
Salesforce for
Nonprofits
How nonprofits use Salesforce for fundraising, programs, volunteers and grants, what Power of Us donates, and when to move from NPSP to Agentforce Nonprofit.
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Salesforce for nonprofits means running fundraising, programs, volunteers, grants and supporter marketing on one Salesforce platform. Salesforce's product for this is Agentforce Nonprofit, formerly Nonprofit Cloud (Salesforce, December 2025). The older Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) uses a different data model. Eligible nonprofits can get 10 donated licenses through the Power of Us program.
The practice
Nonprofit CRM with a Summit Partner
Techila Global Services is a Salesforce Summit Partner. Its case study library includes nonprofit programs for The Akshaya Patra Foundation, Indian Cancer Society and CII Young Indians (Techila case study library, November 2026). We help nonprofits choose between NPSP and Agentforce Nonprofit, then implement fundraising, program and volunteer processes, migrate donor data and connect the systems around them.
Is Nonprofit Cloud now Agentforce Nonprofit?
Yes. On 2 December 2025 Salesforce announced Agentforce Nonprofit, "formerly Nonprofit Cloud", as generally available. Trailhead now uses the Agentforce Nonprofit name, while some Salesforce pages, including the nonprofit home page, still say Nonprofit Cloud. Both names refer to the same product.
Salesforce's nonprofit page lists these areas of the product:
- Fundraising: donors, gifts, campaigns and donor history.
- Nonprofit marketing and engagement: supporter communications and journeys.
- Program and outcome management: participants, services delivered and outcomes.
- Grantmaking: for organizations that give grants.
- Volunteer management: volunteers, shifts and coverage.
- Nonprofit IT operations: running the platform itself.
The area names come from salesforce.com/nonprofit (read 11 November 2026); the short descriptions are ours.
Which Salesforce products fit which nonprofit process?
Most nonprofits start with Agentforce Nonprofit and add other Salesforce products as their supporter, program and data needs grow. The table maps common processes to the product that usually carries them.
| Process | Salesforce product | Techila page |
|---|---|---|
| Donors, gifts, pledges and receipts | Agentforce Nonprofit (Fundraising) | Akshaya Patra case study |
| Programs, participants and outcomes | Agentforce Nonprofit (Program and Outcome Management) | Implementation services |
| Volunteers and shifts | Agentforce Nonprofit (Volunteer Management) | Implementation services |
| Donor and supporter journeys | Marketing Cloud or Account Engagement | Marketing Cloud |
| Donor, volunteer and grantee portals | Experience Cloud | Experience Cloud |
| One view of supporters across systems | Data 360 | Data 360 |
| AI agents for fundraisers and program staff | Agentforce | Agentforce |
| Finance, email and payment integration | MuleSoft or APIs | Integration services |
Which product fits a process is our guidance and depends on your scope. To talk it through, book a discovery call.
Should you stay on NPSP or move to Agentforce Nonprofit?
The Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) is the older Salesforce nonprofit solution. Agentforce Nonprofit is a separate product with its own data model: Trailhead says person accounts "are a significant change from the NPSP data model". Salesforce publishes migration guides to plan a move from NPSP, which covers platform differences and how NPSP features map to the new product.
So a move is a migration project, not a switch. How we usually frame the decision:
- Plan a move if you are rebuilding processes anyway, want the prebuilt Agentforce Nonprofit agents, or are setting up Salesforce for the first time.
- Stay on NPSP for now if it runs your fundraising well and a migration would compete with a busy campaign season. Plan the move when the timing suits you.
Either way, start with a data and process assessment. Our Salesforce consulting team runs it before any build.
Can nonprofits get Salesforce for free?
Eligible nonprofits can get donated licenses through Salesforce's Power of Us program. Salesforce Help lists two options: 10 Nonprofit Enterprise Edition licenses or 10 Sales and Service Enterprise Edition licenses. One donation is provided per organization, and fiscal sponsorships are accepted.
Salesforce's nonprofit page adds that "for additional licenses, Salesforce offers discounts to eligible nonprofits". The donation covers licenses. Setup, data migration and integration are work your team or a partner does.
Eligibility and terms are Salesforce's; check them on the Power of Us application page before you plan a budget.
What can Agentforce do for a nonprofit?
Salesforce's December 2025 announcement described four prebuilt agents for Agentforce Nonprofit:
- Prospect Research helps fundraisers prepare for donor meetings.
- Participant Management summarizes a client's background and services, and helps staff set goals, take notes and flag referrals.
- Volunteer Capacity & Coverage matches volunteers to unfilled shifts (announced as beta).
- Donor Support answers common donor questions for self-service (announced as beta).
The announcement listed two of these agents as beta, so we confirm each agent's current status for your edition at the start of a project. See Agentforce services for how we plan and build agents.
What have nonprofits achieved with Salesforce and Techila?
- The Akshaya Patra Foundation moved its donor records from a legacy system to Salesforce NPSP, with Sales Cloud for donation opportunities, Marketing Cloud for donor communications and Microsoft Outlook and OneDrive integration. Donation receipts are now generated and emailed automatically at the point of donation, and annual fiscal-year receipts are batch-processed at year end.
These outcomes come from the linked case study, which reports no percentages. Other nonprofit programs in the library include Indian Cancer Society (Nonprofit Cloud) and CII Young Indians (Sales Cloud with integration).
Planning Agentforce Nonprofit, an NPSP move or a fundraising rebuild? Talk through your scope with a nonprofit Salesforce architect.
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What does Techila do for nonprofits?
Product selection, implementation, NPSP migration planning and integration across the Salesforce products nonprofits use.
Delivery process
How does a Techila nonprofit project run?
In four steps: listen, suggest, implement and iterate.
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Salesforce for nonprofits means running fundraising, programs, volunteers, grants and supporter marketing on one Salesforce platform. Salesforce's product for this is Agentforce Nonprofit, formerly Nonprofit Cloud. The older Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) uses a different data model. Eligible nonprofits can get 10 donated licenses through Salesforce's Power of Us program.
Yes. Salesforce announced Agentforce Nonprofit, formerly Nonprofit Cloud, as generally available on 2 December 2025. Some Salesforce pages still use the Nonprofit Cloud name for the same product.
Eligible nonprofits can get donated licenses through the Power of Us program: 10 Nonprofit Enterprise Edition licenses or 10 Sales and Service Enterprise Edition licenses, one donation per organization, according to Salesforce Help. Salesforce offers discounts on additional licenses. Setup, data migration and integration are not part of the donation.
It depends on your timing and needs. Agentforce Nonprofit uses a different data model from NPSP, so a move is a migration project. It makes sense when you are rebuilding processes or want the prebuilt agents; if NPSP runs your fundraising well, you can plan the move for a quieter period. Start with a data and process assessment.
Techila's case study library includes nonprofit programs for The Akshaya Patra Foundation, Indian Cancer Society and CII Young Indians (Techila case study library, November 2026). The Akshaya Patra Foundation case study is published.
Sources
Last reviewed:
- Salesforce News, Agentforce Nonprofit (formerly Nonprofit Cloud) is generally available (2 December 2025)
- Salesforce, Salesforce for nonprofits (read 11 November 2026)
- Salesforce Help, Power of Us (P10) application for nonprofit organizations and educational institutions (published 16 October 2026, read 11 November 2026)
- Trailhead, Manage individual stakeholders with person accounts (read 11 November 2026)
- Salesforce Help, Nonprofit Cloud migration and implementation guides (read 11 November 2026)
- Salesforce AppExchange, Techila Global Services consulting listing (read 10 November 2026)
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