Story Engine is an AI tool that helps nonprofits, schools, and community organizations collect real stories through interviews by video, phone, or typing, and turn them into ready-to-share content.
Your first interview is free.
Invite people to share by chat, phone, photo, or video. Ellie asks thoughtful questions that build on each answer, and you get a finished, branded piece.
“Applying to college felt huge. Dana broke it into small steps.”
Amara and her Larkspur mentor, Dana, met every week to work through applications. This fall, she starts at Riverside Community College.
But most disappear before you need them. Story Engine collects them while they’re still fresh, in people’s own words.
“Eleven teens started their college aid forms at our fair.”
“Mentoring Will is the best part of my week.”
“My mentor helped me apply to college, one step at a time.”
Example stories. Names and details are made up.
But most organizations don’t have the time or resources to collect even one story.
That’s why we created Story Engine.
Pick who to interview and how they’d like to answer. Ellie asks the questions.
Storytellers choose what your team can use, and they can change their mind anytime.
Story Engine drafts posts, emails, and articles in your voice from one interview.
Every interview, quote, photo, and piece is saved and ready for your next report, grant, or appeal.
Story Engine’s Ethical Storytelling Framework checks every draft as you write, so you can tell dignity-centered, solutions-oriented stories without slowing down.
Gather the stories your appeals, reports, and grants need, even with a small team.
“My mentor helped me apply, one step at a time,” Amara says.
Your gift helps the next teen get there too.
Built for nonprofits telling the stories behind their impact.
Story Engine suggests the stories your team is missing, then helps you ask the right person to share them.
Learn more →Ellie finds facts in published studies and reports and shows where each one came from, so readers can trust what you share.
Learn more →Your team leaves comments on any draft. Tag Ellie and she makes the change.
Learn more →Put up a QR code and anyone who scans can share. Your team gets one summary email a day.
Learn more →For a small team collecting stories every month
Includes:
For teams publishing across programs and channels
Everything in Foundation, and:
For large organizations with many locations
Everything in Growth, and:
Every team can start free with one interview and one piece. Priced per team, never per seat.
Usage depends on what you make. You'll get a heads-up before anything big, and you can see what you've used any time.
| Video, voice or phone interviewsFull consent form, transcript and summary | Most |
| Long or strategic piecesAppeals, press releases, case studies, grant narratives | More |
| Everyday piecesSocial posts, emails, newsletters, blog posts, typed interviews | Some |
| Asking Ellie to change a piece, fresh ideas | A little |
| Setup, brand voice, the ethics check, and Ellie's help using the app | Free |
A person on our team edits a piece before you share it. On any paid plan, priced per piece, and never taken from your plan's usage.
| Social post, short email, testimonial, invitationBack in 2 days | $25 |
| Fundraising appeal, stewardship update, newsletterBack in 2 days | $75 |
| Blog post, impact story, spotlightBack in 3 days | $100 |
| Press release, case studyBack in 3 days | $150 |
| Grant narrative, grant reportBack in 5 days | $225 |
Monthly review budget: pay $450 a month, get $500 of human review Save 10%. Unused review carries over one month.
Add $25 of extra usage any time.
Used only after your plan's usage runs out. It never expires. Set a monthly limit, or turn on auto top-up.
Need human review back in 24 hours? Rush adds half the price.
Weekends don't count toward the 24 hours.
Yoonji and Cory spent years helping nonprofits tell their stories at Good Creatives, and watched great ones slip away because no one had time to collect them. Story Engine is how they’re making sure every organization can capture its impact.
Read our story
Build the storytelling infrastructure your organization has been missing.
Your first interview is free.
Jess