Learning Management System for Nonprofits

LMS for Nonprofits That Trains Staff, Volunteers, and Members

MyPass LMS gives nonprofit organizations one place to onboard volunteers, develop staff, deliver member education, manage certifications, and produce reliable completion records for funders and boards. It automates assignments, reminders, renewals, and reporting without adding administrative work every time the organization reaches more people.

  • 60-day trial for verified nonprofits
  • 20% ongoing discount
  • Unlimited registered users
  • No credit card required

Trusted by nonprofit, association, and certification teams

American Board Educators Rising SBCA PDK International

One nonprofit LMS for every audience you train

Most nonprofits are not running one training program. They are running four at once, for groups with almost nothing in common except the mission — and each one usually ends up in a different tool. MyPass keeps them in a single system with separate paths, separate branding where it matters, and one place to report from.

Volunteers

Role-based orientation, safeguarding, safety and program-specific training — assigned the moment a volunteer is added, with reminders and completion tracking that run without a coordinator chasing anyone.

Staff

Employee onboarding, organizational policies, mandatory compliance and professional development, delivered as structured paths rather than a folder of documents and a hopeful email.

Members

Continuing education and certification programs, paid or free, with credit tracking, certificates and renewal cycles — the machinery a member education program needs to be taken seriously.

Chapters and program partners

Branded learning environments per chapter, consistent organizational standards, local administration scoped to the right people, and reporting that consolidates back to the national office.

Replace training spreadsheets with automated workflows

The problem in most nonprofits is not that people refuse to train. It is that training lives in seven places at once: an email thread, a shared drive, a spreadsheet someone maintains by hand, a stack of PDFs, and a webinar recording nobody can find. The consequences are predictable.

  • Volunteers get inconsistent onboarding depending on who was free that week.
  • Coordinators chase completions by hand, one message at a time.
  • Certification and safeguarding renewals get missed until something forces the issue.
  • Board, funder and audit reports are assembled manually, every single time.

What MyPass does instead

  • Automated role-based assignment. Adding someone to a role starts their path — no manual enrollment step.
  • Reminder workflows. Deadlines and renewals chase themselves on a schedule you set once.
  • Completion records and audit trails. Every completion timestamped and attributable, which is what an auditor actually asks for.
  • Certification and credit tracking. Hours, expiry dates and certificates handled as data, not as a spreadsheet convention.
  • Branded learner portals. Volunteers see your organization, not a vendor's product.
  • Filtered exports and dashboards. Pull the slice a funder asked for — program, chapter, date range — and export it.
  • Reusable learning paths and multi-chapter administration. Build once, run everywhere, delegate locally.

Common nonprofit training programs

Six programs account for most of what mission-driven organizations actually run.

Volunteer onboarding and recertification

New volunteers reach their first shift already oriented, and returning volunteers are re-checked on schedule instead of on memory.

Staff compliance and development

Required policy training is completed and evidenced, and development paths give small teams a growth track without a training department.

Member education and certification

Member programs earn credits and issue certificates automatically, making continuing education a service members renew for rather than an administrative burden.

Chapter and partner training

Every chapter delivers the same standard under its own branding, and the national office sees the whole picture without collecting spreadsheets.

Safeguarding and program compliance

Safeguarding, data protection and program-specific requirements stay current continuously, so a lapse is caught by the system rather than by an incident.

Funder, board and grant reporting

Participation and completion evidence is exportable on demand, turning a reporting cycle that used to consume days into a filtered export.

Pricing that does not penalize reach

Per-registered-user pricing is a poor fit for nonprofit reality. Volunteer bases are seasonal, membership grows in waves, and a chapter network adds hundreds of accounts that may each log in twice a year. Under per-seat licensing, every one of those people is a line item — so growing the program raises the bill. MyPass does not charge per seat on any plan.

Self-hosted
Free Community Edition

Free to self-host, with unlimited registered users. Your organization supplies and manages the infrastructure, database, backups, updates, uptime and security. Currently in private preview — join the waitlist to get access.

