grist for Nonprofit
The nonprofit database software that grows with your mission
Track donors, manage volunteers, and measure impact with Grist’s flexible nonprofit database that grows with your mission.
Built for nonprofit budgets
Affordable database software for nonprofits of all sizes.
50% nonprofit discount
Registered nonprofit organizations receive 50% off Pro plans. Because your dollars should go to your mission, not software.
Free for small nonprofits
Start free with up to 5,000 constituent records. Perfect for grassroots organizations and new nonprofits.
One platform, many nonprofit solutions
From donor tracking to volunteer management, grant administration to program outcomes, Grist is the nonprofit database management software that adapts to how your nonprofit works.
Donor tracking and fundraising
No more juggling multiple spreadsheets to track donations and donor relationships.
Track donor history, giving levels, and engagement in one centralized database.
Generate tax receipts and acknowledgement letters automatically.
Volunteer management
Keep your volunteers organized and engaged without the complexity of expensive nonprofit software.
Schedule shifts and track volunteer hours.
Manage volunteer applications and background checks in one place.
Grant tracking and reporting
Stay on top of grant deadlines, budgets, and reporting requirements.
Track multiple grants with different fiscal years and requirements.
Generate funder reports with automated summaries and charts.
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Elliot Lee
User Researcher
“Grist has become our go-to for more complex, structured data. It sits somewhere between Excel and Access—powerful, relational, and flexible enough for prototyping real data-driven applications.”
Olivier Lambert
CEO at Vates
“The more I use Grist, the more I LOVE it. I have been surveying self-hosted database GUI tools, and I was consistently disappointed with their shortcomings or bugginess. Grist is the first to have tilted the balance the other way.”
Stephen S.
Publications, Personal City Guides
“Grist has given us incredible flexibility to solve data problems and find solutions, whether it is for a small team at the district, or at scale with the entire district staff. We’re really excited about the different ways we can use it going forward.”
Director of Product
EdTech Company
“What I like about Grist the most is its focus. It appears simple, but it’s very powerful in a focused way. Grist has really improved our workflow and communication.”
Chris Scott
Co-founder in Digital Marketing
“If people spend some time learning a new tool they’ll have more power to do their work and research. I said to one of my students, ‘You will be very very happy using Grist because you are miserable using Excel!'”
Eduardo Dalcin, Ph.D.
Biodiversity Informatics Expert
“Most CRMs don’t work the way Grist works. Grist’s layouts are simple and do exactly what we need.”
Jennifer Bledsoe
IT Tech at Law Firm
“I discovered Grist after becoming frustrated with the limitations of Excel and Google Sheets. Grist has been a breath of fresh air, especially with its ability to handle structured data in a way that feels familiar to anyone with experience in relational databases, but with the added flexibility of Python.”
Will Bailey
Small Business Manager
“Sharing an Access database is near impossible, but Grist makes sharing a relational database simple.”
Walt Rice
IT Consultant