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Kindful, a Bloomerang product

Overview

What is Kindful, a Bloomerang product?

Kindful aims to help nonprofit organizations across the world fundraise more effectively. Kindful includes fundraising tools, reporting, and analytics all in one CRM.Kindful was acquired by Bloomerang in January, 2021. It is now a Bloomerang product.

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Recent Reviews

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Kindful, a donor database software, has proven to be essential for nonprofit organizations in managing their donor and supporter lists. …
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Kindful: a great CRM

9 out of 10
February 10, 2020
Incentivized
We use Kindful as a CRM to manage our donors, programs, events and donations. It is used across the entire organization and it helps us …
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Kindful really is kind

9 out of 10
February 09, 2020
Incentivized
Kindful is currently being used to track all our donors and sponsors. I am the only one who inputs anything, but others use it to look up …
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Pricing

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Standard

$119

Cloud
per month

Standard

$239

Cloud
per month

Standard

$349

Cloud
per month

Entry-level set up fee?

  • No setup fee
For the latest information on pricing, visithttp://kindful.com/pricing

Offerings

  • Free Trial
  • Free/Freemium Version
  • Premium Consulting/Integration Services

Starting price (does not include set up fee)

  • $119 per month
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Product Details

What is Kindful, a Bloomerang product?

Kindful aims to help nonprofit organizations across the world fundraise more effectively. Kindful includes fundraising tools, reporting, and analytics all in one CRM.

Kindful was acquired by Bloomerang in January, 2021. It is now a Bloomerang product.

Kindful, a Bloomerang product Features

Additional Features

  • Supported: Unlimited Donation Pages
  • Supported: Unlimited Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Pages
  • Supported: Unlimited Admin Users
  • Supported: Automatic Acknowledgements
  • Supported: Built-in Mail Merge
  • Supported: Donation Tracking
  • Supported: Unlimited Groups
  • Supported: Unlimited Custom Searches
  • Supported: Prebuilt Search Templates
  • Supported: Built-in Integrations
  • Supported: Realtime Donor Records
  • Supported: Task Management
  • Supported: Reporting
  • Supported: Customizable Reports
  • Supported: Custom Fields
  • Supported: API for custom integration
  • Supported: Mobile access

Kindful, a Bloomerang product Screenshots

Screenshot of Reporting analyticsScreenshot of Contact profileScreenshot of Fundraising functionality

Kindful, a Bloomerang product Video

Kindful Overview Demo | Integrated Nonprofit CRM and Fundraising Tools

Kindful, a Bloomerang product Integrations

Kindful, a Bloomerang product Competitors

Kindful, a Bloomerang product Technical Details

Deployment TypesSoftware as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based
Operating SystemsUnspecified
Mobile ApplicationNo

Frequently Asked Questions

Kindful, a Bloomerang product starts at $119.

Neon CRM, Blackbaud eTapestry, and DonorPerfect are common alternatives for Kindful, a Bloomerang product.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 9.8.

The most common users of Kindful, a Bloomerang product are from Small Businesses (1-50 employees).
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Reviews and Ratings

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Community Insights

TrustRadius Insights are summaries of user sentiment data from TrustRadius reviews and, when necessary, 3rd-party data sources. Have feedback on this content? Let us know!

Kindful, a donor database software, has proven to be essential for nonprofit organizations in managing their donor and supporter lists. With integration capabilities with various software tools such as QuickBooks, MailChimp, FundraiseUp, and Zapier, Kindful serves as a central source of truth for all contacts, volunteers, supporters, and board members. Users appreciate how Kindful allows them to track and compare donor activity, offering clear visibility into who donated and how much. The user-friendly interface and online accessibility make it convenient for staff members of all levels to access and utilize the information within the software. Additionally, Kindful's integration with QuickBooks eliminates the need for duplicate data entry and ensures accurate financial reporting. The specialist support provided during the onboarding process has also been highly valuable to users. While some users have experienced discrepancies in financial reports between Kindful and QuickBooks, these issues were resolved through modifications in payment methods and exporting reports. Overall, Kindful has proven helpful in managing donor relations, tracking engagement, generating reports, and acting as a hub for assimilating donors into organizations

Two-Way Integration with MailChimp: Several users have found the two-way integration between Kindful and MailChimp highly beneficial. They appreciate how contacts can sync instantly with minimal setup, streamlining their email marketing efforts and saving them time and effort.

User-Friendly Nature: Many reviewers praise Kindful for its user-friendly nature. They mention that the software is highly intuitive, making it easy to navigate through input screens and reports. This intuitive design allows teams to start using the software with minimal training, increasing their productivity.

Onboarding Process: Users are impressed with the onboarding process provided by Kindful. They specifically mention the personalized assistance they received, which includes help setting up initial integrations, reports, and training. This personalized support makes it easier for them to get started with the software and ensures a smooth transition from their previous systems.

Missing Features for Fundraising Planning: Some users have expressed frustration with the lack of functionality in Kindful for planning next actions in major gifts fundraising. They have resorted to planning outside of Kindful and entering actions as they occur, which can be cumbersome and time-consuming.

Challenges with Household Management: Several users find managing households in Kindful to be challenging, especially when it comes to soft-credits. This can lead to errors in reporting and cause confusion when trying to track relationships between contacts.

Complicated Filters and Information Retrieval: Many users have mentioned that the filters in Kindful are complicated and would prefer a clearer system for obtaining specific information or location-based filtering. They find it difficult to navigate through the system and sometimes struggle to find the desired information when generating reports.

