Nonprofit FAQ

How Can GiveCamp Help You?

You are a 501(c)3 nonprofit with a technical, design, or non-technical issue(s) that needs to be addressed. Often the problem causes frustration and more work than you feel is necessary.  The problem needs to be specific and identifiable.

Our volunteer professionals should be able to complete the project in a weekend. You will need to be able to manage the project on your own after the weekend.

We can help you if you are running your nonprofit on a shoestring budget and don’t have the expertise to create a solution. It’s very important that you can send your decision-making people to work with GiveCamp volunteers We encourage you to send the person who will be working with the project after Sunday to the event, too.

We are unable to assist religious and political organizations.

How To Register For The Next GiveCamp

Join our nonprofit email list https://mailchi.mp/d98e0fcb1be2/nonprofit_signup. We’ll remind you to register and update you with information.

Complete our application between June 1 and August 31 as registration closes on September 1.

Success for your nonprofit at GiveCamp depends on a couple of things, but all starts with your full involvement. It’s critical that you, as a nonprofit, be available before, during and after the event to ensure that your development team is successful. If your organization is selected, the following requirements are made:

  • A representative or two must attend the kick-off meeting on Friday from 6pm to 10pm. These people should be knowledgeable about the proposal document and the work that our developers are being asked to do.
  • At least one representative from your organization must be for at least four hours on Saturday and be available by phone outside that (8am to 10pm) so that any questions about the application can be answered, and the team has the information they need to complete their assigned tasks.
  • Your organization will be maintaining the work created at GiveCamp after the event is over.  Your employees or volunteers are encouraged to attend one of the various training sessions that will be conducted during the weekend.
  • Lastly, at least one member of your organization must be present for the handoff and final presentation on Sunday to see the results and take possession of the application. The people you send must be most impacted and involved in the project.

The most successful nonprofit projects result from a strong commitment to fully participate and meet with the GiveCamp volunteers.  You’re strongly encouraged to exceed the above minimum time capacity.

Nonprofit FAQ

We review every proposal application received and score them. We then arrange a time to interview most of the applicants to discuss their applications. Our goal is to help as many nonprofits as is possible.
Your proposal will be used to help us decide if your proposal will be accepted. Read each question carefully and answer it honestly. If you are not sure what to propose, please read this section again before completing the Application.
  • Answer each question succinctly but with adequate information.
  • Start with a great idea and goal for which we can provide a technology, design, or non-technical solution during a weekend.
  • Read and re-read a copy of the Nonprofit FAQ, the Event Registration and FAQ (once available), and the Rules and Guidelines before beginning the application.
  • Realize that you may have to pay some hosting fees to host the app and backend services to support the app. These fees should be nominal, however.
  • Magic can happen during the GiveCamp weekend, but we can’t do the impossible. Be realistic in your expectations.
  • If you expect to be on vacation or on a trip during the review period (between August and September), make sure to include an alternate contact person at your organization who can answer any questions about your proposal.
See the nonprofit page for more details. For more information visit our Proposal Application Information
Before the submission deadline, submit a new proposal and mention in the notes that this proposal replaces the original proposal from your organization. We will only consider one proposal per organization! After the submission deadline, we ask you not to alter your proposal unless you learn new information that affects the proposal e.g., your contact info has changed, you are leaving the organization and wish to hand off to another individual at my organization, or you wish to withdraw our proposal. You can email us at info@seattlegivecamp.org. Make sure you mention the organization name and the name of the person who originally submitted the proposal.
All submissions for Seattle GiveCamp will be contacted by email in September. If your Proposal has been approved, we will also contact you by phone. If you are one of the organizations that are selected, we will contact you to finalize your design requirements and what we expect of you.
Someone from the organization must be there at GiveCamp. This is not negotiable. See above under What do you need from me? for details.
No. The idea of GiveCamp is to tackle a project that can be completed in a weekend. On Sunday, you need someone at the nonprofit to take over ownership of the project and the solution that Seattle GiveCamp provides.
Take a look at the Event Page and Event FAQ. You will find links to these pages under “ABOUT” on the top of this page. In addition, you will need to prepare the following:
  • Any artwork/media needed for the project. Put it on a USB drive or place it in a Dropbox or Google Drive folder that you have access to.
  • Login information for any existing site or system that the team will need access to.
  • Login information for any system that the will need to complete the project.
Your nonprofit is committed to the following during the Seattle GiveCamp weekend:
  • A representative from your nonprofit must attend the kick-off meeting on Friday from 6pm to 10pm (possibly a little later). This person should be knowledgeable about the proposal document and the work that our developers are being asked to do.
  • At least one representative from your organization must be available at least four hours on Saturday and be available by phone at other times (9am to 6pm) so that any questions about the application can be answered, and the team has the information they need to complete their assigned tasks.
  • Members of your organization that will be maintaining the application after the event is over are encouraged to attend one of the various training sessions that will be conducted during the weekend.
  • Lastly, at least one member of your organization must be onsite for the handoff and final presentation on Sunday during the hours of noon to 6pm to see the results and take possession of the application. The people you send must include the organization’s technical experts.
Yes. Each nonprofit will be provided transition information, in document form, as to how to maintain your application once the weekend is over. This is why it is critical that a technical person from your organization be online Sunday afternoon so we can go over the information with them.