What is Ember?

You probably got here from a volunteer sign-up page or a sign-in screen. Here's the short version, for both kinds of people who land here.

If you're a volunteer

There's nothing you need to do here. The organization you signed up with holds your information; we store it for them and we don't do anything else with it. We don't sell it, we don't share it with other organizations, and we won't send you marketing email. If you want what they hold removed, ask them. We can't do it without them.

Our privacy policy spells out the details in plain language.

If you run a nonprofit

This is the part that might be useful to you.

Ember is built for nonprofits of every size, including the ones where the executive director is also the volunteer coordinator, the grant writer, and the person who fixes the printer. Most software in this sector is either priced for organizations ten times your size or so stripped down it's just a spreadsheet with a login.

Ember is one set of apps that share a login and one set of organization records. Volunteers runs sign-up pages, shifts and hours. Work and Time show who is doing what and where the effort goes. Programs and Impact Reports show what is working and share your year in minutes. Giving, Grants and Budget look after your donors, your grants and your budget. Board Hub and Compliance keep the board together and the filings on time. Stories and Web help you tell people about the good you do. And Spark walks a new nonprofit through getting started.

Unlimited users on every tier, because charging per seat in an organization run by volunteers makes no sense.

It's free if your budget is under $50K a year. Not a trial. Above that, you pay one flat monthly price set by your budget, and every app is included. See pricing.

Behind volunteer sign-up pages

Ember Volunteers

Public sign-up pages, shift scheduling and hour tracking. Approved hours flow into Impact Reports for your funders. Unlimited users on every tier.

Who's behind it

Ember is built by a very small team that got tired of watching good organizations lose evenings to spreadsheets and tools that were not made for them. We're early. Some of this works well and some of it doesn't yet. Tell us which is which, that helps far more than quietly giving up on it.

If something here is broken or confusing, tell us directly. A person reads it.

Common questions

What is Ember?

Ember is one connected set of apps, made for nonprofits like yours. It helps them start up, run volunteers, staff, programs, grants and donors, and see the good they do. The organization that sent you here uses Ember to run their work. You might see it when you sign up to volunteer or open a link they sent.

Why did I see “Powered by Ember”?

The organization you were interacting with uses Ember to run their programs. The page belongs to them. We provide the tools underneath.

Does Ember sell or share my information?

No. Information a volunteer gives an organization belongs to that organization. We store it on their behalf, we don't sell it, and we don't share it with other organizations.

Is Ember free?

It's free for nonprofits with budgets under $50K a year, not a trial. As a nonprofit grows, a simple subscription scales with its budget, and every tier includes every app.