Animal Welfare Professionals

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

We use Blackbaud Raiser's Edge and Team Raiser, but after receiving poor customer service, dealing with clunky look and feel, and feeling nickeled and dimed, we are switching to Virtuous for our CRM and Classy for peer-to-peer fundraising. 

Adam Johns
adamj@virtuous.org | (317) 373-1495 

Watch an overview of Virtuous

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Thank you for your response. I am working with a volunteer who is a professional fundraiser and she has experience with Raisers Edge.  She does not like it!  Her preferred CRM is Network for Good, which handles everything.  I am considering going with them. Just wanted everyone's opinion before making a decision.  Thanks again!

We use Blackbaud Raiser's Edge and Team Raiser, but after receiving poor customer service, dealing with clunky look and feel, and feeling nickeled and dimed, we are switching to Virtuous for our CRM and Classy for peer-to-peer fundraising. 

Adam Johns
adamj@virtuous.org | (317) 373-1495 

Watch an overview of Virtuous

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Hi Holly,

We use DonorSnap for CRM and GiveSmart for events.  DonorSnap we had for a long time. It is not the most elaborate software, but it does what it is supposed to do and we did not have any problems. Emailing and Reporting are a bit tricky at first, but both work, though we hardly use emailing. And there is a true value in being able to look a person's donation history throughout several years.
GiveSmart does work well for events (tickets, auctions, data etc.) and they offer CRM, but there is very little you can do in terms of customization. The virtual response is usually quick, but you have to live with the fact that they sometimes will just say that is not possible. 
I think your idea to try out different softwares is great.
Good luck on your search!
Nora

Thank you for your response. I am working with a volunteer who is a professional fundraiser and she has experience with Raisers Edge.  She does not like it!  Her preferred CRM is Network for Good, which handles everything.  I am considering going with them. Just wanted everyone's opinion before making a decision.  Thanks again!

We use Blackbaud Raiser's Edge and Team Raiser, but after receiving poor customer service, dealing with clunky look and feel, and feeling nickeled and dimed, we are switching to Virtuous for our CRM and Classy for peer-to-peer fundraising. 

Adam Johns
adamj@virtuous.org | (317) 373-1495 

Watch an overview of Virtuous

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Hello, 

Over the years I've worked with various CRMs including Bloomerang, DonorView, Network for Good, DonorPerfect, and Classy to name a few.

I've seen how some of these platforms have greatly increased over the years. Of these, I found DonorView to very clunky and disliked it.  There are some that act more as an accounting system and others that are best for digital marketing, donor management, and fundraising. We're currently using Arreva's Exceed-Further. It allows to get into the weeds more than most would like. 

Bloomerang and DonorPerfect might be what you're looking for as far as user friendly and the best bang for your dollar. 

Hope that helps. 

Veronica Frescas

Development 

Friends of El Paso Animal Services

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

We too, use DonorSnap... very good product for the money and will handle event ticket purchases along with other things.... we have used BetterWorld for auctions and drawings with great results.  We are a smaller organization, but I believe we are growing because we have invested in a DMS.  We did start with Network for Good and loved it, but the pandemic caused us to rethink the costs.  We have been happy with DonorSnap.

Samantha

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

We too, use DonorSnap... very good product for the money and will handle event ticket purchases along with other things.... we have used BetterWorld for auctions and drawings with great results.  We are a smaller organization, but I believe we are growing because we have invested in a DMS.  We did start with Network for Good and loved it, but the pandemic caused us to rethink the costs.  We have been happy with DonorSnap.

Samantha

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Samantha Polen
Executive Director
T-Town TNR, Inc.
Tulsa OK
https://www.ttowntnr.com/

Original Message:
Sent: 03-27-2023 08:55 PM
From: Holly Holowach
Subject: What CRM do you use?

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

#FundraisingandDevelopment

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Holly Holowach
Founder/President
Popoki Place O'ahu Cat Sanctuary
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What is DMS? Donor Management Software?

