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Technology Alone Won’t Transform Your Fundraising – People Will

Technology doesn’t transform fundraising—people do. During CRM implementations and data migrations, trust, confidence, and readiness determine whether Salesforce delivers real impact or becomes just another system....

Modernize with Confidence: Moving from NPSP to Nonprofit Cloud with Stratus

Migrating from NPSP to Nonprofit Cloud is no longer just a technical upgrade—it’s an operational shift. This blog explores how Stratus, Cloud for Good’s AI-powered migration...

Salesforce Managed Services: Cloud for Good’s Reimagined Model for a New Year of Scalable Salesforce Success

Salesforce Managed Services have become essential for organizations that rely on Salesforce as a mission-critical platform. But as environments grow more complex, traditional managed services models...

The Great Migration: Why Moving to Nonprofit Cloud is About More Than Data

As nonprofits face rising expectations and increasing complexity, the move from NPSP to Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud marks a pivotal opportunity—one that transforms data into insight, modernizes...

Hope, Gratitude, and Impact: Reflections on 2025 at Cloud for Good

Celebrate a year of resilience, innovation, and community impact with Cloud for Good. This 2025 reflection highlights transformative client outcomes, advancements in AI-powered IP, expanded partnerships,...

7 Ways to Optimize Your End-of-Year Giving

Year-end giving is a major opportunity. With unified data, smart segmentation, and personalized outreach, nonprofits can boost donations and build lasting donor relationships....

Reimagining the Grantmaking Experience on Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud

Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud for Grantmaking streamlines every stage of the grant lifecycle, empowering funders and grantees to focus on impact....

Meet the Monsters of Fundraising and Discover How to Defeat Them

The education keynote at Dreamforce 2025 unveiled groundbreaking announcements and innovations in Education Cloud and Agentforce from Salesforce. Here's what you need to know....

Education Keynote at Dreamforce 2025: What You Need to Know

The education keynote at Dreamforce 2025 unveiled groundbreaking announcements and innovations in Education Cloud and Agentforce from Salesforce. Here's what you need to know....

Nonprofit Keynote at Dreamforce 2025: What You Need to Know

At the nonprofit keynote at Dreamforce 2025, Cloud for Good and other nonprofit Trailblazers learned about some innovations and a name change for Nonprofit Cloud, and...

How Grant Management in Salesforce Can Improve Your Fundraising Strategy

Grant Management in Salesforce A grant is a sum of money given to an organization or individuals for a specific purpose. Securing grant funding can be...

Helping Veterans, Military and Their Families Connect with Their Communities Through Salesforce

Happy Veterans Day! Veterans Day was originally created as a day to reflect upon the heroism of those who died in service of our country. Today,...

Giving (Tues)Days: 24 Hour Fundraising Campaigns

Giving Day Campaigns A positive trend in the world today is the rise of charitable giving & altruism. In fact, in the US alone, we are...

Spooky Data Migrations: Demystified

With Halloween today, and all of the haunted houses, scary costumes, and horror nights at Theme Parks, I have already had my share of fright overload....

BEST OF SALESFORCE WINTER ’19 LIGHTNING FEATURES FOR NONPROFITS

While it’s hard to believe it’s been nearly one year since my Winter ’18 post highlighting some of my favorite elements of the latest Salesforce release,...

State of Salesforce: Where Organizations are Looking to Take the Platform Over the Next Year

Organization’s Goals Salesforce is constantly growing and evolving as the needs of organizations change. Over the next twelve months, organizations surveyed in Cloud for Good’s State...