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Save the Date: Giving Tuesday 2021

Giving Tuesday 2021 is just 60 days away, but don’t stress, if you haven’t started planning yet, you still have time. When is Giving Tuesday 2021?...

How Cloud for Good Gives Back To Our Communities

2020 was, by all accounts, a landmark year for Cloud for Good. Not only was it the company’s tenth anniversary, but it also marked the launch...

The Role of Data Warehouses in Nonprofit Technology Strategies

Written by Kestryl Lowrey and Stephen Earheart When you migrate to Salesforce, you become deeply familiar with your organization’s data—the volume, the quality, and the insights...

Getting the Most From Technology With Salesforce Digital 360

Salesforce Digital 360 has become the new industry standard for creating more meaningful customer experiences through digital-first solutions. Connecting the power of marketing, commerce, and online...

What Can Marketing Cloud Do for Education?

Often campuses come to Cloud for Good with their data spread out across various systems, departments, and sometimes even spreadsheets. Because of this, they lack a...

Apprenticeship Fund Announces Salesforce Investment in Cloud for Good

Achieve Partners’ newest deal backs solutions provider to help close talent gap in fast-growing Salesforce ecosystem August 19, 2021 [New York, New York] – Achieve Partners...

Measuring Your Impact With Salesforce Tableau

You know you are making a difference in your communities, but do you know how to showcase that impact to your grantmakers, board members, donors, and...

How Culture Makes Cloud for Good a Great Place to Work

Cloud for Good was recently recognized as one of the 2021 Best Small & Medium Workplaces™ by Great Place to Work® and Fortune magazine. This is Cloud for...

Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org: Leading Through Governance

In part one of our Support and Maintenance of Your University’s Salesforce Org blog series, we explored long-term maintenance and success strategies, starting with best practices...

Sunsetting Luminate CRM: What Nonprofits Should Expect

Cloud for Good recently hosted a virtual roundtable diving into the implications for nonprofit organizations as it relates to the end-of-life announcement for Luminate CRM (LCRM)....

Salesforce Announces New Product Innovations for Education Cloud at the CASE Summit for Leaders in Advancement

Salesforce announced three new product innovations for Education Cloud for Advancement & Alumni Relations at the CASE Summit for Leaders in Advancement in New York City...

Where to Find Cloud for Good This Summer: Upcoming Events

Summer is a season that many of us look forward to. Whether it’s because of the beautiful weather, scenic transformations in the climate or natural landscape...

Considerations for Migrating from NPSP to NPC: Review the Timing for Your Technology Transformation

Learn about some key questions you should ask as you determine the best time to make the change from Salesforce Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) to Nonprofit...

Why Salesforce is the Right Solution for Organizations Moving from Raiser’s Edge

At Cloud for Good, we have migrated over 250 nonprofit organizations and higher education institutions from Raiser’s Edge to Salesforce. Here are the top reasons why...

Salesforce Data Cloud Myths: Truth or False?

As Data Cloud rapidly develops, questions about Data Cloud's function and how it can address their challenges are becoming increasingly complex and misconceptions about Data Cloud...

Considerations for Migrating from NPSP to NPC: Assess Your Current Salesforce Footprint

Salesforce’s Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) was built on top of Salesforce by Salesforce.org and the fundraising community. Since its inception, it has been enhanced with mission-critical...