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Comparison of nonprofit distributions

Last updated on
8 February 2018

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Distribution list

  • Donor Rally is an open source social fundraising tool developed for nonprofits.
  • CityGroups is a searchable public directory that allows community organizers and residents to find community groups by location and topic.
  • CiviCRM Starter Kit includes the most recent versions of Drupal and CiviCRM as well as popular CiviCRM related modules in a single download. CiviCRM is a web-based, open source, Constituent Relationship Management (CRM) software geared toward meeting the needs of non-profit and other civic-sector organizations.
  • Open Outreach provides nonprofits and grassroots organizations with an organizational website including content management, events, blogging, and social media solutions.
  • Springboard is an open source online fundraising, advocacy and marketing platform built on Drupal and Salesforce.
  • Townsquare provides volunteer, knowledge, and conversation management tools. Current version includes working volunteer hour-tracking and management tools and wiki/knowledgebase.
  • Volunteer Rally is a volunteer management application that allows you to publish a calendar of available volunteer shifts on the web.
  • Watershed Now is a Drupal distribution developed to support the common content management, social media, online advocacy, fundraising, and geo-mapping needs of conservation organizations.
  • Duw is a Drupal distribution for non-profits under development with the support of Palante Tech.
  • OpenAid is a turnkey website platform designed and built by international public health and knowledge management experts to help small NGOs and international development projects create cost-effective program-focused websites quickly.

Overview

Distribution Versions Website Project page Demo Site SimplyTest.me
6 7 8
Donor Rally ✓ x ? opensourcery.com project ? ✓
CityGroups x ✓ ? citygroups.org sandbox seattle.citygroups.org x
CiviCRM Starter Kit x ✓ ? civicrm.org/ project drupal.demo.civicrm.org x
Open Outreach x ✓ ? openoutreach.org project openoutreach.org ✓
Campaignion x ✓ ? campaignion.org distro Demo
Springboard x x ? gospringboard.com project ? x
Townsquare x ✓ ? townsquare.freegeekchicago.org github townsquare-demo.freegeekchicago.org x
Volunteer Rally ✓ x ? opensourcery.com project ? x
Watershed Now x x ? watershednow.org project demo.watershednow.com x
Duw x ✓ ? letsduwthis.org ? ? x
OpenAid x ✓ ? openaiddistro.org project demo.openaiddistro.org ✓

Features

Feature Donor Rally CityGroups CiviCRM OpenAid Open Outreach Springboard Townsquare Volunteer Rally Watershed Now Campaignion
Blog ✓ ? ? ✓ ✓ ? x ? ? ✓
Campaigns/petition x ? ✓ x x ? x ? ? ✓
Donations ✓ ? ✓ x x ? x x ? ✓
Grant Tracking ? ? ✓ ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Events x ? ✓ x ✓ ? ✓ ? ? ✓
Event signup x ? ✓ x x ? x ? ? ✓
Forum x ? ? ✓ ✓ ? x ? ? x
Fundraising campaigns ✓ ? ✓ x x ? x x ? ✓
Links ✓ ? ? ✓ ✓ ? x ✓ ? ?
Location/mapping x ✓ ✓ ✓ x ? x x ✓ ?
Mailing List Management ? ? ✓ ? ? ? ? ? ? ✓
Media handling, e.g., embedded videos ? ? ? ✓ ✓ ? ✓ ? ? ✓
Member services ? ? ✓ x x ? ✓ ? ? ✓
Organizations ? ✓ ✓ ✓ x ? x ? ? ?
SEO ? ? ? ✓ ✓ ? x ? ? ✓
Social media links ✓ ? ✓ ✓ ✓ ? x ? ? ✓
Spam handling, e.g., Captcha ? ? ✓ ✓ ✓ ? x ? ? ✓
Volunteer management ? ? ? x x ? ✓ ✓ ? ✓
Wiki/knowledge base ? ? ? x ? ? ✓ ? ? ?
WYSIWYG editing ✓ ? ✓ ✓ ✓ ? ✓ ✓ ? ✓

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