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Traditional CRM vs. Donor Management Software: Why the Differences Matter

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.

Explore Nonprofit Software, Industry Trends and More During Nonprofit Software Week!

Welcome to Business-Software.com’s Nonprofit Software week! We’re dedicating a whole week to exploring the software that helps keep nonprofits large and small running strong. Nonprofit organizations often face a unique set of problems when it comes to maintaining a healthy business. Nonprofit accounting solutions place an emphasis on financial transparency, allowing users to more easily track donations and file taxes.

DonorSnap

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

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

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.

Salsa Labs Donor Management Software

Salsa Labs Donor Management Software is nonprofit donor management software designed to increase donor retention, is equipped with robust reporting capabilities, and enables users to identify lapsed donors and to cultivate donor relationships. The platform provides users with communication tools that enable users to create targeted, personalizes messages based on data stored in donor profiles, supports communication across multiple channels, and automates recurring activities such as gift acknowledgement, welcome emails and renewal reminders.

FrontStream GiftWorks Cloud

GiftWorks Cloud is browser-based fundraising and nonprofit donor management software available as a part of FrontStream’s all-in-one fundraising platform Panorama. The platform is equipped with a complete set of fundraising, reporting and metrics tools, an online volunteer portal, and supports unlimited records and emails.

– Veritix College Ticketing & Business Platform

Veritix College Ticketing & Business Platform works with your sports ticketing department and provides you with fundraising, ticketing, and marketing tools. For fundraising, the program acts as a centralized manager for donor information, memberships, and campaigns.

MemberClicks

MemberClicks is donor management software equipped with a membership database designed to store custom member and prospect profiles, automates member payments, applications and renewals, and is designed to manage both individual members as well as full organizations. The platform provides users with event registration capabilities, is equipped with email marketing tools, and functions as custom-designed member websites and CMS.

MIP Fund Accounting by Community Brands

Abila MIP Fund Accounting is nonprofit accounting and financial management software that tracks, reports and manages finances across the user’s entire organization. The platform is highly scalable in order to support changing and growing fund accounting, human capital management and payroll needs, as well as tracks, analyzes and reports on any data set the user chooses or is most important to the organization.