Slack for Nonprofits Discount Explained

If your organization does mission-driven work, Slack can help your team stay connected without straining a tight budget. Through the Slack for Nonprofits program, eligible organizations can get free or heavily discounted plan upgrades. Here’s everything you need to know about what’s offered, who qualifies, and how to apply.

Continue reading to find out more and also discover other discounts that your nonprofit can qualify for.

How does Slack for Nonprofits discount work?

The Slack for Nonprofits program offers free or discounted plan upgrades to eligible organizations. Here are the details:

• Pro Plan: Slack offers workspaces with 250 or fewer members a free upgrade, and an 85% discount for workspaces above that size.
• Business+ Plan: Slack offers workspaces of any size an 85% discount.

Note: Slack for Nonprofits discount can be applied to qualifying workspaces on Slack Enterprise plans for deployments of 1,000+ members in an organization.

Who qualifies for this discount?

Organizations that hold a valid charitable status with either the IRS (in the United States), a local tax service/charity commission, or a local TechSoup Global partner qualify for the Slack for Nonprofits discount.

Also, your organization must not be any of the following:

• A legislative or political activity organization
• A church, association of churches, or other religious organization
• A school, college, faculty group, alumni group, fraternity or sorority, school or college athletic association, financial student aid provider, or student housing group*
• A government office
• An organization that attempts to influence public opinion
• A hospital, organization involved with health insurance or group health plans, or a related organization
• A private grant-making, independent, or operating foundation

Educational organizations may be eligible for the Slack for Education program instead of the nonprofit program. Check their requirements to see if that one applies better for your company.

Additionally, your organization may not do any of the following:

• Discriminate on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, political affiliation or beliefs, sexual orientation, or gender identity or expression
• Promote a particular religious affiliation, dogma, or doctrine as part of its mission or in exchange for its services (being affiliated with a religious organization is not in itself disqualifying)

How to apply

If your organization is not using Slack yet, you’ll first need to create a workspace. If you’re already using Slack, a Workspace Owner can submit an application directly through the Slack website.

When you’re ready, fill out the Slack for Nonprofits application form. If you have more than one workspace, submit an application for each one you’d like to request a discount for. Slack will ask you to provide the following details about your organization:

• Legal name
• Location
• Website
• Brief description of what you’re all about

How does Slack review applications?

Slack partners with TechSoup, a service that helps review and validate nonprofit and charity status. If you want to learn more about TechSoup, make sure you check out NachoNacho’s collaboration with TechSoup on how nonprofits can save on software.

If your application isn’t approved, you can apply in the future if the charitable status of your organization changes.

Other Slack discounts

Through the NachoNacho marketplace, you can get access to a 25% discount on Slack for 12 months. However, this offer is for companies with no more than 200 employees.

This discount is a great alternative if you don’t qualify for the nonprofit discount. To redeem, all you need to do is subscribe through the NachoNacho marketplace. You will just have to create a Basic Plus account and click our special attribution link during the redemption process. After that, you can just continue with your purchase on the official Slack website.

If you want to learn more about this discount, go to the Slack listing page on NachoNacho.

Slack alternatives

If you want to explore other alternatives for communication software, you may be interested in Twist. This platform is similar to Slack and offers relevant features for work communication through a chat interface. It combines the best features of chat apps, email, and forums. It also specializes in async work, so it has built-in features to avoid distractions.

You can also get a lifetime discount on Twist through the NachoNacho marketplace. New users can get 20% off on all plans.

Written by Andres Muñoz

Andres Muñoz is a marketing manager at NachoNacho, and SaaS thought leader with vast experience driving growth for startups. Passionate about sharing his knowledge and insights, Andres regularly contributes to industry-leading blogs and publications. Expert in all things marketing.

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