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What is Giveffect?

Giveffect combines donor CRM, fundraising, email marketing, event management and volunteer management in one nonprofit platform, so volunteer records and donor records are the same records. That removes the reconciliation problem small nonprofits create for themselves by running separate ...

What is InitLive?

InitLive manages volunteers and staff for events specifically, covering recruitment, scheduling by role and shift, real-time day-of communication and check-in from a mobile app. Event volunteering has a different shape from ongoing programs — hundreds of people, one weekend, constant ...

What is Bloomerang Volunteer?

Bloomerang Volunteer provides volunteer recruitment, scheduling, communication and hour tracking within the Bloomerang nonprofit CRM and fundraising platform, so volunteer engagement sits in the same constituent record as giving history. For organizations already using Bloomerang for donor ...

What is Rosterfy?

Rosterfy manages volunteer recruitment, screening, scheduling, communication and rewards at large scale, and is used for major sporting events, festivals and government programs where volunteer numbers run into the thousands. It automates the recruitment funnel from expression of interest ...

What is VolunteerMatters?

VolunteerMatters manages volunteer projects, assignments, credentialing and hour tracking, with a project-based structure that suits organizations coordinating recurring programs rather than one-off events — each project carries its own roles, required credentials and schedule. It handles ...

What is Get Connected by Galaxy Digital?

Get Connected, from Galaxy Digital, manages volunteer recruitment, opportunity listings, scheduling, hour tracking and impact reporting. It is structured to support multi-agency deployments — volunteer centers, United Way affiliates and coalitions where many separate organizations post ...

What is Better Impact?

Better Impact provides volunteer management through its Volunteer Impact product, covering application and screening workflow, qualification and training tracking, scheduling, hour logging and reporting. Its screening depth is the reason healthcare organizations and those working with ...

What is VolunteerLocal?

VolunteerLocal provides volunteer scheduling and shift sign-up with a deliberately simple setup: create jobs and shifts, share a sign-up link, and track who registered and who showed up. It handles automated reminders, check-in, custom questions and reporting, without the applications, ...

What is Civic Champs?

Civic Champs automates volunteer hour tracking using geolocation-based check-in and check-out, removing the manual sign-in sheet and the retrospective hour estimates that make most volunteer impact reporting unreliable. It also covers registration, scheduling, waivers, background checks and ...

What is Volunteer Impact?

Volunteer Impact is Better Impact's flagship volunteer management product, covering the volunteer lifecycle from online application through screening, qualification tracking, scheduling and self-service hour logging to reporting. It supports multiple languages and is used internationally across ...