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Heron Ceron
Foster coordinator
Welcome Home Sanctuary

Original Message:
Sent: 04-01-2023 09:11 AM
From: Samantha Polen
Subject: What CRM do you use?

We too, use DonorSnap... very good product for the money and will handle event ticket purchases along with other things.... we have used BetterWorld for auctions and drawings with great results.  We are a smaller organization, but I believe we are growing because we have invested in a DMS.  We did start with Network for Good and loved it, but the pandemic caused us to rethink the costs.  We have been happy with DonorSnap.

Samantha

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Samantha Polen
Executive Director
T-Town TNR, Inc.
Tulsa OK
https://www.ttowntnr.com/

Original Message:
Sent: 03-27-2023 08:55 PM
From: Holly Holowach
Subject: What CRM do you use?

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

#FundraisingandDevelopment

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Holly Holowach
Founder/President
Popoki Place O'ahu Cat Sanctuary
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Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Holly, 
Thanks for posting this question. We too are a small sanctuary and are starting to look at CRM. There are so many different companies it is a bit overwhelming. I would be interested to see the 20 questions you came up with to help you select the best fit. 

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Hi Lisa,  I don't have the questions yet as the volunteer who is a professional fundraiser made them.  I will ask her if she is willing to share them with me when we are done so I can post them.  She is making the answers into an Excel sheet so we can compare everything.  I am looking forward to seeing the comparison. 

Holly, 
Thanks for posting this question. We too are a small sanctuary and are starting to look at CRM. There are so many different companies it is a bit overwhelming. I would be interested to see the 20 questions you came up with to help you select the best fit. 

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Holly, 
Thanks for posting this question. We too are a small sanctuary and are starting to look at CRM. There are so many different companies it is a bit overwhelming. I would be interested to see the 20 questions you came up with to help you select the best fit. 

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Aloha Holly -

Thank you for posting this question - my group (TAILS) is going through the same decision process.  As with Lisa Burns' post, I would love to get any info you are willing to share from your search (info@tailsct.org).  TAILS is an all-volunteer, 22yo, 501c3, spay-neuter group who handles ~650 dog/cat spay/neuters and 250 cat adoptions each year and a new CRM would be extremely beneficial to us.  We currently use Neon (~8 years) - which is a very powerful database/tool - but we have found it to be not user-friendly/intuitive and their training is extremely limited (online videos on some topics only - no option for "live" training); we just had 4 new, great board members join our board (we're a working board) and there are no viable Neon training options; it's probably a great CRM for a larger, staffed organization.

I can't thank the folks who've posted their experiences here enough!  I'm currently at the HSUS Animal Care Expo in New Orleans - was hoping to meet at least one of the CRM providers mentioned here but not one of them is here, sadly...but we will definitely be utilizing the info posted here by everyone and any you're willing to share (Holly).

Thank you again - keep up the great work! 
Best,
Dorrie

Holly, 
Thanks for posting this question. We too are a small sanctuary and are starting to look at CRM. There are so many different companies it is a bit overwhelming. I would be interested to see the 20 questions you came up with to help you select the best fit. 

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

We use a couple of platforms. 
 Network for Good is our main CRM. We use this to hold all of our contacts, our online fundraising and monthly newsletter eblasts. It seems to work fine, although many times I search for a contact and it says "no contact' only to see that they donated- so their search feature isn't always accurate. But I like having so many functions in one place. We use GiveSmart for our silent auctions and ticketing  for our big event in the fall.  This has its quirks but works well. We used Classy for a couple of fundraisers, it was fun for people to be able to upload their pets pictures when they made a donation, but it wasn't worth the money. 

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

#FundraisingandDevelopment

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Holly Holowach
Founder/President
Popoki Place O'ahu Cat Sanctuary
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We have heard great feedback about Little Green Light as a donor management CRM from various nonprofits.

