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[Learn more](https://www.capterra.com/our-story/) * * * Last updated March 13th, 2026 # Page 2 - Reviews of Giveffect ## Showing most helpful reviews Showing 26-50 of 57 Reviews Sort by: Most Helpful Rating Company Size Reviewer's Role Length of Use Frequency of Use VR Verified Reviewer Corporate & Foundation Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Giveffect - Great All-In-One system for nonprofits " June 22, 2020 4.0 Giveffect has allowed us to have an all-in-one system to track donors, volunteers and in-kind donors. We are also going to begin utilizing the grant tracking that was rolled out earlier this year. Pros Giveffect is a great all-in-one system for nonprofit organizations. It's comparable to other all-in-one systems on the market. They are continually making updates and effectively communicating with users. They also offer webinars and trainings every other week. The system helps automate manual tasks. Giveffect provides solutions to nonprofits for donor management/CRM, event management, auction management, volunteer management and more! We have been using Giveffect for two years and are continuously learning on how to better optimize the system. Cons More automation and easier integration and tracking of marketing emails would be ideal! They are working on these improvements. We also would like to see a better use of the app for fundraisers who are on the go to be able to enter meeting notes and look up contacts through the app. Review Source MM Martin M. Development Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Impressive from the start" June 19, 2020 5.0 GivEffect has been a tremendous time, energy, and cost savings to us over the past 5 years. I look forward to the new features and functions that they build out over the next 5 as we scale our organization. Pros We have been with GivEffect from the very beginning in 2015. We took a leap of faith with the platform and have had the opportunity to see it grow over the past 5 years from a simple software to something much more robust that more than fulfills our organizational needs. We are most impressed by the CRM and peer-to-peer fundraising features. With the CRM, there is so much capacity customization, automation, and segmentation. The peer-to-peer fundraising also allows great flexibility and automation all while still aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly. Cons The email WYSIWIG (what-you-see-is-what-you-get) email editor is lackluster but it's understandable as GivEffect is not an email platform. I anticipate that they will make make the editor more customizable in the future. Alternatives considered [Salesforce Sales Cloud](https://www.capterra.com/p/61368/Salesforce/) Reason for choosing Giveffect We chose GivEffect because it met all our requirements at an amazing price point. Review Source SS Stephanie S. Chief Development Officer Used the software for: 2+ years ### "The best fundraising software available!" April 18, 2017 5.0 Before Giveffect, we were using BlackBaud Raiser's Edge, and no one in our office could use it well. Just to learn how to use it, our employees had to pay a large fee and go to a week long training seminar. It was not convenient, and that knowledge was lost as employees turned over. I managed to figure out how to use it myself, but wasted a lot of time. Training others on my team was next to impossible. During the initial demo, we could tell that Giveffect was leaps and bounds ahead of Raiser's Edge. With Giveffect, the software itself is very intuitive, and the provided free training video tutorials and webinars are really helpful. Even before those resources were available, it was so easy for me to just start using the system. I've since been able to set up my entire team using the system, and they've had few to no difficulties learning to use it. Our focus is now on building better relationships with our donors rather than fighting with a system to enter gift information. Giveffect has been absolutely wonderful for our team. Pros It's so easy to use. The capacity of this software improves about every 2 weeks when they release a new update to the system. It's grown exponentially since we started using it about 2 years ago. They now provide amazing resources: training video tutorials, webinars, a Facebook group page to network with other users, etc. They just keep upgrading the system and adding new features so regularly, I truly believe Giveffect can literally do anything you need it to. Cons Nothing really. The only downside for us is the price. Honestly the price is a great value for what you get, it's just a little high for smaller non-profits...but you can literally do everything you need to. Review Source Response from Giveffect April 18, 2017 Love it! Thanks so much Stephanie! KH Kris H. Office Manager Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Giveffect.com Review" March 3, 2017 5.0 "By switching to Giveffect we have eliminated having to use multiple platforms to function. Everything was separate for us before and we basically were spending a ton of time moving between software, platforms and systems that didn't communicate well together and/or did not allow us present the look and feel of our agency. With Giveffect we can easily accomplish all of our tasks from one platform AND on the front end of things it integrates seamlessly with our own website! From the get go, Giveffect's customer service has been top notch - they've had an answer for every question we've had and their team is readily available whether it is through their online "Chat with Us" feature, via phone or via email. They also do an amazing job of listening