Why Nonprofits Use Mobile Apps

These are the five outcomes our clients are looking for and that deliver!

 
Grow. Engage. Track.
Grow Your Audience

Grow Your Audience

Increase your reach and audience size by making it easy to be involved.

Engage Your Participants

Engage Your Participants

Engage users with push notifications, adding challenges & more.

Track Their Activities

Track Their Activities

Track your organization’s mission and goals through user data from your app.

Report Your Impact

Report Your Impact

Share instantly available charts that show growth and change over time.

Monetize Your Audience

Monetize Your Audience

Earn new sponsors for your app’s brand or for specific app activities.

“Programs that serve large diverse audiences need an engaging way to engage, communicate, and track participation.”

- Every nonprofit leader we ever met.

 

Features: Admin Dashboard | Mobile App Interface

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Events Calendar
Polls & Surveys
Push Notifications
Segmented User Groups
Location Checkins by GPS
Share Content & Track Participation
 
 

Explore Success Stories

Programs That Increased Impact With An App

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Clients That Achieved Their Goals

Quotes from Clients
Melanie Nieves
Melanie Nieves

“Concilio has created their first ever app with the help of our friends at MilkCrate. They have helped us create a personal relationship with our community.”

— Melanie Nieves, Program Manager at El Concilio

Michael Norris
Michael Norris

“Seeing our teens checking in at museums turned their engagement into measurable data for the first time. Priceless.”

— Michael Norris, Chief Strategy Officer at Cultural Alliance/STAMP

Sam Fisher
Sam Fisher

“We have volunteers all across Philadelphia helping families grow their young readers. We have loved working with MilkCrate to develop an app to motivate and track volunteer participation.”

— Sam Fisher, Data & Administrative Coordinator at The Free Library of Philadelphia

David Thornburgh
David Thornburgh

“This is a tool that... makes many services available in just one place.”

— David Thornburgh, Executive Director at Committee of 70

Natalie Konieczny
Natalie Konieczny

"“We already have seen way more engagement with our own app than we did with facebook.”

— Natalie Konieczny, Instructor at Lion Dog Wellness Center

Liz Brode
Liz Brode

“Being able to send timely notifications to our program participants, and have them chat with each other - these are essential tools for our success. ”

— Liz Brode, Executive Director at Balance

Travis Bays
Travis Bays

“The Bodhi Surf + Yoga app by MilkCrate empowers our guests to continue their journey towards being better stewards of Mother Ocean. The app gives us a great opportunity for our guests to continue their awakening, enlightenment, and consciousness through active learning and by taking actions.”

— Travis Bays, Co-Owner of Bodhi Surf + Yoga

 

See a mockup of your app.

Use MilkCrate Studio!

 
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Build a mockup. Get a sense of what your app might do and how it could look.

Once you become a MilkCrate client our expert staff will tailor your final app to your needs. Then you will be able to manage it with your dashboard.

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Templates for revolutionary nonprofit apps. ON BUDGET...

Instead of a time-consuming process creating an app from scratch, now you can attain your goals within your budget in weeks or months. MilkCrate’s experts and streamlined platform will create an app tailored for you.

 

Groundbreaking impact data. REVEALED...

Capture your users real-time mission driven actions. Utilize this priceless data to set new goals. Client data success stories include:

  • How many teens visited museums last month

  • Most popular volunteer days this quarter

  • What events members want to attend most

 
 

Native apps delivered. FAST...

With MilkCrate, your flexible and customized app will be available in the app stores for iOS and Android in weeks — at least 10X faster than if you tried to build an app from scratch.

 
 

Who will your app connect you to?

Each client has a different audience they are seeking to connect, motivate and track:

  • Participants in a foster parent program.

  • Employees at participating companies to be civically engaged.

  • Volunteers promoting literacy in their neighborhood.

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EARNING REVENUE FROM SPONSORS

Wondering how to bring in (more) revenue for your organization?

We developed a new program only possible with a MilkCrate app where you can earn sponsorship revenue from your app.

-In Beta Mode - Limited Spots Available

 

Wondering if your organization is a good fit for a MilkCrate app?

 
 

Here’s who we are best suited to help.

Does your organization…

  • run a program that needs to engage participants, members, students etc.?

  • want to spend budget wisely for your program ?

  • want to grow the size of your program audience?

  • need easy access to impact data to show to funders?

  • want to earn new revenue streams through sponsorship?

 

Visualize your app

See what your app could look like using our MilkCrate Simulator without talking to anyone. Start designing now.

Yes, this is definitely us!

This is what we need ... we need an app, like yesterday!

Or, I would like to be considered for new revenue program. Apply here.

Still unsure?

Get insight into your existing efforts and take our engagement assessment. Best if taken by someone on your team who manages your existing tools.