Everything you need to know about Bloomerang.

Bloomerang is for for-purpose organizations—including nonprofits, foundations, and associations—focused on growing impact through stronger supporter relationships.

It’s designed for:

• Fundraising and development teams focused on raising more while freeing their time to focus on their mission
• Operations and database managers who want clean data and actionable insight
• Volunteer coordinators building meaningful, long-term connections
• Executive and finance leaders who need clear reporting and confident decision-making
• Boards seeking visibility into performance

If your mission thrives on support from donors, volunteers, and community, Bloomerang is built for you.

Yes. Many nonprofits use Bloomerang to replace multiple disconnected tools for donor management, online giving, fundraising reporting, event management, volunteer management, and engagement.

By consolidating systems into one unified platform, Bloomerang helps nonprofits reduce costs, eliminate data silos, and work from a shared source of truth without sacrificing functionality.

Bloomerang supports nonprofits of all sizes, from small teams to large and complex organizations.

Bloomerang is a scalable nonprofit CRM and fundraising platform that handles constituent growth, multiple teams, and integrated workflows without the cost, rigidity, or complexity of traditional enterprise systems.

Nonprofits choose Bloomerang when they want enterprise-level capability with nonprofit-first design.

Bloomerang is more than a CRM. It is a unified nonprofit platform that combines donor management, fundraising, volunteer management, engagement, reporting, and AI-powered insights in one system.

Unlike traditional CRMs adapted from for-profit sales tools, Bloomerang is designed around how nonprofits actually build relationships. The result is fewer logins, fewer spreadsheets, and fewer missed opportunities.

Bloomerang’s platform includes:

• Nonprofit CRM (donor & constituent management)
• Fundraising tools (online giving, campaigns, auctions, events, peer-to-peer, mobile/text-to-give)
• Unified reporting and analytics
• Dashboards
• Volunteer management
• Email and engagement tools
• Mobile apps for CRM, fundraising, and volunteer management
• Membership and recurring giving
• AI-powered insights and recommendations
• Integrations with leading nonprofit tools

Most nonprofits are up and running with Bloomerang in as little as five weeks, with the standard conversion timeline from 12-14 weeks.

Standard onboarding includes guided implementation with a dedicated specialist, and training resources, so your team can start seeing value quickly without overhauling how they already work.

If data conversion is included in the plan, a dedicated Conversion Project Manager will provide migration support from beginning to end.

Yes. Bloomerang includes people-powered support and training backed by an expert team with extensive nonprofit experience.

Customers have access to responsive, human support, onboarding specialists, educational resources, and optional AI-assisted help, so assistance is always available in the way that works best for your team.

Bloomerang’s product suite, called The Giving Platform, includes everything nonprofits need to centralize data, improve data quality, and support their teams with confidence.

This includes:

• A nonprofit CRM with 360-degree supporter data and understanding
• Fundraising and donation tracking
• Reporting and analytics
• Data visualization and dashboards
• Volunteer management
• Communication and engagement
• Event management
• Standard onboarding and implementation support

Bloomerang’s platform includes everything you need to centralize data, clean up systems, and confidently support your team without juggling disconnected tools.

No. Bloomerang is more than a nonprofit CRM.

While Bloomerang includes robust donor and constituent management, it is designed as a complete giving platform; it brings together CRM fundraising, volunteer management, engagement, reporting, and AI-powered insights in one unified platform designed to unlock more impact.

Very. Ease of use is one of Bloomerang’s defining strengths.

Bloomerang is known for:

• Clean data structures
• Fast, flexible reporting
• Easy-to-use interface
• Exceptional support
• Minimal training time

Users praise Bloomerang as being easier to adopt, easier to maintain, and easier to use across teams, allowing organizations to efficiently manage donor relationships and fundraising efforts while saving time and resources.

Yes. Bloomerang integrates with many commonly used nonprofit tools, including accounting systems and email marketing platforms.

This includes integrations with tools such as:

• QuickBooks
• DonorSearch
• Constant Contact
• Amilia
• Verified First
• Zapier
• Mailchimp
• And more (see our list of featured integrations)

For many nonprofits, yes. Bloomerang is designed to consolidate fundraising, donor management, volunteer tracking, email engagement, reporting, and fundraising insights into a single platform.

