobody pays to join, there are no levels, and nobody earns from anyone beneath them. The parents you invite are never asked to sell anything or to invite anyone else. If one of their companies buys, the organization receives a donation.

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Who contacts the IT buyer?

The school organization does, or a parent does, with the invitation in the kit. Kithix does not call an IT buyer to sell. The buyer opens the school’s link, shares a project, and decides whether to talk to any supplier Kithix introduces.

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Is this United States only?

Yes. Kithix works with school organizations and companies in the United States.

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Money

Does this cost the buyer’s company anything extra?

No. The company pays the supplier its normal price. The supplier side pays Kithix for the introduction, and the donation comes out of that. Nothing is added to the company’s invoice, and Kithix is never on it.

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Questions the school organization asks

Does this cost our PTO or booster anything?

No. Schools pay nothing. Applying is free and so is the kit. If nobody buys, nothing arrives and nothing is owed.

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What share does the organization receive?

5% of qualifying monthly spend. On an account spending more than $250,000 a month, 7% applies to the portion above $250,000. Kithix never sends more for a referral than it received for that referral, so on some services the donation can be less than the published share. That limit is the payout cap. Qualifying spend is recurring services; one-time hardware and fees do not count. The written agreement says which services qualify.

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How much of our fundraising does this replace?

That depends on who is in your community and what you raise now, and on the size of the projects. Internet access for one office, at $1,500 a month, models at $225 a quarter, about $900 a year. A $15,000-a-month AI rollout models at $2,250 a quarter, about $9,000 a year. A $50,000-a-month move to the cloud models at $7,500 a quarter, about $30,000 a year. Set that beside what your biggest fundraiser clears, and remember that nothing starts until a company buys and pays.

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How often are donations sent?

Every quarter, after the referred company’s invoices are paid, for as long as the referral stays active. Kithix sends a donation only after it has been paid for that referral. Where the donation goes is set up privately once you are accepted, never on a public form.

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When could a first donation arrive?

The first donation arrives only after a company buys, is invoiced, and pays. Plan on months, not weeks. Nothing is sent when you apply or when an IT buyer shares a project, and no start date is guaranteed. Leave it out of the budget until the first one lands.

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What happens if a referred company cancels its service?

Donations from that referral stop when the service is canceled or its invoices stop being paid. Your other referrals are not affected. No annual amount is guaranteed.

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Is this a tax-deductible donation?

Kithix does not describe it as one. The organization receives a donation from Kithix under a written agreement. The company is paying a supplier at its normal price, not making a gift. Kithix does not give tax advice. Ask your accountant how to record it.

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Are the funding examples guarantees?

No. Every donation figure on this site is worked out from the published share and an example monthly spend. Any example companies or project sizes, restaurant-night comparisons, or line items of what a donation could cover are illustrations. None is a forecast, and none is a result from a real organization. What arrives depends on a referred company buying, paying its invoices, and staying a customer.

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Logistics

What happens after an IT buyer shares a project?

Kithix reads what the buyer wrote and introduces suppliers that fit. The buyer decides whether to talk to any of them. Nothing is bought through Kithix, and Kithix does not call the buyer to sell. No response time is promised.

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What if the IT buyer already has a supplier?

That is fine. Nobody is asked to replace a contract that works. The buyer can share something else: a renewal that is coming up, a replacement, or a new project that is already in the budget. They decide what fits and buy from whoever they choose.

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Questions the school organization asks

What does our organization actually have to do?

Three things, and two of them happen once. Apply. If you are accepted, an officer signs the written agreement and completes private setup. Then invite the parents and neighbors who make technology decisions at work, using the messages in the kit. You do not sell anything, staff a table, collect money, or send invoices. Kithix makes the introductions and sends the donation.

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Do we need to be a 501(c)(3)?

No. A group does not need 501(c)(3) status. PTOs, PTAs, athletic and band boosters, theater, choir, and other school clubs can all apply, whether or not they are registered charities. Once accepted, the organization gives its legal name, a W-9, and where to send the donation through a private setup step, never on a public form.

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What happens after we apply?

You hear back by email within three business days. Applying does not start anything by itself: nothing goes out to families, and nothing is owed either way. If you are accepted, an officer signs the written agreement and completes private setup, and then Kithix emails your school’s link.

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What if nobody in our community works in IT?

Then this will not replace your bake sale, and we would rather you knew that now. Ask around before you decide. It does not take a CIO: a parent who buys internet, phones, cloud, security, or AI for an employer counts. Small projects count too: internet access at $1,500 a month models at $225 a quarter, about $900 a year. If you honestly have none, keep the catalog.

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How is this different from catalog sales, scrip, or shopping rewards?

Those ask families to buy things. Kithix asks nobody in your school community to buy anything. It starts with a technology purchase a company has already planned and budgeted, and the donation comes from the supplier side, not from a family’s wallet.

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Is this like restaurant night?

It is the same idea at a different size. On restaurant night (some schools call it Spirit Night), people buy a dinner they were going to buy anyway and the school gets a share. Here the purchase is a company’s technology, and the donation comes every quarter while the referral stays active instead of ending when the night does.

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Do we still run the auction and the spirit-wear store?

If they work for your school, yes. Kithix does not replace the events people enjoy, and it never asks families to give or buy. The aim is to let you drop the fundraisers nobody enjoys.

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Start the intake

Start with a school link, or without one.

You were going to buy it anyway. Let the purchase do something for the school.

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Questions go to a person: Amber Nash, founder, at hello@kithix.com.