If you’re using Raiser’s Edge and you want to incorporate more customer relationship management (CRM) approaches into your fundraising, but find that Raiser’s Edge doesn’t support them, you have some options: One is to stay on ...Read More

Twenty-five years ago, when Keith Heller first launched Heller Consulting (back when all fundraising systems were on DOS!), nonprofits selected a technology and a provider that came closest to meeting their functional and budgetary requirements. Today’s requirements and solutions ...Read More

Most of the articles on this blog are about nonprofit technology. But from time to time, we find it important to share what goes on behind the scenes at Heller Consulting. Last year, we wrote about our work around diversity, ...Read More

By now, you’ve probably heard about the technology offerings for nonprofits that have been coming from Microsoft. In case you haven’t, we’ve written about the growing potential of Microsoft solutions for nonprofits, and we continued to keep ...Read More

If your nonprofit has been using Raiser’s Edge for a long time to support fundraising activities, you might be wondering if it’s time to move to another solution. You might find that it doesn’t support some of ...Read More

If you’re thinking about moving to a new constituent relationship management (CRM) system, you aren’t alone. Every day, nonprofits consider a change for a variety of reasons: Maybe their current CRM system is going away. Or their CRM ...Read More

The pace of new technology from Microsoft for the nonprofit sector seems to be accelerating. The latest offering — announced last month — is Microsoft Cloud for Nonprofit. In our continued efforts to keep you in-the-know about Microsoft technology for nonprofits, here’...Read More

If you’ve read this blog for a while, you probably know that Team Heller has been closely following Microsoft’s movements in the nonprofit sector. We’ve watched Microsoft go from initial investments in the sector to the launch ...Read More

Digital transformation for nonprofits is not a new concept but has become an even more urgent reality since the fallout of COVID-19.  Nonprofits need to have a solid technical foundation in order to carry on with their important work. The ...Read More

2024 NOTE: Microsoft is moving toward the retirement of the Fundraising and Engagement solution for nonprofits. After December 31, 2026, Microsoft will no longer implement security updates for Fundraising and Engagement, and there will be no further technical support for the solution. Heller ...Read More