By reducing reliance on disconnected systems, nonprofits gain clearer data, fewer manual processes, and stronger alignment across teams.

Switching to Bloomerang is straightforward, with hands-on support for CRM data conversion and onboarding, making the transition seamless even during busy times.

Bloomerang has successfully assisted over 5,000 conversions, with users raising funds for their mission in less than three weeks. We also offer the ability to transfer your recurring transactions so your purpose never misses a beat.

Many organizations switch because Bloomerang is easier to maintain and far less resource-intensive than traditional nonprofit CRMs.

Bloomerang’s data migration process is designed to preserve your legacy CRM data while transforming it to align with Bloomerang best practices, so we refer to it more accurately as data conversion.

During your data conversion, your dedicated Bloomerang Conversion Project Manager provides hands-on assistance for nonprofits to:

• Convert historical donations, interactions, and constituent records
• Apply standardized matching logic to reduce duplicate records
• Map and normalize fields to align with Bloomerang best practices
• Validate converted data in a sandbox environment prior to going live

The result is a clean, trustworthy nonprofit CRM that preserves available donor history and supports accurate reporting and fundraising workflows.

Yes. Bloomerang is designed for cross-functional nonprofit teams, including development, operations, volunteer management, finance, and leadership.

Role-based access ensures everyone sees what they need without compromising data integrity or security.

Bloomerang is easier to manage because it is designed around how nonprofits actually work and prioritizes clarity over complexity.

Nonprofits consistently point to:

• Clean, intuitive design
• Ease of use
• Robust functionality
• Minimal administrative overhead
• Fast, flexible reporting
• Clear engagement history and audit trails

Bloomerang allows teams to spend less time managing the database and more time supporting your mission.

Bloomerang is easier to manage because it is designed around how nonprofits actually work and prioritizes clarity over complexity.

Nonprofits consistently point to:

• Clean, intuitive design
• Ease of use
• Robust functionality
• Minimal administrative overhead
• Fast, flexible reporting
• Clear engagement history and audit trails

Bloomerang allows teams to spend less time managing the database and more time supporting your mission.

Bloomerang Fundraising includes a suite of tools designed for nonprofits to streamline fundraising efforts and strengthen donor relationships.

It includes:

• Customizable donation forms
• Peer-to-peer fundraising
• Text donations
• Outbound text messaging
• Event registration & management
• Auction fundraising
• Flexible donation options
• Data and reporting tools

Bloomerang does more than track gifts. It helps you understand why donors give and how to inspire them to give again.

Bloomerang helps nonprofits grow major gifts by revealing donor engagement signals, giving patterns, and readiness indicators.

Tools such as journey automation, advanced wealth insights, and nightly contact updates allow fundraisers to focus on the right supporters, personalize outreach, and ask for the right amount at the right moment without guesswork.

Bloomerang is widely known for helping nonprofits improve donor retention, thanks to:

• Comprehensive constituent timelines
• Predictable fundraising revenue through engagement tracking
• Smarter donor insights
• Automated donor outreach and stewardship
• Dynamic donor groups
• Clear donor retention reporting

With Bloomerang, teams know who to reach out to, when to follow up, and how to steward relationships more effectively to deepen their impact.

Bloomerang stands out by being:

• Built exclusively for nonprofits (not adapted from for-profit CRMs)
• Relationship-focused rather than transaction-focused
• Backed by real nonprofit experts, not just tech support

While other tools prioritize extensive customization over ease of use, Bloomerang prioritizes clarity, connection, and measurable results.

Many nonprofits using Bloomerang see:

• Improved donor retention: Nonprofits using Bloomerang CRM see an average first-time donor retention rate of 47%.
• Increased annual fundraising revenue: Nonprofits using Bloomerang Fundraising see an average increase of 19% in monthly recurring donation amounts.
• Stronger volunteer engagement: Nonprofits using Bloomerang Volunteer saw the number of times an individual volunteered their time increase 35% year over year.

Results vary, but the consistent outcome is confidence—knowing where to focus to move the mission forward.

