Bloomerang for small nonprofits yes!
June 16, 2017

Bloomerang for small nonprofits yes!

Patricia (Tricia) Cottrell | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Bloomerang

Bloomerang is used by my clients to inform their fundraising efforts. They use it to track donor interactions, to conduct mail and email campaigns. They use the dashboards to track their efforts and to create new efforts to reach their donors. They use the letters to create thank you correspondence for their donors.

Pros

  • The migration of data from another software was very easy. All we needed to do was map the existing fields and we were able to create custom fields to accommodate specific needs of the clients.
  • The dashboards and reports are excellent tools for management to make decisions about fundraising efforts.
  • The complete records for each constituent and the ability to connect constituents to one another and to corporate donors enables my clients to reach our in specific campaigns that are tailored to move a group of donors.
  • The ability to connect to the database from off site is valuable when working in the field.

Cons

  • Some of the searches did not bring up the expected results. It would be good to see the logic be a little more "fuzzy".
  • More pre-set reports would be helpful for small organizations who do not understand the logic behind how to get the results they are seeking.
  • An ability to just page through donor records would be nice. Sometimes you just want to browse the data to get inspired.
Bloomerang offers a cost effective donor database solution for small nonprofits. If offers all the basic tools to track donations, segment databases, and become a one stop for development operational pieces. The fact that it is cloud based and can be accessed from anywhere was a big plus. Some of the lower priced packages were locally hosted and that was a minus for selection. Price and functionality were the main reasons for choosing Bloomerang.
For smaller organizations without complex data fields this is a great tool. For larger organizations with more data fields that are already defined in another database this tool is not quite as robust as some of the higher priced, older programs. It would also be more difficult to migrate that data without technical assistance.

Using Bloomerang

3 - Bloomerang is used by Executive Directors, Administrative staff and Development staff.
No in house support is used in the small clients I work with. They depend on Bloomerang tech support
  • Segmenting the database
  • Tracking donors
  • Thanking donors
  • Email blasts
It is a terrific too, for small nonprofits. Once they have their database loaded it's easy to maintain.

Comments

  • Steven Shattuck | TrustRadius Reviewer
    Thanks, Tricia! Since your review, we have added a number of report templates, with plans to add more! Loyal Donors Revenue from individual donors who have given every year from 2015-2019 Top Donors Donors ranked by total revenue over the last 2 years Newest Donors First-time donors from the last 90 days Monthly Donors Donors with an active recurring gift schedule, or 12+ gifts in the last 365 days High Potential Donors Donors with both a high engagement score and a high generosity score Call List Template Default columns and filters to include in any call list. Just add your own criteria for who to call! LYBUNT Constituents who gave last fiscal year but not this fiscal year SYBUNT Constituents who gave some fiscal year but not this fiscal year Downgrades Constituents who gave less this fiscal year than last fiscal year Household Averages Average raised this fiscal year and last fiscal year by household Pledge Reminders Pledges with a payment due next month One-Time Donors Constituents who have only given once Pledge Details Outstanding pledges with pledge payments to date Online Donations Donations received from online forms Employer Relationships Employees grouped by their employer Projected Cash Flow Pledges and Recurring Donations with projected revenue this fiscal year

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