Item: Bonterra Guided Fundraising
Rating: 10
Author: Barb Rodgers

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

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.

Pros and Cons

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.

Most Important Features

Contributor or donor organization
Tracking of current and lapsed donors
Accounting of donations

Return on Investment

Staff/volunteer time that has been gained to raise funds instead of bookkeeping them
Better organization of appreciation letters and donor reminders for continued support
We also doubled funds raised by our volunteer fundraising group from 2020 in 2022.

Alternatives Considered

Raiser's Edge

It was mostly about the price that we selected Network for Good.

Key Insights

Do you think Bonterra Guided Fundraising delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Bonterra Guided Fundraising's feature set?

Yes

Did Bonterra Guided Fundraising live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Bonterra Guided Fundraising go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Bonterra Guided Fundraising again?

Yes

Likelihood to Recommend

We had been doing all our documentation of our contributors and donors using old school systems that really were not designed to keep track of money. Network for Good is definitely designed for that specific use. It was also affordable. We looked at other systems but we could not afford them.
It is user friendly. With the prompts throughout the entry, even a volunteer can do the data entry.

Makes time for fun fundraising!

Overall Satisfaction with Network for Good