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Resources

Access our collection of resources to enable your non-profit organization!

Organizational Preparedness

Resources for checking and improving your non-profit's preparedness.

  • Candid Seals of Transparency

    A Seal of Transparency appears on an organization’s Nonprofit Profile on GuideStar when the organization has publicly shared important information about its work. The Seals help your nonprofit tell its complete story, which in turn gives funders and donors a meaningful way to understand your organization’s work.

Grant Writing

Resources for improving your non-profit's grant writing.

Grant Management

Resources to help your non-profit manage your grant processes.

Free Software for Non-profits

Free software and services to help your non-profit's operations go smoothly.

  • Microsoft 365 Business

    Microsoft 365 Business is free for nonprofits for up to 10 users and includes Excel, Word, PowerPoint, One Note, Access and OneDrive for Business.

  • G Suite

    Google provides access to G Suite Basic, using your nonprofit's domain, at no charge. They also provide access to Google Ad Grants $10,000 of in-kind advertising every month for text ads.

  • Salesforce

    Salesforce, a customer relationship management (CRM) software, will donate 10 subscriptions for their Lightening Enterprise Edition & Nonprofit Success Pack to eligible nonprofit organizations.

  • MailChimp

    Mailchimp is free for small nonprofits with up to 2,000 contacts and 12,000 emails per month. They offer a 15% discount to nonprofits for their paid subscription with the opportunity for a 10% security discount.

Social Media, Graphic Design, and Marketing Tools

Resources to help improve your non-profit's social media presence.

  • Canva

    The design tool made with nonprofits in mind. Discover the easy way to create high-impact social media graphics and marketing materials. Register now to get Canva’s premium features for free.

  • Hootsuite

    Hootsuite is a social media management platform that allows you to promote content, increase engagement, and streamline your customer service. The free version allows you to schedule content across multiple social media platforms. Hootsuite also offers a discount for nonprofit organizations registered with TechSoup.

  • TweetDeck

    This free tool allows you to monitor multiple timelines on a single screen, track and organize content, and engage with your communities in real-time.

  • Adobe Express

    Adobe Express is an online and mobile design app that builds on Adobe’s three decades of groundbreaking technology. Easily create stunning social graphics, short videos, and web pages that help your organization get noticed. The Adobe Express Premium plan is free to all qualified 501(c)(3).

  • Buffer

    Buffer helps you build an audience organically. They are a values-driven company that provides affordable, intuitive marketing tools for ambitious people and teams. The free platform supports 3 channels with 10 posts per channel. Buffer also offers a 50% discount to any of their products for all registered 501(c)(3) organizations.

  • Mojo App

    With hundreds of templates, text effects and high-quality animations - creating stunning social content has never been easier. Mojo App provides a free video editing app for building animated stories, Instagram Reels, Facebook videos, and more. 

Other

Additional resources that we have found for you.

  • TechSoup

    TechSoup equips changemakers with transformative technology solutions and skills they need to improve lives globally and locally. TechSoup is more than just a marketplace. They provide a variety of both free and premium services, such as their free Website Wellness Report.

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  • Little Green Light

    Little Green Light's all-in-one donor management software is built to help you transform your work with ease.

    Sign up for Little Green Light by clicking the 'try for free' button on their website, then verify your account, and finally find the 'Referral Code' field and enter "magiclampconsulting" for a $100 discount.

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  • QuickBooks Online

    QuickBooks is an accounting software designed for small and medium-sized businesses to manage finances, track expenses, and handle bookkeeping tasks.

    We are a QuickBooks Affiliate and are able to access ​special discounts for our nonprofit and business network.

Recommended Reading

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  • The Go-Giver

    A life-changing read that will inspire you to achieve success through generosity! This book really changed how I look at the world.

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  • Duct Tape Marketing

    In his trusted book for small businesses, John Jantsch challenges you to craft a marketing strategy that is as reliable as the go-to household item we all know, love, and turn to in a pinch: duct tape.

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  • Grant Writing For Dummies

    In Grant Writing For Dummies, Dr. Beverly Browning draws on over four decades of experience writing grant applications and training grant writers to deliver a comprehensive and easy-to-follow roadmap to drafting and submitting grant applications that get funded. You’ll learn to craft the strongest application possible, find the best sources of funding from online databases, and present a realistic project budget plan.

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  • The Complete Book of Grant Writing

    Unlock the secrets of successful grant writing with The Complete Book of Grant Writing, your comprehensive guide to mastering the art of securing funding for your projects and initiatives.

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  • Robert's Riles Of Order

    Robert's Rules of Order is the recognized guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings. This 12th edition is the only current manual to have been maintained and updated since 1876 under the continuing program established by General Henry M. Robert himself. As indispensable now as the original edition was more than a century ago, Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised is the acknowledged "gold standard" for meeting rules.

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  • How to Write a Grant: Become a Grant Writing Unicorn

    This book answers all your questions related to grant writing and the questions you want to ask. Here’s what we want you to know: if you can think critically and commit to being the best version of yourself, you will succeed as a grant writing unicorn.

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  • How to Build and Mobilize a Social Media Community for Your Nonprofit in 90 Days

    Stressed about social media? Trying to figure out how to effectively use these platforms to activate your supporters and engage more people in your mission? Feeling overwhelmed and whipsawed by all the information out there? This book was written to give you, and nonprofit social media managers like you, a simple, actionable, and practical framework to transform your current social media efforts in just 90 days.

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  • Nonprofit Hero

    Trained boards report increased comfort and willingness to ask. Many indicate they are prepared to ask for bigger gifts, can identify more prospective donors, and intend to contact these prospects sooner. Her book, Nonprofit Hero, contains stories, tools, and exercises not included in trainings.

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