It’s easy to slip into the assumption that nonprofit organizations exist on some kind of different plain of existence, business-wise. If you’re not out there to turn a profit you don’t really have a need for a lot of the software tools that for-profits use, right? Even nonprofits need to not just control expenses, but collect, organize and pursue leads to convert into donors or grant givers.
Andar/360 is a comprehensive nonprofit donor management and social CRM software system designed to run on either a standalone PC, or in a client/server network environment depending on the user’s workflows and business processes. The network can be as small as a two-client local area network or as large as desired.
Nonprofits require specialized products to address their range of financial, marketing and client relationship management needs. Yet oftentimes these industry-specific solutions are unreasonably priced for the companies that need them most: charities with minimal personnel operating on tight budgets. We talked to Dennis Mueller, co-founder of DonorSnap, about how the company got its start, his exasperation with the layered pricing models of other specialized nonprofit solutions, and why he was such a stickler about DonorSnap’s simplistic pricing plan.
We’re commencing our spin-off series with the best-value nonprofit management software, to accompany our week of content built around the needs of our nonprofit readers. If you’d like to begin by learning how we define “best value,” check out our introductory post on the Best Value series. Otherwise, let’s get started!
Like nonprofit organizations come in all shapes and sizes, so do constituent relationship management (CRM) solutions. Depending on their scale or their assortment of features, donor management may or may not fit an organization. In this post, we feature five different nonprofit donor management solutions and how they benefit their own breed of organization.
YourMembership Membership Management Software is a complete membership management and fundraising solution designed to deliver dynamic membership websites for organizations of any size. The solution allows users to streamline membership management through automated online dues collection, event management, conference management and content management.
Upon first glance, traditional customer relationship management (CRM) software and nonprofit donor management software seem to be synonymous. While traditional CRM solutions might sustain operations for a short time, it’s not a long-term solution. Donor management software offers nonprofit-specific tools that specifically cater to a NPO’s unique needs.
DonorSnap is donor management and fundraising software that tracks all contacts, donations, members, pledges, volunteers, and event registrations. The platform is equipped with toolsets focused on contact management, donation management, reporting and communication, is available as a mobile application, and allows users to customize the dashboard interface to include or exclude any applications in order to streamline day-to-day processes.
Avectra Social CRM uses social media tools and analytics to help you maximize each interaction you have with your nonprofit donors and members. At the start, the program acts as a database that stores profiles and maps out relationships. Once users need to reach out to people, you can then use the social media tools to create and promote events, build communities and send out personalized messages.
StratusLIVE Fundraisers Suite is a CRM and fundraising software solution designed for use by nonprofits. The CRM portion of the program is based off of Microsoft CRM and works with volunteer and donor data, allowing users to access all of it from any web-enabled browser, track interactions, and pull up donation information.