17 local organizations served. And counting.Free technology support for NJ businesses
A door to something good

Student led. Community rooted.
Union County, New Jersey.

The Garden State Gateway Initiative

A little local ambition.

Garden State Gateway Initiative exists to help local New Jersey businesses thrive through practical technology. We’re a student-led nonprofit based in Union County, New Jersey.

What is Gateway.GS?

Local businesses keep our neighborhoods going. We help them with the technology: websites, search visibility, software, and practical AI, built around their needs and delivered free of charge. We’ve served 17 local organizations so far.

Through GatewayHacks, we also inspire young builders to create products for local businesses and their communities. The goal is to help students see a need around them and build something useful for the people who live and work there.

Local organizations served
17Local organizations served
Charged to partners
$0Charged to partners
GatewayHacks participants
1,246GatewayHacks participants
Hackathon editions
3Hackathon editions

Mission

Serving New Jersey businesses

Practical AI and software that helps small businesses and nonprofits grow — built, deployed, and documented, then handed over with no ongoing dependency on us.

Inspiring builders to serve their communities

GatewayHacks encourages young builders to turn their skills into products for local businesses and their communities. Learning to build starts with understanding who you’re building for.

How We Work

A calm, transparent path to launch. You stay informed at every milestone, with clear deliverables and a reliable handoff.

  1. Step 01

    Discover

    We map your goals and outcomes to a focused project brief, scoped to what a student team can deliver well.

  2. Step 02

    Design + Build

    Student teams create, iterate, and deliver under mentor oversight, with checkpoints you sign off on.

  3. Step 03

    Launch + Support

    We hand off assets, documentation, and a clear next-steps plan so nothing depends on us staying involved.