First-time founder? This is for you!
These tools, apps or services will streamline your systems & processes for scale and impact.
If you’re a new nonprofit founder or intending to start, this is for you!
Starting a nonprofit needs courage, effort, skills and whatnot, but having these apps, tools or service partners at each stage will streamline your systems and processes for scale and impact.
Registering a nonprofit?
These two service partners could solve your problem!
JCS and mLegal are known for their support to nonprofits, from setting up a nonprofit to ensuring all compliance is met, and you need to worry about compliance.
Bank Account:
Opening a bank account once you register is a must to have compliance, and you can explore your location options. HDFC Bank and Axis Bank are among the best to opt for.
Setting Up the Board
India Leaders for Social Sector [ILSS]
Email for Communication:
Always prefer your domain-linked email ID, as that builds credibility, and you can do it for FREE:
Zoho Email: Zoho provides 5 email IDs for FREE [no time limit]. This can get you started with having your official domain-linked email ID.
Google Workspace [100 rs/user onwards or register on Goodstack and get it for FREE]
Task Management/Project Management
Managing teams or even before that, tracking multiple things at the same time could be tricky. But that what a task management tool or a project management tool can help you with:
Monday.com [Free for 10-users if you register through Goodstack]
Asana [FREE with limited features]
Fundraising and Grant Writing Consultants
While most of the nonprofits don’t intend to hire a fundraiser as their first hire, in that case, these people/orgs can help you with proposals and insights on who could be your potential funder. That too with a small cost.
DanaVeda [Customized tech-enabled services to find grant details]
New Venture partners [support nonprofits below 3cr budgets to raise funds].
ImpactBuddy [Learn about fundraising for the social sector]
Payroll & HRMS
Zoho Payroll [FREE for 5 users]
People Hub [FREE for 5 users]
RazorpayX [~17k annually for 20 users; with nonprofit discount]
JCS - Mumbai [Affordable nonprofit services]
Building Leadership/Founding Team [nonprofit recruitment firm]
Ground Zero: https://gzfoundation.com/
Jobshob Nest
Michael Page
Saplings HR
People Order
Arthan
ATS Platforms:
Zoho Recruit
Website Development/ Tech Support
Impact Assessments & Designing M&E
Office Purchases: Amazon Business
Travel: OOO by Cleartrip
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M S Mahala
[author is a co-founder at Ground Zero; Ground Zero is a nonprofit recruitment firm supporting 100+ nonprofits in India and South Asia with talent acquisition].
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