Yes. Bloomerang supports automated workflows via Journey Automation, which enables organizations to trigger personalized, multi-step emails and tasks based on donor behavior and milestones—so every supporter receives timely, meaningful outreach that strengthens relationships and fuels long-term impact.

Teams can automate fundraising and campaign reports, acknowledgments, stewardship messages, donor segmentation, and follow-up reminders to stay ahead of your mission.

Bloomerang Volunteer is the volunteer management Software (VMS) component of the Bloomerang Giving Platform. It helps nonprofits recruit, schedule, track, engage, and retain volunteers.

As a part of the Giving Platform, Bloomerang Volunteer shares a bidirectional data sync with Bloomerang CRM, so volunteer activity and hours automatically appear on each supporter’s record. This creates a unified view of volunteer and donor engagement in one system to help you:

• Showcase volunteer impact with custom reports
• Manage volunteer recruitment, applications, and shifts
• Grow volunteer participation with AI-assisted scheduling and volunteer mobile app
• Use volunteer data to cultivate volunteers into generous donors
• Strengthen long-term loyalty with recognition and rewards
• Generate automatic appreciation emails

Because volunteer and donor data live in the same platform, organizations can understand total supporter engagement without exporting data between tools.

Yes. Bloomerang shares volunteer management and donor management data in a connected system, making it easier to recognize, steward, and grow relationships across every touchpoint.

Yes. Bloomerang handles volunteer schedule and tracking within the Bloomerang Giving Platform using Bloomerang’s native volunteer management, allowing nonprofits to:

• Track volunteer hours and attendance
• Create and manage volunteer opportunities and shifts
• Schedule volunteers individually or in groups
• Manage volunteer qualifications and role requirements
• Send automated shift reminders and confirmations
• Connect volunteer activity directly to donor records

This unified approach helps nonprofits understand how engagement evolves over time.

Yes. Because Bloomerang connects volunteer and donor data in one platform, nonprofits can clearly see how engagement evolves over time.

This makes it easier to recognize volunteer contributions, personalize outreach, and invite deeper support when the moment is right.

Bloomerang pricing is tiered based on nonprofit size and database needs, with plans designed to be accessible for all organizations, regardless of size.

Pricing for Bloomerang’s all-in-one Giving Platform typically starts at an affordable monthly rate and includes:

• Core CRM functionality
• Essential fundraising tools
• Volunteer management
• Standard onboarding
• Ongoing education and support

Core product pricing starts at:

For exact pricing, Bloomerang’s team works with you to find the right fit—no surprise fees, no unnecessary complexity.

No. Bloomerang is committed to transparent pricing. Optional add-ons—such as advanced fundraising tools or expanded capabilities—are clearly outlined upfront.

There are no surprise “gotchas.” You’ll know exactly what’s included and what’s optional.

There are no surprise “gotchas.” You’ll know exactly what’s included and what’s optional.

Yes. Bloomerang is built for now, ready for your future, and includes tools well-suited for small and growing nonprofit teams.

Automation, clear reporting, and intuitive workflows help teams do more without asking them to work more.

Yes. Bloomerang makes it easy to generate:

• Interactive dashboards with real-time, key metrics
• Donor segmentation for behavior and engagement
• Real-time donor and campaign results
• Scheduled reports for leadership, stakeholders, and your team

Clear data leads to confident decisions and stronger trust across your organization.

Bloomerang provides clear fundraising and revenue reporting that supports transparency and informed decision-making.

While it integrates with accounting tools, Bloomerang’s strength lies in giving leadership visibility into fundraising performance, donor trends, and organizational health.

Bloomerang supports sustainable growth by helping nonprofits:

• Track retention trends
• Monitor pipeline/major gift progress
• Drive data-informed decisions
• Understand growth drivers

Bloomerang makes it easy to share high-level dashboards and reports that show fundraising progress, donor retention, and growth over time.

By translating data into insight, Bloomerang helps boards move beyond anecdotes and into data-informed conversations about strategy, investment, and impact.

