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What is Bonterra Guided Fundraising?
Bonterra Guided Fundraising offers a nonprofit fundraising suite of applications, with donor management features like intelligent tracking of donor readiness and targeted messaging.
Feature highlights: guided approach | all-in-one software | virtual, hybrid, in-person events | auctions | fundraising coaches
Guided Fundraising is a solution designed to help users reach fundraising goals, connect with supporters, and advance their missions with fundraising software. For users overwhelmed by messy spreadsheets, toggling between applications, or tripping over complex and unnecessary features that aren’t worth paying for, Guided Fundraising aims to bring together all the tools, features, and guidance needed so that they can confidently raise funds and build strong donor relationships.
Built for small and growing nonprofits, Guided Fundraising is designed to help the user become a better fundraiser. The solution combines donor management, communication tools, and online fundraising features, in one integrated software. Plus, onboarding, customer service, and data migration are included.
Built for small and growing nonprofits, Guided Fundraising is designed to help the user become a better fundraiser. The solution combines donor management, communication tools, and online fundraising features, in one integrated software. Plus, onboarding, customer service, and data migration are included.
According to Bonterra:
- Nonprofits who utilized Guided Fundraising video messages raised 32% more than those who didn't
- Guided Fundraising customers see an average donor retention of 49%
Feature highlights: guided approach | all-in-one software | virtual, hybrid, in-person events | auctions | fundraising coaches
Bonterra Guided Fundraising Features
- Supported: Guided Approach
- Supported: All-in-one Software
- Supported: Virtual, hybrid, in-person events
- Supported: Auctions
- Supported: Fundraising coaches
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| Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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| Operating Systems | Unspecified |
| Mobile Application | No |
| Supported Languages | English |
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Bonterra Guided Fundraising offers a nonprofit fundraising suite of applications, with donor management features like intelligent tracking of donor readiness and targeted messaging.
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April 03, 2024
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Bonterra Guided Fundraising helps us optimize our fundraising efforts efficiently. It is used in our organization to streamline donation management, create and manage fundraising campaigns, facilitate peer-to-peer fundraising, manage events, analyze data, and engage with donors effectively.
- Donation Tracking and Reporting
- Intuitive Campaign Creation
- Donor Engagement Features
- Personalization and Segmentation Tools
- User Interface Customization
- Advanced Analytics and Insights
March 30, 2024
Great product features
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I am able to send blast e-mails out to all of our donors with our online donation link so that I can continue to raise revenue to run our missions. As the person responsible for fundraising, I use the system to track donations and look up individual contacts. Our Administrative Consultant continually updates donations and sends out acknowledgement letters. She creates a donation report that I present to the Board by donor category. I create a new online campaign every fall and all fiscal year that is the link that I send out to raise funds.
- Ability to create an online campaign
- Email blasts to donors
- Tracking of progress with the dashboard
- Sometimes when creating an e-mail blast the bar that pops up with features is in the way of the content I am creating and it's hard to get it move out of the way.
March 28, 2024
Review for Bonterra (previously Network for Good)
The way we use the platform:
We create our event pages, utilize the email blasts, add and manage all our donors, and create reports. It is straightforward to make our emails and event pages.
Some of the problems we have encountered:
Some have to do with reporting; it is confusing. You can't create a tax letter with all the donations of the year in a simple way. Whenever you have to delete a ticket holder and make a donor, it creates a lot of confusion and problems. The font size and format are not very user-friendly whenever we create a page.
We create our event pages, utilize the email blasts, add and manage all our donors, and create reports. It is straightforward to make our emails and event pages.
Some of the problems we have encountered:
Some have to do with reporting; it is confusing. You can't create a tax letter with all the donations of the year in a simple way. Whenever you have to delete a ticket holder and make a donor, it creates a lot of confusion and problems. The font size and format are not very user-friendly whenever we create a page.
