Jean for nonprofits
Free AI, for every volunteer.
The grant application, the AGM minutes, the members’ newsletter, the accounts, the poster for the summer fair: ask in your own words or with your notes, and get them back done. Everyone opens it in their own browser, with no seats to pay for.
Try it with the AGM minutesSend to the board
- Free, with no seats to count
- Nothing to install, phones included
- Files stay on the device
Nine in ten have no paid staff at all.
In France, it all rests on volunteers, in the evenings and at weekends, on their own computers and phones, with no IT department and no budget for software.
1.6 millionactive associations in France.Recherches & Solidarités, 2025
9 in 10run without a single employee.Recherches & Solidarités, 2025
Nearly 13 millionvolunteers, 5.5 million of them every week.Recherches & Solidarités, 2025
Jean is free for everyone: no seats, no discount to apply for, no proof to send. Each volunteer opens it in their browser, on their own device.
Recherches & Solidarités, La France associative en mouvement, 23rd edition, October 2025
Your nonprofit’s jobs, done.
Each button opens Jean on a real request, with sample notes. Swap in your own afterwards.
The grant application
Write the project description for our grant application to the town council, as a Word document, from these notes: a community bike workshop open on Saturdays, 120 bikes repaired in 2025, €3,000 asked for tools and a workshop space.
You getA Word document, to carry into the application
Try itThe AGM minutes
Write the minutes of our annual general meeting on 14 March, as a Word document, from these notes: 38 members present, the annual report and the accounts approved unanimously, the membership fee raised to €20, Claire elected treasurer.
You getMinutes in Word, ready to sign
Try itWrite the April newsletter to our members: the summer fair on 14 June, our new treasurer, and a call for volunteers to run the refreshments stall.
You getText to paste into your email
Try itThe year’s accounts
Our sample spreadsheet, a year of drinks sales, with its question: “Which product grew the most over the year? Show it as a chart.”
You getA chart, its totals worked out by code, on this computer
Try it on a sample spreadsheetThe summer fair’s poster
Make an A4 poster in Word for our summer fair on Sunday 14 June, 8 am to 5 pm, on the village green, with a drawing.
You getA poster to print, drawing included
Try itAnd the rest
The refreshments rota, the membership list, a letter to the council, a translation for the families you welcome: ask in your own words.
Open Jean
Numbers are worked out, not guessed. Read the words as you would a fellow board member’s.
Before the board says yes.
Four questions come up in every nonprofit. Here are the answers, with no small print.
What does it cost?
Jean is free, for as many volunteers as you like: no seats, no subscription, no key to ask for. The AI that answers can be free too.
- Start for free: a free account at a provider, limited each day.
- With no account at all, on a computer with 12 GB of memory and a recent graphics chip.
- Or an AI one of you already pays for.
On our own devices?
Yes, with nothing to install: a recent browser is enough, on a computer, a tablet or a phone.
- No Jean account: there isn’t one.
- Everyone keeps their work in their browser; a backup keeps it safe.
- The private AI needs a computer, not a phone.
And our members’ data?
The membership list stays encrypted on the device of whoever opens it. There is no Jean server.
- What you send to an online AI goes to its provider, on its terms.
- With the private AI, nothing leaves the computer, even offline.
- Sending, sharing or deleting: Jean asks you first.
And those who have never used AI?
One box, nothing to learn first. Suggestions come when they help, in one sentence, and “No thanks” is for good.
- Ask Jean what you can ask it: two or three ideas, one to try right away.
- A task is shared by link: whoever opens it carries it on at home.
- AI can be wrong: read it through before you sign or send.
An AI charter, adopted by the board.
Who uses it, for what, and what never goes in: a template in plain words, written with Jean and returned as a Word file.
What Jean doesn’t do.
- Set up the whole nonprofit at once: each volunteer sets Jean up on their own device.
- Open an account or send an invoice to the nonprofit: Jean costs nothing.
- Let several people edit one document at once: a shared task becomes the task of whoever opens it.
- Keep your work if the browser’s data is cleared: make a backup.
- Run the private AI on a phone: it needs a computer with 12 GB of memory.
- Replace the accountant, the lawyer or the members’ vote.
Your questions.
Is it really free for a nonprofit?
Yes. Jean is free, open-source software for everyone, with no seats to count: there is no discount to apply for and no proof to send.
Does the nonprofit need a key or an account?
No. Nobody needs a key to use Jean. A key is only for an organisation that hosts its own Jean, with its own settings; for a nonprofit, it is free.
Then which AI answers?
The one you choose at the first message: Start for free, with a free OpenRouter account, limited each day; a private AI, on a capable computer; or an AI you already pay for.
What about our membership list?
It stays encrypted on the device of whoever opens it. Before sending any of it to an online AI, ask whether it needs it: whatever you send goes to its provider. For what is sensitive, the private AI lets nothing out.
Can we work on it together?
Each on their own device. A task is shared by a link, sealed in your browser: only those with the link can read it, and whoever has Jean carries it on at home.
Does it work on volunteers’ phones?
Yes, in the browser, with nothing to install. Only the private AI needs a computer.
In which languages?
In 46, right to left included, and you can switch mid-conversation: useful to nonprofits that welcome people from elsewhere.
Do volunteers need training?
Not to start: one box, and suggestions when they help. After that, anyone can ask Jean what they can ask it.
Start with the next AGM.
- Open Jean in your browser.
- Choose the AI that answers: free with an account, or private on this computer.
- Send this page to the board and the volunteers.
Try it with the AGM minutesSend to the board
Nothing to install, and Jean costs nothing.
A nonprofit with staff and an IT department that wants to host its own Jean: Jean Enterprise.