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25 reviewers had the following to say about Funraise's features:
It's great - being a small team and at times a 1 man team when it comes to the development side Funraise automates many tasks as well as helps keep us very organized.
Pros
It's very easy to use, and has all features under one roof: event, peer to peer, recurring donors, donation button, social media, texting, and I'm sure I'm even missing other features.
Cons
There are some limitations to bulk action items that could make management easier as well as some manual specific limitations to the text feature.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thanks for the feedback, Richard! And the feeling's mutual: We feel like you're one of ours, and we love what BLUE Missions does every day.
I was actively looking for a P2P solution to use for a new campaign we were going to launch.
Pros
Fairly ease to use, cot and had good account management.
Cons
Not having built in email and no incentive management.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you for the feedback, Henry. While we work on adding the stuff Mercy for Animals (and other customers!) ask for, we appreciate your support and patience.
Pros
Funraise is just beautiful to look at. The UI is incredible and so it makes using it incredibly easy.
Cons
However, a nonprofit cannot afford to be not using a donor management software in 2019
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Monthly
Likelihood to recommend
Hi Richard! Thanks for loving our CRM. We have so much in the works that'll absolutely bowl you over... please stay updated!
And tell Robin we said HI!
Love the real-time reporting, simple forms for recurring donations and single transactions, wealth screening and automated workflows for donor management.
Pros
I desperately needed a donor management system that was easy to use given the amount of people that would be using the system.
Cons
The cost is higher than most donor management systems.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
Relatively easy to use; customer support is timely and helpful
Cons
Sometimes only need a new feature (event management) for a once a year thing but the cost package requires it to be an annual subscription or update that we don't need
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Thanks for the feedback, Leah! And thank you for the work that you do to bring out the character and passion in Cincinnati's youth.
Overall, our experience with Funraise has been excellent. We've grown a lot over the past 3+ years and so has Funraise. It has been so great to continually increase our utilization of Funraise as they have added new features and updates, which they do so regularly. One of the most important factors in choosing a platform for me is knowing I will have quality customer support to help me when I run into problems or questions - and Funraise excels with this!
Pros
Donation forms are easy to create and embed in our website even for those of us who are not web developers, and when a donor gives on that form, the donation automatically is entered into our CRM, Salesforce.
Cons
The one feature we would really love to have access to but do not would be an online portal system for donors to manage their recurring donations and payment methods.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you so much for the feedback, Emily! It has been a pleasure for our team to see Compassion First grow, and we hope you'll keep wishing for that one feature you're looking for... you may get your wish sooner than you think!
We've run global Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) campaigns with donors and volunteers from Microsoft, Amazon, Walt Disney Company, Netflix, Horizon Therapeutics ~ they have high expectations about the user experience and Funraise has never let us down.
Pros
Three things make Funraise the best donor management software on the market: 1) Technology built by nonprofit leadership for nonprofit leaders.
Cons
The ticketing function negates the ability for donors to sign-up for recurring donations.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
It's always a pleasure to work with ANGEL AID's teamyour passion shows through in your effort and impact. Thank you for making Funraise better through your suggestions and feedback!
Prior to Funraise, we had no donor management system (unless you count excel...) and this changed the game for us.
Pros
I also love the aesthetic of the platform; it is so easy on the eyes! The reporting filters were very convenient and it avoided the need for excel or sheets.
Cons
To note, we are a Canadian based non-profit so the tax receipt requirements are different.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Occasionally
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you for the feedback! We're thrilled that you were able to excel beyond Excel and even happier that we get to partner with you to achieve excellence!
It's helped us made our donor experience easy.
Pros
The interface of the dashboard is easy and intuitive.
Cons
I can't think of anything I don't like.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thanks for the feedback, Christina! We love working with you and just like your donors, we love seeing your progress!
Funraise has not only helped us raise so much more money, but they've also helped relieve us of administration work with their automation, tracking, and report functionality.
Pros
Not only is the donor functionality easy and helpful, but the back-end reporting and relationship tracking is where they really beat their competition.
Cons
They used to not have a clean and easy way to design fundraising pages, but all of that has changed with the new update and it truly is one of the best comprehensive donation platforms in existence right now!
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Wow! This is the type of news we love to hear. It's been our honor to work with and root for the awesome Love Not Lost team as you've grown over the last few years.
We've seen an increase in our online donor conversion rate which is exciting and it's the first time we've had fundraisers launch very successful fundraising campaigns.
Pros
It's helped out conversion rate having donors able to donate directly on the page they're looking at without being redirected elsewhere.
Cons
For example, the MailChimp integration is awesome but doesn't provide a way for donors to opt-out of being added to our MailChimp list.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Pros
It's extremely easy to set up & use, but also has great API functionality that allows our developers to integrate our fundraising data into other systems.
Cons
The biggest downside is that there is no way for donors to update their recurring donations themselves, but I've been told for months that this is in the works.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thanks for the feedback! We love that you're using our time-saving tools and integrations and that you're advocating for more solutions to problems many nonprofits face.
