Fundraising software helps nonprofit organizations acquire and retain donors so they can raise more to serve their mission. Up until 2021, one of the biggest players in the fundraising software space was Salsa Labs. However, a lot has changed for Salsa Labs since then, and the company has officially become part of Bonterra.
In this article, we’ll explain the journey Salsa Labs underwent to join Bonterra and where the Salsa Labs software is today.
What is Salsa Labs?
Founded in 2003, Salsa Labs provided nonprofits with software to support their fundraising, advocacy, and marketing efforts. Through Salsa CRM and Salsa Engage, nonprofits could create comprehensive donor databases and leverage them to cultivate long-term relationships.
Additionally, Salsa maintained an extensive blog of free resources and offered the Salsa Scholars eLearning experience. Today, many of these resources are still available on Bonterra’s updated blog.
How Salsa Labs joined Bonterra
On June 2, 2021, EveryAction announced it had purchased Salsa Labs. Prior to this acquisition, EveryAction had already bought multiple other nonprofit software companies that are now part of Bonterra, such as GiveGab.
At the time of the purchase, it was known that EveryAction intended to develop an integration between EveryAction and Salsa Labs’ platforms to create a unified CRM for nonprofits. However, just a few months later on August 3, 2021, EveryAction and all of the products it now encompassed joined Bonterra.
“The social good community will benefit from this combination of best-in-class solutions, and by connecting nonprofits with a large network of givers. Apax is the perfect partner to help us collectively Do Good and Do Well, given their outstanding track record as a tech investor and their focus on impact,” said then CEO of EveryAction, Stu Trevelyan, in a public announcement.
On March 23, 2022, Bonterra officially announced its name and that Salsa Labs, along with GiveGab, Network for Good, and EveryAction, would be used to create a “nonprofit fundraising and relationships management” system. This product would later be developed into Bonterra’s award-winning software, Bonterra Fundraising and Engagement.
How Salsa Labs fits in the Bonterra ecosystem
Ultimately, Bonterra’s goal of realizing a comprehensive, personalized, and user-friendly fundraising platform will be achieved through software built on EveryAction, Network for Good, and Mobilize, rather than Salsa Labs.
However, there are currently no plans to sunset Salsa Engage, and current Salsa Engage users have two options: continue using Salsa Engage through Bonterra or migrate to Bonterra Fundraising and Engagement.
Bonterra Fundraising and Engagement provides nonprofits with a wide range of tools to connect with donors, host fundraising events, and manage volunteers. Just a few of these top features and tools include:
- Supporter engagement tools: including targeted emails, segmentation tools, online forms, SMS support, advocacy tools, and canvassing software.
- Volunteer management software: including in-person management tools, post-event surveys, email and mobile messaging, social sharing capabilities, and a volunteer management dashboard.
- Giving Days tools: including leaderboards, live streaming capabilities, text-to-give, and peer-to-peer fundraising.
- Events and auction software: including event livestream and attendee chat, sponsorship management options, and auction management tools.
- Nonprofit CRM: which includes workflow automation, custom contributions fields, reporting tools, pledge donation management, grant management, planned giving management, and member management tools.
If you’re a current Salsa user who wants to migrate to Fundraising and Engagement, contact your account executive to discuss your options and what the software can do for you.
Bonterra still maintains Salsa Engage to ensure it is stable, secure, and offers a positive user experience for nonprofits who want to remain on the legacy software. If your nonprofit needs to log in to Salsa Labs, you can access its portal through our login page.
Explore Bonterra Fundraising and Engagement
CRMs provide nonprofits with the tools they need to manage and engage donors. With Bonterra Fundraising and Engagement, your nonprofit can host multi-channel marketing campaigns, launch advocacy initiatives, and empower supporters to take action on your organization’s behalf.
Explore Bonterra’s fundraising solutions to find a plan that fits your nonprofit’s unique needs, or request a demo to learn more about how our platforms can support your goals.
