Gift processing might not be the most exciting part of fundraising. But it is one of the most important activities for a nonprofit fundraising team. Processing gifts efficiently and accurately helps your entire organization to acknowledge gifts in a timely ...Read More
Development teams are increasingly looking for more functionality from their CRM systems to support a variety of fundraising strategies and enhance donor engagement. Nonprofit tech leaders are charged with balancing the needs of a modern, hungry fundraising operation with the ...Read More
Blackbaud is sending its strongest messages yet that it intends to sunset support for Raiser’s Edge 7, leaving thousands of nonprofits considering the future of their donor software. What does an RE7 sunset mean for nonprofits? Blackbaud has long been ...Read More
By Barbara Fischer, Associate Vice President IT and Data Analytics, The University of Toledo Foundation At The University of Toledo Foundation, we faced a common tech challenge like many in higher education advancement: an outdated database from the early 1990s. ...Read More
In the ever-evolving landscape of nonprofit technology, Heller Consulting has been at the forefront of leading nonprofits through the adoption of innovative fundraising solutions tailored to their unique needs. The robust capabilities of the Microsoft environment offer nonprofits a comprehensive ...Read More
Spoiler: Not completely, but our clients are taking a byte. The dazzling improvement of generative AI platforms in the past year has led to increasing comfort among technologists. 67 percent of tech leaders surveyed by Salesforce reported prioritizing AI, with ...Read More
Clean data is at the heart of a well-functioning nonprofit but how can you lead your org to good data housekeeping? Here’s our advice. The first message hits at 9:07am. It’s a heads-up from your fundraising lead that ...Read More
Donors increasingly expect the same level of service from their nonprofit beneficiaries that they get from the corporations they regularly engage with. It is driving a technological revolution in the cause sector, with smart nonprofits leveraging tools and platforms that ...Read More
There are a plethora of ways to move to a new CRM and over the years, we have tried them all. Decades of experience has taught us that a CRM roadmap is critical to the success of our nonprofit clients, ...Read More
Microsoft has announced it is sunsetting its Great Plains accounting software after decades in the market. With few peers in terms of longevity, we decided to look into why so many nonprofits stuck with Great Plains so long, and what ...Read More