How Affinity’s Single Portal Gives Your Nonprofit an Edge in Fundraising Registration

Managing fundraising registration can easily become overwhelming, especially when you’re dealing with different rules, deadlines, and requirements across multiple states. We’re happy to share that there’s support for navigating the many moving pieces of compliance: The Affinity Single Portal®. Far from “just another” digital tool, it’s a game-changer for nonprofits, and other third-party registration providers alike.

The software that drives the Affinity Single Portal® was designed by Affinity’s registration experts for the primary purpose of streamlining compliance in a transparent manner. No more scrambling to meet registration deadlines or worrying about missing key filings. Whether you’re handling multiple nonprofits, facing a major growth in fundraising reach, or simply trying to stay on top of compliance in a handful of states, the Affinity Single Portal® provides a helping-hand in the complicated world of compliance.

What is the Affinity Single Portal®?

Fundraising registration can get more complex every year with ever-changing regulations. Nonprofits must juggle different state statutes, varying deadlines, and compounding requirements. It’s not just time-consuming, improper registration can be extremely costly. The Affinity Single Portal®, a cloud-based dashboard solution, is designed to make compliance transparent, attainable, and maintainable for nonprofits and other third-party registration providers.

The Affinity Single Portal® brings all of your registration tasks into one streamlined system, allowing you to manage everything from printing forms, filing online, tracking deadlines, and obtaining extensions with ease. What sets it apart is its flexibility: you can scale it to meet your organization’s needs, whether you’re juggling just a few states, navigating nationwide regulations, or have multiple nonprofits each with multiple state filings. With Affinity continuously maintaining and updating the software, you can trust it’s always in sync with the latest filing requirements.

Key Features of the Affinity Single Portal®

The Affinity Single Portal® isn’t just a one-size-fits-all solution—it’s packed with features that cater specifically to the needs of nonprofits and registration providers, such as:

Customizable Service Levels: There are flexible options to fit different needs—Full Support Registration, Independent DIY Registration, or White-Label SaaS solutions for affiliates managing multiple nonprofits. Full Support users benefit from Affinity’s team handling all filings and administrative burden. Independent users gain digital organization tools and auto-filled paperwork exports for easier self-service. SaaS affiliate users can oversee multiple organizations with advanced reports and a streamlined registration workflow.
Hardcopy and Online Filing Support: Some states still require paper forms, while others have evolved to digital filings. The Affinity Single Portal® supports both, making it easier to meet any state’s requirements.
Bulk Filing or Staggered Due Dates: Determine the filing approach that best suits your nonprofit’s needs—submit all registrations at once for streamlined compliance, or stagger them throughout the year to align with states that have deadlines independent of your fiscal year-end.
Specialized Tasks: Stay on top of every registration requirement with due-date tracking and comprehensive progress reports. Easily generate state forms with one click and streamline fiscal year-end to-dos with built-in support tools.

How the Affinity Single Portal® Streamlines Compliance

The Affinity Single Portal® helps mitigate the stress of staying compliant, freeing you up to focus on what really matters: your team’s mission.

Full Support customers only have to enter their information once and review it for any annual changes, while Affinity fully handles all of the specifics of their state registrations.

Independent and Affiliate users can look forward to the following features:

State-Specific Support: You’ll never have to worry about keeping up with each state’s unique filing requirements. Instead of tracking the unique requirements and filing platforms of each state independently, everything is simplified and comprehensively contained within one site.
Automated Processes: Tired of manually tracking forms? Information is retained year after year so repetitive information doesn’t slow you down. The portal handles it all, even auto-populating forms for printing, and organizing information being input directly to state websites. This includes convenient state-specific template guides for online filing requirements, with click-to-copy functionality to reduce the data entry workload.
State Updates: No need to worry about changing laws—Affinity’s expert team stays on top of regulatory changes and updates to state filing requirements. The software is constantly reviewed, so your organization can reliably stay compliant.
Quick Support: The Affinity Single Portal® offers easily accessible support options that will connect you to a member of Affinity’s people-oriented team. To Affinity, you are more than just a number in the database.
Video Tutorials: For visual learners, the Affinity Single Portal® contains simple and straightforward tutorial videos and clickable pop-ups relevant to each task. If at any point in your compliance journey you need support, help is readily available.

Scale Your Organization’s Growth

As your organization grows, the Affinity Single Portal® scales right along with you, providing the flexibility and support needed to handle increasing demands, including:

Cost-Effective Turnkey Solutions: Get up and running quickly with ready-made solutions that don’t break the bank, ensuring you have everything you need to succeed from the start.
State-by-State or Nationwide Compliance: As your organization grows, so does your fundraising reach—expanding into new states often means additional registration requirements. The Affinity Single Portal® scales with your needs, making it easy to adjust and manage registrations in as many states as necessary to support your donor base.
Income-Based Registration Triggers: Your nonprofit’s gross annual revenue plays a key role in determining state registration requirements. Communicate with the Affinity team to adapt to these thresholds, ensuring compliance at every stage.
Continuous Monitoring and Updates: Affinity takes care of maintaining the system, so you can focus on your mission while your data stays securely organized behind the scenes. With each passing year, refiling becomes faster and easier, streamlining your ongoing registration process.
Unlimited Capacity: If you manage multiple nonprofit entities, the Affinity Single Portal® can connect you with as many portals and user-access accounts as you need, without missing a beat.

Fundraising Registration the Affinity Way

When it comes to fundraising registration, compliance isn’t just about following the rules—it’s about peace of mind. The Affinity Single Portal® is designed to give you that and more by staying on top of state regulations and making sure your nonprofit’s filings are always submitted where they need to go.

Our software is built with transparency and flexibility in mind, allowing nonprofits and third-party registration providers to comprehensively customize their experience reliably. With the added support of Affinity’s expertise you can avoid the headaches of compliance and get back to doing what you do best—making a difference in the world. Choosing the Affinity Single Portal® not only simplifies your compliance process, it ensures your organization has the tools it needs to grow and thrive. Contact us today to learn how Affinity can help streamline your journey to compliance.