Promotional products for nonprofit fundraisers
Nonprofits run on a budget calendar. Two big fundraising events a year, a donor-recognition push at year-end, and volunteer-appreciation merchandise sprinkled throughout. Each event has tight cost-per-unit targets and a deeply-felt need to look professional with a small budget.
The big events and what they buy
A 5K walk-run buys event T-shirts, drawstring bags, water bottles, and finisher medals. Quantities are 200 to 2,000. A gala buys table favors, donor-recognition gifts, branded napkins, and silent-auction extras. A capital campaign buys donor-recognition pieces (engraved bricks, plaques, named-gift items). A volunteer-appreciation push buys polos for staff and tote bags for volunteers.
How to price without losing your shirt
Nonprofits expect a discount. Some negotiate it; many do not but appreciate it. A common move is to price at code R (40% margin) instead of code N or P, with a written note that the discount is conditional on event-day delivery and a tax-exempt certificate on file. The relationship lasts longer than a single event; the small concession buys two years of steady orders.
The tax-exempt and approval workflow
Capture the 501(c)(3) certificate at the company level (DECADE.promo supports tax-exempt at the company record so every order to that nonprofit ships zero-tax automatically with the certificate ID on the invoice). Multi-customer the relationship so the executive director, the development director, and the event coordinator all see the same record.
What we built differently in DECADE.promo
Unlimited AI on the GOAT plan
AI mockups, Product Capture (browser-extension AI scraping of supplier sites), AI vectorization, and AI image upscale - all unlimited on one flat-price tier. No credit metering, no per-feature add-ons.
AI Product Capture extension
Browse any supplier website - SAGE, Hit Promo, Koozie Group, anywhere - click the browser extension, and our AI reads the page. SKUs, pricing tiers, setup fees, colors, lead times, and images are extracted in seconds and import directly to your products catalog.
Tightly integrated with SAGE
Bring your own SAGE Connect subscription. Search, adopt products, and pull pricing tiers without leaving DECADE.promo. Sales decks, quotes, and POs reuse the SAGE data automatically.
Transparent pricing
Free tier for solo distributors, flat per-distributor pricing for teams, and no per-seat tax. Customers always free. Suppliers always free.
One platform. Two free accounts. One public layer for everyone else.
The tool you’re using is one feature in a much bigger app. Here’s the rest, by which side of the order you’re on.
- Every public tool on this site
- 5 conversions a day per IP
- One file at a time
- Output dropped after the request
- No account, no nag
- Every public tool, no rate limit
- Batch 10 files at once
- 30-day download history
- AI vectorization (the $50-redraw replacement)
- AI mockup generator, white-label proofs
- SAGE catalog, 1M+ products
- Quotes, POs, invoices, projects
- Storefront under your brand
- Blind-ship POs to suppliers
- Saved thread palettes per customer
- Email automation for every status
- Every public tool, no rate limit
- Every order in one place
- Approve proofs without email tag
- Two-click reorder
- Saved shipping + tax-exempt files
- Real-time status pings
- See and pay invoices online
- Message your distributor inside the app
- Always free. No card.
See it in your workflow
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