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Malini Coopamah
Volunteer
Lend A Helping Paw Shih Tzu Rescue

Original Message:
Sent: 03-27-2023 08:55 PM
From: Holly Holowach
Subject: What CRM do you use?

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

#FundraisingandDevelopment

------------------------------
Holly Holowach
Founder/President
Popoki Place O'ahu Cat Sanctuary
------------------------------

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Hi Holly - I too am following along. this is a great discussion!  We are a small, all volunteer dog rescue in Louisiana.    I've been using jotform to do all of my events/item sales, etc.   We use givebutter.com for our annual superbowl fundraiser and as our donation platform currently.     Also, we use shelterluv for our dog records, adoptions, contracts, etc.  But, I'd love to find an all in one place for all our fundraising and donor management, etc.    I'm interested to see what you find and I too would love to see your volunteer's list of questions! 
Thanks much..following along.
Cindy

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Hi Holly,
We just moved from NFG to NeonOne. We made the decision to move based on cost, campaign design features and QB integration among other things. We have just finished our data transfer and have been live with NeonOne since April 1. So far, I love the reports, the ability to manage the mailing list and the fun design options. Since we are so new to NeonOne I'm not sure we can give much of a review but so far we don't miss NFG at all.

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

I went through a similar search for new CRM about a year and a half ago. We were using RE/NXT and Luminate Online. After a LOT of calls and presentations, we decided for the size of our database (75K+), Raiser's Edge still made sense, but LO definitely did not for our online program. We wound up using our current Direct Mail consultants, RKD, who were rolling out a new program called Donor Marketing Cloud for online giving, and use MailChimp for emailing. Both were very affordable, coming in a little lower than LO, with FAR more user friendly application.

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Hi Holly,

We use Give Butter, it is free! We are a new nonprofit organization and do not have the money to invest in a paid database.  I had a few database experts look at it. It is basic (for example, you can't link relationships together) but you can export our contacts if you want to move to a more sophisticated system down the road. The customer support is very good. I have used Blackbaud (which was very complicated and not user friendly), and Kindful in the past. I would look for systems that are user friendly and not too expensive to start. I have heard that Little Green Light is also good and not too expensive.

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Hi Holly, we use Little Green Light and love it!  It is a great value and very intuitive.  The reporting features are robust and you can segment much more easily than with Raiser's Edge (the only other CRM that I have used).  The help desk is very responsive the learning videos are short and informative.  Good luck with our search.  The only con that bothers me is I have not been able to easily import my GiveSmart event data into LGL.  

All the best,
Michelle 

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly

Aloha fellow animal lovers,

My nonprofit organization is very small but we are steadily growing.  I feel that it is time to hire a CRM to help us manage our donors and contact lists so we are ready when it explodes and we get too busy to set it up.  We have interviewed (initial calls) with DonorPerfect, Neon One and Network for Good.  We also have a call set to speak to Bloomerang+Kindful, who just merged.

One of my volunteers is a fundraiser and marketing professional.  She has worked with several CRMs in the past so she volunteered to help me interview them.  She created a list of about 20 questions and the created an Excel sheet to put in their answers so we can compare them all. It is fascinating to see a professional fundraiser at work! She's so good. I hope to hire her someday.

At her last job, she worked with Network for Good and highly recommends them.  From what I have seen so far, I do like them but I am also impressed with DonorPerfect, who is a little cheaper and doesn't require a yearly contract.  Before I decide, I feel I should see an actual demonstration.

Then I will tell the Board (I am the president and founder) what we have learned and what our findings were.  Then the Board can discuss and vote on the one they like the best.

My questions to you are:

• Do you use a CRM?
• If you do, which one do you use?
• Do you like it? Good value for the price?
• Do you feel supported and get responses easily?
• Pros and cons

We are a very small organization at this time.  No employees and just 6 of us on the Board who are active volunteers.  Once we get land, we can build and open our sanctuary. We have about 170 email names and around 100 donors.  

I'd love to hear your recommendations and thoughts.

Aloha and Meow for now,

Holly