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DonorDock

Score8.7 out of 10

8 Reviews and Ratings

What is DonorDock?

DonorDock in Fargo offers their eponymous CRM, a solution designed to help Nonprofits save time and raise more funds with a centralized system of record and fundraising toolset.

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Screenshot of DonorDock's built-in email and text message marketing suite, used to send emails, texts, and track opens and clicks. To keep an existing solution, DonorDock integrates with popular tools, so data stays synced and up to date.
Screenshot of DonorDock's contact, gift, and activities tracking. Information can be shared out to a team.
Screenshot of reports that can be run in seconds, and customized to give exactly the desired information.
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Screenshot of DonorDock's built-in email and text message marketing suite, used to send emails, texts, and track opens and clicks. To keep an existing solution, DonorDock integrates with popular tools, so data stays synced and up to date.

Top Performing Features

  • Wealth screening

    The software can access publicly available wealth screening data to provide information on donors’ charitable giving histories.

    Category average: 6.1

  • Role-based user permissions

    Permissions to perform actions or access or modify data are assigned to roles, which are then assigned to users, reducing complexity of administration

    Category average: 7.5

  • Mobile access

    Users can access the CRM via an app from a mobile phone or tablet.

    Category average: 7

Areas for Improvement

  • Text and phone donations

    Constituents can donate via text or phone call.

    Category average: 4.9

  • Integrations

    The software includes or integrates with nonprofit marketing, fundraising, donor prospect, accounting, payment, event management, and/or grant management solutions.

    Category average: 6.4

  • Event registration and ticketing

    Track ticket purchases for events and connect them to constituent profiles

    Category average: 6.1

I love DonorDock.

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

Eugene Science Center uses Donor Dock to manage donors, members, grants, and special events. We also use it for sending out monthly eNewsletters and marketing emails. The project boards are very helpful, and the ability to put our brand on communications is important to us.

Pros

  • Track donations.
  • Send personalized, automated receipts and emails.
  • Branded eNewsletters with photos, graphics, or videos.
  • The customer service and ongoing training is amazing!

Cons

  • I wish events could have a more complex ticketing system, like allowing purchases of more than one at a time or adding a donation. An inventory of how many spots are left would be great, too.
  • The payment processor, Stripe, doesn't produce as helpful reports as we would like. We often have to go back to Donor Dock to see what something was.
  • Zapier is not a great partner with them.

Return on Investment

  • Increased engagement.
  • Ease of communication.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

DonorPerfect

Couldn't be happier

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

We use DonorDock to communicate with donors via email and text, to run reports, and to record donation data. We were searching for a CRM with an automated email feature to streamline our workflow for the team. When we found out that DonorDock has this feature, we were thrilled to make the switch.

Pros

  • Fast customer service response
  • Easy to use platform
  • Track the email open rate and link click number

Cons

  • I can't think of any.

Return on Investment

  • I haven't been using DonorDock long enough to provide feedback on this.

Usability

Alternatives Considered

Bonterra Guided Fundraising

Other Software Used

Canva, Bitly

Intuitive and Powerful Donor CRM Tool

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

At MEDIA Alliance, we've been using DonorDock for donor and ministry communication, donor and ministry CRM, and to collect online gifts. Over the months that we've used DonorDock, it's become the key tool for our organization.

Pros

  • Ease of Use
  • Donor Profiles
  • Email to Lists
  • Integrated Communication System

Cons

  • Customized Reporting
  • Dynamic Tagging

Return on Investment

  • Greater engagement across the organization with our CRM
  • Greater engagement with donors.

Alternatives Considered

Bloomerang, Givebutter and DonorSnap

Great features, great price. DonorDock is a Gem!

Pros

  • Easy to use, simple, fast
  • Built in recommendations and notifications
  • Easy reporting
  • Online giving
  • Affordable
  • Simple to get started
  • Scalable as we grow

Cons

  • Does not include e-commerce functionality
  • Does not include built in auction tools, but they can be integrated

Most Important Features

  • Easy to use donor profiles
  • Convenient lists and reports
  • Automatic or manual receipts and thank you’d that are fully customizable
  • Built in email marketing
  • Unlimited contacts at every price level
  • Easy contact merging and data cleaning
  • Simple onboarding

Return on Investment

  • Better donor retention
  • More new donors through better donor tracking
  • Increase in our monthly donors
  • Increase in gift amounts through better donor relationships

Alternatives Considered

Little Green Light, Bloomerang, Neon CRM, Salsa CRM and EveryAction

Other Software Used

Trello, eTapestry, Google Forms