AI discounts for nonprofits

17 tools checked · Verified 2026-07-16 by Michael Okeje · How we verify

Claude and ChatGPT both cost $8 per user per month for nonprofits, around 60% off, and both verify through Goodstack. Canva and Google Workspace are free outright. But the thing nobody tells you: the “free for nonprofits” tier frequently excludes the actual AI. Every price below was read on the vendor's own page.

THE CATCH NOBODY MENTIONS

4 of the offers below hand you a discount and then hold the AI back. Notion's 50% off applies to Plus, while Notion AI sits on Business, which is excluded. Slack's free Pro leaves AI search and recaps on Business+. Google's free tier gives you the Gemini app but not Gemini inside Gmail and Docs. Zapier's 15% pointedly excludes pay-per-task, so your AI usage bills at full price. Check the AI badge on each card before you commit.

Free for nonprofits

No cost, though read the AI badge carefully.

Canva

Free for nonprofitsAI included

Free (up to 50 users)$12.99/mo (Pro)

Canva for Nonprofits is completely free and includes every Canva Pro premium feature plus team collaboration, for up to 50 users.

AI
Full Pro feature set, including Canva's AI design tools.
WHO
Registered 501(c)(3) nonprofits, NGOs and social impact organisations. Not government, not K-12 schools (they use Canva Education), and not 501(c)(4), (5), (6) or (7).
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Goodstack
Source: Canva

Google Workspace

Free for nonprofitsAI partly included

Free (Gemini in Gmail/Docs: $3.50/user/mo)$14/user/mo (Business Standard)

Google Workspace for Nonprofits is free for up to 2,000 users, and now includes the Gemini app and NotebookLM at no cost. But the AI inside Gmail, Docs, Meet and Sheets is not in the free tier: that starts at Business Standard, discounted to $3.50/user/month.

AI
Free tier: standalone Gemini app + NotebookLM, but throttled (32K context vs 1M, 5 deep-research reports/month vs 20/day). 'Help me write' and the Gemini side panel in Gmail and Docs need the $3.50 upgrade. All four paid editions have identical Gemini limits, so $3.50 Business Standard is the whole AI upgrade.
WHO
501(c)(3) and equivalents across 185 countries. Not government, healthcare or schools. Fiscally sponsored orgs without their own 501(c)(3) do not qualify.
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Goodstack · 3-5 business days

HEADS UP Google's own comparison page has no AI row at all and reads as though there is no AI, which is why this offer is so widely misreported. Separately, Google Ad Grants gives eligible nonprofits up to $10,000/month in search ads.

Source: Google support

Slack

Free for nonprofitsAI partly included

Free Pro (≤250 users)$8.75/user/mo (Pro)

Slack for Charities gives free Pro for up to 250 members, or 85% off Business+ at any size. The catch is that the genuinely useful AI sits on Business+.

AI
Free Pro only gets thread summaries and huddle notes. AI search, daily recaps, AI translation and AI workflow generation are Business+ and above.
WHO
Registered charities and nonprofits.
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TechSoup
Source: Slack

ElevenLabs

Free for nonprofitsAI included

Free (case by case)$22/mo (Creator)

The ElevenLabs Impact Program gives free access to nonprofits, but only in healthcare, education and culture, not to nonprofits generally.

AI
Free access to ElevenLabs technology, though the tier is not specified publicly.
WHO
Nonprofits working in healthcare, education or culture.
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Goodstack

HEADS UP ElevenLabs does not publish which tier, how many credits, or for how long. Treat it as case-by-case rather than a defined plan.

Source: ElevenLabs

Real nonprofit discounts

Paid, but genuinely cheaper once you verify.

Claude

Nonprofit discountAI included

$8/user/mo (Team)$20/user/mo annual, $25 monthly

Claude for Nonprofits gives the Team plan at $8/user/month and Enterprise at $10/user/month, launched in December 2025. It includes the same models as the paid tiers, plus Claude Code, SSO and nonprofit connectors. Self-serve for organisations under 20 seats, minimum 2 seats.

