Frequently Asked

Google for non-profits.

What are the steps?

First, go to https://www.google.com/nonprofits/

You will then see a screen like this:

Click on Continue.

You should have a page with a button on called

Let the site know that you are a charity by clicking next.

You will now have a page with a list of countries that can register with Google for Non-Profit.

Having found your country, click Next.

Click on Begin.

Previously, we did this via TechSoup, but Google is now using Goodstack.

Click Next.

I can not take you much further than this as I don’t have a site to do, but in the case of New Zealand, if you enter your charities name Goodstack will find it.

If you have any questionsr reach out to me and I can help you.

tony@gospel.net.nz

What do we get?

We are just starting with Google for Nonprofits here. You get free access to their Basic Subscription level.

You have the ability to create up to 2,000 users.
Across all the users, you have 100TB of data storage (as of Feb 2025)
Professional email addresses at your nonprofit’s domain
Shared Drives
Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Google Meet, Google Chat, and more
Video conference for up to 100 people with Google Meet

What are the costs?

There is no cost in getting Google for Non-Profits.

There is no cost to join TechSoup. Techsoup is done by country and you most likely have a TechSoup in your country.

Yes we want this, now what?

We will now help you with the process.

Your first step is to reach out to us so we can start the individual process. Send us an email at tony@gospel.net.nz

We do not charge you for this service, this is our desire to bless you.

However, we would like the opportunity to become the hoster of your website.

Wow can we even get hardware?

Not just hardware, but even qualifications.
Have a look in your counties TechSoup to see what is available

Got a question we have not answered?

Send us an email at tony@gospel.net.nz or aiprofile@ywam.life.

GOOGLE WANTS TO BILL ME ON GOOGLE NON PROFIT ACCOUNT.

I have come across this when I am transferring a paid subscription to not for profit.

We do need to activate the Google for Nonprofits.

https://www.google.com/nonprofits/

It took a bit of effort on the help line to get to the right person to activate Google Workspace for Nonprofit.

Once I go to the right person, they will then need the information I have already submitted.

I think one way to avoid this ‘one day to go’ is to reach out to Google Help 7 days after applying and move this process along a bit faster.

In this case, I received an email from Google.

Then, in Google Billing -> Subscriptions under https://admin.google.com, I have:

So now we are all good and running on a Google for Non-Profit.

reach out to me if you have any issue. aiprofile@ywam.life

Pros & Cons

Of Using Google for non-profits.

Pros

The non-profit package.

2,000 users. 100TB cloud storage each
Professional email addresses at your nonprofit’s domain
Shared Drives
Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Google Meet, Google Chat, and more
Video conference for up to 100 people with Google Meet

Management / Security

Being able to manage ministry resources with good branding
Being able to recover an email address if the person involved leaves or the password is lost.
Alerts when there are suspicious logins to a ywamphilippines.org account
Able to manage and see issues around logins.

Website Integration

Google Forms for a one place management of preliminary application
Google Shared Drives for collaborative working across Ministries and Locations.
Google Photos for sharing ministry photos for presentations and websites.

Internet Dependant

While having an internet connection provides you with the best Workspace, it is not totally necessary.
Install Google Drive locally to have access to your documents off line.

Immature Features

Many features are immature.
But maybe only for the power user.
Google Workspace is under constant development with new features added that do not require you to install a new version of Google Workspace, unlike Microsoft Office.

Mature features

Collaborative Editing.
Unlike Microsoft Office, many people can be in the same document at the same time.
You see everyone else curser.
You can chat with them.
Edit simultaneously from anywhere in the world.
Third Party Features, almost any issue my customers have presented me with have had a solution I could add in to their account, generally at no cost.

Cons

Big Tech.

We are using a company and business that sucks up huge amounts of information.
However, they are sucking this information up regardless of if we use them or not.
Equally, anyone who is using Apple or Windows 10 is already letting Big Tech see everything they have and do.

Security Breaches

The possibility of a Security Breach, where someone at Google spies on you because you are Christian is not zero.
However, if there is a security breach occurs, if there is a compromising in some form of sensitive information, it is far more likely it occurs as a result of a staff member leaking it, not Google leaking it.

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