Find the right charity from a Slack message
Keep charity research close to the conversation. Ask in Slack and get relevant Daffy search results to review.
Trigger
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Action
Search Non-Profits
Tool to search non-profit organizations by cause id and query text. use when you need to find nonprofits matching a search term or a specific cause.
Why this helps
Switching between chat and charity research makes small giving decisions harder to finish.
- Reduces context switching during charity research
- Keeps the original request as the starting point
- Returns options for a person to review before giving
Setup
Build it in a few focused steps.
- 1Connect Slack and Daffy to Notis once in the portal.
- 2Create an automation in Automations -> New Automation, or ask Notis to create it conversationally.
- 3Use one instruction: search Daffy for nonprofits matching the cause or organization named in each Slack channel message, and report the results.
- 4Choose the Slack channel message trigger and a channel for run reports.
- 5Test with a real channel request for a charity search.
Questions about this workflow
Does this make a donation?
No. It searches Daffy for nonprofits and reports matching results for review.
What should the Slack message include?
Name a cause, charity, or search phrase clearly so Notis has useful terms to look up.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
Supported Triggers and Actions
Notis builds workflows that link Slack to Daffy. A trigger fires from one place; an action lands in another.
Slack triggers
Daffy actions
Recurring trigger
Notis starts this workflow on a schedule, such as daily, weekly, or during business hours.
Create Gift
Tool to create a new charitable gift. use when you have recipient details and amount ready.
Webhook trigger
Notis starts this workflow when an external tool or custom backend sends an HTTP request.
Get Balance
Tool to retrieve the authenticated user's fund balance. use after authenticating to confirm account funds.
New Channel Created Trigger
Triggered when a new channel is created in Slack.
Get Contributions
Tool to retrieve list of contributions to the authenticated user's fund. use when needing to paginate through contribution history.
Channel Message Received
Triggered when a message is posted in a Slack channel (public, private, or multi-party IM). Does NOT match direct messages.
Get Donations
Tool to retrieve a list of donations for the authenticated user. use after authentication to fetch donation history.
Direct Message Received
Triggered when a new direct message (DM) is sent to a user in Slack. Catches all DMs across all DM channels.
Get Gift by Code
Tool to retrieve details of a specific gift by its unique code. use after obtaining the gift code.
Message Reaction Added
Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get Gifts
Tool to retrieve a list of gifts. use when you need to page or filter gifts.
Message Reaction Removed
Triggered when a reaction is removed from a message in Slack. Supports optional filtering by channel and emoji name.
Get Non-Profit by EIN
Tool to retrieve information about a non-profit organization by ein. use after confirming the correct nine-digit ein.
Reaction Added Trigger
DEPRECATED: use `SLACK_MESSAGE_REACTION_ADDED` instead. Triggered when a reaction is added to a message in Slack.
Get User Causes
Tool to retrieve a list of causes for a specified user. use after confirming the user id is valid.
Connect any two apps with Notis in the middle.
Slack and Daffy, or any other combination from 1,000+ integrations.
When this happens · Trigger
Do this · Action
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