Get verified with Goodstack
Organizational setupTools · about 20 min · Charity owners and admins (after IRS recognition)
Goodstack verification requires recognized nonprofit (501(c)(3)) status (EIN + determination letter).
Goodstack (formerly Percent) is the other major nonprofit-status validator alongside TechSoup. It checks your organization’s legal and charitable status, and partner vendors trust that check to grant you nonprofit access.
It’s the validator FFC recommends behind Canva and Google for Nonprofits — and many others, including Asana, Atlassian, Eventbrite, monday.com, OpenAI (ChatGPT), and Zoom.
Google for Nonprofits relies on Goodstack as its validator — Google does not check your nonprofit status itself. That makes Goodstack a standard FFC prerequisite, alongside Candid and TechSoup: register once, up front, and every Goodstack partner (Google Workspace, the $10,000/month Ad Grant, Canva Pro) goes quickly.
A second validator for a different set of vendors
Vendors don’t all use the same verifier. TechSoup covers QuickBooks, Microsoft, and Adobe; Goodstack covers Canva, Google, and a long list of SaaS tools. Registering with both means whichever validator a vendor uses, your charity is already verified.
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Start verification with Goodstack
FFC recommends registering directly at goodstack.io as soon as you have IRS recognition, rather than waiting to be routed there. Partner programs — e.g. Google for Nonprofits or Canva for Nonprofits — send you to Goodstack to verify anyway, and an organization that is already verified moves straight through.
You sign in as a real person representing the charity, the same person-not-entity pattern as everywhere else.
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Provide your charity’s details
Supply the charity’s legal name, EIN, and supporting documents (your IRS determination letter from the shared drive). Goodstack runs due-diligence checks to confirm you’re a legally registered, active nonprofit.
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Use it to unlock partner tools
Once verified, claim the offers: Canva Pro free for nonprofits (see the Canva organization guide) and Google for Nonprofits / Google Workspace (see that guide), plus any other Goodstack partners your charity uses.
Between TechSoup and Goodstack you’ll cover almost every nonprofit software offer FFC recommends.
Common questions
How is Goodstack different from TechSoup?
They’re both nonprofit-status validators, but different vendors trust different ones. Goodstack verifies for Canva, Google for Nonprofits, Asana, Atlassian, Eventbrite, monday.com, OpenAI, Zoom and more; TechSoup verifies for QuickBooks, Microsoft, and Adobe. FFC charities register with both.
Is this the same as Percent?
Yes — Percent rebranded to Goodstack. If you see “Percent” referenced by an older vendor page, it’s the same verification service.
Do I have to go to Goodstack first?
You don’t have to — partners like Google for Nonprofits and Canva route you into Goodstack’s verification automatically — but FFC recommends it. Registering at goodstack.io up front, like Candid and TechSoup, means your charity is already verified when Google checks, instead of stalling the Google for Nonprofits application while Goodstack reviews your documents.
Why is there no personal version of this guide?
By design. Goodstack verification is tied to the organization’s legal status, so there’s nothing to set up personally ahead of time — unlike GitHub or Cloudflare, where you create a personal account first and get invited in.
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Stuck on any step? Text Clarke Moyer at (520) 222-8104 — every step is meant to be simple, so if something doesn't match what you see, ask.