{"id":1762,"date":"2021-10-19T09:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T16:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cloudconsulting.abilitycentral.org\/?page_id=1762"},"modified":"2023-12-13T10:44:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T18:44:54","slug":"grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cloudconsulting.abilitycentral.org\/grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Reach for the Cloud Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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It\u2019s a catch-22 of the nonprofit world. A new\u00a0<\/span>Constituent Relationship Management (<\/span>CRM) system<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>will help your organization raise more money\u00a0<\/span>more efficiently<\/span>, but you don\u2019t have the money to pay for it<\/span>.<\/span><\/span> What’s the solution?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Trying to escape the jaws of that dilemma often creates more problems. You get a cheap or free system, but you can\u2019t afford the professional support to configure it for your organization, so it doesn\u2019t meet your needs. Or you use all your budget to set up a sophisticated system but then can\u2019t afford to train and support your staff to use it effectively. Perhaps you rely on volunteers to help, but they don\u2019t follow through, and you end up worse off than before you started.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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These challenges cause most nonprofits to avoid CRM systems entirely. A 2020 study of more than 11,000 nonprofits found that 54% of them still use a manual data entry process, with spreadsheets being the primary tool for data storage and sharing.\u00a0 Spreadsheets are great for managing budgets, but they can\u2019t manage volunteers, track donor relationships, or\u00a0automate reporting of your organization\u2019s key performance metrics. As a result, most nonprofits must do far more work to raise less money than they could with a customized CRM.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Ability Central created the Quickstart Salesforce package to help nonprofit organizations in California avoid these problems.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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We used our years of experience installing Salesforce for nonprofits to create\u00a0a streamlined process to help small and\u00a0medium-sized nonprofits\u00a0install and learn a new CRM system.\u00a0 Our\u00a0Quickstart\u00a0package\u00a0will\u00a0help you quickly and confidently start using Salesforce to manage your staff, constituents, and\u00a0donations.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Reach for the Cloud Grant<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>

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As part of its philanthropic mission, Ability Central is now offering a small number of grants\u00a0annually\u00a0to cover the complete cost of a\u00a0Quickstart\u00a0Salesforce implementation, plus support and maintenance from our staff for a full year.\u00a0The combined value of the installation plus\u00a0service\u00a0is more than $10,000. The Reach for the Cloud Grant provides all this at no charge to the grantee.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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As a recipient of the\u00a0<\/span>Reach for the Cloud<\/span><\/b>\u00a0grant, your organization will be provided with a dedicated Project Manager and expert technical resources to install and configure the Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) which turns the #1 CRM for businesses into a Constituent Relationship Management system for nonprofits.\u202f\u00a0The Salesforce NPSP, along with\u00a010 enterprise user\u00a0licenses,\u00a0is provided without charge by Salesforce.org, the charitable wing of Salesforce.com. Ability Central will even help you with the application to Salesforce.org.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

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Ability Central understands that moving to a new system can be challenging which is why\u00a0one\u00a0year of our Customer Success Support Plan\u00a0is included with every\u00a0grant.\u00a0We will be\u00a0your partners\u00a0as you learn your new CRM and\u00a0navigate any\u00a0challenges that may arise. We also provide a custom \u201cAdoption\u201d module that helps you track your organization\u2019s progress in adopting Salesforce.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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