Five Dreamforce 2026 Predictions for Nonprofit Executives
Dreamforce 2026 runs September 15 to 17 in San Francisco. The theme is “Becoming an Agentic Enterprise.” Roughly 1,600 breakout sessions. Keynotes stream free on Salesforce+, so if you are not planning on being in person, you have a great follow-along option online. Salesforce is going to announce a mountain of things next week, and […]
NPSP to Nonprofit Cloud: A Practical Migration Guide
If you’re running Nonprofit Success Pack, you’ve likely felt the shift coming. Salesforce has stopped issuing new NPSP licenses through the Power of Us Program, rebranded Nonprofit Cloud as Agentforce Nonprofit, and made clear where its investment is going. The question for most of our clients isn’t whether to move — it’s how to do […]
Dreamforce 2026: What to Know and What to Get Excited About
Every year, a large contingent of Salesforce customers makes the trip to San Francisco for Dreamforce. It’s happening again this year, and we’re excited for all that’s going to be announced in a few short weeks. If you’re a nonprofit organization and you’re planning on attending Dreamforce 2026, here’s what you need to know to […]
Agentforce Nonprofit Summer ’26 Is Live
Back in May, we wrote about what was coming in the Salesforce Summer ’26 release for Agentforce Nonprofit. That post was a preview. This one is a report card. The release has been rolling out across production orgs since early May, with the final wave landing the week of June 12. Most of our clients […]
Salesforce Isn’t Dying. It’s Buying Everything Around It.
If you’ve spent any time on tech Twitter, LinkedIn, or in a VC’s Substack this year, you’ve heard the funeral march. “SaaS is dead.” “AI agents are eating software.” “Why would anyone pay for Salesforce when you can vibe-code a CRM in a weekend?” It’s a great story. It gets clicks. Satya Nadella said “SaaS […]
The Donor Retention Crisis Is Real: Here’s How Agentforce Is Changing the Math for Nonprofits
There’s a paradox playing out across the nonprofit sector right now. Total dollars raised are up. The number of donors giving those dollars is down, and has been for years. The Fundraising Effectiveness Project tracked more than 15,000 nonprofits through mid-2025 and found the same story: revenue holding steady while the donor base quietly contracts. […]
Your Nonprofit’s Salesforce Data Has Been Waiting for You to Ask
There is a quiet inefficiency built into the way most nonprofit leadership teams use Salesforce, and almost nobody questions it because it has always been this way. When an executive director or development director wants to know something, like how the campaign is tracking, which major donors have gone quiet, or why a grant program […]
Salesforce Summer ’26 Release: What’s Coming for Agentforce Nonprofit
The Salesforce Summer ’26 release is arriving this June, and for nonprofit organizations, the news is genuinely exciting. If you’ve been paying attention to the nonprofit sector’s challenges, which include staff burnout, limited budgets, and the constant struggle to do more with less, this release feels like Salesforce finally built features with nonprofit reality in […]
What We’re Excited to See at Agentforce World Tour Toronto 2026
In 15 years of living and breathing the Salesforce ecosystem, I have seen the platform evolve from a simple CRM into something that looks, more and more, like the operating system of the modern organization. But I’ll be honest, nothing has felt as big a shift as what’s happening right now with agentic AI. On […]
Grants Management on Salesforce: A Practical Guide for Nonprofits Navigating Funding Uncertainty
Grants have always been one of the most complex revenue streams for nonprofits to manage, and in the current funding environment, that complexity has intensified. Federal budget negotiations, shifting philanthropic priorities, and increased competition for a finite pool of foundation dollars have put pressure on development teams that were already stretched thin. Many organizations are […]