Google Workspace for Nonprofits
If your organisation does not have a Google for Nonprofits account, please visit the Google for Nonprofits website to get started.
If your organisation has a Google for Nonprofits account, you’re eligible for nonprofit-specific Google Workspace offers:
- Google Workspace for Nonprofits (offered at no charge)
- Business Standard (at 75+% nonprofit discount)
- Business Plus (at 72+% nonprofit discount)
- Enterprise Standard and Enterprise Plus (at 70%+ nonprofit discount)
Compare the features of each offer.
Step 1: Ensure that your domain meets our policy standards
We want to ensure that nonprofits are using Google Workspace for their organisation’s primary mission and activities. If the relationship between your organisation's stated mission and the domain that you want to use for Google Workspace for Nonprofits is unclear, you must provide more information about your nonprofit on your domain.
The review process checks for compliance across all these areas. Carefully review your site against all the points below.
- Functional website: Your organisation's website must be fully functional. Ensure that your provided domain loads correctly and doesn't contain primarily placeholder content (e.g. 'Coming soon' or 'Under construction' pages).
- Relationship to your organisation: Your organisation's website must represent a clear relationship between your registered nonprofit and the submitted domain. Your website should clearly match your organisation's name, recognised acronym or official branding.
- Transparency and content: Your official website must include the organisation details submitted during registration. Please ensure that your site explicitly displays details such as: your charity ID, a physical street address and/or a clear mission statement describing your programmes or services.
Step 2: Log in to Google for Nonprofits
- Visit Google for Nonprofits and sign in with your organisation's administrative account.
- Under 'Google Workspace for Nonprofits', click Get started.
- You will be asked whether your nonprofit currently uses Google Workspace.
Step 3: Confirm whether your organisation is on Google Workspace
If you're unsure whether your organisation is on Workspace, select 'Yes, we currently use Google Workspace' and enter your domain. We will check whether it is registered with Google Workspace.
If your organisation is not currently using Google Workspace and needs to sign up
- Use the link to sign up for a 14-day trial of Google Workspace for Nonprofits at no charge.
- Verify your domain. If you're using a third-party registrar (i.e. WordPress or Squarespace), follow registrar-specific instructions to verify your domain at your domain registrar's website.
- After you have signed up for the trial and verified your domain, provide your domain for review.
If your organisation is currently using Google Workspace
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You will be asked to share your domain so that we can check which edition of Google Workspace you are using.
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We will show you the Google Workspace offer(s) for which your nonprofit domain is eligible.
- Follow the steps to select the Google Workspace plan that works for you.
Step 4: Submit your activation for review
Once you click Activate, your activation request will be reviewed and you'll receive an email with further instructions. We'll either send you an email letting you know that your domain was successfully upgraded or if there are any additional steps required.
We may need further information to verify your organisation's relationship to your domain. Our review typically takes between three and five working days.