- General creation of event pages
- General creation of blast emails
- Adding and editing donors
- Reporting
- Event page - fonts and fields
- Groups and filters
October 25, 2023
Bonterra has improved our fundraising efforts 1000%
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I use Bonterra to manage all of our fundraising efforts. I am able to have all things in one place, and able to manage all things simultaneously. The platform is easy to use and I am able to get in, do what I need to do, and get out. I am glad we are using Bonterra to run all of our fundraising efforts.
- It helps to manage all donors
- We are able to acknowledge all donors
- We are able to keep track of all money being raised
- Be more communicative to users outside of just letting us know about donations recieved
- Provide more detailed workshops on specific services
- Provide an email summary of monthly activity, including donations, acknowledgements, etcetera.
We have used NFG since 2013 to help with online donations, donor management, fundraising, events, auctions, and reporting. As a 1-staff office, NFG has filled the "position" of donor management staff. I am able to whip up reports, analyze patterns of giving (or not giving), update donor records, and so much more. We have used the auction service since 2021, with our 3rd annual online silent auction being produced as I type. We have used the event tools to manage attendees, sponsors, and create reports. The customer service is excellent. And as a small nonprofit, the use of ease of the products and customer-friendly support are both extremely important.
- donor management records
- ability to create various reports easily
- silent auction tool
- excellent customer service
- volunteer data management
- rates increasing – we may be priced out of the service soon
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Network for Good makes it easy for us to have an ongoing fundraising campaign as well as a specific campaign for a project. Creating a giving page & sending it out to donors can all be done within minutes. There was a Zoom group training (recorded so you can go back to it) to show us how to create a page, plus our fundraising coach walked us through it while we created our first page. User-friendly!
With Network for Good, you can track group communication & see the statistics, for example, of emails delivered, opened or deleted. You can resend an email to only those who didn’t open it the first time.
It makes it much easier to communicate with our donors with options to text, email, text a video, find an address for a letter. It’s all in one place. Mahalo NUI to Network for Good & our Coach John Gilchrist!
With Network for Good, you can track group communication & see the statistics, for example, of emails delivered, opened or deleted. You can resend an email to only those who didn’t open it the first time.
It makes it much easier to communicate with our donors with options to text, email, text a video, find an address for a letter. It’s all in one place. Mahalo NUI to Network for Good & our Coach John Gilchrist!
- Fundraising coaching
- Options to communicate w/donors
- Tracking giving & communication for individual donors
- Connecting household members
July 03, 2023
Network for Good puts the "Fun" in "Fundraising"
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Paladin struggled with maintaining donor information. The agency used one system to collect donations, and a second system to collect donor information. Paladin's interest in Network for Good stemmed from the ability to collect donations and donor information within one system.
- Capable of setting up e-mail groups to send information pertinent to the group
- The customer support has been fantastic from setting up the system to coming up with strategies to maximize fund-raising
- The system is user-friendly and easy to learn
- The challenge was setting up donor information in a format that was compatible with the Network for Good system
June 30, 2023
Everything you need in one place - Network For Good!
I utilize Network For Good as our Donor Data Base. Here, I record all donations and generate acknowledgments. I can easily create themed acknowledgments for all kinds of donation scenarios including, every day giving donors, recurring donors, event donors, direct mail donors, and ticket purchasers. I utilize the campaign/designation categories so that I know where every donation is from and going. This makes for easy sorts to pull up information for analytics. I use communications to create monthly e-blasts and special email reminders. I also create forms for individuals to sign up for groups, training, events, and volunteering.
- NFG eliminates the need for other systems to handle monthly emails or newsletters.
- Designations feature works perfectly for our needs.
- Donors' ability to create passwords and log in to manage their credit card information or review donations is appreciated.
- Monthly donations are supported.
- User-friendly forms and the ability to include videos.
- Excellent communication and support.
- For the default footer in acknowledgments, the phone number is not included and we are unable to add the phone number.
