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Small & mid-size nonprofits. Pricing: Up to 2,500 records - $45/mo, Up to 5,000 records - $60/mo, Up to 10,000 records - $75/, Up to 20,000 records - $90/mo. 10% Discount if paid yearly (all plans).
Grant writers, Consultants, Nonprofit leaders & Development staff Struggling managing deadlines in a spreadsheet? Tired of multi-step work arounds with donor development software? GEMS is for YOU
Logical functionality, most bang for the buck, superb customer service, ease of reporting, simplicity of gift upload, great synchronization with other vendors (Constant Contact and We Pay).
There are so many other features that could be included that would make this star star product but sadly they are missing.
Generous free trial period, helpful initial startup pointers, intuitive and easy to set up and use, fast and robust reporting, secure cloud hosting, great value.
The UI is probably the worst thing about it. It has a very out-dated look compared to a lot of newer website applications.
It is also flexible so that you can easily customize it to work for your own context. Their customer support is amazing; it is personal and responsive.
All the questions and problems I have had have been dealt with via their knowledge base, online training documentation and videos and their periodic online group training sessions.
The program is very mature and has almost every feature that you would need as a non-profit. There is good documentation and support is excellent from LGL.
This is in part due to a multi-audience setup and limit on the number of available contacts in Mail Chimp - which is a problem with Mail Chimp and not entirely due to LGL.
Since using GEMS, my firm's procedures have tightened up considerably- from application prep to submissions to funder communication to award procedures... it's all improved thanks to GEMS.
It takes time to load making it difficult to search for files faster.
My experience has been a more effective and efficient way to track grants on both the application side and the active grant side.
My subcontractors making changes but forget to scroll down to the bottom. Plus, GEMS doesn't remind you that you made changes that aren't saved before you leave the page.
The reporting tool was very nice. I thought the clients would enjoy it.
I don’t have anything about this software that I don’t like.
As a new user to the software and to fundraising, I found GEMS to be very user friendly. Tracking of tasks and running reports has been very helpful for both our team and clients.
Ellie B: My name is Ellie. I am the Director of Development and Operations. I give Little Green Light, a three from a scale of one to five. For more ratings like this, please click below. Before Little Green Light, we had an Excel spreadsheet, which is a really unprofessional way to keep donor data. So there was no way to track movement or to add comments in a sensible way. We chose Little Green Light because it is one of the most affordable CRMs on the market. And a lot of nonprofits had recommended the program to us to use. Transferring data from a spreadsheet to a CRM is always a little challenging, but once we got the data into Little Green Light, it wasn't terribly difficult to learn. And I found the customer support really helpful. If you are considering Little Green Light, my recommendation's to you are to use the integrations to the fullest, so that may include Constant Contact or Stripe. Having those third-party applications connected to your database will make your life a lot easier.
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