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Riseside for charitable organizations

Every call answered, without adding to anyone’s volunteer hours.

The same system we build for businesses and professional practices, at a rate that makes sense for an organization run by people who already have full-time jobs.

501(c)(3) or state equivalent

Who this is for

Organizations where the phone belongs to everyone and therefore to nobody. Where the person who would answer it is at their own job until five, and the person who would follow up meant to on Tuesday.

Service clubs and member organizations

Membership enquiries, event signups, renewals, supporter programs. The things that arrive one at a time and get handled whenever somebody gets to them.

Local charities and foundations

Donors calling with questions, volunteers offering time, families asking whether they qualify. All of it currently landing in three different inboxes and one voicemail.

Community groups and associations

Hall bookings, program registrations, the annual appeal, the people who gave last year and haven’t heard from anyone since.

What you get

Not a stripped-down version. Each level is the same build our paying clients get, set up by us, running under your organization’s name. Pick the one that fits how you run.

Charitable Answered
501(c)(3) or state equivalent

Nothing falls through. Every message lands in one place and every person who reaches out gets a reply, set up by us and running under your organization’s name.

$197 /month
By bank or debit. $202.71/month by credit card.
One-time setup $297 ($305.61 by credit card) — we do it, not you
What’s included
  • Every missed call gets a text back within seconds, in your organization’s name
  • Every new inquiry gets an instant first text reply
  • Whatever you’ve sent someone, like a quote or a sign-up, is followed up four times over two weeks, without anyone remembering to do it
  • Every call, text, email and website form in one place, so nothing sits in an inbox only one volunteer can see
  • Your own app, with your name and logo on it, so a member can pick it up without training
  • A daily dashboard on your phone or your computer: calls answered, jobs booked and reviews gained, on one screen
  • Your organization registered to text, filed for you, so your texts land instead of going to spam
  • The usage is set, so you always know where you stand: 2,000 texts a month. Extra texts are $20 per 1,000, charged to your account automatically with a receipt each time. Nothing stops working and nobody has to approve anything. Regular phone calls are 3¢ a minute, billed the same way
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Charitable Scheduled
501(c)(3) or state equivalent

Everything in Charitable Answered, plus someone answering the phone and a calendar that fills itself, around the clock.

$399 /month
By bank or debit. $410.57/month by credit card.
One-time setup $597 ($614.31 by credit card) — we do it, not you
Everything in Charitable Answered, plus
  • A virtual receptionist answering your phone around the clock, in your organization’s name — answering the usual questions and taking details when nobody’s there
  • A text message receptionist that answers texts back and forth, with the same answers and rules as the phone
  • A website chat receptionist that answers visitors on your site back and forth
  • Online booking for tours, meetings, volunteer shifts and hall use, with confirmations and reminders that go out on their own
  • Supporters and donors brought back before the annual appeal, without anyone building a list by hand
  • Payment links and text-to-pay, through your own payment account
  • No-shows and cancellations get a text to rebook
  • The usage is set, so you always know where you stand: 300 receptionist minutes and 4,000 texts a month. The text and chat receptionists’ replies count toward the texts. Past that, extra minutes are $0.35 each and extra texts are $20 per 1,000, charged to your account automatically with a receipt each time. Nothing stops working and nobody has to approve anything. Regular phone calls are 3¢ a minute, billed the same way
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Need more support or more features as you grow? Ask a question and get support from our team — we’re happy to help. support@riseside.us

Who qualifies

Registered nonprofits with an IRS determination letter, or the state equivalent. We’ll ask to see it, and we do reserve the right to say no.

It doesn’t stack

This rate is already the discount, so it doesn’t combine with referral credits or launch pricing.

Nothing to set up

Same as every other client: about two hours of your time telling us how you run, and the rest is ours.

Why we do this

I have done community work, and I am a member of community service organizations, so I have seen up close how much good they do. Most of them run entirely on the goodwill of people who already have somewhere else to be.

Nearly every community group I know is trying to grow, and finds it hard for the same reason: there is no back office. The member list sits in one person’s spreadsheet, the supporter emails are in another inbox, and the voicemail is on somebody’s own phone. Everything an organization knows should be in one place that anyone on the team can open.

The same thing that stops a business or a practice losing work stops a club losing a member who called once and never heard back. There is no good reason it should cost the same.

So this isn’t a cut-down product. It’s the real thing, at a rate that reflects who’s paying for it.

If a volunteer is spending their evening returning calls, that is an evening not spent on the actual work.

Tell us what your organization is dealing with.

Fifteen minutes, no pitch. If this isn’t the right fit we’ll say so, and we’ll usually know inside the first five.