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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

67% of nonprofits use a constituent relationship management system (CRM) to track donations and manage supporter communications. According to a National Council of Nonprofits report , the vast majority of nonprofits operate at the grassroots level, and 88% have budgets less than $500,000.

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Building and Supporting Your Drupal Website: In-House, Outsourced, or Both?

NTEN

Ongoing maintenance is a necessity, unless you choose Drupal Gardens , an affordable solution for simple sites. Do you have a full time staff member who lives and breathes Drupal? The more people who need to contribute, the more you will need to budget for training, and the more helpful it will be to have some Drupal know-how in-house.

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7 Association Management Software Suites to Consider

Neon CRM

Analytics and Reporting Analytics and reporting are central to improvement. The ability to track engagement metrics like event attendance, email open rates, and other membership activities will help you improve your future outreach efforts. This is an excellent tool for midsized and rapidly growing organizations.

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Open Source vs. Proprietary: Nonprofit CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

CRM (which I am defining rather loosely, rather than tightly, for the purpose of this post – as the tool or set of tools used to track constituents, donations, perhaps even events and volunteers) are arguably the most important technology tools that nonprofits use. It is relatively easy to set up for most functionality.

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How-to: Use Google Analytics to Track Your Online Marketing Campaigns

NTEN

You may already know you can use Google Analytics to track your Google AdWords campaigns. Generate the Tracking URL . Awhile back, I wrote about tracking click-throughs using query strings. Forget the technical details, because Google provides a tool you can and should use to create the tracking links for you.

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Email is dead … long live Email?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Reports of the death of email are, of course rampant, for the past, oh, 10 years or so. 1) Drupal Organic Groups: Organic Groups is a module of Drupal, which allows for discussions, wikis and the like. It’s a very powerful tool, and combined with other drupal modules, there is a lot you can do with it.

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Using a CMS to Make Your Website Social

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If you are shopping for a low cost CMS for your nonprofit, read this post and go download the report. Make sure the CMS you choose lets you moderate comments, ban individuals from commenting, and fast-track certain commenters—staff, for example—by allowing them to publish without waiting for moderation.

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