Blackbaud

JULY 31, 2025

Student scholarships and financial aid: Even with restricted scholarship funds, there’s often a significant gap between the total cost of financial aid needed and the amount covered by specific, endowed, or government funds. This is where annual giving comes in.

Donation

Planned Giving

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

#PlannedGiving TWEETABLE INSIGHT Tweet The Compounding Impact of Policy Shifts: Political Changes and Government Funding Reductions Smart nonprofits build funding models that withstand policy changes under any administration. Diversification is your shield against shifting government priorities.

Funding

Blackbaud

MAY 19, 2025

For example, imagine your organization needs to hire a consultant to clean up your CRM data. This could involve discussing the issue with the individual involved, reviewing the circumstances with a governing board or committee, and implementing corrective actions as needed.

Policy

Blackbaud

AUGUST 6, 2025

It’s especially helpful for organizations facing uncertainties, like variable fundraising results or changes in government policy. It also integrates with the leading fundraising CRM, Blackbaud Raiser’s Edge NXT® , so data flows smoothly, reducing errors, and improving report accuracy.

Finance

Greater Giving

JULY 23, 2025

For instance, your data about volunteers might be housed in your volunteer management software and not get transferred to your CRM, preventing you from easily checking which donors also volunteer. Implement access and governance policies. Nonprofits with several disparate tools may have issues transferring data between platforms.

Management

Blackbaud

JUNE 9, 2025

You’re preparing for a system migration or CRM integration. When your organization treats data as a product—actively managed, curated, and governed—you gain the clarity needed to make strategic decisions, even in uncertain times. You’re onboarding large groups of new constituents (e.g., school parents or event attendees).

SAM

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 19, 2025

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AI

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 7, 2025

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Retail

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 21, 2024

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Contract

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 13, 2025

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Retail

Get Fully Funded

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

if you pay for a separate donation processor when your CRM has one built in). Plus, like all organizations, nonprofits need to adhere to the rules set forth by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) , the independent governing body of financial reporting in the United States.

Management

NonProfit PRO

AUGUST 6, 2025

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Retail

Bonterra

JULY 28, 2025

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Grant Management Software

NonProfit PRO

JULY 24, 2025

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Retail

Instrumentl

JUNE 21, 2025

DonorPerfect, project manager, custom CRM with air table. Ryan asked if Instrumentl has information about local, state, and federal government opportunities. We're gonna be talking about getting started with government grants as well. We've got Excel, Google sheets, Instrumentl, several Instrumentls, yay. Keep typing.

Instrumentl

Bonterra

JUNE 27, 2025

Make it easier for your team to manage your organization with one of the best nonprofit constituent relationship management (CRM) systems designed for organizations like yours. Nonprofits Nonprofits, namely public charities, are typically governed by a board of directors or trustees.

Nonprofit

Blackbaud

JULY 23, 2025

Due to the current ambiguity around government funding—including the recent cuts to the Department of Education and impoundment of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title funds—schools are looking for strategies to navigate shifting tides. They may be adjusting their practices to accommodate government policy changes, too.

Policy

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Volunteer hours in a natural disaster may also be eligible for reimbursement from the government. Add them, if they are willing, to your affiliated volunteer roster and to your constituent relationship management (CRM) platform so you can keep them apprised of opportunities to support your mission in the future.

Management

NonProfit PRO

JUNE 6, 2025

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Software

Blackbaud

JUNE 24, 2024

A strong data governance framework helps you build confidence in your data so you can make more informed decisions and be prepared for unexpected changes. In our webinar with grantmaking consultant Lisa Tacker, she highlighted the importance of data governance for grantmakers and how to incorporate it into your organization.

Government

DH Leonard Consulting & Grant Writing Services

JULY 26, 2024

While potentially a bit biased, I thought their tips regarding how your CRM can help with your grant seeking were right on point. It’s a great reminder that the CRM system you use has the potential to support all elements of the Grant LIfe Cycle: Readiness, Research, Relationships, writing, and Reporting. Segmentation.

CRM

Ann Green's Nonprofit

AUGUST 27, 2024

By Kyle Cannon Although businesses and nonprofits operate in two different worlds, governed by their own unique rules, these organizations are more alike than one might initially think. You can do this by sending out surveys or examining the data in your nonprofit constituent relationship management system (CRM). Build a strong brand.

