The Salesforce.org Nonprofit Success Pack matters. At Soapbox Engage, we get to see the difference it makes every day for the mission of the nonprofits we serve. And as a former nonprofit accidental techie, I am often caught up in thoughts of projects gone-by and how the Nonprofit Success Pack could have transformed efforts and increased impact.

Here are three scenes that often come to mind from this grizzled veteran’s nonprofit past. I humbly submit them, nostalgia-encrusted and mundanely personal as they may be, as emblematic of how the Nonprofit Success Pack has transformed nonprofit technology and why it matters.

We rundown the highlights of a YUUUUUGE release that adds Levels and Engagement Plans to the NPSP so nonprofits can be even more strategic in engaging with their supporters:

Behold! The Salesforce Nonprofit Starter Pack has become the Nonprofit Success Pack! We offer our take on the history of this insanely valuable solution for nonprofits, discuss names that might have been, and gush over the ways it empowers organizations to rock the world for social good:

Some partnerships feel so natural that you swear they existed long before they were ever made official. One such partnership is with the fine folks at Swift River Consulting who have been Salesforce nonprofit sector allies for more years than we can count. Meghan Morrison, Owner and Founder of Swift River, can do the counting for us, though:

After a brief personal hiatus, the Release Notes Rundown is back to share the highlights of the 3.79 release of the Nonprofit Starter Pack with its support for translated Record Types. Plus cuteness. Oh so much cuteness: