National Nonprofit Day profile picture frame
One day to say thank you to the people who keep the work going.
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National Nonprofit Day is August 17. Most of the work at a nonprofit is done by people nobody names, and this is the one day the sector points at them.
A frame makes that visible. Your staff, your volunteers, and your donors put the same thing on their photo, and for a day your whole network is wearing it. Free, no signup, and nothing on the photo they download.
How to celebrate National Nonprofit Day
Name one person, publicly
Not "thank you to all nonprofit workers". One name, and the specific thing they did. It takes thirty seconds, it is the post they will screenshot, and it is the version their board actually reads.
Give an hour instead of a dollar
Most small nonprofits are short on hands before they are short on money. Ask a local organisation what they need doing in August rather than guessing, and you will usually get a very concrete answer.
Share their post, not yours
A repost from a real person reaches people the organisation cannot. If you only do one thing, find a nonprofit you care about and put their words in front of your network instead of your own.
Set up something small and recurring
Ten dollars a month is worth more to a small nonprofit than a hundred once, because it is money they can plan around. August is a quiet enough month that the decision is not competing with year-end appeals.
Wear the frame for the day
Add it to your profile picture so the people who follow you see the day exists. It takes about ten seconds, costs nothing, and asks nothing of anyone who sees it.
What National Nonprofit Day is
National Nonprofit Day is marked each year on August 17. It was established to recognise the sector's contribution and, just as importantly, the individual people inside it who rarely get named in an annual report.
It sits at a useful point in the calendar. Late August is after the summer lull and before the autumn fundraising season begins in earnest, which makes it a natural moment to re-engage a list that has gone quiet without asking anyone for money.
How organisations mark it
Thank staff and volunteers by name
The strongest posts on this day are specific. Naming five volunteers and what they actually did outperforms a generic thank-you graphic every time, because it gives those five people something to reshare.
Give the team something to wear
A shared profile frame turns a one-off post into a day-long presence. Every staff member who adds it puts your organisation in front of their own network, which is an audience your page cannot reach on its own.
Say what the year actually looked like
Not a highlight reel. One honest number, one thing that was harder than expected, one thing that worked. Donors read past polish, and August is a low-stakes moment to practise that voice before year-end appeals.
Ask for nothing
A day of gratitude with no donate button attached buys more goodwill than it costs in missed revenue. The ask lands better in November if August was genuinely a thank-you.
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Be the first
No one has run a National Nonprofit Day campaign yet.
Make the frame, share one link, and your supporter count starts moving today.
Create a campaignCampaign ideas
- Make a frame in your brand colours and send the link to staff and board the morning of August 17.
- Pair the frame with a post naming individual volunteers, and tag them so they can reshare it.
- Ask long-time volunteers for a one-sentence answer to "why do you keep showing up", and run them across the day.
- Send the frame link to partner organisations, so the day reads as a sector moment rather than self-promotion.
- Use the same frame internally on Slack and Teams avatars, not just public social.
- Save the campaign link. Run it again next August rather than starting over.
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Common questions
When is National Nonprofit Day?
August 17 every year. In 2026 it falls on a Monday, which makes it easy to build a full working day of posts around.
Is Ollabs free for nonprofits?
Yes, and it stays free. No signup, and no watermark on the photo your supporters download. We never charge supporters, which is the difference between us and most alternatives.
Do our staff and volunteers need accounts?
No. They open the link, add their photo, and download it. There is nothing to install and nothing to sign up for.
Can we use our own logo and brand colours?
Yes. Set exact hex values, or upload a finished frame design as a transparent PNG.
Can we reuse the campaign next year?
Yes. Keep the dashboard link, or start a fresh campaign with the same design so the new year gets its own supporter count.
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Run it for your organisation
Make the frame once, share one link, and watch the supporter count move. Takes about a minute.
Create a campaign