to feedback and the needs of their clients then turning around and implementing updates which allows them to offer all of us a continually evolving solution. I can't even begin to explain the amount of time we now have available each day to focus our energies on the important stuff - the kids in our program and our mission. Highly recommended!" Pros Giveffect has consolidated our process for us and eliminated the need to use multiple platforms. The time savings for our staff has been huge! Also, the ongoing training opportunities, customer support and ever evolving aspects have been incredibly helpful and have allowed us to make our processes even more efficient. The software is also very intuitive and easy to use/understand. In addition, the team at Giveffect actually listens and evolves the software based on the growing needs of users and the clients we serve. Cons I have yet to have a negative thought about Giveffect. Review Source Response from Giveffect March 4, 2017 Thank you, Kris! PE Pam E. Executive Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Giveffect makes impact" July 27, 2020 4.0 Great relationship. Quick to respond if needed. Good to work with. Provide great videos regularly for training. Pros Besides the user-friendly system, I really appreciate how they "listen" to the needs of the customers and then in a month or two they've actually addressed it and made an adjustment or tweak in the system. This system puts donor database needs with your volunteer management needs along with public relations. Plus the fact it's web-based makes it easy to access at any time. Cons For our affiliate this was a huge investment compared to what we'd spent in the past.....but now it's lined with others, just the fact - something good isn't going to be "cheap". And again like I said they're always working to improve. We love it here. Switched from [Blackbaud eTapestry](https://www.capterra.com/p/29170/eTapestry/) User friendliness Review Source HL Heather L. Development Administrator Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Thoughts on Giveffect" April 18, 2019 3.0 Giveffect works to update it's system and add features regularly. It is helpful and encouraging knowing that the system might change, but although it is a great tool to track building relationships there are a lot of areas that need improvement to reduce time spent collecting/gathering data for my company. Pros My company appreciates the CRM of the system. We can see a contact's page and be aware of the events they attended, donations, contact information and basically have a 360 degree view of the person. There are tools in the system to help us build relationships with interested individuals. Recording and processing on line donations is fairly simple, which has been helpful for data processing. Cons The software has what appears to be multiple reporting efforts from queries to formal reports, but queries are never consistently working and we tend to only use one to two of the formal reports and manipulate the data in excel. It is much more manual than anticipated. The marketing aspect of give effect is lacking. There are other systems that we use because of the lack of data collected from marketing tools. These other tools and Giveffect do not sync well and so there is a lot of manual effort put in to market materials well and keep good communication with our contacts. Review Source JG Joe G. Development Database Administrator Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great support, good features, fine functionality " February 12, 2020 4.0 Pros It’s been great to experience Giveffect’s growth over the past few years. The software is user friendly, versatile, and always improving. The best part of working with Giveffect is the support staff, especially in the help chat. Their willingness to help and their responsiveness to feedback are beyond what you would experience in another CRM. I feel that my input on how I use the software and what I would like to see improved is not only heard, but considered valuable by the Giveffect team when working on updates. Cons The biggest problems are not with features but with functionality. Because the software aims to do so many different things, we often find that some of the more basic features are glitchy or not well-executed. We also had problems in the past where, after bringing some of these issues to their attention repeatedly, they were never addressed - though that has improved. Review Source MK Melanie K. Chief Development Officer Fund-Raising Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "We've used GivEffect since Dec 2015. It is the easiest CRM/fundraising software I've ever used. " May 1, 2017 5.0 Makes my job so much easier. The ability to customize letters, communications, campaigns saves me time. Also, it makes segmenting donors incredibly easy so that communications reach the right people at the right times. Pros It's so intuitive and easy to customize to your needs. There are no tedious forms to fill out to change or add fields, you can do most of it yourself. The campaigns are so easy to set up and easy to promote. Once your staff is familiar with the user experience troubleshooting is incredibly easy to manage. Donations come in with little to no issue. The team is so incredibly responsive and if we need something done differently it's almost always made available on the next upgrade. The tutorials are quick and painless to sit through and you can access them whenever you need to. Their webinar series is great and they do a wonderful job of keeping us up-to-date regarding changes, new functionality and upcoming tutorials and training. Cons There are a few pieces that are