I truly use her as a sounding board for fundraising campaigns and to understand how to best use the platform.
Pros
The giving form feature is the most impactful and I love the layout of the software.
Cons
Text-to-Give option would be helpful, especially with virtual events due to the pandemic.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you, Tareake! Iman and the rest of Team Funraise love working with you and seeing your impact on youth and the community. It's awesome to know we're speaking to the heart of organizations doing such empowering work.
It is so much easier to customize donor experience when your management system does the tedious work for you!
Pros
I also really liked that you can send a specific email to each type of donor.
Cons
I wish I could send full out email campaigns (but that's a big ask when you already have players like MailChimp).
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
We're experimenting with peer to peer campaigns in our company so we purchased Funraise tool to integrate with Raiser's and our website.
Pros
It integrates with Raiser's Edge and automatically adds donors info to records and creates new records.
Cons
You need to setup an account with a company like Stripe to integrate donor payments with the system so it's a little time consuming to setup.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Occasionally
Likelihood to recommend
Hey, thanks for the review! Our peer-to-peer feature was what got Funraise started and we're really proud of it, so hearing that you like it too is pretty cool.
We're keen to make sure that your fundraisers and donors have a great experience. We're all in this together!
What an amazing company to have on your nonprofit's side. You can feel that they genuinely care about all of their clients as well as the work that they do. It is also very exciting to be partnered with a young company that is learning from its clients and adjusting accordingly.
Pros
The features involved in running a report are game-changingly easy to operate and edit.
Cons
I do wish there were more features available to add into the giving forms for donors. Ex) a "how did you hear about us" section.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
We are so happy to have found this platform just in time. Our donors love it, our team loves it, and we love it.
Pros
Funraise's interface is incredibly user-friendly and designed simplistically, making it easy for anyone on a team to be easily onboarded and made to feel like they understand how to use the most advanced features.
Cons
I hope there is more investment in the direct messaging of donors in the future.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thanks for the feedback, Fern! Your kind words made our team literally tear up. Code2040's mission and growth are even better than how we envisioned Funraise being used as we built the product.
Pros
Reports can be downloaded easily and it is simple to navigate through the software.
Cons
Maybe for the social media integration instead of "Facebook Donor" include the name of the donor.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thanks for the feedback, Karla! Barbells is one of our favorite customers and we take your suggestions and needs very seriously.
Pros
The platform allows me to organize and review donor information with ease.
Cons
Some of the fundraising sites do not display well on mobile -- would really appreciate the ability to optimize the mobile layout.
Rating breakdown
Time used: Less than 6 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thanks for the feedback! We love how you listed your favorite Funraise featuresthey're some of our favorites, too. Thank you for being a huge Funraise fan... we're a huge LEAP fan!
Our fundraising on Funraise has exceeded $120,000 and the feedback we hear from our donors is that it is a quick and easy way to donate.
Pros
We are a small grassroots organization and depended on PayPal to process donations but were in need of something more robust that could handle campaigns, data tracking, peer to peer campaigns and provide a comprehensive CRM.
Cons
Something else that would be helpful is a way to send group emails to all donors that supported a certain campaign.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you for the lovely review, Melissa! We will pass along your comments to your Success Manager, Jade. We're so happy to be your partner in impact and growth!
To use the events feature and peer to peer fundraising products has been exciting as we have figured it out!
Pros
We found the donation button -format and look to our donors easy and a huge improvement. 2.
Cons
A few of our donors found it hard to make a donation.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Daily
Likelihood to recommend
Thanks so much for the feedbackOur Festival of Children orgs are some of our favorites! We love to hear that you're finding Funraise to be useful and effective, and that you're continuing to learn and grow with the system!
We have had a great experience with Funraise, our client service specialist, [SENSITIVE CONTENT HIDDEN] was the best and super helpful with making our fundraiser the best it could be.
Pros
Online mobile features - I love that it is easy to use for donors on their computers or cell phones.
Cons
So far there has not been anything that I wanted that the platform was not able to do.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 6-12 months
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Thanks for the feedback, Michaela! We're so excited to be able to support your fundraising and Pathway School's important work!
Pros
My favorite feature are the preset emails you can set for first time donors, recurring donors and during peer to peer.
Cons
I would love if there was a feature to be able to easily delete someone's profile.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 2+ years
Frequency of use: Weekly
Likelihood to recommend
Thank you, Kayla! The Cupcake Girls hold a special place for us here at Funraiseyour growth and impact is so exciting! We're thrilled to be a part of what you're doing.
Pros
Each member of our team can easily track donor information, pull reports, and keep track of our progress towards fundraising goals which has allowed us to reach new heights!
Cons
Many of our donors are connected and it is sometimes hard to keep track of who is related to who.
Rating breakdown
Time used: 1-2 years
Frequency of use: Daily
