About us

Cause IQ provides web-based information and tools to help accounting firms, nonprofits, technology companies, consulting firms, financial services firms, fundraising companies, and other providers grow their nonprofit client base, research organizations, and find funding. Our customers choose Cause IQ over the competition because we have better data, purpose-built tools, and integrations.
Our team
Cause IQ's team is nimble, highly-responsive, and obsessed with how we can provide value to our customers that nobody else can. In addition to the core team of Abby, Andrew, Josh, and Katie, our research team of David, Mayris, and Sheila help ensure we provide the best insights possible to our customers.
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Product / Operations

Josh Hurd

Josh founded Cause IQ and handles platform and data development, and also contributes to business development and customer success. Prior to Cause IQ, Josh worked for an environmental advocacy nonprofit in Montana and was a strategy and operations consultant at Deloitte. He attended Dartmouth College and the University of Chicago, and is a self-taught coder. In his free time, Josh enjoys fly-fishing, backpacking, getting lost on dirt roads, and enjoying new restaurants with his husband.
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Business Development

Andrew Jones

Andrew heads business development and customer success at Cause IQ, where he focuses on connecting potential customer needs with how Cause IQ can help meet those needs. Before joining Cause IQ, Andrew worked as a technical recruiter for Fortitude Systems and attended the College of William and Mary, where he earned his BA in International Relations while playing for the Tribe football team. Originally from Naples, FL, he enjoys a day spent on the water with friends and family.
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Nonprofit Development

Abby Usher

Abby works directly with Cause IQ's nonprofit customers to answer questions and provide help signing up for and using the platform. Prior to this role, she worked in sales for the travel industry while living abroad in Peru. Additionally, she has several years experience doing nonprofit development work in the San Francisco Bay Area. Abby holds a B.A. in Political Science from New York University and is fluent in Spanish. On weekends, Abby loves exploring the beaches around her home in Sarasota, Florida with her family.
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Customer Success

Katie Newton

Katie supports Cause IQ customers by answering questions and helping them use the platform. She brings previous work experience in volunteer management for nonprofits and as an information professional within libraries. Katie holds a BFA from the University of Oregon and a MLIS from San Jose State University. Katie lives in Central Oregon with her husband and three dogs. In her free time, she enjoys hiking around Central Oregon and working on photography in her home darkroom.
Our history
Josh founded Cause IQ in 2014 to provide better data on the nonprofit sector. Having worked for nonprofits himself, and with many friends at companies that service nonprofits, Josh saw a need for professional-focused tools to help both companies better grow their nonprofit client base and nonprofits more effectively find foundations to fund their operations. Josh looked into the challenges, determined them surmountable, brought a team together, and started Cause IQ.
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