only available in the upper tier, which is a bummer. Also, the number of administrators we can have is limiting. The cost to add what we need is probably as much as moving to the next tier - which is slightly higher than we're prepared to pay right now. Review Source Response from Giveffect May 4, 2017 Thank you Melanie! CA Charleen A. Development Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Easy to use and perfect for our needs! " May 1, 2017 5.0 Pros Prior to Giveffect we were using eTapestry. We felt eTapestry was antiquated and was not updating their service to keep up with the times and our needs. This is when we started looking at new software that could be a home for our data and our fundraising campaigns. In terms of features, we really enjoy the look of the campaign fundraising pages we can generate in Giveffect and how modern and up to date, they look. We can also create these campaigns quickly and it doesn't cost us anything extra to create as many campaigns as we'd like. It is also really great to see all the feature updates and how receptive Giveffect is to ideas and additions to the system. Giveffect has helped us with our Bowl for Kids' Sake campaigns as well. The ability to create teams is easy and user-friendly for our staff and the majority of our supporters. Overall, Giveffect is a great piece of software to track donors and host campaigns. It has been a great experience and I recommend Giveffect to anyone looking for software Cons Minor bugs here and there that are addressed quickly. Duplicates not auto removed. Would love to see auto capitalization added when users add their own info in. Review Source Response from Giveffect May 1, 2017 Thanks so much Charleen! KC Kathleen C. Sponsorship Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "So glad we changed to Giveffect, I wish we had done it sooner!" March 2, 2017 5.0 I looked at a lot of different systems and spent a long time trying to decide and they mostly had too little functionality. Giveffect was more expensive than what we intended to spend, however we felt like we were getting more for our money to bring so many processes under one roof and I was absolutely sold how the back end of the system talks to the front end. Saves us a lot of work every day, and also provides a higher level of accountability. As far as the campaign pages and website solution, they are so attractive. We used Razoo for individual fundraisers, which would be a manual upload and a higher rate for processing fees. We used Giftworks for our CRM and donation pages, very anti-intuitive system, difficult for donors to use and we got constant complaints from the donors. So to be able to create these really attractive campaigns on top of using the website builder has been great. We are already getting a lot of positive feedback from our board, supporters, and key volunteers. The functionality is so much better, being a cloud based system, GE is much more manageable because our old system was constantly freezing or shutting down. Also, the old system had really bad customer service, we could never get any questions answered and sometimes couldn't even get a response. Giveffect gets so much credit for having people there even on Friday night to help people with their chat support questions. I really like the chat support, you just hop on the chat box, explain your problem and clearly everyone over there knows how to solve your issue pretty quickly and its been so much faster and so much more efficient for us. Highly recommend this system for any nonprofit, especially if you need a website too. Pros Very good, friendly customer service, fast response time, forward thinking system, easy for donors to use, complete system includes CRM, campaign pages, email contact system, website and so much more. Cons It is more expensive than other softwares we looked at, but probably worth the price. Review Source Response from Giveffect March 4, 2017 Thank you, Kathleen! KJ Krista J. Development Coordinator Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Giveffect for a Food Bank Development Team" April 29, 2019 4.0 About a year in to our service with Giveffect, we trust our data much more. I pull reports every day and can rely on their accuracy. Our satisfaction with the software has gone up and down, but because of the efforts of their customer service team we are the happiest we've been to date. We look forward to its continued growth and development. Pros I love the easy reporting and the ability to create custom advanced queries to pull the information I need. I also love how a single donor can be viewed from multiple dimensions -- as a volunteer, major gift maker, and direct mail donor, etc. Cons My organization struggles with slowness on Giveffect, regardless of which computer we are using. Additionally, there are many functions we'd appreciate more development on. We submit feedback very often, but our suggestions haven't been implemented yet. Hopefully it improves over time! Review Source CC Charleen C. Development Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "We love using Giveffect" July 28, 2020 5.0 Pros Creating online events is a breeze and looks great! With our old software, we had to pay per online event and the process is antiquated. With Giveffect we can have an idea and create a page for it in no time at all! Cons Cutsomizing emails and landing pages is not very user friendly. Switched from [Blackbaud eTapestry](https://www.capterra.com/p/29170/eTapestry/) Etapestry was antiquated and we wanted something easier to use and more with the times. Review Source OM Olivia M. Database manager Food Production Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Kids