Best ATS for Nonprofits

The best ATS for nonprofits

Spend your budget on your mission. Hiring is free.

Nonprofits hire frequently — staff, volunteers, contractors — but can rarely justify expensive software. KiteHR gives nonprofits a fully-featured ATS at no cost: unlimited job postings, candidate tracking, collaborative hiring pipelines, and professional email templates.

How much could you save?

Adjust your team size and open roles to see a real cost comparison between KiteHR and Typical ATS.

Hiring team members

Recruiters, HR, hiring managers

5
150

Active job openings

Roles you're hiring for right now

6
150

KiteHR

$0/mo

Free forever — unlimited jobs, users & candidates

With AI features (Pro)

$49/mo per workspace

Typical ATS

$360/mo

Estimated · Typical ATS pricing

Based on median ATS pricing for teams your size. Actual costs vary by vendor.

You save $311/mo with KiteHR Pro

$3,732 per year · $18,660 over 5 years

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Why teams choose KiteHR

Free — genuinely, permanently

No discounts that expire, no nonprofit pricing tiers. KiteHR's core ATS is free forever for every organization, including nonprofits.

Unlimited users — involve everyone

Program managers, development staff, operations leads — everyone who hires can have full access. No per-seat fees to gatekeep the tool.

Email templates for consistent outreach

Build a library of templates for interview invitations, acknowledgment emails, and rejections — so every applicant gets a professional response.

High-volume hiring support

When hiring in volume (seasonal staff, AmeriCorps, major program launches), KiteHR Pro's AI resume parsing and candidate scoring help your team move faster. Just $49/mo.

What's included — free, forever

Unlimited job postings
Unlimited users
Unlimited candidates
Custom hiring pipelines
Drag-and-drop kanban board
Email templates
Resume storage
Team collaboration
No credit card required

Pro — $49/mo per workspace

Unlock AI resume parsing, candidate scoring, job description generation, skills gap analysis, and more. One flat price for your whole team.

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Frequently asked questions

Does KiteHR offer nonprofit discounts?

The core ATS is free for everyone, including nonprofits — no discount needed. Pro is $49/mo per workspace, which is already far below what most tools charge nonprofits even with discounts.

Can we manage volunteer recruitment alongside staff hiring?

Yes. You can create separate job postings and pipelines for volunteer roles. KiteHR's unlimited jobs and pipelines make it easy to run multiple hiring tracks simultaneously.

What if we only hire a few people per year?

Perfect — KiteHR is free when you're not actively hiring and powerful when you are. There's no cost to keeping your account active between hiring cycles.

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