CT Signature for nonprofits

E-signature for nonprofits.

Volunteer agreements, donor pledges, board resolutions, grant acknowledgements, program participant agreements — signed on any device, with full audit trail. Pay-as-you-go pricing means a small nonprofit isn't subsidizing enterprise customers' per-seat licensing.

Get early access What's included

Pay-per-envelope: No per-seat tolls
Mobile-first: Volunteer signs from their phone
ESIGN/UETA: Legally binding for nonprofit docs

What nonprofits send

Documents your operations actually run on

Drop in your existing PDFs, drag fields onto them, send. The volunteer paperwork that used to take an in-person meeting becomes a 90-second link.

Volunteer agreements and waivers
Donor pledge acknowledgements
Board resolutions and consent agendas
Grant acknowledgements and reports
Program participant agreements

ESIGN/UETA

Federal + state law

Pay-per-envelope

No per-seat traps

Templates

Build standards once

Audit trail

Tamper-evident PDFs

Why this matters

Nonprofits get e-signature pricing models built for enterprise customers.

Most e-signature platforms price for enterprise: per-user licensing, multi-tier feature gating, mandatory annual commitments, sales-led onboarding. For nonprofits with lean staff, fluctuating volunteer volume, and program documents that need to flow during specific seasons, that pricing model doesn't fit. The cheap tier doesn't include templates; the next tier costs more than the entire annual e-signature budget; adding a part-time volunteer coordinator triggers an upgrade.

CT Signature is priced differently. Subscription tiers cover the capabilities nonprofits actually use — reusable templates, multi-signer routing, audit trail, ESIGN/UETA compliance — and volume scales with pay-as-you-go. Send 5 volunteer agreements one month and 50 the next; pay for 55 envelopes. Add a development associate as a user without it triggering a tier upgrade. The price scales with usage, not org chart.

The pricing model fits the nonprofit reality: variable volume across the year, lean staff who can't dedicate hours to vendor management, a board that asks why a 'free or cheap' alternative wasn't used. Self-serve onboarding means no enterprise sales call. The first envelope can go out the same day the executive director decides to try the platform.

What nonprofit-friendly e-signature looks like

Pay-per-envelope — pay for what you send, not for users you don't have
Reusable templates — standard volunteer agreement, ready to send forever
No annual commitment required — scale up and down with program seasons
Self-serve start — ED signs up, sends a document the same day
Mobile-first signers — volunteers and donors sign without downloads or accounts

Capabilities for nonprofits

What the platform delivers for nonprofit operations.

Reusable templates for standard documents

Build your volunteer agreement, donor pledge form, board resolution template, and grant acknowledgement once as templates. Every future send is a 30-second template fill instead of 30 minutes of document assembly. Different program areas or volunteer types are template variants.

Mobile-first signing for volunteers and donors

Volunteers sign on their phone before their first shift; donors sign pledge acknowledgements on the device they have when they make the gift. No app download, no account creation. The friction that used to lose paperwork from busy supporters disappears.

Multi-signer routing for board and partner workflows

Board resolutions that need signature from the chair, secretary, and a quorum of directors flow through sequential or parallel routing. Partner MOUs that need both organizations' executive signatures handle remote signers seamlessly. Each signer sees their assigned fields; the audit trail captures the sequence.

Tamper-evident PDFs and audit trail

Every signed document has a cryptographic signature and an audit certificate showing every action. If a donor later questions whether they pledged a specific amount, or a regulator asks about volunteer agreement compliance, the audit certificate is the defensible answer.

ESIGN / UETA compliance built in

Nonprofit documents signed electronically hold up under federal and state e-signature law. Volunteer agreements, pledge forms, MOUs, board resolutions, grant documents — all categories where electronic signature is legally binding.

Pay-as-you-go pricing without per-seat lock-in

Subscription tiers cover capabilities; volume scales with envelopes sent. A 3-staff nonprofit and a 30-staff one each pay for what they actually send. Adding a board member as a user doesn't bump your plan. Variable volume across the program year is just variable volume; there's no penalty for slow seasons.

What it looks like in practice

A few ways teams use this.

Volunteer onboarding before a program season

Spring program starts in two weeks; 80 volunteers need signed agreements and waivers before they show up. Volunteer coordinator sends the standard volunteer packet from a template — mass send to all 80 emails. 60 sign within 48 hours. 20 get auto-reminders at 48 hours. By program start, 78 of 80 are paperwork-complete; 2 dropped out before signing. The packet collection that used to require in-person meetings or paper forms returned by mail is done.

Annual board resolution cycle

Annual board resolutions need signatures from 12 directors. Sequential routing: chair signs first, secretary countersigns, then mass send to remaining 10 for parallel acknowledgement. The full board's signed resolution lands in the secretary's records within 5 business days. The board-meeting-with-paper-passing-around ritual is replaced by a process that respects directors' calendars.

Major gift pledge acknowledgement

Major gift conversation closes Friday afternoon. Development director sends the pledge form via CT Signature on Friday at 4pm. Donor signs from their phone Friday at 5pm before leaving the office. Signed pledge with full audit trail in the donor record before the weekend. The pledge that used to risk getting cold over a weekend is locked in.

Frequently asked

Common nonprofit questions.

Are electronic signatures legally binding for nonprofit documents?

Yes. Federal ESIGN and state UETA laws cover the document categories nonprofits typically deal with: volunteer agreements, waivers, pledge acknowledgements, MOUs, board resolutions, grant documents. Some specific document types (some board actions in some states, certain corporate filings) may have state-specific requirements; CT Signature handles the document categories where electronic signature is permitted, which is the vast majority of nonprofit paperwork.

Is there a nonprofit discount?

Pay-as-you-go pricing is already structured to work for nonprofits without requiring a special discount tier. The pricing scales with usage, so a small nonprofit pays meaningfully less than an enterprise customer. For nonprofits with specific pricing concerns or grant-funded e-signature budgets, contact us during early-access onboarding — we work with nonprofit pricing constraints in good faith.

Can volunteers sign without creating an account?

Yes. Volunteers receive a secure email link, click to open the document on whatever device they have, and sign with their finger or stylus. No download, no account, no password to remember. The signed PDF and audit trail come back to the volunteer coordinator automatically.

How does the platform handle multi-recipient mass sends (e.g., 80 volunteer agreements at once)?

Mass sends are supported. Send the same template to a list of recipients (CSV upload or addressed-to list); each recipient gets their own envelope to sign. Status tracking shows aggregate response rates and per-recipient progress. Reminders fire automatically per configurable cadence.

What about board resolutions that require unanimous consent?

Sequential or parallel multi-signer routing supports unanimous consent workflows. Each director's signature is captured with timestamps and attribution; the resolution isn't 'final' until all required signatures are in. The audit trail shows the full collection process — useful for board minutes.

Are signed documents accessible long-term for grant audits?

Yes. Signed documents and audit certificates are retained as long as your account is active. You can also download the executed PDF and audit certificate at any time for long-term archival in your own systems. The cryptographic hash means you can verify integrity even years later, independent of the platform.

E-signature priced for the way nonprofits work.

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