Start here: prepare your charity
Free domain, email, website — and the tools and training to run them
Free For Charity gives your nonprofit much more than a website — a free domain, professional email, a site you can edit yourself, design, analytics, donated software, and trained volunteers. This page is the prerequisite path: confirm you're eligible, set up the accounts every charity needs, then apply.
What Free For Charity provides
Most charities find us for the free domain, email, and website — but the value goes further. See the full list on What FFC Delivers.
A free domain
A domain of your own (for example, yourcharity.org), registered and managed for you.
Professional email
Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace mailboxes on your domain.
A professional website
A fast, secure, accessible site you can edit yourself with AI.
Design & brand
Canva Pro brand kit, social templates, and marketing collateral.
Analytics & SEO
GA4, Microsoft Clarity, and the basics of being found online.
Volunteers & software
Trained volunteers plus access to donated software via TechSoup & Goodstack.
1. Check you're eligible
FFC focuses on smaller US charities. The core gates:
A 501(c)(3) — or on the pre-501(c)(3) track
Recognized public charities qualify. Forming organizations can start on the pre-501(c)(3) track and grow into full eligibility.
Under $1M in annual revenue
A hard gate, measured per year (e.g. your most recent Form 990). FFC focuses on the smaller charities that need the most help.
Not primarily federally funded
Priority goes to organizations that are not already federally funded.
At least two accountable people
A US mailing address, a public phone number, and two people who own the accounts and decisions.
2. Set up your personal accounts
Everything at FFC is run by real people, not anonymous logins. The applicant (and each board member where it applies) sets up these accounts first — each has a standalone, every-step guide. See them all on the Account & Tool Setup hub.
3. Organizational setup (once recognized)
After 501(c)(3) recognition, get your charity validated so donated software unlocks — TechSoup (QuickBooks, Microsoft, Adobe) and Goodstack (Canva, Google) — and stand up the organization-level accounts.
4. Apply
Most charities find and apply to Free For Charity on the main freeforcharity.org website. Start there — the team will guide you into the rest of onboarding.