Independent · 2026 Edition

The independent directory of CRM for nonprofits

An independent directory of nonprofit CRM software. Every tool is ranked on merit — never paid placement.

Every fact source-cited Ranked on merit — never paid placement Updated June 2026

All CRM for nonprofits tools, ranked

22 solutions found

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Bloomerang

#1 Top Rated

Bloomerang is a cloud-based donor management and fundraising CRM built specifically for small and mid-size nonprofits, with a signature focus on donor retention through engagement scoring and its Donor Retention Wheel. Founded in Indianapolis in 2012, it pairs a constituent database with online giving, email marketing, wealth screening, and reporting, and includes unlimited users on every plan.

4.6(0)
$125/month (CRM), billed annually undefined
Small-to-mid nonprofits prioritizing donor retentionDevelopment teams that want unlimited users at no extra costOrganizations wanting CRM plus online giving in one platform
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Little Green Light

#2 Top Rated

Little Green Light (LGL) is an affordable, cloud-based donor management and fundraising CRM aimed at small and growing nonprofits. It offers all-inclusive pricing with unlimited users and no setup fee, covering gift and pledge tracking, membership management, events, online giving forms, grant proposals, and custom reporting.

4.4(0)
$45/month (up to 2,500 constituents) undefined
Small nonprofits needing affordable, full-featured donor managementTeams that want unlimited users with no setup fee or contractOrganizations tracking gifts, memberships, and grants together
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Virtuous

#3 Top Rated

Virtuous is a cloud-based nonprofit CRM and 'Responsive Fundraising' platform that unifies donor management, online giving, email marketing, volunteer tools, and predictive analytics. Founded in 2014 by Gabe Cooper and headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, it targets growing and mid-to-large nonprofits that want to personalize donor outreach at scale.

4.4(0)
$199/month (Platform plan) undefined
Growing nonprofits that want personalized, automated donor journeysMarketing-led development teams focused on donor retentionOrganizations wanting CRM plus marketing automation in one platform
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Givebutter

Free Plan

Givebutter is an all-in-one, free-to-use fundraising platform with a built-in nonprofit CRM, covering online giving, peer-to-peer and team fundraising, event ticketing, and donor management. Founded in 2016 by students at George Washington University and based in Washington, DC, it charges no platform fees, funding itself through optional donor tips and fee-coverage.

4.4(0)
Free plan available - $0/month (no platform fees; optional donor tips fund the platform) undefined
Nonprofits wanting a free, modern fundraising platform with a CRMTeams running events, campaigns, and peer-to-peer fundraisingBudget-conscious organizations avoiding platform fees
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Neon CRM

Neon CRM is a cloud-based nonprofit CRM at the center of the Neon One ecosystem, supporting fundraising, donor management, events, memberships, and volunteer coordination. Originally built as NeonCRM by Z2 Systems in Chicago in 2004, it uses revenue-based (rather than contact-based) pricing and serves over 30,000 nonprofit organizations.

4.3(0)
$99/month (Essentials), billed annually undefined
Membership and association-style nonprofitsOrganizations wanting CRM, events, and memberships in one suiteTeams that prefer revenue-based pricing over per-contact fees
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Zeffy

Free Plan

Zeffy is a 100% free fundraising platform for nonprofits with built-in donor management, covering donation processing, event ticketing, membership management, and peer-to-peer fundraising. Founded in 2017 in Quebec, Canada, it charges nonprofits zero platform and zero payment-processing fees, sustaining itself entirely through optional donor tips.

4.3(0)
Free plan available - $0 (no platform fees and no payment-processing fees) undefined
Small nonprofits wanting a truly fee-free fundraising platformBudget-constrained or volunteer-led organizationsTeams needing donations, events, and memberships at no cost
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DonorPerfect

DonorPerfect is a long-established nonprofit fundraising and donor-management CRM from SofterWare, covering donation tracking, online giving, automated monthly giving, reporting, and contact management. Founded in 1987 and based in Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, it bundles integrated payment processing (DP Payments) and a large network of partner integrations.

4.2(0)
$99/month (plus transaction fees) undefined
Nonprofits wanting a proven, long-tenured donor CRMTeams that want fundraising plus integrated payment processingOrganizations needing robust standard and custom reporting
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Donorbox

Free Plan

Donorbox is a popular online donation and fundraising platform with built-in donor management, used by over 100,000 organizations across 40+ countries. Founded in 2014, it focuses on fast-to-deploy donation forms, recurring giving, crowdfunding, events, and a donor portal, using donation-based pricing with a low platform fee on the free tier.

