CitizenCRM is a donor management web app, purpose built with the intention of being able to serve as much as 95% of small to mid-sized nonprofit organizations. The product scales to the size of the database to provide services to smaller organizations that would often only be available to much larger ones. The company is extremely focused on connections, saying: “We connect your CRM data to your third party apps’ data, we connect your organization to your donors’ social networks, we connect everyone in your organization to the data the need; anytime, anywhere.”
For non-profit organizations, saving money and resources is an operational imperative that requires managers to make smart and sustainable choices. Implementing a new solution feels like a commonplace decision in the for- profit world, while even considering to adopt something requires a small miracle in the non-profit world. A September of 2013 survey by Connecting UP and TechSoup Global revealed that 90% of non-profits were using the cloud in one way or another for everything from emailing and online database management to web conferencing.
For non-profit organizations, saving money and resources is an operational imperative that requires managers to make smart and sustainable choices. Implementing a new solution feels like a commonplace decision in the for- profit world, while even considering to adopt something requires a small miracle in the non-profit world. A September of 2013 survey by Connecting UP and TechSoup Global revealed that 90% of non-profits were using the cloud in one way or another for everything from emailing and online database management to web conferencing.
The Internet has provided nonprofit organizations with such a wonderful avenue for getting the word out about the amazing things they are doing. Web sites serve as a great "brochure," blogs allow for more in-depth exploration and storytelling, and social media provides an opportunity to build rapport that can develop into a sense of community with constituents. These are all wonderful methods for reaching out and creating potential for support in the form of donations and volunteer hours.
Email fundraising provides a low cost alternative to traditional direct mail appeals, but how does your organization stand out in a crowded inbox? Here are five things you should consider before launching your next email campaign.
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CitizenCRM is a donor management web app, purpose built with the intention of being able to serve as much as 95% of small to mid-sized nonprofit organizations. The product scales to the size of the database to provide services to smaller organizations that would often only be available to much larger ones. The company is extremely focused on connections, saying: “We connect your CRM data to your third party apps’ data, we connect your organization to your donors’ social networks, we connect everyone in your organization to the data the need; anytime, anywhere.”
DonorCommunity is billed as "the first comprehensive, powerful, affordable and easy to use online fundraising and advocacy solution designed expressly for small to mid-sized NPOs." Its fully integrated suite of cloud computing applications enables clients to communicate and interact with stakeholders utilizing the customer relationship management, online marketing, and social networking technologies that have become commonplace in the for-profit world.
FastFund Online by Araize is an SaaS-based application that handles a wide variety of tasks for nonprofit organizations by seamlessly integrating nonprofit accounting, fund raising (CRM,) and payroll. The FastFund Accounting module is a true nonprofit accounting system designed to handle the unique requirements of nonprofit organizations, including FASB-116 compliant reports, multiple fund tracking, program and project accounting, budgeting, and customizable financial statements.
Orange Leap is a, on-demand, web-based constituent and donation management solution for nonprofits. It is designed to track individual or organizational constituents in a user interface that is easy to learn. The system has been developed to enable quick data entry, with terminology that is easy to understand- or the terminology can be changed to match that used by the nonprofit. Context-appropriate navigation significantly decreases navigation-related confusion so that what used to take four or five steps often can be done in two or less. Orange Leap is also very customizable with the ability to modify, rename, or hide any screen or field based upon business requirements.
Planning is the key to a successful auction and ReadySetAuction's auction management software solution provides all the tools necessary to ensure your event is a success. There are several modules and add-ons available, so any size organization can host profitable event.
Technology plays an important role for non-profits. Yet, replacing old outdated technology isn't always possible for non-profits. In an effort to change that npCloud, a service of Tech Impact, offers non-profits a way to have current technology at affordable prices.
A non-profit puts a lot of effort into developing a fundraising event and the only way the event will succeed is if people attend the event. One way to ensure a large turnout for your next fundraising event is to use an online tool such as EventBrite.
People are using their mobile devices for everything from quick searches and reading novels to interacting with their favorite charity, but what if the organization doesn't have a website optimized for use on mobile devices? Well, not having a mobile website can lead to frustration on the users' part, which could lead to the organization losing a potential volunteer or donation.
The advanced persistent threat (APT) is waging an all-out attack on enterprises’ intellectual property. Yet most companies continue to try to protect themselves using approaches that are years out of date. That is one of the conclusions in Responding to Targeted Cyberattacks, a frank new how-to book published by global IT association ISACA and written by professionals at Ernst & Young LLP.
AccuFund, Inc., provider of financial reporting and accounting software for non-profit, municipal and government organizations, today announced AccuFund Anywhere, the new cloud-based version of the AccuFund Accounting Suite. With AccuFund Anywhere, users can access AccuFund’s core accounting functionality from any browser, enabling them to perform their accounting tasks whether they are in different offices or offsite locations.
