Free CRM for nonprofits. Built into your fundraising.

Is Zeffy's donor CRM really free?

Yes, Zeffy's donor CRM is free, and it stays free as you grow. Most donor CRMs charge by contact tier, so your bill rises every time your list does. Zeffy has no subscription, no per-contact pricing and no paid upgrade: you get the full CRM from day one, whether you have 300 contacts or 40,000.

Is Zeffy actually a CRM?

Yes, Zeffy is a real donor CRM, not just a contact list attached to a payment tool. Every donor, buyer, guest and member gets a full profile with their giving history, notes, custom fields and email activity, filled in automatically as they give. You can group contacts into households and companies, filter on anything and save self-updating lists, merge duplicates, track pledges and offline gifts, email a list from the same screen, and ask the AI Data Assistant about your data. The difference is the price: it comes free with Zeffy's fundraising tools, with no contact tiers.

Is Zeffy good donor management software for small nonprofits?

Yes, Zeffy's CRM is a great fit for small nonprofits. Every supporter gets a profile that fills itself in with their gifts, events, membership and emails, with nothing to configure and no database skills needed. That matters when the person managing donors is also running the campaign.

For larger organizations, the tools a bigger team needs are already in there: households, company profiles, pledge tracking, offline gifts and team permissions. Nothing changes as you grow, and 40,000 contacts cost the same as 300.

What reporting does Zeffy have?

Zeffy includes free reporting across all your fundraising. Every campaign has its own overview showing what it raised, and for events and stores, what sold. Membership insights track new, renewed and lapsed members month by month, a recurring donor dashboard follows your monthly giving, and email stats show opens, clicks and the donations each email brought in.

For everything else, there's the AI Data Assistant. Ask a question in plain words, like "How much did each campaign raise this year?", "Which campaign converted best?" or "When is my next payout?", and get the answer in seconds, with a bar, line or pie chart when it helps. Your whole team can use it, and each person only sees the data their role allows.

How is Zeffy different from Bloomerang or DonorPerfect?

Zeffy's donor CRM is free at any list size, while Bloomerang starts at $125 a month billed annually, plus $40 a month for its fundraising tools, with pricing that grows with your database. DonorPerfect starts at $99 a month.

On Zeffy you still get self-filling donor profiles, saved lists, households, duplicate merging, pledge tracking and email from the same screen, with no setup project first. And because Zeffy is an all-in-one fundraising platform, your donation forms, tickets, auctions and memberships are included too, with no separate bill. See Zeffy vs Bloomerang and Zeffy vs DonorPerfect.

Does Zeffy connect to tools like Mailchimp or QuickBooks?

Yes, Zeffy connects to QuickBooks natively and for free, and your payouts sync by campaign and fund. For Mailchimp or Constant Contact, you can import your contacts straight into Zeffy and email them from the same place as your donor data, also for free. Anything else connects through Zapier, along with around a thousand other tools, or through Zeffy's free public API with webhooks.

Can I import my existing contacts and donation history?

Yes, you can import your contacts and donation history into Zeffy. Coming from Mailchimp or Constant Contact? Connect your account and bring over your contacts with their lists and tags, plus your recent emails as drafts, and your templates from Mailchimp. From any other tool, upload a file: Zeffy checks it, explains in plain words what to fix, and can bring your donation history too. An import can always be undone.