Video Editor for Nonprofits

• Captions donors can read on mute

  Feeds autoplay without sound, so an uncaptioned appeal gets scrolled past before anyone hears it. EchoWave transcribes speech automatically with word-level timestamps, then you pick from 176 caption presets, including word-by-word karaoke styles. Fix any misheard name and adjust per-word color or emphasis before burning the captions in.

• Subtitles in 86 languages

  Translate finished subtitles into 86 languages with the built-in subtitle translator, a Pro feature, or show two languages at once with bilingual subtitles. Import an existing SRT or VTT file, or download SRT, VTT, TXT, and JSON for your website player on a paid plan. Programs serving several language communities can publish one video per language from a single edit.

• Cut interviews by editing the transcript

  A 40-minute beneficiary interview becomes a 90-second story faster when you cut text instead of scrubbing a timeline. Delete a sentence in the transcript and the video cut happens for you. Automatic filler word and silence removal strips the ums and long pauses without touching the parts that matter.

• Templates your volunteers can fill

  Build a template once with placeholders for text, images, and video, then anyone on the team swaps in this month's content without breaking the layout. Bulk rendering from a CSV turns one template into up to 100 personalized videos, handy for quote videos thanking individual donors by name.

• A video editor for nonprofits that runs on any laptop

  EchoWave runs in the browser and renders on a cloud farm, so the donated 2018 laptop in your office exports at the same speed as new hardware. Nothing to install means nothing for an IT volunteer to approve or maintain. Chromebooks, Macs, and Windows machines all work.

• A brand kit for a consistent look

  Save your organization's colors and logos, and upload the fonts from your style guide so they show up in the text style picker. Every event recap and appeal looks like it came from the same team, even when it came from three different volunteers. The same kit works for small business projects if your org runs a social enterprise arm.

• Record appeals right in the browser

  The built-in recorder studio captures your screen, webcam, or voice, with a teleprompter so your executive director can deliver a year-end appeal in one take. Recordings land straight on the timeline, ready for trimming and captions.

• Echo, an AI assistant inside the editor

  Ask Echo in plain English to caption a video in a specific style, tighten an interview, or blur a face to protect a beneficiary's privacy, and it edits with 39 built-in tools. It saves a checkpoint before big changes, so one click reverts anything you don't like.

1. 1

   Upload your footage

   Drag in phone interviews, b-roll, event photos, and audio in MP4, MOV, WebM, AVI, MP3, or WAV. The canvas sizes itself to your first clip, and you can change the aspect ratio at any point.

2. 2

   Cut the story

   Trim and split clips on the multi-track timeline, or open the transcript and delete sentences to cut the video. Run filler word removal so an interviewee's ums and long pauses disappear automatically.

3. 3

   Caption and brand it

   Generate captions automatically, pick one of 176 presets, and correct any misheard names or places. Add your logo from the brand kit, then close with scrolling end credits to thank sponsors and volunteers.

4. 4

   Preview, then download

   Watch the complete video, then export a free HD MP4 (up to 720p) with a small removable EchoWave watermark badge and a short branded end card. Paid plans remove the badge and add 1080p, with 1440p and 4K on Pro, all rendered in the cloud regardless of your hardware.

• 9:16 Vertical

  • Reels
  • TikTok
  • Shorts
• 16:9 Widescreen

  • YouTube
  • Website
  • Email
• 1:1 Square

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn

• Donor impact stories

  Lay a beneficiary interview on one track, cover it with b-roll on the track above, and let karaoke captions carry the words for muted viewers. Keyframe a slow zoom on still photos to keep the frame moving through longer quotes.

• Fundraising campaign videos

  Cut a 30 to 60 second vertical appeal for Reels and TikTok, then resize the same project to 16:9 for your donation page. Animate a goal tracker or matching-gift deadline with text animations and end on one specific ask.

• Event recaps

  Turn gala or fun-run footage into a highlight reel with beat detection that snaps your cuts to the music you bring. Mix in a photo slideshow with Ken Burns pan and zoom for the moments nobody filmed.

• Volunteer recruitment

  Record current volunteers answering one question each on a webcam, then string the answers together with quick cuts and captions. A 9:16 export fits the local Facebook groups and Instagram feeds where recruits actually scroll.

• Grant reports and board updates

  Record a screen walkthrough of your results dashboard, then edit the transcript to cut the rambles before anyone sees them. Burned-in captions keep the video accessible when funders forward it internally.

• Multilingual community outreach

  With Pro, translate a health workshop or know-your-rights video into any of the 86 subtitle translation languages your community speaks. Bilingual subtitles can show English and a second language on screen at the same time.

Based on each tool's public pages as of July 2026. Plans and nonprofit programs change often, so confirm current details before committing a budget line.