The independent directory of CRM for nonprofits

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.