Nonprofits On A Budget Are Not Alone Anymore – Free & Affordable Services & Software From IT to Administrative
Running a non-profit organization takes more than just a good intention and heart. Non-profit organizations must be strategic, well-planned, creative, and smart enough to know how to get the most things done on a budget. As they say “cash is king” in business, the same business principle applies to non-profits as well. Here is a list of free or very affordable services available to non-profits on a budget.
Get Volunteers:
Volunteers are very important part of any non-profit. There are several ways through which volunteers can join your non-profit organization. Here are a few websites where non-profits can advertise for free of charge to secure volunteers.
a) CoolDeeds.org
CoolDeeds.org provides a free platform for non-profits to perform all the following:
- Inspire the World with Your Content & Videos.
- Get Volunteers & Local Ambassadors.
- Schedule & Market Events & Your Cool Deeds.
- Enhance Funding & Donations for Your Projects
b) VolunteerMatch.org
The following is from Wikipedia about volunteermatch.org
Impact Online, also known as VolunteerMatch, is a U.S.-based nonprofit organization which provides a national digital infrastructure to serve volunteers and nonprofit organization in America. VolunteerMatch was founded in 1998.
The organization also partners with businesses to provide tools and services to help companies, brands, campuses and government manage volunteer programs and support corporate social responsibility initiatives. VolunteerMatch works with clients in different industries, and since its launch in 1998 it has won several awards.
Get Services, Remote Employees, Freelancers:
WeJob.org, a non-profit organization, educates and trains unemployed people from around the world and then provides them employment through WeJob.org. As per the site, all the work is done by freelancers under the supervision of coaches and is guaranteed. They have super low and special rates for non-profit organizations. Matter of fact, they call themselves a “Non-profit for Non-profits”. Now Non-Profits can get help with most of the jobs they currently perform themselves. They provide concierge services to non-profits and assist them on one on one basis. Non-profits can email their projects to nonprofit@wejob.org or can go to their website wejob.org and post a project for free. Because of limitations of freelancers availability and on-hand projects at any given time, WeJob.org sometime is unable to entertain all the projects and non-profits which they do inform upfront.
Graphic Design:
WeJob.org has a trained team of graphic design freelancers for all the following & other similar jobs.
Photoshop Editing & Improvements
Business Services:
Wejob.org has remote offices where they employee resources to provide business services to nonprofits such as.
Customer Service & Phone Support
Spreadsheets & Microsoft Office Work
Web, IT & Programming Services:
This is where the biggest pool of freelancers are available and non-profits can get good quality services for a fraction of the cost.
Flutter Mobile & Web Development
React Native Mobile Development
Hope the above free and affordable resources help your non-profit organization.