As a nonprofit fundraiser, you have a lot of information to keep track of—donors, events, volunteers, campaigns, and more. Managing all this data across spreadsheets, calendars, email, and other tools can be frustrating and lead to duplicate work or lost information.
Airtable is a cloud-based database platform that provides a centralized and customizable solution.
You can store all your nonprofit’s information in one place and view it in many ways. Airtable starts with a familiar spreadsheet-like interface, but each column has a “type” like text, date, checklist, or link. This ensures accurate data entry.
Airtable allows you to link records across tabs.
For example, you can have one tab for donors, one for events, and link a donor to the events they’ve attended. With Airtable’s calendar view, you can see this event information visually and subscribe to the calendar to get updates.
Airtable offers many useful features for nonprofits like forms, automations, and templates.
Forms allow people to submit information directly into your Airtable base. You can use forms to register event attendees, capture volunteer details, or let donors sign up for your mailing list.
Automations can automatically notify the right people when important information changes or a task is complete.
For example, an automation might alert your marketing team when an event sponsor form is submitted so they can start promotion.
There are also many free templates to help you get started, including donor database, event planning, and nonprofit project management templates. While the learning curve depends on how technical you want to get, Airtable is intuitive to pick up. With some experimenting, you’ll be up and running quickly.
For nonprofits and small teams, Airtable provides an easy yet powerful solution to organize your information in one place. Give Airtable a try—you have nothing to lose with their generous free plan. Manage your data, automate routine tasks, and gain valuable insights to strengthen your fundraising and operations.
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