AI
Full model access: Opus, Sonnet and Haiku, same as the paid Team plan.
WHO
501(c)(3) organisations and international equivalents, K-12 schools, and some mission-based healthcare. Not government, political campaigns, higher education, or healthcare systems.
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Goodstack · 2-3 minutes for Team

HEADS UP You will see '75% off' quoted around the web. Against the published Team price the discount is about 60% ($8 vs $20 annual). The 75% figure only applies to Enterprise, whose list price Anthropic does not publish. The programme is also only months old and Anthropic states pricing may change.

Source: Anthropic

ChatGPT

Nonprofit discountAI included

$8/user/mo annual$20/user/mo annual, $25 monthly

Nonprofits get ChatGPT Business at $8/user/month billed annually, or $10/user/month monthly. Larger nonprofits can negotiate up to 75% off ChatGPT Enterprise through sales.

AI
Full ChatGPT Business. Note the discount does not extend to the API.
WHO
Registered nonprofits. Verified through Goodstack.
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Goodstack

HEADS UP Discounts apply to ChatGPT Business and Enterprise only, never the API. OpenAI does not offer BAAs for ChatGPT Business, which matters if you handle health data. OpenAI updated this page days ago, so re-check before committing.

Source: OpenAI help centre

Zoom

Nonprofit discountAI included

$7.08/user/mo (Pro)$14.16/user/mo

Zoom Cares gives 50% off: Workplace Pro at $7.08/user/month, Business at $9.16. AI Companion is included.

AI
AI Companion included at the discounted price.
WHO
Nonprofits with an operating budget under $10M USD. Annual billing only. Customers with a direct sales quote are not eligible.
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Goodstack

HEADS UP Zoom moved verification from TechSoup to Goodstack, so old TechSoup coupons need re-validating.

Source: Zoom

Airtable

Nonprofit discountAI included

$12/user/mo$24/user/mo

50% off the Team plan, at $12/user/month, with the full AI allowance included.

AI
Team keeps its full 15,000 AI credits per user per month.
WHO
Nonprofits including international. Verified in-house.
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Airtable (in-house) · About 2 business days

HEADS UP The nonprofit discount does not stack with the annual-plan discount.

Source: Airtable

Microsoft 365 + Copilot

Nonprofit discountAI included

$25.50/user/mo (Copilot)$30/user/mo

Microsoft 365 Copilot is $25.50/user/month for nonprofits, only 15% off, and it requires a separate qualifying Microsoft 365 licence on top. Business Premium is heavily discounted at $5.50/user/month, and Business Basic is free for up to 300 users.

AI
Copilot Chat is free with any Microsoft 365 subscription. Full Copilot in the Office apps is the $25.50 add-on, which is the weakest AI discount among the majors.
WHO
501(c)(3)-equivalent nonprofits across 200+ countries.
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Goodstack · Up to 7 business days

HEADS UP The free Business Premium and Office E1 grants were discontinued from 1 July 2025, retiring per-tenant at each renewal. Any guide promising '10 free licences' is out of date. Microsoft also moved validation from TechSoup to Goodstack. TechSoup lists a cheaper M365 Copilot Business at about $21/user/month for orgs under 300 users.

Source: Microsoft

Descript

Nonprofit discountAI included

$8/editor/mo annual$16/mo (Hobbyist)

50% off the Hobbyist plan at $8/Editor/month billed annually, or $12 monthly.

AI
The standard Hobbyist feature set, including Descript's AI editing.
WHO
501(c)(3) organisations, or groups with equivalent charitable status outside the US.
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Descript (in-house)

HEADS UP The EDU/NFP plan is the only discounted Descript plan; higher tiers are not discounted.

Source: Descript

Perplexity

Nonprofit discountAI included

$30/seat/mo$40/seat/mo

Enterprise Pro at $30/seat/month, or $300/year, about 25% off.

