Create stories your donors and supporters want to read
Shorthand’s digital storytelling software helps nonprofits, charities, and NGOs turn impact reports, supporter magazines, advocacy campaigns, and policy research into immersive stories — without developers or agency support.
Create stories your donors and supporters want to read
Shorthand’s digital storytelling software helps turn impact reports, supporter magazines, and policy research into immersive stories — without developers or agency support.
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Turn readers into supporters and donors with immersive stories
Shorthand is a nonprofit storytelling platform to power your impact reports, supporter magazines, campaigns, and policy stories.
Donor impact reports supporters actually read
Replace static PDF annual reports with immersive, mobile-friendly stories that show donors where their money goes — and why their support matters.
Shorthand can also incorporate subscription and donation forms within the context of your stories.
Ideal for annual impact reports, stewardship updates, campaign reports, and major-donor communications.
Donor impact reports supporters actually read
Replace static PDF annual reports with immersive, mobile-friendly stories that show donors where their money goes — and why their support matters.
Shorthand can also incorporate subscription and donation forms within the context of your stories.
Ideal for annual impact reports, stewardship updates, campaign reports, and major-donor communications.
Digital magazines beyond the flipbook
Make the most of your imagery with impactful full-screen images, galleries, and animation effects.
Create modern, web-native quarterly editions, anniversary issues, member journals, and charity magazines your audience wants to read.
Why settle for PDF page-turning when Shorthand makes immersive reading this easy?
Craft nonprofit campaign landing pages and advocacy stories
Launch polished campaign pages for news-cycle responses, government announcements, anniversaries, fundraising appeals, and galas — without waiting on a developer queue.
Craft nonprofit campaign landing pages and advocacy stories
Launch polished campaign pages for news-cycle responses, government announcements, anniversaries, fundraising appeals, and galas — without waiting on a developer queue.
Interactive policy reports and research stories made human
Translate dense research, policy papers, and technical reports into accessible, mobile-friendly visual stories that policymakers, supporters, and the press can read end-to-end.
Drive action
Convert readers into supporters, volunteers, and donors through visually rich, immersive feature stories.
No developers necessary
Shorthand is built for marketers, writers, and content producers. Publish beautiful stories in minutes.
Stunning reports & campaigns
Capture and keep the attention of your audience with immersive digital stories.
Drive action
Convert readers into supporters, volunteers, and donors through visually rich, immersive feature stories.
No developers necessary
Shorthand is built for marketers, writers, and content producers. Publish beautiful stories in minutes.
Stunning reports & campaigns
Capture and keep the attention of your audience with immersive digital stories.
“In doing a lot more storytelling around certain topics, it comes through in donations and in organic traffic across the website. We find the engagement time and the engagement rate is higher.”
Molly Simmons
Global Digital Communications Manager
Save the Children International
“In doing a lot more storytelling around certain topics, it comes through in donations and in organic traffic across the website. We find the engagement time and the engagement rate is higher.”
Molly Simmons, Global Digital Communications Manager at Save the Children International
Built for nonprofit budgets and procurement
Whether you need one flagship annual report or to publish multiple stories, Shorthand gives nonprofit communications teams a way to create premium digital content without paying an agency or developer for every project.
Nonprofit pricing
NGOs and charities get custom Shorthand pricing and discounts. We confirm eligibility in a quick call — no forms or certification uploads.
Approved vendor for global nonprofits
If your procurement team has questions, we have answers ready. Our VPAT, security overview, GDPR DPA, SOC 2, and standard SSA are all on hand.
Just need one polished story this year?
Plenty of charities sign on for one flagship report or campaign and download their final story to host themselves.
Nonprofit pricing
NGOs and charities get custom Shorthand pricing and discounts. We confirm eligibility in a quick call — no forms or certification uploads.
Approved vendor for global nonprofits
If your procurement team has questions, we have answers ready. Our VPAT, security overview, GDPR DPA, SOC 2, and standard SSA are all on hand.
Just need one polished story this year?
Plenty of charities sign on for one flagship report or campaign and download their final story to host themselves.
How nonprofits like yours use Shorthand
Shorthand For Nonprofits FAQs
How do I create my nonprofit annual report with Shorthand?
You can create your nonprofit annual report in Shorthand by starting with a professionally designed nonprofit annual report template, then customizing it with your branding, impact stories, donor highlights, and interactive data visualizations. You can also check out our featured annual reports for inspiration from leading organizations and publishers.
Can I use Shorthand for donor impact reports?
Yes. Hospital foundations, university development teams and global NGOs use Shorthand for donor impact reports. Stories can be password-protected for major donors, branded to your charity’s colours and fonts, and personalised one-to-one using Shorthand dynamic placeholders.
Does Shorthand offer nonprofit pricing?
Yes. Registered charities and nonprofits qualify for up to a 40% discount on annual plans. Pricing is shown automatically on the Shorthand pricing page when the nonprofit toggle is enabled.
How does Shorthand compare to Foleon and Issuu for nonprofits?
Issuu hosts a flipbook of an existing PDF, whereas Foleon is more geared towards documents. Shorthand creates an interactive, mobile-first scrolling experience that’s fully indexable and accessible. If you're publishing campaigns, impact stories, or supporter magazines that need to be read, shared, and found, Shorthand's immersive, web-native format is the better fit. Charities switching from Foleon most often cite Shorthand's scrollytelling format, native data visualisation, lower ongoing costs, and tighter integration with WordPress and Drupal. Those replacing Issuu typically cite ADA/accessibility compliance, mobile engagement, and SEO as the reasons they switch.
Is Shorthand accessible?
Shorthand provides full accessibility documentation, including a current VPAT, and targets WCAG 2.2 AA compliance. Native features include alt text, video captions, keyboard navigation, and an accessibility checklist for creators.
Does Shorthand integrate with common CMSes like WordPress and Drupal?
Yes. Shorthand for WordPress and our Drupal plugin allow stories to be embedded into common CMSes without using a single line of code. Self-hosting via zip download is also available on annual plans.
Can I keep some Shorthand stories private?
Yes. Shorthand stories can be shared with private links, or restricted to specific email addresses. This is a common setup for high-value donor reports, board updates and stewardship content.
How long does it take to build a Shorthand impact report?
Most charities ship their first impact report within one to two weeks of starting, including time to pull together assets and copy. Subsequent reports are faster because brand templates and section blocks can be reused. Several Shorthand charity customers produce a polished impact report in a single week!
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