For campaign field programs
Volunteer management software that fills every shift
Capstone Volunteer schedules the field program of a local campaign. Import your volunteer list. Build the shift grid across every voting site. See conflicts and gaps before they bite. During early voting, the coverage report lands by email at 7am.
14-day free trial on every plan. No voter file required.
The proof
Loaded end to end with real campaign data
These are real workbooks from real DC council campaigns, uploaded as they came. On the left is what the field team kept. On the right is what the importer made of it, in one pass.
| A | B | C | D |
| *** WARD 4 VOLUNTEERS!!! CALL FIRST *** | |||
| Jasmine Joyner | 2.0255551E9 | 4.0 | Jasmine - Jacelyn - Reji (10 a.m.) |
| D. Okafor | (202) 555-0114 | Ward 4 | Takoma 6am (flaked) |
| JASMINE JOYNER | 202-555-5551 | 4 | duplicate of row 3 |
| A. Chen | 2025550188 | 4 | early vote Sat + Sun?? |
✓268volunteers imported, deduplicated exact, then phone, then fuzzy
✓74 + 25vote centers and early-voting sites mapped to wards
✓700+shifts on the grid, the 14-day window plus election day
✓400+assignments parsed, with (flaked) read as a no-show
How it works
From spreadsheet to scheduled in an afternoon
- Election dates, wards, places, and shift times. Ten minutes.
- Your spreadsheet, your party's export, or the QR sign-up pool. Duplicates merged.
- The live grid shows every site, every shift, and every conflict.
- Gaps ranked by who lives in the ward and who has worked that site. The coverage report is ready every morning.
What your field program gets
Every shift covered
The grid flags conflicts and gaps as they happen. It ranks who to ask by who lives in the ward and who has worked that site before. The same grid staffs canvass launches, walk lists, and phone banks.
Every volunteer known
History that follows people across campaigns, records of who shows up, and merge tools. One clean record per person, cycle after cycle.
Every interaction logged
Calls, texts, emails, and in-person contacts with attribution, plus a follow-ups-due queue so nobody goes cold.
The coverage report
The executive summary PDF, coverage by ward, spreadsheet export, and a 7am email during early voting and on election day. See the report.
Every campaign signed up in under a minute
A printable QR code opens a public signup form, and every submission lands in a deduplicated volunteer pool. How QR signup works.
Every question answered
Ask the system anything about your field program. It answers from your live data with citations, and it drafts recruitment texts.
Pricing
Priced for a downballot budget
Campaign
$99/month
The full field program for one race, with every seat included.
- Unlimited volunteers and seats
- Conflict and gap checks on one grid
- Who to ask for each open shift, ranked
- The 7am coverage report and the AI assistant
The gap panel tells you who to text for each open shift. In a 2020 test with 1,220 volunteers, people asked by text showed up more than 3 times as often as people sent only an email. Read the study.
Start 14 free days, then $99 a month
More ways to pay: card, Cash App, Link, or Amazon Pay.
Nothing is charged for 14 days. We email you 3 days before. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.
Several ward teams? Multi-ward is $149 a month, with the same 14 free days. Only need it through Election Day? Pay $295 once.
How it compares
The party tools cost five figures a year and schedule nothing. The volunteer managers are built for food banks.
The spreadsheet is free, and it is why you found a gap at 6am. We are $99 a month, and we schedule the shifts, fill the gaps, and send the report.
Questions field directors ask
Do we need the voter file?
No. Capstone Volunteer works from your own spreadsheet import or the QR signup pool. No voter file, no party data, no other tool required.
Can we import from NGP VAN?
Yes. Yes. Export your list to a spreadsheet and upload it. We match the columns, clean up phones and wards, and merge duplicates.
What happens at 7am?
During early voting and on election day, the coverage report emails the field director automatically. It shows every shift, site, and gap in one short summary.
Is there a free trial?
Yes. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial of the full product: import the list, build the grid, and read the coverage report before a dollar moves.
How does the AI assistant work?
It answers questions from your live campaign data, with citations, and it drafts recruitment texts for you.
What is the best volunteer management software for a political campaign?
Pick one built around shifts and sites, not just sign-ups. Look for one grid for every shift, a record of who misses shifts, and reminders that go out on their own. Capstone Volunteer does all three for $99 a month.
Volunteer scheduling software built for campaigns
Most volunteer management tools are built for food banks and churches. Capstone Volunteer is built for a campaign field program: wards, voting sites, canvass launches, and one day that decides everything.
It is volunteer shift scheduling software first. Every shift sits on one grid. The gap panel ranks who to ask. Reminders go out on their own, and no-shows are tracked.
Comparing volunteer management platforms or other political campaign software? See how other campaign software compares, or read about VolunteerHub and SignUpGenius.
Know by Friday who is covering Saturday
- Every shift sits on one grid, from canvass launches to election day.
- The gap panel ranks who to ask by ward and by who shows up.
- Reminders go out the day before, and no-shows are tracked.
The gap panel tells you who to text for each open shift. In a 2020 test with 1,220 volunteers, people asked by text showed up more than 3 times as often as people sent only an email. Read the study.
Start 14 free days, then $99 a month
More ways to pay: card, Cash App, Link, or Amazon Pay.
Nothing is charged for 14 days. We email you 3 days before. Cancel before then and you pay nothing.
Want to talk first? Book a 30-minute call or email me the pricing.