4.2(0)
Free plan available - $0/month (Standard) with 1.75% platform fee; Pro from $139/month per month
Nonprofits needing quick, embeddable donation formsOrganizations focused on recurring givingGlobal nonprofits operating across multiple countries
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Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud

Free Plan

Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud is the nonprofit edition of the world's leading CRM platform, providing fundraising, program management, grantmaking, and constituent engagement on the Salesforce stack. Through the Power of Us program, qualifying 501(c)(3) organizations receive 10 free licenses plus deep discounts, making it a highly extensible (if implementation-heavy) choice for nonprofits that need maximum customization.

4.1(0)
Free plan available - Free for 10 licenses via Power of Us; additional licenses discounted (~$60/user/mo Nonprofit Cloud EE) undefined
Nonprofits needing maximum customization and a large app ecosystemOrganizations with in-house or partner Salesforce expertiseMid-to-large nonprofits unifying fundraising and program delivery
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Funraise

Free Plan

Funraise is a modern all-in-one nonprofit fundraising platform with built-in donor management, donation forms, recurring giving, peer-to-peer fundraising, email automation, and wealth screening. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Long Beach, California, it uses a fee-based pricing model so costs scale with fundraising rather than charging high upfront subscriptions.

4.1(0)
Free plan available - $0/month (Free, fee-based); Premium from $99/month billed annually undefined
Small-to-mid nonprofits wanting a modern fundraising platform with CRMTeams running recurring giving and peer-to-peer campaignsOrganizations that prefer fee-based pricing over big subscriptions
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Keela

Keela is a cloud-based nonprofit donor-management CRM built to help organizations manage donors, accept online donations, and run AI-assisted, multi-channel fundraising. Founded in 2016 in Vancouver, Canada, it offers automated tax receipts, smart donation asks, and marketing automation; since its 2024 acquisition by Aplos it is part of the Velora integrated nonprofit suite alongside Aplos and Raisely.

4.1(0)
From ~$134/month undefined
Nonprofits wanting AI-assisted donation asks and automationTeams that want donor management with built-in marketingOrganizations planning to connect CRM with accounting (via Velora)
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DonorSnap

DonorSnap is an affordable, cloud-based donor-management and fundraising CRM that tracks donations, contacts, members, pledges, volunteers, and event registrations in a single database. Founded in 2007 in Wisconsin (originally built for a Milwaukee nonprofit school), it emphasizes ease of use, low cost, personalized thank-you automation, online forms, and a one-time site-setup with data conversion and training.

4.1(0)
From $39/month per month
Small nonprofits wanting a very low-cost donor CRMTeams that want hands-on setup with data conversion and trainingOrganizations tracking donors, members, and volunteers together
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DonorDock

DonorDock is a user-friendly nonprofit CRM built specifically to simplify fundraising for small nonprofits, bundling donor management, online giving, email marketing, text messaging, and automations in one platform. Founded in 2017 in Fargo, North Dakota, it is designed to avoid steep price jumps as a nonprofit's contact count grows, helping smaller organizations control costs while they scale.

4.1(0)
From ~$100-$120/month undefined
Small nonprofits wanting an easy CRM plus online givingGrowing organizations that want predictable, contact-stable pricingTeams wanting donor management, email, and text in one tool
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CharityEngine

CharityEngine is an all-in-one nonprofit CRM and fundraising platform combining donor and sustainer management, marketing automation, advocacy, events, and an integrated payment processor. Founded by Philip Schmitz and headquartered in the Washington, DC / McLean, Virginia area, it targets mid-market nonprofits that want fundraising, marketing, and payments consolidated in a single system.

4(0)
From ~$350/month (quote-based); Starter ~$550/month (5 users, 25k contacts) undefined
Mid-market nonprofits wanting CRM, marketing, and payments in one platformHigh-volume fundraising programs with recurring/sustainer givingOrganizations running advocacy alongside fundraising
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CiviCRM

Free Plan

CiviCRM is a free, open-source (AGPLv3) constituent relationship management system purpose-built for nonprofits, NGOs, advocacy groups, and civic organizations. Started in 2004 and released in 2005, it provides donor, membership, event, and email-campaign management and integrates tightly with WordPress, Drupal, Backdrop, and Joomla, deployable on your own infrastructure with no licensing fees.

