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How nonprofits use Ember, one job at a time
Pick the job that is eating your week. Each page walks through it the way an org your size would, screen by screen. It ends with what it costs at that size.
Executive directors
- Staff time across federal grantsOne timesheet, three grants, and an allocation you can hand an auditor.Ember Time · Ember Grants · Ember Budget
- A board packet without a week of prepThe numbers assemble themselves; you write the agenda.Ember Board Hub · Ember Programs · Ember Impact Reports
- Never miss a Form 990 or state renewalA filing calendar built from four answers. Name who does each filing, and they hear a month before each dated deadline.Ember Compliance · Ember Work
- Grant reports from work you already trackCounts, hours and spend roll up by program; the report is a print button.Ember Programs · Ember Impact Reports · Ember Grants · Ember Stories
- Thank every donor before the week is outA queue of who has not been thanked yet, and a draft ready to send from your own mail.Ember Giving · Ember Budget
- A free nonprofit website that updates itselfYour mission, open shifts and the numbers you choose to publish flow onto a public page you never re-type.Ember Web · Ember Programs · Ember Volunteers · Ember Stories
- What your program really costsStaff time, spend and volunteer hours, per program, without a spreadsheet.Ember Budget · Ember Time · Ember Impact Reports
Coordinators and program managers
- Volunteer shifts without chasing hoursSign-ups from your own page, check-in at the door, hours that log themselves.Ember Volunteers · Ember Web · Ember Impact Reports
- Grant reports from work you already trackCounts, hours and spend roll up by program; the report is a print button.Ember Programs · Ember Impact Reports · Ember Grants · Ember Stories
- Thank every donor before the week is outA queue of who has not been thanked yet, and a draft ready to send from your own mail.Ember Giving · Ember Budget
- Your first program and your first volunteersOne program, one shift, a sign-up page, and four people who said yes.Ember Spark · Ember Programs · Ember Volunteers · Ember Web
- Church volunteer schedulingPost Sunday shifts once, send one link and see by Wednesday which ones are short.Ember Volunteers
- School volunteer managementOne schedule for lunch duty, library days and reading buddies, with an hours total by June.Ember Volunteers
- Food pantry volunteer schedulePost truck days and distributions once and see who's missing days ahead.Ember Volunteers
Founders just getting started
- A free nonprofit website that updates itselfYour mission, open shifts and the numbers you choose to publish flow onto a public page you never re-type.Ember Web · Ember Programs · Ember Volunteers · Ember Stories
- From idea to filedName, EIN, bylaws and Form 1023, with a starting draft where one is needed.Ember Spark
- Your first board and your first meetingInvite the board from the founding checklist; the first meeting is one form away.Ember Spark · Ember Board Hub
- Your first program and your first volunteersOne program, one shift, a sign-up page, and four people who said yes.Ember Spark · Ember Programs · Ember Volunteers · Ember Web
- Year one without a missed filingThe 990-N, your state's annual report and the fiscal year, set from the founding checklist and reminded on time once Compliance is on.Ember Spark · Ember Compliance · Ember Budget
Board members and treasurers
- Staff time across federal grantsOne timesheet, three grants, and an allocation you can hand an auditor.Ember Time · Ember Grants · Ember Budget
- A board packet without a week of prepThe numbers assemble themselves; you write the agenda.Ember Board Hub · Ember Programs · Ember Impact Reports
- Never miss a Form 990 or state renewalA filing calendar built from four answers. Name who does each filing, and they hear a month before each dated deadline.Ember Compliance · Ember Work
- What your program really costsStaff time, spend and volunteer hours, per program, without a spreadsheet.Ember Budget · Ember Time · Ember Impact Reports
- Your first board and your first meetingInvite the board from the founding checklist; the first meeting is one form away.Ember Spark · Ember Board Hub
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