meals review" March 21, 2019 5.0 “We had a vital need for improvement in our online giving system and Giveffect delivered. We were not able to access important information before to ensure accuracy, but all of that has changed by switching to Giveffect. Also, combining volunteers and donors was a difficult and cumbersome process for us, we used pen and paper to gather information for our volunteers and members. With Giveffect we were able to decrease the amount of manpower used to gather information and expand our reach into the community and create efficiency within our staff.” Pros The ease of learning the software. It was all in real time. You can run a report and see it right there on the screen. I also like the birthday campaigns. Cons Sometimes there were options in the reporting tables that needed more training. But it worked out that chat support can help. Review Source HB Heath B. Executive Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Iowa Valley Habitat for Humanity" April 18, 2019 4.0 The software has definitely given us a place to put all information. This saves us time and money in the long run. Pros I like how the software has components to serve volunteers and donors alike. We used to use multiple platforms for our volunteer, donor/constituent management and it is nice to have them all in one place. Cons Though the software has the ability to onboard, track, and report all organizational constituents, it is not easy to combine the campaigns. Currently, as far as we know, we are not able to have ONE campaign that tracks progress of an individual or group's volunteerism AND contributions. Review Source MH Matthew H. Director of Development Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 2+ years ### "Great Software for multiple uses. " August 5, 2020 4.0 Customer service is quick to reply. They also have a feature to suggest any necessary changes that would make things easier for using. Pros We appreciate that the software is a all in one package. It works for Donor Management, scheduling volunteers, creating fundraisers, managing our website and all necessary Marketing needs. Cons The donor pipeline software could use some improvement. Review Source EF Elizabeth F. Marketing and Fundraising Coordinator Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Giveffect System Review" June 22, 2020 3.0 Pros Support and staff are very responsive and knowledge. Overall a user friendly system with a usable dashboard. Cons My only concern is using Spark Post for emails, it is not the best system and we did not know about daily email count limits- but this is a product add on. The search feature does not give a return unless there is an exact match in your CRM. The auction feature also has additional costs for 'text to bid' and that is the only way for guests to participate. Review Source HS Hannah S. Marketing and Communication Specialist Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "It does most of the things we need, but not everything we want in a perfect world" January 14, 2020 4.0 Overall we have been happy with the product and will continue to use it as our main database. Pros We like that we can have our donor database, campaigns, volunteer scheduling, and email builder all in one place. Cons There are some things we'd like to be able to do with sending personalized emails and signups that we can't fully customize as much as we would like. Review Source KH Kris H. Office Manager Used the software for: ### "Giveffect Review" November 18, 2015 5.0 If you have been able to see the Giveffect demo then I am sure you are feeling the way we initially did - it sounds too good to be true!! We had our reservations about it not being as simple as the demo we saw, being too difficult to transfer our database (which they handle by the way!!) and so on, but at the end of the day what they were offering to us was an efficient, effective and an up-to-date platform so we took the leap. By switching to Giveffect we have eliminated having to use multiple platforms to function. Everything was separate for us before and we basically were spending a ton of time moving between software, platforms and systems that didn't communicate well together and/or did not allow us present the look and feel of our agency. With Giveffect we can easily accomplish all of our tasks from one platform AND on the front end of things it integrates seamlessly with our own website!! From the get go, Giveffect's customer service has been top notch - they've had an answer for every question we've had and their team is readily available whether it is through their online "Chat with Us" feature, via phone or via email. They also do an amazing job of listening to feedback and the needs of their clients then turning around and implementing updates which allows them to offer all of us a continually evolving solution. I can't even begin to explain the amount of time we now have available each day to focus our energies on the important stuff - the kids in our program and our mission. Highly recommended! Review Source LB Lisa B. Development Director Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 6-12 months ### "Increase Giving with Giveffect" October 11, 2018 5.0 The software allows a small non profit to manage the data base and advance fundraising Pros Giveffect is an all encompassing fundraising software that includes online donations, offline gift tracking, volunteer management, donor management and donor relationships. Cons It is not as complex or intuitive as Raiser's Edge but it is A LOT less expensive! Review Source CB Courtney B. Partner Relationship Manager Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "So Helpful!" March 1, 2017 