Do more with every donor dollar

Nonprofit organizations operate on a foundation of trust and purpose. Every dollar from a donor, every hour from a volunteer, and every resource acquired must be channeled toward making the best impact. This means administrative tasks like purchasing supplies—while essential—can feel like a distraction from your core mission. Rethinking your procurement process is an opportunity to reclaim valuable time and resources, ensuring more of your budget directly supports the communities you serve.

For many nonprofits, purchasing is a manual and fragmented process. It often involves multiple suppliers, complex approvals, and time-consuming paperwork. This not only drains staff bandwidth but also makes it difficult to track spending, maintain compliance, and demonstrate financial stewardship to your board and donors. Modernizing procurement helps you solve these challenges. It provides the visibility and control needed to manage funds responsibly, while empowering your team to get what they need quickly and easily.

A central hub for your organization's purchasing

Amazon Business simplifies how your nonprofit buys supplies by bringing everything into one central, online spot. With a familiar shopping experience that most people already know how to use, your staff and volunteers can quickly find and order what they need. You can consolidate purchases from hundreds of thousands of suppliers, reducing the time spent searching for items and negotiating with different vendors.

Additionally, we integrate with over 300 leading software applications. If you use an eProcurement system like SpendBridge, your team can access Amazon Business directly through a secure "Punchout" experience. Single Sign-On (SSO) capabilities allow users to log in with their existing company credentials, streamlining access and enhancing security.

Tools designed for nonprofit needs

We offer a suite of features that give you control over spending while providing flexibility for your team.

• Policy and compliance: With Buying Policies and Approvals, you can guide your team’s purchasing decisions and set rules to prefer, restrict, or block certain products or categories to align with your organization’s guidelines. Custom approval workflows help reinforce your policies without creating unnecessary bottlenecks. For teams with Business Prime, Guided Buying can make these choices more intuitive for shoppers by highlighting preferred options and flagging restricted ones. These tools support your compliance efforts by providing structure and visibility, while preserving flexibility for your staff.

• Financial visibility: Spend Visibility dashboards provide a clear, visual overview of your organization's spending. Use analytics and Supplier Analysis to identify purchasing patterns, pinpoint savings opportunities, and create detailed reports for your stakeholders.

• Smarter savings: Beyond competitive pricing and quantity discounts, qualified organizations can enroll in the Amazon Tax Exemption Program (ATEP) to make tax-free purchases on eligible orders. To improve cash flow, use Pay by Invoice for 30-day payment terms. Eligible Business Prime members can even get extended terms of 45 or 60 days.

• Convenient delivery: Manage when and where you receive orders. With a Business Prime membership, you can use Amazon Day to have all your eligible orders arrive on the same day each week, reducing interruptions and packaging.
   

Align your spending with your mission

Your purchasing can be a powerful extension of your values. We make it simple to buy from sellers that reflect your mission. Set policies to favor local businesses, prioritize certified diverse suppliers, or highlight products with the Climate Pledge Friendly label. Aligning purchases with your organization’s values also helps demonstrate to donors and stakeholders how spending directly supports your mission.

Amplify your impact with giving tools

We also provide innovative ways to connect with donors and serve your recipients more effectively.

• Donation Driver: Create curated wish lists of needed items and embed them directly on your website. Donors can purchase these items, and we ship them straight to your recipients. This simplifies the giving process for everyone and provides you with the data needed to thank donors and report on your impact.

• Business Giving: For a different approach, you can use pre-funded digital vouchers. Create a curated catalog of approved products and send vouchers to recipients, giving them the flexibility to choose exactly what they need. This method empowers recipients while ensuring donor funds are spent as intended.

By streamlining procurement with Amazon Business, nonprofits can save time, reduce costs, and focus more on what matters most—advancing their mission. The efficiencies gained not only empower your team but also make a meaningful difference for donors and the communities you serve.