To effectively nurture sustaining donors, you want more than smart strategy. You need to get the most from a quality constituent relationship management system (CRM) to aid in the effort. In the first of a series of posts, we offer specific step-by-step recipes for extending the Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) to be a sustaining donor cultivation powerhouse. Today, we dive into how you can use the NPSP and its User Defined Rollups to present recurring donation information directly on the Contact record.

For a full overview of all steps in this series as well as a presentation of the strategy behind them, check out our recorded webinar Convert One-Time Donors to Sustaining Supporters: Strategy, Tactics, and the Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack.

2017 is quickly flying by! Are you finding your nonprofit in need of a solid year-round fundraising strategy to ensure that your organization meets its mission? Never fear! It's not too late to plan for making this year your best fundraising year yet!

In this webinar given on January 12, 2017, veteran fundraiser and Professional Services Manager, Marisa Taylor, shares tips, tricks, and ideas for building your nonprofit fundraising calendar to transform planning into reality so you can engage and mobilize donors.

The U.S. is experiencing a political sea change with the coming of the Trump administration. Folks are animated. They’re marching. They’re signing. They’re protesting. And they’re donating. They are looking for ways in which to channel strong feelings about the way the world is changing, seemingly by the minute. And, in part, they are turning to trusted nonprofits as a part of that answer. What does it all mean for your nonprofit and its mission?

In this webinar given on February 9, 2017, we dive into statistics, strategy and tactics you can use to calibrate your compass and make your nonprofit more seaworthy in these turbulent times.

December is the undisputed champ of the fundraising year. The warm and fuzzy feeling of the holiday season combined with the stone-cold reality of the close of the tax year offer compelling incentives for people to open their wallets before Baby New Year arrives. No wonder nearly ⅓ of annual giving is done in that single month with a whopping 11% in just the last three days alone.¹

But December is over. The ball has dropped. The confetti swept. And, while the 2016 fundraising season is behind us, you still need to raise money to fund your mission, regardless of what month it says on your calendar. But how do you tackle the donation doldrums of January and beyond, and make any day a good day to donate to your organization?

Here are five key tips for successful year-round fundraising that you can act on now:

Tomorrow, we will be hosting a gathering of community members for a Salesforce.com Nonprofit Starter Pack Community Sprint, and we couldn't be more excited! What's a community sprint? It's an event where everyone, whether accidental techie or rockstar developer, can collaborate in person to contribute to an open source project. And, oh what a great open source project the Salesforce Nonprofit Starter Pack is! Empowering thousands of nonprofits to manage donor and supporter data, track program metrics, and do just about anything with data they need to through free or deeply discounted tools, we confess we're massive fans and couldn't be happier about lending a hand to help make it even better.

With the Salesforce Nonprofit Starter Pack, your nonprofit can transform its ability to connect with supporters and advance your mission.

We'll be giving a round up of the day's events and accomplishments here on our blog after the keyboards are set aside and the dust settles. For now, we'll just give a massive shout out to the fantastic community members who are giving of their own time and resources to make a contribution for the good of the nonprofit sector!