Hey everyone, I’m excited to announce that SimplyFundraisingCRM has joined the Community Brands community! Joining with Community Brands will enable us to invest even more in simple and easy-to-use fundraising CRM software that anyone can use and everyone loves. After I left DonorPerfect more than 2 years ago (I founded DonorPerfect Online in 2001), I knew there had to be…
Recently, one of our newest clients, The Children’s Grief Center, shared with me that they received a large grant from a local foundation. Funding was about to happen, and the foundation preferred to use a credit card to make the payment. In SimplyFundraisingCRM, you can easily collect a credit card payment over the phone, or even send a secure payment…
The Information Center- based out of Taylor, Michigan- recently converted from their old Microsoft Access database to SimplyFundraisingCRM to track their donors and manage their Gala with online event registrations. Discover how they raised more money this Fall, and what they think of using SimplyFundraisingCRM!
Happy GivingTuesday! If you are one of the tens of thousands of nonprofits and donors participating, thank you for your support and generosity! Typically on this day, I would be camped out in New York City at GivingTuesdayHQ, having been involved with GivingTuesday from the very first year (2012) and every year since. But both COVID-19 and starting a new…
This was just recently posted by a nonprofit ski club on techsoup.org, where I help as a moderator: Without warning, PayPal froze our account and our funds telling us their fraud warning processes flagged us. We can’t withdraw our $4000 and they won’t give it back for 6 months – that’s half our current savings and 20-25% of our seasonal…
I recently had a great conversation with Andrew Mosawi, President of iATS Payments. iATS Payments is the primary payment processor for SimplyFundraisingCRM, and they are experts in the nonprofit industry. Along with my 12+ year personal relationship with Andrew, it was an easy decision for us to partner with them. In this interview, we discuss how SimplyFundraisingCRM got started, how…
Launching a new company- let alone a comprehensive CRM/database for nonprofits- is hard work. There is so many moving pieces it’s easy to forget why you started the company in the first place. In my case, it was simple. After a 25 year run with DonorPerfect, a new majority owner emerged and made changes. And those changes did not include…
It’s Time to Grow! After a successful launch of SimplyFundraisingCRM and hearing the awesome feedback of happy and successful customers, it’s time to really ramp up our marketing and sales effort to get the word out!! Small or smart nonprofits can count on SimplyFundraisingCRM to save time, increase communications, and raise more money with their donors. All in a software…
It’s been a long 18 months since I was let go from my dream job at DonorPerfect (I started in 1995 and was let go in 2020), and I’ve been really busy! I surrounded myself with fundraising software experts in the industry, hired the best staff, and launched what I think is the most game changing fundraising technology for nonprofits…
With the pandemic ebbing to a degree where in-person events are now possible, it’s time to start thinking about planning that special event. While I know fundraisers have a love/hate relationship with events, the fact of the matter is that a well planned special event builds both revenue *and* community. And personally, I really like special events- I’m fairly outgoing,…