Compared to other nonprofit platforms, Bloomerang is:

• More intuitive than legacy systems
• More nonprofit-specific than generic CRMs
• More relationship-focused than transaction-based tools
• More supportive with real humans who understand fundraising
• More flexible and customizable than other nonprofit software

Bloomerang helps nonprofits move beyond “good enough” and into next-level impact.

If you would like to see how we stack up against a specific software solution, please follow the links below:

Bloomerang

• vs Virtuous
• vs DonorPerfect
• vs Neon One
• vs Bonterra
• vs Blackbaud

Bloomerang uses AI thoughtfully and responsibly to support nonprofit work, including applied intelligence that helps teams analyze data, prioritize actions, and uncover insights without adding technical overhead—all aligned with organizational governance.

Bloomerang focuses on decision support, enabling enhanced human judgment and relationships.

Bloomerang uses purpose-built AI for nonprofits, led by Penny, designed to support smarter fundraising, engagement, and decision-making.

Penny is Bloomerang’s AI partner built directly into the platform. She:

• Surfaces valuable donor, fundraising, and engagement information for full-picture insights, based only on what’s in your organization’s data
• Translates your native data into actionable strategies backed by trusted fundraising expertise
• Keeps fundraisers in control with human review and approval
• Helps teams move faster, stay focused, and strengthen relationships
• Gives fundraisers the context, guidance, and confidence to act with purpose

Bloomerang Chat is your AI-Powered Support partner built right into Bloomerang CRM, Volunteer & Fundraising. It:

• Delivers faster answers for fewer interruptions and a smoother experience
• Responds 24/7 right inside your workflow with no extra tabs or disruptions
• Answers exclusively with verified Bloomerang knowledge for improved accuracy and trust
• Connects instantly to the Support team when you need extra help

Together, Bloomerang’s AI is designed to amplify human relationships—not replace them—so nonprofit teams can work smarter, connect more deeply, and push their impact higher.

Additional AI tools include:

• AI Content Assistant for polished emails and copy
• Smart Amounts to tailor giving amounts for a personalized donor experience
• RosterMode^TM to smart match volunteers in roles where they excel

Bloomerang’s AI helps nonprofit teams work smarter by reducing time spent on analysis and surfacing opportunities hidden in data.

Teams use Bloomerang’s AI to prioritize outreach, identify donor trends, focus on supporters most ready to engage, and make informed decisions—without adding technical overhead.

Penny is an intelligent fundraising partner built into the Bloomerang Giving Platform that uncovers opportunities, recommends the best next step, and helps you take action fast, right where you work.

Penny isn’t an add-on or a separate chat window—she is built into the core of Bloomerang. While other systems struggle with complex ‘bolt-on’ AI workflows, Penny offers a seamless, trust-based experience designed specifically for the unique needs of fundraisers.”

• Fundraiser-in-command: Penny supports decisions, but you stay in control.
• Your data only: Penny uses your Bloomerang data to deliver relevant guidance.
• Human approval for actions: Recommendations and actions are routed through human review and approval so you can move confidently.

Your data is used only to support your organization’s success—such as generating insights, recommendations, and reports within the Bloomerang platform.

Bloomerang does not sell nonprofit data, and your information is never used to train public or third-party AI models.

See more on our data security page.

Yes. Bloomerang never sells your data for AI training or to third-parties. Your data is fully shielded with enterprise-level encryption everywhere it resides or moves.

Bloomerang follows industry-standard security practices to protect nonprofit data, including:

• Secure hosting environments
• Role-based access controls
• Ongoing monitoring and compliance practices

Your trust matters, and your data is treated with care and responsibility.

Bloomerang offers multi-layered support designed specifically for nonprofits that combines real-human support with nonprofit experience plus 24/7 AI-powered in-app assistance.

Bloomerang Chat delivers real-time assistance inside the platform to help troubleshoot issues, provide step-by-step instructions, and surface relevant help articles without interrupting your workflow. When additional help is needed, customers can connect directly with a human support expert via chat or email.

In addition to direct support, customers have access to:

• A searchable Help Center and knowledge base
• Live group training sessions
• Product education webinars
• Self-paced learning resources

Bloomerang’s Support team is consistently rated highly by customers for responsiveness, nonprofit expertise, and quality of service.