Apricot for Food Banks

Nourish Now is a food assistance nonprofit with a team of 10, meaning that we all do a little bit everything, including Apricot data entry, form creation and report generation. Our original intention for the software was to track our incoming and outgoing food donations, and the individuals and organizations/businesses from which and to which the food was donated. For this purpose, we have been able to generate reports that demonstrate our biggest food donors, single largest food donations, number of clients served, and many other pieces of information impressive to our supporters. We have expanded the information we take from clients to include more demographic and household information to better determine and report on who we are helping and to what degree. This has helped us to aim our efforts in the most effective ways for our community and the organization.

Currently we are working with the Calendar integration feature to eliminate the need to use GCal to book client appointments, separately form Apricot. This us a unique adaptation as we have had the opportunity to work closely with the Social Solutions staff to resolve these issues.

During our 2nd year, when we began using Apricot, we experienced a two-year period where the organization more than doubled in staff, physical size, capacity, impact, and community recognition.

Corporations and individual funders have been able to see our growth and impact through Apricot reporting. Also in repeat grant rewards, we have seen an increase in funding.