- In My Tasks, the order of tasks changes every time I delete a task. It would be helpful if they stayed in the order I entered them so I could find the task I am looking for easier.
- When I view a sent email, there is an option to resend it, BUT I cannot edit the email before I resend.
- It is great to be able to schedule email blasts to a group of people. But I would like to be able to send an acknowledgment to a first time donor and then schedule a "new donor welcome email" to go out to this individual donor at a later date.
June 20, 2023
Don't Wait... Get Network for Good Today!
Network for Good has allowed our small non-profit the ability to consolidate many of the tasks we perform on a daily basis into one platform and with great ease. Having this consolidated platform has streamlined many things that use to take many steps to complete so that we are more efficient with our time and able to dedicate more time to those we serve.
- Timely Communication
- Helpful Customer Service
- Friendly Staff
- Adding more functions to use besides for fundraising
- Creating email blasts from scratch
June 13, 2023
This user rates Network For Good 10/10!
After years of trying to force-fit donor management into an application primarily designed for document management, we came across Network For Good and were impressed by the breadth of functionality it offered: database management, communication, campaign management and tracking, and event management (including ticketing and auctions).
- Top-notch customer service! The Network For Good team is responsive, genuinely courteous, and knowledgeable about the product.
- Communication options are available for all donor preferences, from good old-fashioned direct mail to email, text, and video. And all are easy to use!
- Creating forms for surveys and other data capturing is very easy, as is construction of reports on donors and donations for management use.
- Love the format options and drag-and-drop functionality -- including embedding videos -- for newsletters and email engagements.
- Would love to be able to modify my dashboard to graph and chart the campaigns and designations I want to see. I don't understand the algorithms behind what is served up for display. For instance, would like to be able to separate members from donors on the dashboard.
- Would like to see the donation refund process an online process.
- When cloning a form, such as for a survey, would like to be able to change a question or field without having it affect prior forms.
February 10, 2023
Makes time for fun fundraising!
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
As a non=profit, we use it to organize and document our non-cash and cash donors. We send each donor either a mailed or emailed thank you letter using this data base. We also use the email group within Network for Group to make all contributors aware of our services we deliver, upcoming activities and events.
- Organized database with good details and prompts for complete files
- Tabulates reports of donors daily and over time
- Makes the organization more transparent to all stakeholders
- Helps with lapsed donors
- Reminds staff of fundraising deadlines
- Individual contact listing being required before the company or business causes some business to be dropped if the individual leaves the business
- when you have a donor who donated both as a business and as an individual sometimes one or the other does not come up in the listing when you search for an amount for the year
- FaceBook donations being identified by at least who did the fundraiser, not the donors. I do a birthday fundraiser every year for Caring Carroll and there is no indication that it came from me. The money comes in but we do not know where it came from who held the fundraiser.
- The fact that the FaceBook donations go into our Network for Good database before we even have the money is confusing.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Network for Good is a great tool for any size nonprofit working on fundraising. We are a small nonprofit and were worried about using such a powerful product. We received great training and a coach to help us think through any issues. There is a beginning training that really helps you get onboarded with a live person, this resource alone was gold. Then they offer other training if you need them. The coach meets with you and helps you plan, organized, and problem-solve campaigns. Some accountability built in to help you achieve your goals. The program is easy to use and has a dashboard where you can see everything you might need on one screen. There is a database where you input your contacts, and if you have them in another form there are other people available to help you insert your contacts into the software. We used email, and texts and sent out a video with this program. We raised double what we raised last year online. We learned several things about fundraising, the software made us get organized and start plotting our next fundraising campaign.
- You can create donor surveys to use
- Tracking through clicks, conversion rates, location and many other ways to track donors
- You can connect your campaign to google ads
- Showing users how to download things from the database
- Allowing mailing labels to be created from the database
February 10, 2023
Great Donor management system for small Non-profits
As a donor management system, it has simplified reporting and makes donor engagement very simple.