Nonprofit

Ann Green's Nonprofit

JULY 16, 2024

When all levels of government make funding cuts or policy changes, the need in the community grows, which puts more burden on nonprofit organizations. Also, make sure your CRM/database is up to date. I’m a big fan of advocacy alerts. They can be a great way for people to engage with your organization.

Policy

Blackbaud

OCTOBER 8, 2024

By extending the power of its Blackbaud CRM platform with Power BI, the team now sees more focused information about their major giving prospects. Tim McCleary, CRM Director for The Salvation Army Southern Territory, said the organization’s 71 major and planned giving officers have portfolios assigned by geographic region across 15 states.

CRM

Tech Soup

AUGUST 24, 2012

Some of the 2011 Winners Were: Best Overall Use of Convio — Project On Government Oversight (POGO) was presented the award for their sophisticated use of Convio Luminate™ Online, Convio Luminate™ CRM, and Convio CMS and complementing it with social media tools and staff creativity to reach more of the general public.

Award

Blackbaud

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

. “At this stage, one of the barriers to widespread AI deployment is no longer the technology itself; rather, it’s a set of challenges that ironically are far more human: ethics, governance, and human values.”— For example, let’s say you’re building a CRM to track relationships with your donors. That’s rules-based programming.

AI

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 19, 2016

CRM (constituent relationship management) applications are becoming the center of our nonprofit IT systems. Dynamics 365 — Microsoft's online CRM or constituent relationship management database. Find additional cloud products, including several online CRM applications, on TechSoup's cloud solutions page.

CRM

The NonProfit Times

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Compatibility with your CRM, marketing automation platforms, and donation management systems is key to creating a cohesive donor experience. Data Security and Governance During a time when many are faced with increasing data breaches and cyberattacks, ensuring the security of your donor data is paramount.

AI

The Fundraising Coach

JUNE 11, 2024

Establish data governance. With the right donor database or constituent relationship management (CRM) system, you can centralize your data and create a single source of truth for all valuable information your organization collects. Look to integrate the following tools with your CRM: Fundraising platform. Event management tools.

CRM

Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

September is all about CRM in Australia ! From funding challenges to the need for better governance, find out about the current state of NGOs in South Africa and what must be done for it to improve. Find out which 10 resources they recommend for building a better website. TechSoup Canada. Redesign or realign? NGO Pulse (South Africa).

Telecommunication

Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

Online applications can help nonprofits connect citizens, private-sector partners, government entities, fundraisers, and donors — all the parties that need to share information in order to achieve the actionable results the nonprofit is fostering.

Application

Tech Soup

MAY 26, 2014

Vendor Relationship Management is meant to serve as the customer-side counterpart of CRM. These same tools can support individuals' relations with schools, churches, government entities, and other kinds of organizations." These fall into the category of CRM. Nonprofits use donor management tools to manage funders.

Management

CauseVox

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Anticipating $30,000 in government grants, $15,000 in foundation grants, and $40,000 in pledges already committed, you’d need to secure an additional $115,000 through other fundraisers to meet your organizational goal. For instance, let’s consider a total operating budget of $200,000.

Calendar

Blackbaud

APRIL 8, 2024

These grants typically have goals associated with them—the foundation has a specific mission, or the government grant wants to address a specific societal issue. They come with some level of reporting requirements to show the money was spent the way it was supposed to be spent.

Funding

Tech Soup

DECEMBER 6, 2016

NetSuite for online accounting, ERP, and CRM. We also provide those services to governments and companies interested in verifying that organizations are eligible for support before offering in-kind gifts, employee giving, charity sales, or cash grants. Microsoft Office 2016 (for PC or Mac). Adobe Creative Cloud.

CRM

Qgiv

JANUARY 12, 2022

She has contributed to publications of BoardSource and The Governance Institute, as well as the Toledo Chamber of Commerce and The Giving Institute. For starters, make sure your constituent relationship management (CRM) database is segmented to account for the giving history and interests of donors. News & World Report.

CRM

Tech Soup

AUGUST 30, 2013

This software type is probably the system you think of as your “program evaluation” software: your case management system, your CRM, or your custom database. Nonprofits are starting to use data available from public sources, such as government agencies, to add context to their own programmatic data. Auxiliary Data Systems.

Software