Logo needed for consultancy that works with nonprofits and higher ed

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Logo Design Brief
We need a logo designed for our new company - Craftsman Technology Group. We help large nonprofit organizations plan and manage large-scale technology projects, typically helping them raise funding more effectively and efficiently. We see ourselves as a small, sophisticated shop - delivering mission-critical projects on behalf of amazing organizations.
We liked the "Craftsman" name as something of a throwback to the American Craftsman movement at the turn of the last century. Sturdy, well-built, functional (over the frills of the Victorian movement at about the same time).
Our website is here: http://www.craftsmantech.com/
Our blog should tell you more about us and the texture we are going for: http://www.craftsmantech.com/resources/blog/.
Most of our images are from creativemarket.com.
The red coffee cup has become part of our brand. We include this on PPT templates, guides we have produced - and actually ordered a case of them. Would like to incorporate this somehow - as few things say "project management" like large amounts of caffeine.
Wording to include on logo is optional. "Craftsman Technology Group" is a lot to put on a logo. We envision the logo sitting alongside our name. Tag line: Project Management for Nonprofits and Higher Ed.
Target Market(s)
We work with large nonprofit organizations.
Industry/Entity Type
It Company
Logo Text
Craftsman Technology Group (optional - may just go with modified coffee cup)
Logo styles of interest
Pictorial/Combination Logo
A real-world object (optional text)



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Requirements
Must have
- Clean, sophisticated design.
- More of an icon to place adjacent to our text.
- Color pallet: gray, black, brown - with a red pop of color. (see red cup on website)
Nice to have
- Maybe incorporate wood or wood grain somehow.
Should not have
- Should not be all lower case. We have been using all caps or small caps for titles and name.