About StackForGood

StackForGood is a small, independent desk that reviews software and finds discounts for small nonprofits, so an under-resourced organization can make good technology decisions without hiring a consultant. We name the right tool for your size, tell you plainly when to skip a purchase, and surface the free or donated option first.

Why StackForGood exists

Almost all the software advice a nonprofit can find is written by the companies selling the software. The listicles, the comparison pages, the "best tools for nonprofits" roundups, most of them are produced by vendors or by sites paid to rank those vendors, and none of them will ever tell you that you do not need the thing they are selling.

That leaves the person who actually has to choose, usually an overstretched director or the staffer who is slightly better with computers than everyone else, with no one honest to ask. StackForGood exists to be that honest voice. We will name the free option, we will tell you to wait when waiting is right, and we will disclose what we earn so you can weigh our advice with your eyes open. That is the whole reason we are here.

Who is behind StackForGood

We are a small editorial desk, and we would rather tell you that plainly than dress it up. You will not find a stock-photo team page here, a wall of invented headshots, or a bio claiming twenty years of industry experience. We are new, we are small, and we think saying so is more trustworthy than pretending otherwise.

We would rather be a real small desk that tells the truth than a fake big team that does not. A face on this page would not make the advice any more independent, and a fabricated team would make it less honest. What makes the advice worth reading is the method behind it and the disclosure beside it, and both of those are things you can check rather than take on faith.

How we keep ourselves honest

We do not ask you to trust the desk on its word. We ask you to read the receipts.

Every recommendation follows a stated method: we judge a tool by the decision a small nonprofit actually faces, we check the real price, we look for the free alternative first, and we mark what we have not tested rather than implying we have. The full version is on how we review.

And the money is disclosed and walled off from the verdict. We may earn a referral commission when you buy a paid tool through one of our Advisor links, and we tell you so right next to the link. Our free Discount Finder earns us nothing at all. The commission never decides which tool we recommend, and some of our picks pay us nothing. The full explanation is on how we make money. Those two pages are the standards behind the desk, and they are why "independent" is a claim we can back rather than a word we just print.

Who we are for

We are for small nonprofits choosing software on a tight budget, the ones without an IT department or a line item for a consultant. If you are the person who ended up responsible for the tools because you were the one who could, this is the help you never had.

Two ways to start: run the free Discount Finder to see what free and discounted software your organization qualifies for, or go to the Advisor to find an honest guide for the decision in front of you. Either way, you will get the answer we would give a friend, including the one that costs nothing.