Graphic Design - Canva
https://www.canva.com/en_in/canva-for-nonprofits/
CTU utilizes a free online tool called Canva for a large portion of our print and online publications. It is an amazing tool and is easy to use if you know how to click, drag, and drop. If you see your chapter wanting to use this program, they offer a free Canva for Work nonprofit version for up to 10 people in your chapter.
Canva also has a built-in print shop, and you can order trifolds, postcards, etc right then there.
The best part? They have all the right template sizes for social media and website banners: Facebook Events, Twitter posts, Instagram Posts, Facebook Ads, Web banners, web ads, and custom dimensions.
You can see how our staff has used this tool across our social media, website, and online guides found at www.coloradotu.org/chapter-resources.
Email/Contact Management – VerticalResponse
https://www.verticalresponse.com/pricing/non-profit/application
This easy drag-and-drop style email designer and mailer is available for free to nonprofits up to 10K emails a month. You can store up to 40K contacts, create lists, organize and manage groups, and track subs/unsubs in this application. If you end up needing to send unlimited emails, they offer non-profit discounts that make it around $9 a month.
Project Management- Freedcamp
https://freedcamp.com/sp_application/npo
Create projects, tasks, lists, calendar items, etc for your team to collaborate on projects. CTU staff has been using our free non-profit account to help manage projects and to-dos within the organization.
Social Media Scheduler - Hootsuite (updated 5/11/2021, not recommended anymore due to the changes in their free plan and doesn’t )
https://hootsuite.com/plans/free
The Free plan lets you schedule up to 30 messages (not anymore as of 2021) at any given time and link 3 different social media profiles. This is a game changer for Instagram, as it allows you to post from your desktop to the mobile-only app. If you switch your Instagram account to be a business one, you can track your growth as well with their in-app insights tool. Nonprofits can also apply for 50% off their premium versions here: https://hootsuite.com/pages/landing/non-profit-discount-application2
**NEW: There are other platforms to help schedule your social posts, Canva for Nonprofits has a social media calendar schedule that is great and Later has a free plan that should cover most chapters needs.
Online Store - SquareUp
Whether you need to sell tickets online for an event, collect online donations, or sell raffle tickets at your meeting, SquareUp makes it easy with no monthly payments to use their virtual terminal and $10 card swipers that connect to most phones, tablets, and event laptops.
Read more about how to start your own online store, donation page, event ticketing, etc here.