AI
Full Enterprise Pro. The consumer Free, Pro and Max tiers get no nonprofit discount.
WHO
Nonprofits, applied for via Perplexity.
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Perplexity (in-house)

HEADS UP Perplexity's own documentation contradicts itself: one help article publishes $30/seat while another advertises a 50%-off application form. We are quoting the $30 figure because the blog and help centre agree on it.

Source: Perplexity help centre

HubSpot

Nonprofit discountAI included

40% off Pro/EnterpriseVaries by hub

40% off net-new Professional or Enterprise, with Breeze AI included. Only available in four countries.

AI
Breeze AI is included, though add-ons are excluded.
WHO
Nonprofits in the USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand only. Net-new Professional or Enterprise, 1-year minimum. Cannot be applied to existing subscriptions and does not stack.
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HubSpot sales
Source: HubSpot

Zapier

Nonprofit discountAI NOT included

15% offVaries by plan

15% off any paid plan, with unusually broad eligibility: any country.

AI
The discount explicitly excludes pay-per-task charges, so AI and agent consumption bills at the full rate. The 15% only applies to the plan fee.
WHO
Any nonprofit that can supply proof of nonprofit status from its own country. No country restriction.
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Zapier (in-house)
Source: Zapier

Notion

Nonprofit discountAI NOT included

~$5/member/mo (Plus)$10/member/mo (Plus)

50% off the Plus plan, taking it to about $5/member/month. Notion AI is not included: it lives on Business, which is explicitly excluded from the discount.

AI
Notion says the discount applies to Plus only and that it is 'actively working on' extending it to Business, where Notion AI actually sits. Plus gets a limited AI trial at best.
WHO
Your organisation must already be on the Plus plan.
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Notion (in-house) · 3-7 business days

HEADS UP Watch out for '50% off Notion for nonprofits' headlines: they imply AI access you will not get.

Source: Notion

Ended or never existed

Widely listed as live on other sites. They are not.

Grammarly

Programme endedAI partly included

Grammarly's direct nonprofit programme ENDED on 1 May 2024 and existing subscriptions were deactivated. Many sites still advertise 'Grammarly free for nonprofits'. That has been false for over two years. The only route left is TechSoup, which lists 30% off Pro for one year.

AI
Standard Pro features via the TechSoup offer, for new or free-plan subscribers only.
WHO
Via TechSoup, for new or free-plan subscribers.
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TechSoup

HEADS UP The 30% figure is published by TechSoup, a partner, rather than on a Grammarly-owned page, so treat it as indicative and confirm at checkout.

Source: Grammarly support

Synthesia

No nonprofit pricing

None, and Synthesia says so plainly: it does not offer general discounts, student discounts, or different pricing for nonprofits or educational institutions.

AI
Not applicable.
WHO
Not applicable.
Source: Synthesia help centre

Figma

No nonprofit pricing

None. Figma states it has no nonprofit discounts and points nonprofits to its free plan.

AI
Not applicable.
WHO
Not applicable.
Source: Figma

How nonprofit verification works now

Goodstack has effectively won. It now verifies Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, Canva, Zoom and ElevenLabs, which means one verification run gets you most of the way through this list. TechSoup still handles Slack and its own catalogue. Airtable, Zapier, Notion, Descript and Perplexity verify in-house, and HubSpot is sales-led.

This changed recently and it trips people up: Microsoft and Zoom both moved from TechSoup to Goodstack. Any guide telling you to validate with TechSoup for Microsoft is out of date, and old TechSoup coupons for Zoom need re-validating.

Nearly every programme requires registered 501(c)(3) status or a national equivalent. Government agencies, political campaigns and higher-education institutions are almost universally excluded, and fiscally sponsored organisations without their own 501(c)(3) usually do not qualify.

Also worth knowing: Google Ad Grants gives eligible nonprofits up to $10,000 a month in search advertising, which is often worth more than every software discount on this page combined. See also AI deals for students and all verified AI deals.

Nonprofit programmes change often and several here changed in the last year. Always confirm on the vendor's own page before committing budget. Spotted one we have missed or one that has changed? Tell us and we will verify it.