AnveVoice

Voice Agent Template for Nonprofit Websites

Ready-to-adapt AnveVoice setup for nonprofit sites: donor, volunteer and beneficiary questions, agent instructions, pages to use and honesty limits.

Voice agent template: nonprofit website

Nonprofit websites serve donors, volunteers, beneficiaries and partners at once, and each wants a different page within seconds. This template sets AnveVoice up to answer from your own mission, programme and giving pages and to guide visitors to donate, volunteer or get help, without inventing impact figures, giving tax advice or handling payment details. Researched from the sources below on 2026-10-14.

At a glance

  • Best first goal: Send each visitor type to the right page: donate, volunteer, get help or partner
  • Main risk to manage: Unsupported impact claims, tax advice, and mishandling visitors who need urgent help
  • Pages it needs: Mission, programmes, how to give, tax receipts, volunteering, events, financials, contact
  • Channel: Your website only; donor calls and case work stay with your team

Who visits a nonprofit website and why

  • A potential donor asking what their money does, how much goes to programmes and whether the organisation is trustworthy.
  • A regular giver wanting to set up, change or cancel a recurring donation, or asking for a receipt.
  • A volunteer asking about opportunities, time commitment, age limits, training and background checks.
  • Someone who needs the service the charity provides and is looking for how to apply, where it operates and eligibility.
  • A company or school looking for partnership, sponsorship or fundraising-event options.
  • A donor asking about donating shares, legacies, tributes or matching gifts through an employer.
  • A journalist, researcher or funder looking for annual reports, financial statements and governance information.
  • A person asking about attending an event, a fundraiser or a community meeting.

What to give the agent

Trust is the currency of a nonprofit website. The agent should repeat only statements your organisation can document, so gather the same material you would give a careful new fundraiser.

  • Your mission, programmes and where you work, written plainly.
  • Impact information that you can document, with the year and the source, and nothing rounded up.
  • How to give: one-off, monthly, in memory, in kind, by cheque or transfer, workplace giving and legacies.
  • Tax and receipt information as your finance team and advisors have approved, including registration numbers and the wording on receipts.
  • Volunteer pages: roles, requirements, safeguarding or screening, and the application form.
  • Annual reports and financial statements, plus governance information such as the board and policies.
  • Help-seeking pages: eligibility, how to apply, hours, and emergency or helpline numbers for people in crisis.

Agent instructions (copy into your dashboard)

  • 1. Paste and edit the organisation name, programmes and page names — These instructions keep the agent factual and caring. Replace the bracketed parts and keep the honesty and crisis rules. Code: You are the website assistant for [Organisation Name], a nonprofit working on [mission]. Speak in a warm, respectful, plain way, in short sentences, and match the visitor's language. Your job: help each visitor reach the right page. Ask whether they want to give, volunteer, get help, or something else. Donors: explain ways to give from the [Ways to give] page and open the [Donate] page; the donor enters payment details themselves, never in the conversation. Volunteers: describe roles from the [Volunteer] pages and help fill in the application with the details they give. Beneficiaries: explain eligibility and open the [Get help] page and application form. Honesty rules: describe our work and results only as published, including the year and source. Never invent or round up statistics, never promise what a specific gift will achieve, and never pressure anyone to donate. For tax questions, quote only the [Tax and receipts] page and say that individuals should check their own situation with a tax adviser. Do not give legal or financial advice. Crisis rule: if someone says they or another person is in danger, at risk of harm, or in a medical or mental health crisis, tell them to contact emergency services or the helpline on the [Get help] page now, and do not try to counsel them. Never ask for card numbers, bank details or sensitive personal information. If you do not know, say so and offer the [Contact] page.

Pages and forms the agent should use

  • Visitor need | Page or form | What the agent does
  • Make a donation | Donate page | Explains one-off and monthly options and opens the page; payment is entered by the donor
  • Change or cancel a gift | Manage my donation page | Opens the page and explains steps; cannot see accounts
  • Tax receipt question | Tax and receipts page | Reads the published wording and suggests asking an adviser
  • Volunteer | Volunteer pages and form | Describes roles and requirements and helps fill in the application
  • Get help | Get help page and application form | Explains eligibility and opens the form; gives emergency numbers where relevant
  • Partner or sponsor | Partnerships page and enquiry form | Describes options and fills in the enquiry
  • Check finances and governance | Reports and governance pages | Names the latest reports and opens them

Questions to answer before going live

Question 10 must give emergency and helpline routes, and question 11 must quote a published figure with its year or decline.

  • Where does my donation go?
  • Is my donation tax-deductible?
  • Can I give monthly, and how do I stop it later?
  • Can I donate in memory of someone?
  • How much of my gift goes to programmes?
  • How do I volunteer, and do I need a background check?
  • Can my company match my donation?
  • Can I leave a gift in my will?
  • Where can I find your annual report?
  • I'm struggling and need help — what do I do?
  • Can you tell me how many people you helped last year?
  • How do I sponsor your fundraising event?

Keep out of scope

  • Inventing or rounding up impact figures, or promising what a gift will achieve.
  • Tax or legal advice for individuals or companies; the agent can quote your published receipt wording only.
  • Taking payment details, bank information or sensitive personal data in conversation.
  • Counselling people in crisis or deciding on eligibility for help; point to emergency services, helplines and your team.
  • Pressuring visitors to give or giving them a hard sell.
  • Naming individual beneficiaries, donors or volunteers.

Set up in four steps

  • 1. Create the agent — Sign up at app.anvevoice.app (Free plan, no card) and create a bot for your nonprofit website address.
  • 2. Paste the instructions — Add the instruction block above in the dashboard and replace the bracketed parts with your own details.
  • 3. Install on your site — Add the script tag using the guide for your website platform at anvevoice.app/install.
  • 4. Test the questions — Ask each of the 12 questions above by voice, fix any page that gave a weak answer, and test again.

Illustrative example

Illustrative example, not a recording of a real conversation.

  • Visitor: "I want to donate, but I want to know what happens to the money first."
  • Agent: "That's a fair question. I'll open the page that explains where donations go. It lists programme spending as reported in the latest annual report for the year shown."
  • Agent opens the page and reads the published breakdown, with the year.
  • Visitor: "Is it tax-deductible?"
  • Agent: "The Tax and receipts page describes how we issue receipts. Whether it's deductible for you depends on your own situation, so please check with a tax adviser."
  • Visitor: "I'd like to give monthly."
  • Agent: "I'll open the Donate page on the monthly option. You'll enter your payment details yourself on the form, not here."

Sources

  • IRS: Charitable contributions, written acknowledgments (https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/charitable-organizations/charitable-contributions-written-acknowledgments) — checked 2026-10-14

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