4(0)
Free plan available - Free (open-source, self-hosted; no licensing fees) undefined
Nonprofits wanting full data ownership via self-hostingOrganizations already on WordPress, Drupal, or JoomlaMembership and advocacy groups needing no per-user fees
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Aplos

Aplos is a cloud-based software suite for nonprofits and faith-based organizations that pairs true fund accounting with donor management, online giving, and contribution tracking. Founded in 2009 with its cloud product released in 2011, it is unusual in leading with nonprofit accounting while still offering CRM-style donor tools, and now anchors the Velora suite alongside Keela and Raisely.

4(0)
From $79/month (Lite); Core $129/month undefined
Nonprofits and churches wanting accounting plus donor management togetherFaith-based organizations needing fund accountingSmall teams consolidating finances and giving in one tool
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Sumac

Sumac is a configurable nonprofit CRM from the company formerly known as Silent Partner Software, supporting donations, volunteers, memberships, grants, and case/service-delivery management. It is notable for its case-management depth (HIPAA and PIPEDA compliant) and modular design, letting organizations start with a core and add modules to build a full nonprofit CRM with free live support.

4(0)
From ~$109-$179/month depending on modules undefined
Human-services nonprofits needing case management plus fundraisingOrganizations wanting a modular, build-your-own CRMTeams needing HIPAA/PIPEDA-compliant client data handling
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GiveSmart

GiveSmart, by Momentive Software, is an event-fundraising and auction platform with a native nonprofit donor CRM, combining mobile bidding, live and silent auctions, ticketing, fund-a-need, peer-to-peer, and donation campaigns. Headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida and grown through the MobileCause and SimplyFundraisingCRM acquisitions, it specializes in galas and complex fundraising events.

4(0)
Custom quote (no public list price) undefined
Nonprofits running galas, auctions, and major eventsEvent coordinators without technical backgroundsTeams wanting auctions plus a native donor CRM
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Classy (GoFundMe Pro)

Classy, now branded GoFundMe Pro, is an enterprise nonprofit fundraising platform that centralizes donation pages, peer-to-peer campaigns, events, recurring giving, and donor tracking, backed by the scale and data of GoFundMe. Founded in 2011 in San Diego and acquired by GoFundMe in 2022, it targets mid-to-large nonprofits running sophisticated, multi-channel digital fundraising.

4(0)
Custom quote (no public list price) undefined
Mid-to-large nonprofits running multi-channel digital fundraisingOrganizations wanting strong peer-to-peer and campaign pagesTeams that want GoFundMe scale plus Salesforce integration
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Bonterra EveryAction

Bonterra EveryAction is a unified nonprofit CRM and fundraising platform built for mid-market to enterprise organizations focused on fundraising, engagement, and advocacy. Now part of Bonterra (formed in 2021 by uniting EveryAction, Social Solutions, CyberGrants, and Salsa Labs), it tracks donors, prospects, grants, pledges, and planned giving with customizable reporting.

3.9(0)
Custom quote (no public list price) undefined
Mid-market to enterprise nonprofits combining fundraising and advocacyOrganizations needing unified donor, grant, and planned-giving trackingTeams wanting customized reporting at scale
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Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT

Blackbaud Raiser's Edge NXT is a cloud fundraising and donor-management CRM from Blackbaud, the long-time incumbent in nonprofit software, aimed at established and large fundraising organizations. It combines a constituent database with data enrichment, prospect research, event and online giving tools, social/email marketing, and deep analytics, sold as a single custom-quoted subscription.

3.8(0)
Custom quote (no public list price) undefined
Established nonprofits raising $1M+ annuallyOrganizations needing prospect research and data enrichmentLarge development shops wanting deep analytics
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Bonterra Network for Good (Guided Fundraising)

Bonterra Network for Good (now branded Guided Fundraising) is an all-in-one, simplified donor-management and fundraising CRM aimed at small and midsize nonprofits and volunteer-led teams. It pairs a donor database with online giving pages, email communications, and built-in coaching/guidance, with all packages including unlimited users, campaigns, and emails.

3.8(0)
Custom quote (priced by contacts imported); ~$3,000/year per a user reference undefined
Small nonprofits wanting simple, guided fundraisingVolunteer-led teams needing low training overheadOrganizations wanting unlimited users and campaigns

Frequently asked questions

What is the best CRM for nonprofits?

Based on our 2026 editorial rubric, the top-scored CRM for nonprofits tools in this directory are Bloomerang (4.6/5), Little Green Light (4.4/5), Virtuous (4.4/5). The right pick still depends on your segment — every listing explains who it is and isn't for.

How are these rankings decided?

Every tool gets an editorial score from a fixed, weighted rubric — feature depth, integration breadth, pricing transparency, segment fit, and independent reputation. Every fact on a listing carries a source link and a "last verified" date.

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