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Grassroots.org provides free capacity-building services for nonprofit organizations.
All of our free services are conveniently packaged in the Grassroots.org Toolbox: a suite of free user-friendly tools designed to help nonprofits achieve, sustain, and expand a strong web presence. The Toolbox is free for all of our nonprofit members. Not a member? Sign up now!
For a detailed description of each tool click here

Free Tools For Nonprofit Organizations

Domain Registration: Our domain name registration program offers nonprofits one year of domain registration for free. Similar to a physical address, a domain name gives an organization a place to call their own.

Web Hosting: Our web hosting package provides nonprofits with reliable, high-quality hosting at a price any organization can afford: free. The hosting comes complete with 24/7 technical support via telephone, email, or live chat, and can support Content Management Systems (CMS) such as Drupal, Joomla, and Wordpress.

Web Building: Our website builder empowers even novice users to create professional websites that are eye-catching. The website builder comes complete with numerous backgrounds, stock images, and other customizable preferences—and like all our services, our website builder is free for nonprofits.

Web Design: Our volunteer web design program pairs talented web-savvy volunteers with nonprofit organizations in need of assistance. Whether an organization is in need of a new site, or simply wants to revitalize their online presence, our designers are ready to help.

Graphic Design: The volunteer graphic design program matches volunteer designers with organizations interested in developing graphic material for website and other purposes. Graphic designers work one-on-one with nonprofits to develop these materials.

Language Translation: Our language translation program provides nonprofits with free access to an instant website translation service. With this service installed, one simple click allows a visitor to view a site in fifteen of the world’s most popular languages.

SEO Consultation: By optimizing site content for search engines, nonprofits can reach new donors, volunteers, and clients with minimal investment of time and money. Our Search Engine Optimization (SEO) program helps nonprofits to optimize their website’s content through online educational materials and individualized consultations.

Project Consulting: Our social venture consulting program pairs talented MBA students from participating schools with nonprofits in semester-long project-based consulting partnerships. The program helps entrepreneurial nonprofits increase their organizational capacity by providing direct access to free business consulting.

Phone Service: Our free phone service program provides nonprofits with a toll-free “virtual office” number, complete with extension and voicemail capabilities. The “virtual office” number can ring any phone (landline or cell), allowing organizations to connect with clients, volunteers, and donors—regardless of location.

Content Filtering: The free content filtering tool will help you restrict unwanted content from any computer in your network. Customize restricted web content depending on your users and client-base. The tool helps build capacity for organizations looking to create a safe atmosphere for their client-base.

User Monitoring: Grassroots.org’s user monitoring tool will help you gather statistics on internet and computer usage within your computing network. Comprehensive data is organized via charts and graphs, and allows you to check how much time is being spent using certain software or viewing certain websites.

Online Marketplace: Our free online marketplace provides you with your own co-branded marketplace. By having your supporters do their online shopping at your marketplace, you will receive a percentage of the money that they spend shopping online.