Cots, and the people to set them up. One bill.
Goods and people are the same coordination problem
A shelter short of cots is also short of people to set them up. Most organizations run those two shortfalls in two systems with two invoices. ImpactMatrix includes ImpactVolunteer at no extra cost, with seats shared across both.
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The short answer
An ImpactMatrix subscription includes ImpactVolunteer at no extra cost, and both products draw on the same team seat allotment. Goods and capability are both posted as Needs or Offers and matched by relevance, location and capability, so an organization short of supplies and short of people works one network, one user list and one bill instead of two of each.
What you can do
Why one platform matters operationally, not just commercially.
Skills, language, instruction, logistics planning and transport are all Offers, matched by relevance, location and capability like any pallet.
Your seats cover ImpactMatrix and ImpactVolunteer, so a volunteer coordinator is not a separate contract, a separate user list and a separate reconciliation.
What arrived and who did the work sit in the same platform, which is what makes a complete report possible rather than two partial ones.
A corporate partner offering surplus and employee time is one relationship. Splitting it across two systems is an artefact of software procurement, not of the work.
Why the split exists at all
The problem
Volunteer management and in-kind coordination grew up as separate software categories, so organizations buy two products, maintain two user lists, and reconcile them by hand when a funder asks what a response actually took.
What the platform does
Goods and capability posted into the same matching network, with ImpactVolunteer included and seats shared across both products.
The artifact
A single record of a response covering material and people — and one subscription line instead of two.
Not a volunteer scheduling suite
Dedicated volunteer management platforms handle large-scale shift rostering, hour tracking and recognition, and organizations whose primary need is that should use them. What is distinctive here is that capability sits in the same matching engine as goods, so both halves of a shortfall are answered from one network.
Use ImpactMatrix when
You are short of goods and people at the same time and want one network, one user list and one bill.
Use something else when
Your primary requirement is large-scale shift scheduling and hour tracking as a standalone discipline.
Where this sits in the chain
Every posted need travels the same path. Follow it forward or back.
Questions
Can one platform handle volunteers and in-kind donations?
Yes. An ImpactMatrix subscription includes ImpactVolunteer at no extra cost, and both draw on the same seat allotment. Goods and capability are both posted as Needs or Offers and matched by relevance, location and capability.
Is ImpactVolunteer an add-on cost?
No. It is included with every subscription and shares your seat allotment, so there is no second contract, no separate user list and no reconciliation between two products.
Does this replace dedicated volunteer management software?
Not for organizations whose primary need is large-scale shift rostering and hour tracking. The distinctive value here is capability matched in the same engine as goods, which dedicated volunteer tools do not do.
How do seats work across both products?
One allotment covers both. Seat count changes are made on Billing and take effect at your next bill date, with no mid-cycle charges.
One platform. Every day your mission matters.
Cots, and the people to set them up. One bill.
One network for what you need and who can do it.
ImpactVolunteer included, seats shared, one bill. Free 30-day trial, no credit card.
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