Advancement Desk

A permanent home for your organization's grants correspondence.

A dedicated, authenticated grants mailbox that belongs to the organization, not to whoever happens to hold the job.

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Why it exists

Most small nonprofits run grants out of a founder's personal inbox or one staffer's address. When that person leaves, the funder relationships, the threads and the attachments leave with them. Advancement Desk gives the organization one grants address on an authenticated domain, a shared inbox for the people who handle its grants, and a place where every application and every funder reply stays with the organization.

What the platform provides

A dedicated grants address

One address on advancementdesk.org for the organization's applications and funder correspondence.

A shared grants inbox

The people who handle the organization's grants work from one inbox, so nothing sits in a personal mailbox.

Continuity

The address and its history stay with the organization through staff and volunteer turnover.

Documents with the thread

Application attachments and funder documents are kept alongside the correspondence.

Authenticated sending

SPF, DKIM and DMARC on every message, so receiving mail systems can verify the sender.

Funder verification

A public verification guide and a support address any funder can use to confirm a message came from the organization named in it.

How it works

  1. An organization sets up a mailbox directly, or through the people who manage its grants.
  2. Its applications and funder correspondence go out from that address, signed by the organization's grants administration.
  3. Every thread and attachment stays with the organization.

For funders and program officers

Received an email from this domain?

  1. The sending organization's name appears in the sender name and in the signature.
  2. Reply directly on the same thread. Replies reach that organization's grants desk.
  3. Confirm the organization's tax-exempt status by EIN at the IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search.
  4. To confirm a mailbox is hosted here, write to support@advancementdesk.org with the address in question.

Security and privacy

Mail from this domain is authenticated with SPF, DKIM and DMARC. Advancement Desk never asks for passwords, payment details or wire instructions by email. Report a suspicious message to support@advancementdesk.org.

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Contact

support@advancementdesk.org