Nonprofit Answering Service That's Also Your Phone System
Donors, volunteers and the people you serve reach your team first. When nobody can pick up, the AI receptionist answers 24/7, signs up volunteers, points callers to help, and logs every call, human or AI, in one inbox.
Keep your current number: port it over, or simply forward it.
Call it and play one of your customers. It's a demo line for a fictional company.
InboxAllAI answeredYour team
AI
Volunteer sign-up before the drive8:15 AM
How do I sign up to help at today's drive?
Added to the rosterAI answered
M
Major donor9:40 AM
I'd like to increase my monthly gift.
Routed to developmentMaria answered
AI
Someone in need1:10 PM
I was displaced by the fire, where can I get help?
ReferredAI answered
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Press inquiry2:45 PM
I'm a reporter, can I speak to someone about the relief effort?
Routed to commsDavid answered
AI on a call now
Here's an event day. You barely touched your phone.
A real-shaped day. Every call rang your team first. The AI took the ones nobody could, and every call and text landed in one inbox.
7touch points
Nobody on holdevery caller helped without a callback
0asks missed
8:15 AM
CallVolunteer sign-up before the driveAIAI answered
“How do I sign up to help at today's drive?”
Explains the shift, collects their details, adds them to the roster, and texts a reminder, no staff time spent.
Added to the roster · reminder sent
9:40 AM
CallMajor donorMMaria answered
“I'd like to increase my monthly gift.”
Rang the team; Maria took it live on the business number. The call was still transcribed, summarized, and filed on the donor record.
Routed to development · logged
11:30 AM
TextDonor texted a questionAIText · AI replied
New text · 11:30 AM
where do I drop off donations?
You can drop off at 210 Lake Ave, 9-5 today. Need directions or a bigger-item pickup?
directions please
A customer texts your business number instead of calling. The AI replies in seconds and answers from your info, with directions sent by text. The thread lands in the same inbox as your calls.
Replied in seconds · directions sent
1:10 PM
CallSomeone in needAIAI answered
“I was displaced by the fire, where can I get help?”
Shares the right partner-org information, texts the resources, captures their details, and flags the call for a staff member to follow up.
Referred · resources texted
2:45 PM
CallPress inquiryDDavid answered
“I'm a reporter, can I speak to someone about the relief effort?”
The call rang the team; David took it live on the same number and it was logged with a summary for the comms lead.
Routed to comms
5:30 PM
CallHours question after closeAIAI answered
“Are you open tomorrow for donations?”
Answers from your hours and event schedule, so nobody drives down to a closed door.
Answered · logged
8:50 PM
CallAfter-hours donor questionAIAI answered
“Is my online donation tax-deductible?”
Answers the question, texts the receipt and EIN details, and logs it, long after the office has gone home.
Answered · receipt info texted
Monday morning
No more scrolling. Just ask about it.
Ask Fast Response reads every call, text, chat, task and contact on your line. Type a question and get the answer with links to the actual conversations, plus quick actions you can act on.
7 conversations Saturday. 5 handled by the AI and 2 by your team, each with a recording or thread and a summary.
After-hours donor questionHours question after closePress inquiry
Ask about calls, texts, tasks or contacts…
Built around the calls you actually get
Get a Fast Response number and serve more people without burning out your team.
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Never Miss Anyone
Calls, texts, and chats — our mobile and desktop apps let you reach anyone, whether they're on your website or calling and texting. Not available? AI responds automatically.
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Qualify Automatically
When there are specific requirements for the people you help, AI gathers the information you need and takes the actions you choose.
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Automatic Outreach
Recruit volunteers, confirm event attendance, or share important updates and links with your members — automatically.
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Dynamic Call Transfers
AI and in-person calls let you transfer to any phone number, based on criteria you define.
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Answer FAQs
“Are you open this weekend?” “When's the next event?” “Do you provide X for Y?” All handled automatically so you can focus on the mission.
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Unlimited Concurrency
When the line's busy, AI handles the call right away — even if hundreds of people call at once.
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Gain 100% Visibility
In-person and AI calls are recorded, transcribed, and logged to your Fast Response CRM, along with each contact's texts, chats, notes, and files.
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Share & Manage Phone Numbers
Working in teams? Get multiple numbers, or share one number across several teammates.
Running more than one business or location?Switch between them from one login, with one inbox across all of them.
