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Toolkit
Free calculators, templates, checklists and team exercises for nonprofits.
Each one does a single job, right now. No account, and nothing to install.
Team exercises
Things a team does together in one meeting.
Calculators and finders
Answer a few questions, get the number or the form.
- ToolMission drift checkEight quick questions. Find out if your mission is guiding your work, or if grants are.Take the check
- ToolVolunteer sign-up sheet makerAdd your shifts and get a sign-up sheet to print or copy into an email. Free, no sign-up.Make a sheet
- ToolTax-exempt status checkLook up any nonprofit by name or EIN. See if the IRS revoked its status, the last annual return on record, and what to do next.Check a nonprofit
- ToolNonprofit email templatesCopy-ready emails for volunteers, programs, funders, your board, thank-you notes and polite no's. Pick your kind of nonprofit and the examples fit it.Get the templates
- ToolDonation receipt generatorMake an IRS-compliant acknowledgment letter in seconds.Use the tool
- ToolCost-to-start calculatorAdd up your state fee, the IRS fee, and the rest.Use the tool
- ToolCost to start a nonprofit, every stateAll 50 states' fees in one sortable table, with a CSV.Use the tool
- ToolVolunteer hour value calculatorWork out what your volunteer hours are worth, with a sentence for your grant report.Use the tool
- ToolWhich Form 990 do I file?Answer three questions to get your form and your deadline.Use the tool
- ToolSoftware cost calculatorAdd up what your tools cost, with 2026 published prices.Use the tool
Templates
Download, fill in, done.
- TemplateBoard meeting agenda templateA free, copy-ready agenda plus a prep checklist.Get the template
- TemplateDonation acknowledgment lettersWhat the IRS wants at $250, and at $75 when you give something back.Get the template
- TemplateDonor thank-you lettersWhat to say, how fast to send it, and templates to copy.Get the template
- TemplateBylaws & conflict-of-interest templatesFree templates for both, and why the IRS asks about them.Get the template
- TemplateTime and effort certification templateThree templates for federal grants, and what 2 CFR 200.430(g) asks for.Get the template
- TemplateVolunteer job description (free template)Define the role so the right people sign up.Get the template
- TemplateVolunteer sign-up sheet templatePaper and digital, plus the fields that quietly lose you people.Get the template
- TemplateWhat is a volunteer waiver? (free template)What to include, when you need one, and a template to copy.Get the template
- TemplateBoard meeting minutes templateWhat minutes must record, with a template you can download.Get the template
- TemplateAI use policy templateA plain one-page AI policy to copy, fill in and bring to your board.Get the template
Checklists
Every step, in order.
- ChecklistGrant reporting requirements checklistWhat funders ask for, when, and what to have ready.Open the checklist
- ChecklistVolunteer onboarding checklistThe steps to welcome and keep a new volunteer.Open the checklist
- ChecklistLeadership handover checklistBank signers, IRS Form 8822-B, state filings, logins and keys, with a 30-day plan for a new leader.Open the checklist
When one job becomes every week
The Toolkit is for a job you do once. When the work repeats, Ember keeps it in one place for the whole team.
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