Why Salesforce? A Content Relationship Manager gifted by the Salesforce Foundation www.idealistconsulting.com

Why Salesforce?
A Content Relationship Manager gifted by the Salesforce Foundation
Presented by
www.idealistconsulting.com
A Few Reasons…
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Good Cause: Private sector helping to advance the public sector with more than just
talk…Product, Equity and Time.
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Affordability: Nonprofit gift delivered at a quarter of the price of similar database solutions.
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Accessibility: Web based solution allowing you to utilize volunteers, interns and staff more
effectively. Utilize Mac and/or PC interchangeably and reduce the need to upgrade and maintain
hardware and expensive networks.
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Security: Web based solution allowing to forgo the need for backups and providing a safe
environment for your data.
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Tried and Tested: Used by more than 2000 qualified nonprofit organizations world wide.
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Best of Breed: The most affordable, dynamic CRM on the market for Nonprofit organizations.
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Support: Contact Idealist Consulting or other Nonprofit Partners to support you with your
adoption of Salesforce.
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Dynamic: Manage track and report on… constituent data, fundraising campaigns, volunteer
opportunities, memberships, donations, grants and much more.
Good Cause
Salesforce foundation concentrates on the use of technology, specifically as it relates to organization
with youth development programs. Fostering a culture of caring through…
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Product: The Salesforce Foundation gifts Content Relationship Managers to help support the
Nonprofit Community.
Equity: give a financial leg up to non-profits—both large and small—that are in need.
Time: Their employees give freely of their time and expertise, feeding the homeless, tutoring
kids, improving nonprofit spaces, and offering hundreds of helping hands when the world is faced
with devastating natural disasters.
To learn more visit…
www.salesforcefoundation.org
The Foundation has offices in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY, U.S., London, U.K., Dublin,
Ireland, and Tokyo, Japan.
Affordability
The Salesforce Foundation gift program provides…
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10 Enterprise Edition licenses of Salesforce.com (value $15,000 per year).
Free online training
Free upgrades
Ability to avoid hidden costs traditional in other CRM’s (See Diagram)
*Subscription fee waived for nonprofit organizations. Proof of 501 (c)3 required
Accessibility
The Salesforce web based (Web 2.0) solution provides advantages…
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Data back ups not required.
Access your database anywhere in the world.
Intermingle hardware (Mac and PC).
Intermingle software (Windows, Linux).
No network necessary.
Enhanced security of data.
Storage of documents online.
*High speed connection strongly recommended
Security
Salesforce.com provides state-of-the-art security to ensure that your customer data is
never compromised.
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Experience: Experienced, professional engineers and security specialists dedicated to
round-the-clock data and systems protection.
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Advanced Technology: Continuous deployment of proven, up-to-date security
technologies, including proprietary products developed for salesforce.com.
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Evaluation: Ongoing evaluation of emerging security developments and threats.
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Redundancy: Complete redundancy throughout the entire salesforce.com online
infrastructure.
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Holistic: Total commitment to a secure, scalable, private, collocated system (unlike a
hosted system arrangement, salesforce.com manages all aspects of its operations).
*Reference hand out for more information.
Tried and Tested
This award-winning Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application is beneficial to
nonprofit organizations worldwide. It is currently being used by more than 2000
qualified nonprofit organizations.
Best of Breed
Based on a survey conducted by techsoup.org Salesforce outranked or matched the
standard Nonprofit CRM’s in the following categories:
Modifying Records
Fund Tracking
Gift Tracking
Pledge Tracking
Reports
And More
*Reference hand out for more information.
Support
Idealist Consulting is dedicated to supporting nonprofit organizations through technical, organizational
and promotional development. As a Salesforce Foundation partner we know that there is no
better way to achieve this goal than through the adoption of Salesforce.com CRM. With the help
of the Salesforce Foundation, Idealist Consulting has delivered Salesforce implementations to
nonprofit organizations dedicated to social services, environmental protection, business ethics,
philanthropy, education, disaster relief, local government, theatre development, and others.
To learn more contact us directly…
Idealist Consulting
www.idealistconsulting.com
503.889.8832
*You may also reference the Salesforce foundation for a list of other partners to assist you with your
build out.
Dynamic
Manage Track and Report on…
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Constituent data
Fundraising campaigns
Appeals
Events
Courses
Volunteers, Interns, Staff
Memberships
Staff Calendars
Email & Phone correspondence
Donations & Grants
and much more.