Join the Community Edition waitlist

Nonprofit eligibility is verified by our team — send your registration document and the discount applies to every plan tier from then on.

Works with the systems your members already live in

Training data is only useful when it reaches the record that matters. MyPass includes native integration with 8 association management platforms, so member records, enrollment rules and completed credits move between systems instead of being re-keyed by staff.

iMIS Nimble AMS MemberClicks Fonteva NetForum YourMembership GrowthZone Personify

Beyond that list, MyPass connects through its REST API and supports single sign-on, so learners use the credentials they already have. If you run a nonprofit CRM rather than an association management system, talk to our team about scope before you assume either way — we would rather size the work honestly than promise a connector that turns into a project.

How implementation works

Connect or import your people

Staff, volunteers, members and chapters come in by import or through your existing member system.

Create or import courses, then assign by role

Bring your own material or use the built-in library, and attach it to roles and programs rather than to individuals.

Let the automation run

Reminders, completion tracking, renewals, certificates and reporting continue without further administration.

Evidence, not adjectives

One example of what long-term use looks like in a mission-driven certification organization.

“We have been a Kprise client for over four years and Kprise has constantly been there to support our needs.”

Shawn D. · Founder & Director, American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence

The American Board has run national teacher certification on MyPass since 2016 — candidate registration, program delivery, background-check steps and audit-ready records in one system. Read the full customer story.

Nonprofit LMS questions, answered

What is an LMS for nonprofits?

A learning management system built around how mission-driven organizations actually train: volunteers, staff, members and chapters in one platform. It assigns training by role, tracks completions and certifications, and produces the participation evidence funders, boards and accreditors ask for.

How is a nonprofit LMS different from a corporate LMS?

Corporate systems assume a stable headcount of employees with company email addresses. Nonprofits train seasonal volunteers, dues-paying members and chapter networks alongside staff — populations that grow unpredictably. That makes per-seat licensing costly and makes multi-audience, multi-chapter administration essential rather than optional.

Can MyPass train volunteers, staff, members, and chapters?

Yes — that combination is the design center of the product. Each audience gets its own learning paths, its own assignment rules and appropriate administrative scope, while reporting consolidates across all of them. Chapters can be administered locally without losing the national view.

Can volunteers complete training on a phone?

Yes. The learner experience runs in a mobile browser, so volunteers can complete assigned training on a phone or tablet without installing anything. This matters most for field and event volunteers who never sit at a desk during their shift.

Does MyPass integrate with nonprofit CRMs and association systems?

MyPass includes native integration with 8 association management platforms: iMIS, Nimble AMS, MemberClicks, Fonteva, NetForum, YourMembership, GrowthZone, and Personify. Other systems connect through the REST API, and single sign-on lets learners use existing credentials. For a specific nonprofit CRM, ask us to confirm scope rather than assuming a connector exists.

How does nonprofit pricing work?

Verified nonprofits and associations receive a 20% ongoing discount that stacks with annual billing, plus a 60-day trial instead of the standard 15 days. Managed hosting starts at $99 per month with unlimited registered users, so growing your volunteer or member base does not raise the price.

What is included in the free self-hosted edition?

The Community Edition is free to self-host with unlimited registered users and no license fee. Your organization provides the infrastructure and owns backups, updates, uptime and security. It is currently in private preview, so access starts with the waitlist rather than an immediate download.

How quickly can a nonprofit launch?

That depends on how ready your content and people data are, not on the software. Organizations with courses prepared and a clean list of learners move quickly; those still writing curriculum take longer. The 60-day nonprofit trial exists so you can find out with your own material before committing.

Train More People Without Adding More Administration

Staff development, volunteer onboarding, member education, certification tracking and funder reporting can run from one nonprofit LMS — and stay affordable as the number of people you reach grows.

20% ongoing nonprofit discount · Unlimited registered users · No credit card required · Read the nonprofit LMS buyer's guide