Comments on: Free Resources For Nonprofits

By: kahi

kahi — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 00:31:15 +0000

What an awesome find. Please keep us updated on anything else you find. I’ve favorited this page. Thanks for helping the 501c3 community out.
ALOHA FROM HAWAII

By: Dr. Kushal Banerjee

Dr. Kushal Banerjee — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:05:05 +0000

Thanks a lot for the wonderful list.

By: Magnet Mailers

Magnet Mailers — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 03:01:50 +0000

Very helpful post – thank you! There are a growing number of free services that offer online backup and shared online folders, and you mention a few. I like SugarSync (www.sugarsync.com). Also EverNote (www.evernote.com) has an interesting way of accessing and sharing your notes, no matter what computer you’re using.

By: Justin Wandro

Justin Wandro — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:25:42 +0000

Tam, my suggestion would be to go around to some local independent copy shops and just ask. The worst that they can do is say no. You’re probably not going to find a place that will do the photocopying for free, but sometimes they are willing to do it at cost, which can be a significant discount.

By: Tam

Tam — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 22:38:36 +0000

You web site is very helpful and has me a lot of good leads. Do you or anyone else have any tips of how to get free of discounted photocopying? We are a small organization and that is a challenge for us. Thanks so much!
Tam

By: Justin Wandro

Justin Wandro — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:44:28 +0000

Valerie,

MailChimp is an excellent choice. I use them for a couple of email campaigns I run and I really like them. They do offer a free trial for a limit amount of email subscribers on your list. So it’s definitely worth checking out.

By: Valerie

Valerie — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:05:55 +0000

We’ve been told that MailChimp is a better route for us to go with our email marketing, but haven’t tried it yet.

By: PJ Wiltshire

PJ Wiltshire — Thu, 05 May 2011 21:05:48 +0000

I’m a long time volunteer for SCAN (stop child abuse and neglect) in Ft. Wayne IN. We’re trying to put together a program to improve client/consituent relationship and quality service training for our staff of just under 100. Are you aware of any customer service training programs & materials that are geared to non-profits and also available for free or very minimal expense? This is a great little site. Thanks!

By: Justin Wandro

Justin Wandro — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 04:38:35 +0000

Elise,

Thanks for the kudos, and the additional resources I’ll be adding them to the list.

As far as Dreamhost and Hostgator go, yes, a nonprofit would still need either a web designer or someone on staff/volunteer who know some basics in order to get set up and running.

I’ve been considering recommending, a more all in one service like the free wordpress.com or pay squarespace.com but haven’t quite decided if either really works all that well for a nonprofit yet.

By: Elise

Elise — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:22:31 +0000

HostGator is a great host with amazing amounts of space, but their free website service is only for one year, then you have to reapply.

Dreamhost is similarly very generous with space and resources, but customer service for their nonprofit program isn’t the most responsive. I’ve had several low-literacy clients give up (but it was easy for me to “make it happen.”

I work with some amazing not-for-profit, all-volunteer groups than can’t get a 501c3 — groups of undocumented immigrants doing fantastic work; faith-based groups doing AIDS work that don’t dare use their church’s 501c3 or have a public board — and Vertical Response has been very cool about giving them free email without a 501c3 (after proof and verification from a related 501c3).

Thank you, NonProfit Sucess for this great resource list. Lastly you might want to add:
(1) TechSoup.org’s very cheap software
(2) WePay.com (can sell virtual services like theater tickets and the interface is much better designed than PayPal.com and doesn’t require sign in like Google Checkout
(3) YouTube’s nonprofit program which gives 501c3′s full access to their paid services, including adding links inside videos– i.e. have a “make a donation” and “learn more” links at the bottom of your videos, and much more.