- NFG offers At-a-glance donor snapshots
- easy reporting with NFG
- ease of email eblasts
- ease of multi-channel marketing
- We'd like to add grantors into the system but exclude them where appropriate
- do not like that ticket holders and sponsors are not treated as donors
- Lapsed donors usually is accurate but double entry or donors creates confusion
February 10, 2023
Specialized software that saves soooo much time!!
I use Network for Good for fundraising, sending newsletters, and CRM management. I needed a centralized system that would allow me to start building and tracking donor information, such as contact information, amounts and frequency of donations, and who was actually seeing our emails. What I have discovered in just three months is that it is an incredible source of ideas for fundraising, layouts for newsletters & fundraising emails. They also have recommendations for using our followers to help us fundraise, they track everything about our donors that we could ever want to know, and best of all, they can send automatic thank you emails! This is important but often slips through the cracks with my busy schedule. As I use the platform, I discover more and more, but support is just a click or call away! The customer service team is friendly and fun and understands the non-profit world and its challenges.
I look forward to discovering more features as I continue to become familiar with the platform.
- Offer templates for fundraising emails
- Keeping donor history
- Tracking over all donations
- Tracking the effectiveness of different fundraising campaigns
- Customer service
- The only thing that I can think of is the price. For a small rural non-profit, the expense so far, outweighs the income.
February 04, 2023
From Blackbaud etapestry to Network for Good
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use this as our donor management system-organization, communication, segmentation Use for our fundraising events-sign ups, communications, purchasing Use for mass communications-newsletters, thank you notes, updates Allows us to use one platform for many different areas of our organization.
- User friendliness / common sense
- Provides answers to common questions well
- Makes it very easy to run specific reports
- Data importing
- Timed entry feature for events
- Data cleanup resources
- Allowing emails to be used on multiple accounts (business & individual)
- Importing templates from other systems (Constant Contact)
- Scan business cards to be uploaded
December 13, 2022
Thrilled with Network for Good
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We use Network for Good as our donor management system and for part of our program. Veteran applications are done through Network for Good, and until our veterans are onboarded, all communications are done through Network for Good as well. We use Network for Good forms to create our donation pages, acknowledgments, and applications.
- Support is excellent
- Ease of use
- Ease of onboarding
- Allows for unlimited users
- Prompts make it easy to get through a project
- Templates are extremely helpful
- I have found nothing yet. Been such an improvement over our last CRM.
November 29, 2022
A Senior in a Techy World
I have been developing and managing programs, including rather large grants, for over seven years at our Senior Center. Fundraising and working with donors have always been there but on a very small scale. With the change in the economy, our budget has and continues to be exhausted, so that very small-scale HAD to change, and Network for Good has been a blessing to us. The system is very user-friendly and very informative. The statistics we are getting from our input have proven to be valuable as we continue to grow this part of our business. Most of all is the impressive support that we get from their team.
- User-friendly system
- Valuable information based on how you use the system
- Amazing support!!!
- I wish I had something to add here, but as of now, I don't. That's a good thing, right, although I know there should always be room for improvement.
November 29, 2022
Network for Good is a Game Changer, but ensure that you understand how the transition of your previous database works.
We chose to switch to Network for Good as our donation platform and also to communicate with our volunteers and potential donors and adopters.
- Great communication features with donors and volunteers.
- User-friendly.
- Ability to take over the phone payments.
- The import process from our previous donor database was not as seamless as explained. Much of the work was put on our staff and still has not been resolved.
November 29, 2022
Network for Good Takes Your Non-Profit to the Next Level
I use Network for Good for donor management and fundraising for a small local non-profit. The platform addresses donor communication variability and ease of use issues. It is very user-friendly and easy to learn. The training that is provided is excellent, and the resources provided for creating new and creative content are wonderful.
- Training and Onboarding
- Ongoing support
- Ease of use
- Creative content suggestions and guidance
- Allow for more than one type of ticket purchase without an upcharge
November 29, 2022
Excellent customer service!
