Summary
Nonprofit Success Pack is an open source, managed package provided by Salesforce to facilitate the use of Salesforce CRM by nonprofits. The data architecture is the basis of the fundraising features, program management, and all the additional tools and features available for the Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud.
Understanding the NPSP data model is the first step. NPSP is what nonprofits use to incorporate the nonprofit-to-constituent model into Salesforce alongside the nonprofit-to-business model that is native to Salesforce. This encompasses everything from households to a separate address object to expanded uses of campaigns and opportunities.
Once the NPSP data architecture is in place, incorporating the appropriate fundraising features for the nonprofit's use case is critical to meeting the needs adequately while maintaining as much simplicity and ease of use as possible. The more familiar the feature, the easier it is to stave off complexity.
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