Multi-business · all plans
What's different from forwarding calls to an AI receptionist?
Most AI receptionists just forward the calls you miss to their AI, so they only ever see those. Fast Response is the business line itself, so every call lands in one place.
Forwarding to an AI
Only the calls the AI takes are loggedYou forward the calls you miss to their bot, so that's all it ever sees.
Calls your coordinator answers leave no recordPick up on a cell and there's no recording, transcript, or summary.
Automations fire on the AI's calls onlyRules can't act on a call the system never handled.
Phone line and AI dashboard stay separateTwo tools, two inboxes, nothing joined up.
Fast Response
AI and team calls in one logWhoever answers, the call lands in the same place.
Every call recorded, transcribed & summarizedFiled on the contact automatically, with the texts and chats.
Automations on every call, AI or humanText a booking link to a caller who didn't speak, or text your own rep the second a hot lead comes in.
One business line and inboxCalls, texts, and web chat together, not scattered.
The AI handles the call. Automations act on what happened in it (the category, the summary, the transcript, whether it was resolved) and on your bookings, like a reminder before the appointment. Pick a recipe, edit the text, turn it on.
Call trigger
When someone texts VOLUNTEER, add them to the Volunteers list and reply with next steps.
Call trigger
When the summary mentions donating or giving, tag the caller Donor and text the team.
Call trigger
When a caller needs urgent help, route them to the on-call staff member.
Call trigger
When someone is added to an event list, text them the date, time, and address.
Pay as you go after your allowance, from a prepaid wallet you control. See full pricing
Non-Profits, in depth
Can you afford to miss a call?
Why do nonprofits use an answering service?
Because a small team can't answer every call while running events and outreach, and the person calling may need help right now. Human answering services cost $200-500 a month and just take a message. Fast Response answers on your own line, signs up volunteers, points callers to the right resources, and texts your team a summary. Anyone can pick up any call live from the app, and those calls are logged exactly like the AI's, on a budget a nonprofit can actually carry.
A missed call can be a volunteer who never signs up, or a donor who gives somewhere else.
Answering services charge $200–500 a month, usually per call. Fast Response is $29 for the line and AI answering in up to 40 languages, $79 with team accounts and one shared number for unlimited staff and volunteers, $249 with outbound donor and volunteer campaigns. No per-seat fees, no contract.
During an event or a crisis, calls spike all at once. Fast Response answers every one on the first ring, no busy signal and no hold, sharing the information callers need and routing urgent asks to a staff member by rules you set. When someone calls for help, the AI captures their details and points them to the right program or partner org, and the whole team sees the same log in one inbox.
Fast Response starts at $29/mo, and $79/mo puts your whole team on one number with unlimited users, no per-seat fees and no contract, far below a traditional answering service or a $20K+ CRM. See full pricing →
Yes. Many orgs use Fast Response as their main hotline — answering questions, confirming attendance, and routing urgent asks to staff, around the clock.
Yes. The AI explains the program, collects details, adds volunteers to your roster, and can send reminders so more of them actually show up.
One-to-one follow-ups are included on every plan. Mass outbound calling and texting — recruiting volunteers or thanking donors from a list — is on the Scale plan and requires A2P registration.
Yes. When someone calls for help, the AI shares the right information, texts the resources, captures their details, and flags the call for a staff member to follow up.
Yes. You can port your existing number over to Fast Response, or keep it where it is and forward missed calls to your AI assistant. In our mobile app, your personal calls and Fast Response calls are clearly labeled on the call screen, so you always know which is which.
Yes. On any plan you can place calls and send single texts from the web or mobile app, and the AI can send one-to-one follow-up texts on your behalf. Mass outbound calling and texting — importing a list and launching campaigns — is on the Scale plan and requires A2P registration (approval usually takes 2–3 weeks). You're always in control of what goes out.
The AI answers calls in up to 40 languages and switches to the caller's language automatically. Transcripts are accurate in 10 languages: English, Spanish, French, German, Hindi, Russian, Portuguese, Japanese, Italian and Dutch.
All data is encrypted in transit and stored on U.S.-based servers. Your recordings, transcripts, and summaries stay private unless you choose to share them, and we never sell your data.
Stop sending customers to voicemail
Get your AI business line answering calls, texts, and chats in about five minutes. Keep your current number: port it or forward it.