I am using Network for Good for fundraising and staying in touch with donors and potential donors. I have sent texts to give messages to clients, friends, and potential donors and have a newsletter to email as soon as I obtain email addresses for more contacts.
- On-boarding support
- Answering questions in chat
- User-friendly
- More appointments available with on-boarding specialist
- Longer appointments with on-boarding (30 minutes is not long enough)
November 29, 2022
Network for Good is truly a network for the good!
I use Network for Good as a fundraising and communication platform. I steward donors and train others to do so based on the information we retain within each donor's record. I communicate with donors utilizing the robust communication options Network for Good offers. I also use the reporting features to make data-driven decisions regarding top donors and the next steps. The platform is intuitive, easy to use, and has great communications tools. I really love the built-in video component.
- Easy built-in communication tools, particularly the video component
- Reports that are easy to set up and utilize to make decisions
- Ability to schedule tasks, assign them to team members, and keep track of their progress
- The look and feel of the dashboard is user-friendly
- We wish we had the ability to set parameters/filter for dashboard data.
November 29, 2022
New User - SO FAR SO GOOD! Go through the on-boarding process with one-on-one helps you get familiar with product.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
I'm a new user with Network for Good. We are using it for our fundraising events and donations. Network for Good has allowed a a location to have all of our information in one location. It prompts you in case you forget something. It tally's donations and is a good platform for our Gala. Stay tuned for more information as I get more familiar with it's other uses.
- Communication.
- Training.
- I particularly liked the one-ono-one assigned during on-boarding.
- I'm having trouble getting pictures with the correct pixels. My pictures are blurry. Not their issue really, I'm just struggling with it.
June 03, 2022
Out of the Dark Ages and Into the 21st Century
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
We are using NFG primarily as a donor database and for tracking and acknowledging donations. We also add the event module for a golf tournament and are tracking sponsors, ticket sales and donations. It is working beautifully for us in this capacity as well.
- Track donations.
- Mesh with Quick Books online to facilitate ease of finances.
- Allowed us to become the financial partner for a major fundraiser by taking registrations and sponsorships.
- Easy donor acknowledgements.
- We have had to "back door" some processes to meet our needs.
- A little complicated to create household contacts.
We began using Network for Good to organize our donor list (I had previously just been using a Word document.) Since we are a smaller organization I was worried about justifying the expense. I presented it to our board and they hesitantly agreed to try it out. It turns out that expense was well worth it and has paid for itself many times over! It has been great for that but is so much more robust than I had realized. Now I use it for email campaigns, setting up landing pages for my campaigns, taking advantage of the educational opportunities, and have greatly expanded the scope of our fundraising.
- Organizes donor data
- Educates
- Creates campaigns for users to join in and try
- Provides the tools to create beautiful landing pages
- quicker response to inquiries
- make it easier to set up filters for emails
- make it so a previously sent email can be copied to be pasted
- it would be great to be able to have a way to be able to have a campaign do an auto-shutoff when a goal is reached
June 01, 2022
Our non-profit is very happy with Network for Good
We use Network for Good for processing all of our donations and for donor management. The interface enables us to easily send thank you letters or emails to donors as well as send email updates and newsletters and has very easy-to-use reporting/data retrieval features and a clear dashboard that provides useful information at a glance. Network for Good is very user-friendly and any questions are quickly resolved through the chat interface with a Network for Good representative. Having used other systems, I find this interface very easy to work with.
- Network for Good makes it almost effortless to contact donors in a variety of ways
- Network for Good has a clear dashboard with useful information displayed at a glance and more in-depth reporting parameters to dig deeper when needed
- Any questions are quickly and helpfully resolved through a chat function with Network for Good support staff
- I would like to see another line of space on organization addresses so there is more room to add an attention line to an individual or separate address info such as a floor and suite. Some organization addresses are very long and I've sometimes felt as if there is not enough room to enter all of the info without abbreviating more than I like to