When the non-profit Net literacy Launched twenty years ago, it started with a simple but powerful idea: empower people without internet skills or resources to get online, with youth volunteers serving as teachers and ambassadors. Today, they have grown into a global nonprofit reaching more than 250,000 people through digital inclusion and financial education, while also expanding into new areas such as AI literacy.
However, maintaining that impact across generations requires more than passion; it needs digital sustainability and the peace of mind that their resources will always be available online. This is what inspired Net Literacy to become one of the first customers to adopt WordPress.com’s 100-year plan.
“We really liked a number of things about the 100-year plan,” said Dan Kent, founder and CEO of Net Literacy. “First of all, it offers us a lot of simplification and certainty around our activities. As a non-profit organization, we want to provide services to multiple generations.”
Plan for certainty
Nonprofits live in cycles of funding and change. As Kent (who founded Net Literacy when he was just 14 years old) explains: “As a nonprofit, our fundraising is absolutely cyclical […] To provide us with the certainty and peace of mind for our operations, the 100-year plan protects us from downside risks and ensures we can continue our mission […] staying on the internet that everyone around the world can access.”
Net Literacy’s mission is to create and maintain a long-term open digital curriculum that will be available for generations. For this they rely on a website that cannot be lost due to expired domains or administrative errors. According to Kent, “the 100-year plan gives us peace of mind and ensures that future generations of volunteers […] We don’t have to worry about whether our resources are accessible to everyone around the world.”
Tools that match the legacy
Net Literacy’s programs address long-term challenges such as closing the digital divide and spreading AI literacy. “Organizations that solve really big problems will really appreciate this 100-year plan,” says Kent. “Especially that one […] tackling problems that cannot be easily solved in the coming decades, and whose impact must be measured across generations.”
This isn’t just about hosting your website online with world-class open source software. It’s a promise that an organization’s digital presence is sustainable and ready for anything. WordPress.com’s century-based products (which also include 100-year domains) take a multi-tiered approach that starts with a long-term investment model to provide the data so that financial resources are always available to maintain the service.
This is then combined with a distributed cloud server infrastructure, time machine-like tiered backups, seamless trust account continuity and integration with the Internet Archivemaking the 100-year plan not just a hosting plan, but a digital heritage fortress.
A trusted partnership backed by recognition
Net Literacy felt confident in the alignment between WordPress.com and their organizational goals. “WordPress.com has been around as long as we have,” says Kent. “That track record matters.”
Their confidence in WordPress.com was strengthened when the 100-year plan and domain were recognized by Actualidad Economíca as one of the “100 Best Ideas of 2025” – a prestigious Impact Leader Award that highlights its innovation in digital legacy infrastructure.
Building for the long term – together
Kent’s vision is clear: change is inevitable, but mission continuity is essential.
“The only thing that will be constant in the future is change […] things like the 100-year plan … will ensure that we have much more freedom of choice and ensure that our mission continues into the future,” says Kent.
With both the mission and the medium secured, Net Literacy is ready for what comes next. Thanks to the Hundred Year Plan, their educational resources will not disappear – they will continue to exist.
Learn more about how you can secure and future-proof your digital legacy with the 100-year subscription and 100-year domain.
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