01 / About

Who runs this program

Omen Services is a service offered by Omen IT Solutions, a trade name of Walter White Enterprises, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company headquartered in Culpeper, Virginia.

The person who reads your application, designs the site, writes the copy and hands over the files is Jason. There is no account team, no project manager and no offshore build shop behind this. It is one person in Culpeper who has been doing this work since 2020.

That is worth saying out loud, because a page that quietly says "we" and "our team" is making the same kind of claim as a fabricated testimonial. It is smaller than you might expect. It is also the reason the timeline is 4 to 6 weeks and not four days, and the reason awards are made as capacity allows rather than to a published quota.

Plain-English summary

One person. Culpeper, Virginia. Working since 2020.

He builds websites for paying clients. This program donates that same build to small nonprofits and charges $25 a month for hosting for the first 12 months, then $50.

That is the entire arrangement.

Photograph of Jason, the founder of Omen Services.
Jason. Founder, Omen Services. Culpeper, Virginia.

02 / Why this exists

Why the program exists

Three reasons, none of them charitable in the legal sense. Omen Services is a business. It is not a foundation and it does not claim to be one.

  • 01 The quote is the problem. Agencies commonly quote $3,000 to $5,000 for a custom multi-page site. A nonprofit running on a budget under $1,000,000 hears that number, says it will look at it next year, and stays on a page from 2014. Donating the build removes the number. The $25 a month is what makes that sustainable rather than a one-off favor.
  • 02 The work is the portfolio. Omen Services sells websites to paying clients. Finished sites are the evidence that the work is good, and a nonprofit site is a harder brief than most commercial ones: more audiences, more constraints, less budget for guessing. That is a fair trade and it is stated on the home page too.
  • 03 The problems are interesting. Volunteer recruitment forms. Pantry hours that have to be right. Adoption listings. Clinic sliding-scale information in more than one language. These are real information design problems with a real cost to getting them wrong, which is more engaging than another brochure site.

What this is not

This is not charity and nobody here is rescuing anybody. Omen Services is a for-profit Virginia LLC and the monthly fee is revenue.

The program is worth taking seriously because the terms are written down, not because the motive is pure.

03 / What that means for you

What one person means

The honest consequences of a one-person shop, good and bad, before you decide whether to apply.

  • Good

    You talk to the person doing the work. Nothing is relayed through an account manager. The person who reads your application is the person who builds the site.

  • Good

    Decisions are fast because there is nobody to check with. A decision on your application comes within 2 weeks of it being complete.

  • Limit

    Capacity is finite, so awards are made as capacity allows. There is no published number of slots because there is not one. There is also no deadline, so nothing is lost by applying later.

  • Limit

    The build clock starts when your content is in hand. Live in 4 to 6 weeks once awarded and once the text, photos and logo have arrived. The content step is the one that moves timelines.

  • Limit

    Support is a business channel, not a 24 hour desk. Email and the contact form are the reliable routes. The phone is answered during business hours.

04 / The entity

The legal details

Everything a board member needs to look us up.

Legal entity
Walter White Enterprises, LLC, a Virginia limited liability company.
Trade names
Omen IT Solutions. Omen Services.
Headquarters
Culpeper, Virginia, United States.
Working since
2020.
Governing law
Commonwealth of Virginia. Venue is Culpeper County.
Parent site
omen.services, where the paid work lives.

See the work

05 / Apply

Apply when you are ready

The build is donated. Hosting is $25 a month for the first 12 months, then $50. You own the domain and the files. Rolling, with no deadline.

Questions first is fine. The contact form goes to the same inbox.

Apply for the grant