An M+R benchmarks study found that nonprofit text messaging audiences grew by 26% in 2020, outpacing growth for other popular channels like Facebook and email. To examine just a few reasons why: Text messaging allows for 1-to-1 communication, giving it the upper hand over social media. Text messages have a [...]
Nonprofit organizations require a number of software solutions to raise funds, host events (both in-person and virtual), and keep operations running smoothly. Each software solution you invest in has a slightly different purpose at your organization and accomplish a different aspect of your nonprofit strategic plan. Identifying the primary software [...]
Microsoft Office and the Google suite don’t need to represent the beginning and end of your nonprofit’s tech stack. With so many fundraising apps and software options out there, your opportunities for customizing your organization’s toolbox are virtually endless. Not only is there a tech option out there but there’s [...]
All too often, nonprofits see their donor database as a glorified phonebook. This mindset shows that they may not be maximizing the use of their software or the solution they’ve invested in doesn’t have extensive enough functionality to meet the organization’s needs. When nonprofits invest in the best donor [...]
One of the happiest and most fulfilling results of providing database technology to the nonprofit sector for nearly four decades has been being able to witness the overwhelming majority of those new customers raise more dollars each year to fund their mission. In the last seven years at Bloomerang we [...]
There’s been some excellent talk recently in the nonprofit community about how difficult it can be for some nonprofits to gain access to credit card information. Many companies use the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI-DSS) as a barrier to allowing organizations to make changes to how collected credit [...]
One of our employees tells a story about the lessons he learned buying fundraising software while working at a nonprofit organization. One of his board members recommended a software solution, so they unquestioningly bought it. They figured, why shouldn’t the nonprofit team trust one of their own to know what [...]
This often debated function for donor databases or CRM’s can truly carry consequences in both directions. Any organization debating this issue would do well to view the following reasons before deciding what is best for them. Unfortunately, the consequences of too much or too little in the way of user [...]