5.0 Giveffect has helped me on numerous occasions. I don't even have to pick up the phone. Their online chat is super quick and easy. This is one of the only companies I know that utilize the live chat feature in such a productive and efficient manner. Thank you...usually rep, for all your help. I am new to my company and you have made the transitions easier and it's great to know that you are there during the day. Pros I like the ease of the software. I didn't have any technical training of the software but between the natural ease of it, the online assistance and the video tutorials I feel very confident using this software. Cons I don't think what I like least is really the software's fault. Being a smaller affiliate we don't have the highest level or membership. So sometimes the things I wish I could do... I can't because of that. Review Source Response from Giveffect March 2, 2017 Thanks so much Courtney! SN Sandra N. Volunteer Administration Non-Profit Organization Management Used the software for: 1-2 years ### "Giveffect review" March 1, 2017 4.0 Giveffect is very easy to use. We have used it to manage many of our fundraising campaigns and have found the Tech Support very helpful when we have needed them. I would recommend them. Pros Very easy to use. Review Source Response from Giveffect March 2, 2017 Thanks so much Sandra! KD Kiera D. Volunteer Coordinator Construction Used the software for: Less than 6 months ### "Great for Non-profits!" March 2, 2017 4.0 We decided that we were going to look for software that cut down on cost by not having to utilize various different software pieces and roll that into one. An example of this is that we found that our old Salesforce system was good with keeping information in, but was not good for communicating with our supporters so we used Mailchimp as well, but that also charges based on how many people you add to it. We also used Form Assembly ad WePay. So we wanted to narrow it down to one system, which could encompass all of our needs. I also needed a better way to record volunteer hours and data, we relly liked how Giveffect has the external logins. With Salesforce I had to go in and still manually input data into the database even though a volunteer had already registered with us. With Giveffect you can automatically check in and check out our volunteers, again with Salesforce we had to enter that information in manually which was tough because I would not always be on site. It came down to accuracy for us, Giveffect had a much easier interface, a much cleaner experience. Pros Easy interface, simple to learn. Cons Some features are not available depending on your plan so keep that in mind. Review Source Response from Giveffect March 2, 2017 Thank you so much Kiera! JR Jonathan R. Development and Communications Manager Used the software for: ### "Excellent Comprehensive Software and Easy to Use!" December 21, 2015 4.0 We just sent out our annual appeal in November. Every time I get an offline donation, when I log the cheque into the database, I could see our supporter's whole history. I could see if they volunteered or donated in the past. It's the main thing our Habitat really appreciates about Giveffect. I can thank them and say, 'Thanks! You gave and you volunteered at our construction site or our reStore!' It's fantastic that I can do that so easily and make each message so personalized. We've been using the "Letter Template" to print out "Thank You Letters" super easily. I just log the check and print out the letter and - 'I'm like, ok I'm done!' Even when I hand off the donations that I've inputted into the database to our finance department for our auditors to see: A) what donations I've entered, B) what fund I assigned the donations to - it's so easy for them to put import data into Quickbooks. There's more transparency across multiple departments! Review Source SS Stephanie S. Chief Development Officer Used the software for: ### "Customer Feedback" November 16, 2015 5.0 The way the Giveffect team approaches nonprofit software is extremely innovative. The Giveffect system is new and very different compared to what I've seen before. Since changing to Giveffect (cloud based) from a software based system, we've noticed that Giveffect is very intuitive. We don't need a lot of training to figure out how to use the system. The other nice piece is that they provide step-by-step video tutorials right in the Giveffect dashboard. They also have online chat support, which is really nice. We've not even had to use the chat support much at all. Giveffect really lives their mission, they roll out new features and updates about every two weeks. They are always innovating and improving the system. They truly offer easy to use fundraising tools that are all inclusive (CRM + P2P + email, donate, etc.) and offer great value for non-profits. Review Source KC Kendra C. Used the software for: ### "Cause & Giveffect" November 12, 2015 4.0 One of the greatest things about Giveffect is that they are constantly improving their features and developing as a database. They also have a great support team. Since we transferred over to Giveffect, we have connected with a few main people that have been assisting us with our every question, concern, and need. If we have a request that the system does not currently support, they immediately put it on their to do list. Sure enough, these tasks are completed/added to the system quite efficiently. We've even seen our own suggestions added to the "Latest News" where they let everyone know what new features they come out with almost every week. It is pretty simple to navigate throughout and overall user friendly. Review Source Similar Products Featured