The all-in-one WordPress plugin for small nonprofits

Nonprofit Manager is a free WordPress plugin that runs the core of a small nonprofit’s website in one place: members, donations, newsletters, and events. Most tools do one job, so a typical nonprofit ends up paying for a membership plugin, a donation plugin, a newsletter service, and an events calendar, then keeping all four in sync. This plugin puts them in a single system, and the core is free.

What it handles

Six jobs most small nonprofits need, in one plugin:

  • Membership tracking. Keep a list of members and membership levels, and take signups through a form on your site.
  • Donations. Accept one-time gifts through PayPal, Venmo, and Stripe. Here is how to set that up for free. Recurring monthly gifts come with Pro.
  • Newsletters. Write and send email updates from the same block editor you use for pages, with open and click tracking. Here is how the newsletter works.
  • Events. Post your events in a calendar people can browse by month, week, or list.
  • Social sharing. Auto-share new posts and events to Facebook and X.
  • Forms and spam protection. Signup, donation, and contact forms with Cloudflare Turnstile or Google reCAPTCHA built in.

Why one plugin beats five

Two reasons, one practical and one financial.

The practical one: your members and your donors live in the same system. When a member also gives, that is one person in your records, not two disconnected entries in two tools that never talk. You also have one plugin to install, one to learn, and one to keep updated instead of five.

The financial one: the core is free. Bought separately, the membership, events, newsletter, forms, and social tools a small nonprofit uses run to hundreds of dollars a year. Here is the full cost breakdown of what the free version replaces.

Switching from another tool

If you already run something else, these walk through the move:

  • GiveWP alternative if you added GiveWP for donations and want membership and newsletters in the same place.
  • Wild Apricot alternative if you want to own your data on your own WordPress site instead of renting hosted software by the contact.

Free vs Pro

The free version handles everything above and is enough to run a small organization. Nonprofit Manager Pro adds the features busier groups grow into: recurring donations, automatic emails like welcome notes and donation receipts, six email-sending services, member imports from Mailchimp or a spreadsheet, and advanced segmentation. Pro is a flat yearly price, not a per-contact meter.

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Get started

Install Nonprofit Manager free from the WordPress plugin directory, activate it, and the setup wizard walks you through turning on the features you need. No account, no trial clock, no credit card.

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