Bloomerang, a software product focused on nonprofit donor retention and loyalty, announced its recent partnerships with Tom Ahern and Dr. Adrian Sargeant , two highly-respected experts in the nonprofit fundraising industry.
According to Chicago Business, smaller nonprofit arts groups are turning to technology to increase their fundraising efforts. By using technology that not only makes it easier to buy tickets or donate online, but also gathers valuable information about potential donors and subscribers allows the nonprofits to stay in contact with the customer. This gives gives them more opportunity to turn them into donors.
Students from Northern Illinois University hosted a conference for local nonprofits, reports NIU Today. The CLCE 350 Community Organizations in a Digital World conference included information on how to create better websites, using technology for fundraising, search engine optimization, and how to maximize mobile devices.
According to the Guardian, an auction on Charitybuzz offers the winning bidder a chance to have coffee with Tim Cook, the Chief Executive of Apple. Currently, the high bid is $605,000. All the the money from the auction is being donated to the Robert Kennedy Centre for Justice and Human Rights.
According to Venture Beat, online crowd funding site Benevolent has received a grant from the Knight Foundation and Marjorie S. Fisher Fund. The grant will be used to grow the site, which allows donors to make small donations to help low-income individuals overcome a one-time economic hurdle.
“NOZA has applied high tech tools to gather and organize vast amounts of publicly available information," said Russell Perkins, Managing Director, InfoCommerce Group. “The result is an easy-to-use and high value-add database that greatly streamlines the work of professional fund-raisers. It’s an impressive example of a ‘born on the web’ information product.”
Model of Excellence awardees are selected by InfoCommerce as the ‘best of the best’ in information publishing. NOZA’s award is in business model category Subscription Supported: Pure Subscription. Past winners of the award include LexisNexis, Microsoft, D&B (Dun & Bradstreet), MorningStar, LinkedIn, IMDb (The Internet Movie Database), GuideStar, and Zillow.com.
Awardees are showcased at the annual InfoCommerce conference, which attracts infocommerce publishers from around the world to collaborate on new ways of doing business.
NOZA's data comes from Internet based annual reports, newsletters, campaign honor rolls, press releases, event sponsor lists, etc. All data is openly available on the Internet, or was at one point, and reported by the recipient organization. NOZA adds value to these vast unwieldy sources of publicly available information by aggregating, structuring and organizing the data so it is easily and immediately useful to the nonprofit industry, which accounts for 5.2 percent of the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) and 8.3 percent of wages and salaries paid in the United States. In 2006, total U.S. charitable giving increased to over $295 billion.
“NOZA is honored to be selected as a “Model of Excellence” award winner by InfoCommerce Group,” said Craig Harris, NOZA Founder and Chief Executive Officer. “It is validating to be in the company of awardees past and present, the enterprises and technologies that are significantly changing landscapes – and leveling playing fields - of the sectors they serve.”
Harris founded NOZA in 2005 with the goal to resolve one of the most serious inefficiencies of nonprofit fundraising he had experienced himself as a professional fundraiser.
About NOZA’s Database of Charitable Donations
NOZA’s database of charitable donations has grown to include more than 26 million individual, corporate and foundation donation records to U.S. charities since the company launched its first online search products in September 2006. Approximately 50,000 new donation records are added each day using NOZA's proprietary technology. All of the charitable information is collected from publicly available Internet sources. With a paid account, users can search, view and save complete donation records with 12 fields of data, including donor name, dollar range of donation (as specified by the recipient organization), type of cause, gift category, and a link to the original data source for further research. Unlimited previews, which list 4 to 7 fields of donation data, are available at no cost to all users.
About NOZA
Founded in 2005, NOZA™, Inc. is an innovator in the emerging semantic search industry, developing technology to serve the needs of businesses in specific industries. NOZA’s proprietary search and retrieval technology locates, isolates, and converts unstructured and semi-structured data from the open web into industry-specific relational databases. NOZA’s first product is the world’s largest database of charitable giving, for a primary market of the more than 1.4 million U.S. nonprofits, and is available through major reseller partners and directly to consumers through NOZA’s website. The company’s website is at www.nozasearch.com <http://www.nozasearch.com/> .
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About the Author: Kurt Martin is a Founder and Group Publisher of Progressive Media Group (PMG) and the Publisher of Nonprofit Technology News. During his 4 years as Publisher of The NonProfit Times, he grew the imprint from a single newspaper to a community of websites, online job boards, email newsletters and digital editions of the print editions. Prior to taking the role of Publisher he was the East Coast Sales Manager for Broad Daylight, Inc. a knowledgebase company. He also held management roles in advertising and ciruclation sales at American Banker/Bond Buyer (Thomson), Faulkner & Grey (Thomson) and SourceMedia (Investcorp.) Kurt graduated from Montclair State University with a B.A. in Political Science and Public Administration. |