Based on user reviews, users commonly recommend the following for Kindful:

  1. Taking the time to learn the program: Users suggest familiarizing yourself with Kindful before making any decisions. It is considered easy to use and navigate without requiring special training.

  2. Appreciating excellent customer service: Many users praise Kindful's customer service, noting their quick responses and issue resolution. They recommend reaching out to them for any requests or questions.

  3. Considering suitability for small nonprofits: Kindful is highly recommended for small to mid-sized nonprofits. Users believe it offers good value for smaller organizations and serves as a well-rounded CRM option. It is considered user-friendly, affordable, and continually improving based on customer input.

Other notable recommendations include doing a demo and speaking to current users to ensure user-friendliness, researching integration capabilities with desired products, and considering Kindful's evolving functionality. Some users mention that while Kindful may not suit larger organizations' complex reporting needs, it is still an excellent choice for small to mid-size nonprofits.

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Score 4 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Kindful is good at straightforward donor entry, donor search, and visualizing donations from month to month or year to year with dashboard graphics. It was a tough migration from RE and we've got hundreds of messed up records and fields that I have to manually repair every time I encounter one of those records.
Toby J. Weiss | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Kindful is well suited when:
  • Important to integrate with a wide range of systems such as online fundraising tools or event registration without being tied to a single vendor
  • Small to medium sized organizations looking for an affordable but powerful donor database/CRM
  • Need a powerful but user friendly tool with customizable reports
Kindful is not well suited when:
  • You need very advanced customization such as the ability to built entire custom screens
  • You need to track donations in multiple currencies
Barbara L'Italien | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 1 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Our small nonprofit did a lot of research when choosing a donor management system. Our choice landed with Kindful. After 6 months of onboarding experience, and a few uploading issues that corrupter our financial management program, QuickBooks, we had to break our ties with Kindful. If we had renewed, they would have honored a $600 discount, but with our poor experience, we decided not to renew. I am very disappointed they told us they would not honor any type of financial refund, despite the hours we had to pay employees to fix their mistake. I caution you, do not to allow Kindful to sync by uploading to Quickbooks until you are sure everything has been imported correctly into Kindful during your onboarding sessions.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Kindful is well suited for a small organization - especially one that has volunteers to enter information. While we currently don't practice this, a volunteer could easily record gifts for your organization with some training on Kindful. For a more robust organization looking for all data points and that uses heavy analysis in their gift solicitations, this might not be the best software.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Kindful is a great solution for small to medium-sized nonprofits with a small team who primarily use email and social media to solicit funds. If your organization utilizes the latest in social media apps and appeals to younger generations, then Kindful is an excellent choice. Crowdfunding is another great feature of Kindful, but again, this is best suited for younger generations using mobile phones and laptops to make donations and interact with nonprofits.
February 10, 2020

Kindful: a great CRM

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Best suited to a smaller to midsized nonprofit that needs a great and easy donor management system and if the organization has simple or typical event structures it would be perfect.
Patrick Palmer | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I recommend Kindful as a good and affordable option for small to midsize non-profits. I find that it's easy to use, easy to integrate and an overall good off-the-shelf option. The learning curve to navigate Kindful is minimal, probably the most straightforward interface that I have used. I don't think Kindful is the best tool for groups that have a large donor base and need strong reporting.
February 09, 2020

Kindful really is kind

Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I use to think of Kindful as "not so kind", but over the last year, they have made it more user-friendly, or maybe I have just gotten more used to it. A year ago, I struggled to do my year-end tax statements, this year they were done in no time. Many of them were able to be emailed and a note put into their file that it was sent. The others printed nicely with a letter and were able to be put into window envelopes and sent quickly.
February 08, 2020

Kindful at a glance

Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
It works great for us, and the cost is just right. We are a small non-profit working w/ a limited budget. Kindful allows users to be well organized, which in turn helps us better serve our donors.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
For small non-profits getting on their feet and moving to robust systems, Kindful is excellent. In the non-profit world, Kindful is unbeatable, and the scalability and functionality, combined with ease of use, make this product a clear winner. If a non-profit has a lot of sales or non-tax-exempt transactions, sometimes Kindful gets bulky or confusing.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
I started into this development side myself and needed a system that was easy to use and could handle thousands of contacts coming in, yet give me reports I needed for accounting purposes. Kindful has been a huge gift to our organization—a great solution, affordable, and just an all-around great system to work with.
Shaelina Holmes | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Kindful is perfect for small to mid-size nonprofits that need to get a lot done with limited staff members. It is user-friendly and their help desk is always available for fast and customized responses. Their help website is a wonderful wealth of information that made it easy to learn how to use the system at our own pace and to meet our own needs.
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Compared to other CRM systems such as DonorSnap, Raiser's Edge etc, I believe Kindful does a better job at managing the donor database and is easier to use. It also maintains the relevant donor information as long as you're able to input the information in a timely manner. The system allows you to quickly generate the information you need about that donor and the history allows you to continue the conversation in a very detailed and user-friendly way.
December 10, 2018

Kindful is Killer!

Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Kindful is great for managing large groups of donor information. When we inputted our previous donor database information, it didn't necessarily grab it all very easily, but we did have years of donor information so it was a big task. Kindful would be great for newer organizations because it would automatically be accurate with donor information.
Amanda Mulder | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 8 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
If your primary goals are: the ability to accept online donations [best/easiest to use donation form I've seen], acknowledge donors, and keep constituent data in one location - and you're willing to look for integrated solutions for other specific uses based on your needs - Kindful is for you. Bonus: Pricing for Kindful makes it easy to find the budget for other integrated solutions... because even if it doesn't do it all - it is still really inexpensive for what it does accomplish.
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