2026 Impact Summary

AI for Good Hackathon

September 25 to 26, 2026

Accelerated Visions partnered with Brightpoint Community College and Boys to Men Mentoring Virginia to host a two-day AI for Good Hackathon at Brightpoint's Midlothian Campus in Midlothian, Virginia.

23
Students participated
11
Student survey responses
48%
Survey response rate
2 Days
Applied learning experience

Event Overview

Accelerated Visions partnered with Brightpoint Community College and Boys to Men Mentoring Virginia to host a two-day AI for Good Hackathon at Brightpoint's Midlothian Campus. Students worked on a real nonprofit challenge focused on how Boys to Men can better organize, interpret, and use its data. Using synthetic data modeled on Boys to Men's actual data fields, students explored ways to structure information more effectively, automate parts of the workflow, and build repeatable tools that can be applied to real organizational data in the future. The event gave students hands-on experience applying AI, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication skills while providing Boys to Men with practical ideas and usable frameworks.

Student-Reported Impact

Results below reflect the 11 students (48%) who completed the post-event survey, rated 1 to 5 (1 = lowest, 5 = highest).

4.9/5
Value of working on a real nonprofit challenge
4.6/5
Confidence using AI on a real-world problem
4.7/5
Likelihood of participating in another event like this
3.9/5
Team coordination

What the Partnership Made Possible

Together, Brightpoint Community College and Accelerated Visions created a hands-on experience that brought students, faculty, nonprofit leadership and community partners together around a real challenge. Brightpoint hosted the event at its Midlothian Campus, and Accelerated Visions organized the hackathon and connected students with a real nonprofit challenge from Boys to Men Mentoring Virginia. This partnership helped students move beyond classroom concepts and apply AI in a client-centered setting while giving Boys to Men access to practical ideas and usable frameworks.

What Students Built

01
Worked with synthetic data modeled on Boys to Men's actual data fields and structure
02
Formatted and organized the information for more consistent use
03
Built repeatable workflows designed to work with Boys to Men's real data in the future
04
Built automated workflows and structured outputs to support reporting and analysis
05
Developed clearer ways to summarize and analyze program information
06
Presented solutions and recommendations Boys to Men can continue evaluating and building upon

Why This Matters

Students applied AI, data analysis, problem-solving, and communication skills to a real nonprofit challenge. Among the 11 survey respondents, students rated the value of working on a real nonprofit challenge 4.9/5 and their likelihood of participating in another event like this 4.7/5. Boys to Men was presented with student-developed workflows, ideas, and recommendations designed around its actual data structure.

Thanks to our sponsors and in-kind donors

This would not have been possible without you.

Hosted by Brightpoint Community College at its Midlothian Campus, with Accelerated Visions.

Interested in sponsoring a future event? Email kerrie@acceleratedvisions.org