The team at Field Day verifies each nonprofit’s 501c3 status before they are able to create a profile on the platform. This means only registered 501c3 nonprofits are on Field Day.
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Any nonprofit in the United States can use Field Day to manage and track their group volunteer events. Today, nonprofits located in the Portland, Oregon metro area are discoverable to local companies and volunteers looking for volunteer opportunities. Other regions will become available as more nonprofits in those areas join Field Day.
Create a nonprofit profile
1. Verify that your nonprofit meets the requirements listed below
2. Complete this nonprofit eligibility form
3. Fill out your nonprofit's basic information to start your profile
We’ll reach out to you via email within one business day with the next steps for setting up your profile and getting started on Field Day.
How nonprofits work
Eligibility requirements
To create a profile on Field Day, nonprofits must:
- Be registered through the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) as a 501c3 organization
- Offer volunteer opportunities for groups of three or more people
- Meet additional eligibility requirements (see below)
Field Day does not host organizations coded as labor unions/organizations (J40), religious/spiritual development (X), or unknown (Z99). Political organizations are classified as 501c4 and are not eligible for Field Day.
The IRS and National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS) use the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) system to classify nonprofit organizations.
Additional requirements
Nonprofits on Field Day:
- Do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, size, socioeconomic background, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military status, or any other status prohibited by applicable law when offering services, programs, or goods to the community.
- Are in good standing under applicable laws.
- Are not from an embargoed country or on a watch list at the time of import and prior to donation disbursement (including but not limited to Southern Poverty Law designed hate groups, OFAC Non-SDN entities, AML and terrorism financing, financial fraud, human rights, arms, drugs, and weapons proliferation lists).