Fundraising with NPSP
Now that you have a basic understanding of how the data architecture of NPSP is different than the standard Salesforce data architecture, we can explore the next layer of NPSP and one of the driving motivators behind the creation of NPSP: fundraising. Building on Accounts, Contacts, and opportunities – or as you will often see in a Salesforce nonprofit instance, organizations or households, donors, and donations – let's look at use cases and the solutions that the fundraising features in NPSP offer.
Donation features in NPSP
The most common goal of tracking information for nonprofits is to track donations and the donors who provide those donations. NPSP uses the standard Opportunity object in Salesforce to track donations of all kinds. Any revenue that comes into a nonprofit can be tracked in donations; each donation can be designated as a specific type of revenue. Let's look at a sample case:
- Suppose Diana, a board member...
