Power up your Non-Profit

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NPEngine Platform Overview

Our powerful platform is designed from scratch to meet the needs of non-profit institutions. Hosted on Google's App Engine Cloud, your new website will grow along with your organization, easily scaling up as necessary to accommodate millions of users.

The NPEngine platform is constantly evolving and leverages the latest web technologies, such as integration with Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and more (full list) to transform a non-profit's web presence. NPEngine apps aren't merely "websites", but platforms that can be deeply integrated into the inner workings of your organization.

From Design to Launch and Beyond, we do it all..

So you're interested, now what? First, fill out our simple inquiry form with details about your organization, its structure, and the functionality you want implemented. We have the capabilities to do almost anything, so don't hesitate to ask for something out of the ordinary. In fact, we prefer it!

We carefully evaluate each inquiry in the context of your non-profit organization's focus, its structure and its needs. Our top-notch developers are all based in the US, and have the excellent communication skills to understand what you're looking for and provide relevant suggestions. Within a few days, you will receive a prospectus and quote for your project.

After we work out the financials, you will then have total access to your assigned developer during the design/development process. We handle all the technical details, such as domain setup (via Google Apps), hosting (via Google App Engine) and launch. Need help creating a Facebook Page, Twitter profile or YouTube channel? No problem.. all our developers keep up to date and can provide any assistance you require. Want a one-off special feature? We can build it faster than anyone else.

After launch you will be able to manage and update your site with the ease of making a Blogger post or Facebook status update. We also provide service and training plans at reasonable rates, for those of you with little to no internet experience. Unlike most freelance development firms, we constantly update our platform to keep up with the latest technologies, so your website is kept up to speed at no cost. And if you think of something else, your developer is at your beck and call to promptly implement it.

Optimized to provide the most bang for your buck..

Non-profits should be the business of helping people, not constantly updating your website and keeping up with the constantly evolving internet world. With an NPEngine application, your organization doesn't even need a dedicated "tech person" or "webmaster". Instead your website's content is updated through the daily actions of your staff, such as emailing a progress report, uploading a YouTube video or writing a blog post.

We don't merely provide "Content Management System" or (CMS), but an engine that helps to generate new content and improve organization efficiency in a collaborative manner. Each party does what it does best. Your administrators come up with the general strategy, your marketers help spread the word, your donors provide the funding, your volunteers help people and NPEngine provides the online infrastructure to coordinate it all.

As each NPEngine application is its own "instance" on Google App Engine, you gain financial benefits not previously available to non-developers. Application hosting is absolutely free for up to 5 million page views/month, and is comes at a significant discount henceforth. Domain setup works through Google Apps, which is free to all with a "premier edition" available for free specifically for non-profits. Depending on the size of your organization, our implementation could save you thousands of dollars a year, which means thousands more to spend on doing what you were meant to do: help people.

Dynamically evolve to leverage the latest web technologies..

The internet is not what it was a year ago, and not what it will be a year from now. The engine that runs your application is continuously refurbished to accommodate the latest innovations, without requiring effort or expense on the part of your organization. As of now, each application is integrated with Facebook, Twitter, Picasa, Google Docs, Google Apps, YouTube, Google Spreadsheets, email and much more. When new services come to prominence, rest assured that NPEngine will be the first to implement them in a way that benefits your organization.

Rather than merely building on a website, we will work with you to understand the structure and needs of your organization. We will then implement a comprehensive online strategy based on our robust platform and build in extra functionality as needed. We have experience in every type of web technology, so virtually anything you can dream up is possible.

Customized to fit your non-profit needs..

To start, you can choose from one of our many pre-configured design templates. If none of these appeals to you, you could choose one from the thousands available from our friends at ThemeForest or have us work with any designer of your choosing. We're engineers, not designers, and we know what we're good at!

Design isn't the only customizable aspect of your NPEngine application! We can work with you to deeply integrate our platform into your organizations structure. For example, we can setup your application to synchronize its content with spreadsheets you use to manage donation data. Or to automatically forward online inquiries to the relevant contact person, to auto-post project reports via email, to auto-update your Facebook Page or Twitter profile with your latest content, or basically anything you can dream up. With our robust platform, even the sky isn't the limit!

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NPE: Who can benefit?

Whether you're small or large, a Local Scout Troop or School, International Foundation, National Advocacy Group or virtually any other type of NonProfit, NPEngine adapts to your structure and purpose. Try rolling your own NPEngine..

JumpStart your NonProfit!

While in our Beta phase, we are offering grants valued from $500 - $1500 to a limited number of high quality nonprofits.

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Save $$$ with NPEngine

With industry beating setup costs, no recurring fees, free hosting under Google App Engine's generous quota and usage based support pricing, NPE saves you a bundle right off the bat.

Familiar actions like posting videos to YouTube, pictures to Picasa and sending emails automatically update your NPE website, improving efficiently and eliminating the cost of a technical staff.

» Compare NPE vs the alternatives..

NPE Training & Support

We provide training & support at reasonable, usage based rates for your NPE website, and for other online services (see our capabilities). Below are the costs of various support requests.

  • Email Support ($10-50/Email)
  • Phone Support ($50/Hour)
  • Admin Training ($500/User)
  • Developer Training ($1000/User)
  • Google Apps Training ($500/User)
  • Social Net. Training ($500/User)
  • Web Training ($100/User/Hour)
  • Team Brainstorm ($500/Session)