Your mission changes lives. Your systems should keep up.

One system for donors, volunteers, events, and communications, for less than stacking four separate tools.

26.3%

overall donor retention rate across the sector

THE PROBLEM

Donor retention and data fragmentation.

Overall donor retention sits at just 26.3%. 41% of nonprofits cite lack of process automation as their top internal challenge. Staff lose donors because follow-up falls through the cracks. Many organizations run 4+ disconnected systems.

THE SOLUTION

Unified Supporter Lifecycle System

Every donor, volunteer, and event attendee lives in one record with full engagement history. Thank-you sequences trigger within minutes of a gift. Lapsed donor re-engagement launches automatically.

•Organization website with mission, programs, team, and impact stories

•Online donation page (one-time and recurring, with dedication options)

•Donor database with giving history and engagement score

•Automated thank-you sequences (email/text within minutes of gift)

•Volunteer interest form with skills and availability tracking

•Event listing page with registration and attendee management

•Board/stakeholder dashboard (giving trends, donor count, retention rate)

•Email newsletter integration with contact segments

Starting at

$2,000 – $15,000 setup + $125 – $850/mo

THE COMPARISON

How we compare

65% of nonprofits switched donor management software between 2022–2023. Dissatisfaction is universal. We build one system for less than stacking Bloomerang + Mailchimp + Eventbrite + SignUpGenius.

Solution

Price

Limitation

Bloomerang

$125–$249/mo

Poor onboarding. Volunteer management is paid add-on. Gets expensive as records grow.

Little Green Light

$45–$90/mo

No email marketing, no event management, no volunteer tracking. Need 3 additional tools.

Neon One (Neon CRM)

~$99–$249/mo

Feature-rich but complex setup. Pricing scales with contacts.

Bonterra

Custom quotes

Confusing ecosystem of acquired brands not fully unified.

DonorDock

~$100–$200/mo

Small nonprofit focus. Limited scalability and automation.

★Banana Blueprint

$125 – $850/mo

Full system. No limitations.

Bloomerang

$125–$249/mo

Poor onboarding. Volunteer management is paid add-on. Gets expensive as records grow.

Little Green Light

$45–$90/mo

No email marketing, no event management, no volunteer tracking. Need 3 additional tools.

Neon One (Neon CRM)

~$99–$249/mo

Feature-rich but complex setup. Pricing scales with contacts.

Bonterra

Custom quotes

Confusing ecosystem of acquired brands not fully unified.

DonorDock

~$100–$200/mo

Small nonprofit focus. Limited scalability and automation.

Simple

Donors give in honor/memory with automatic notification to the family

Setup

$149

Monthly

+$9/mo

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Your mission changes lives. Your systems should keep up.

You're running a donor CRM, an email platform, an event tool, and a volunteer spreadsheet. Four systems that don't talk to each other, managed by a team that's already stretched thin. We build one system where every supporter lives in a single record. Thank-you notes go out within minutes, not days. And your board gets a dashboard that shows impact, not just income.

Or email us: bbteam@bananablueprint.com