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Group Procurement

The Ihsan Standard pilot cohort buys infrastructure together. We negotiate volume rates with vendors across the standard nonprofit back-office stack — payment processors, hosting, CRM, accounting, analytics, design — and pass the rates through to every cohort org. Free to opt in. Vendor lock-in is not a thing; you can join or leave any vendor relationship at any time.

We prioritize vendors that meet the Ihsan Standard Ethical Supplier Stack rubric (no BDS / Project Nimbus / Uyghur-surveillance exposure) and surface alternatives that sit on the Taʿāwun Muslim-community registry where they exist. Where a category has no qualifying Muslim-community alternative, we negotiate the best rate on the cleanest mainstream option.

How it works

  1. 1

    Browse the catalog

    See every vendor we've negotiated with, the cohort rate, and our ethical-stack notes.

  2. 2

    Pick what you need

    Sign in with UmmahPassport SSO, mark which vendors you want the cohort rate on. We send the intro.

  3. 3

    Onboard with the vendor

    Standard vendor onboarding from there. The cohort rate is permanent once active.

Vendor catalog

Pricing reflects what we’ve confirmed at the most recent vendor negotiation cycle. Rates re-negotiated quarterly; current cohort size drives the leverage.

Payment processing

  • Helcim

    Preferred
    Street price
    Interchange + 0.4% + $0.08
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    Interchange + 0.25% + $0.05

    Honest interchange-plus pricing. Transparent fee schedule. Strong alternative to Stripe for orgs willing to use a less polished UX in exchange for lower donor-side fees.

  • Stax (formerly Fattmerchant)

    Preferred
    Street price
    $99/mo + interchange + $0.08
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    $49/mo + interchange + $0.05 (waived for first 6 months)

    Subscription pricing wins for orgs >$50k/month in donation volume. Predictable monthly cost.

Web hosting

  • Krystal Hosting

    Preferred
    Street price
    $30/mo Pro tier
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    $18/mo Pro tier · UK-based · 100% renewable energy

    Independent UK hosting. No Project Nimbus / BDS-list affiliations. Green-energy certified.

  • GreenGeeks

    Preferred
    Street price
    $10.95/mo
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    $7.95/mo · 3x renewable-energy credits per kWh used

    Carbon-negative hosting via REC purchase. Solid uptime. Reasonable for content sites.

Analytics

  • Plausible Analytics

    Preferred
    Street price
    $9–$69/mo by traffic tier
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    20% off all tiers

    Cookie-less, GDPR-compliant, no Meta/Google data sharing. Clean alternative to GA4.

  • Fathom Analytics

    Preferred
    Street price
    $15–$150/mo
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    15% off all tiers

    Same value prop as Plausible. Pick on UX preference.

Product analytics / session replay

  • PostHog (Cloud)

    Preferred
    Street price
    Pay-as-you-go
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    $500 starter credit + 10% off

    Open-source product analytics. Self-hostable for full data sovereignty.

CRM · donor management

  • Bonterra (formerly EveryAction)

    Street price
    ~$3,000/yr base
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    Nonprofit-cohort discount 25–35% depending on volume

    Mature nonprofit CRM. Strong fundraising + advocacy modules. Negotiation in progress.

  • CiviCRM (self-hosted)

    Preferred
    Street price
    Free; implementation services vary
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    Ihsan Standard implementation partner network · $4,500–$15,000 setup vs. $25k+ market

    Open-source CRM. Significant operational savings if you have technical capacity. Ihsan Standard-vetted implementers available.

Email marketing

  • Mailchimp

    Street price
    Free up to 500; tiered after
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    Standard nonprofit 15% via Intuit nonprofit program

    Standard. Note: Intuit-owned. Consider Buttondown/MailerLite for stronger data position.

  • MailerLite

    Preferred
    Street price
    $10–$30/mo
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    30% nonprofit discount · privacy-first

    Lithuania-based. Strong GDPR posture. Recommend over Mailchimp where features fit.

Accounting

  • QuickBooks Online (Nonprofit)

    Street price
    $30–$200/mo
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    TechSoup nonprofit pricing · 75% off retail

    Industry standard. Note: Intuit-owned (same caveat as Mailchimp). Significant network effects with accountants.

Accounting · purpose-built for nonprofits

  • Aplos

    Preferred
    Street price
    $39–$159/mo
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    20% off all tiers

    Built specifically for nonprofit fund accounting. Native restricted-fund tracking (great for zakāt segregation).

Design tools

  • Canva

    Street price
    Free / $15/mo Pro / $30/mo Teams
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    Canva for Nonprofits · Pro tier free, Teams 50% off

    Standard. Strong nonprofit program.

  • Adobe Creative Cloud

    Street price
    $55/mo all apps
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    TechSoup nonprofit pricing · ~50% off

    For orgs with in-house design needs beyond what Canva handles.

Productivity & email

  • Google Workspace

    Street price
    $6–$18/user/month
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    Google for Nonprofits · free Business Starter tier

    Standard. Note: data routes through Google. For orgs sensitive to that, consider Proton or self-hosted alternatives.

  • Proton (Mail + Drive)

    Preferred
    Street price
    $8/user/month
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    20% nonprofit discount · Swiss-based · end-to-end encrypted

    Strong data-sovereignty posture. Recommended for orgs handling sensitive donor/beneficiary data.

Cryptocurrency donations

  • The Giving Block

    Street price
    1% platform fee
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    Setup fee waived for cohort orgs

    Accepts 100+ cryptocurrencies. Auto-converts to USD or held in crypto per org policy.

Corporate-match widget

  • Double the Donation

    Preferred
    Street price
    $300–$1,500/yr by org size
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    30% off · setup support free

    Embed corporate-match lookup on the donate page. Typical 25–40% lift in donor-initiated matches.

Corporate-match widget · alternative

  • Millie

    Preferred
    Street price
    $0 setup · revenue share
    Ihsan Standard cohort rate
    Standard nonprofit terms · Ihsan Standard-vetted alternative

    Newer entrant. Strong UX. Good fit for orgs with smaller IT capacity.

Get the cohort rate

Sign in with UmmahPassport SSO, mark which vendors you want pricing on, and we’ll send the intro and the rate sheet.

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