Nonprofit Cloud Quickstart: Fast-Track Your Migration from NPSP
Since its launch in 2023, Nonprofit Cloud (NPC), the all-in-one platform for nonprofits built on the innovative Salesforce platform, has continued to evolve, reaching parity with the NPSP solution and even improving upon it with tools originally built for enterprise companies. For many, making the leap from Nonprofit Success Pack (NPSP) can feel daunting, and simply buying licenses isn’t enough. That’s where our NPC Quickstart comes in. It’s not just about standing up the product; it’s about setting you up for real success. Drawing on years of nonprofit Salesforce experience, Idealist Consulting’s NPC Quickstart combines proven tools, templates, and best practices to deliver more than a standard out-of-the-box solution, offering a solid foundation and a clear path to long-term success.
What is NPC Quickstart?
Our NPC Quickstart is a comprehensive and efficient approach to migration that gets your nonprofit up and running with Nonprofit Cloud (NPC) quickly while implementing fundraising best practices. Rather than starting from scratch for each NPC project, we leverage our extensive experience in the nonprofit Salesforce ecosystem and prior NPC implementations to provide a solution that significantly reduces implementation time while ensuring your system supports common nonprofit processes.
Powerful Features Included
As part of the NPC Quickstart process, our team will utilize pre-built fundraising user stories and requirements based on industry norms, ready-to-deploy configuration packages developed by our team, and reusable data migration scripts that transform your NPSP data to fit the NPC data model. These features will cut back on requirements gathering and speed up the migration process significantly. Getting more specific, the NPC Quickstart package includes:
- Over 30 pre-built fundraising reports and report types
- Custom flows for managing clean data entry for person accounts, organizational accounts, and contacts
- Streamlined page layouts optimized for user experience
- Nonprofit-specific opportunity customizations (removing standard sales fields and tailoring them for nonprofit use cases)
- Full documentation of data mapping decisions based on best practices
While NPC Quickstart gets you up and running fast, clients still get access to the Idealist Way, our unique service delivery model, and Story Navigator, our Salesforce-native project management tool. This includes a discovery phase to understand your needs and workflows, using pre-built user stories as a starting point. This proven, efficient process - honed through years of nonprofit implementations - delivers a tailored, high-quality solution in a compressed timeframe.
Is NPC Quickstart Right for Your Organization?
While our NPC Quickstart solution can be effective for many, it's important to determine if it fits your organization's needs. NPC Quickstart is best suited for nonprofits that:
- Are currently using NPSP (not NPSP 2 or very old/complicated implementations)
- Can work within the Quickstart structure (no customization of fields, objects, automation, or page layouts) in an initial phase
- Can dedicate time for discovery sessions and timely testing
Before we begin, we’ll set up a consultation with one of our experts to make sure that NPC Quickstart is the best option for you. If we determine that it’s not the right fit, we can create an NPC implementation roadmap to fit your needs.
Still unsure if Nonprofit Cloud is right for your organization? NPC can help expand a nonprofit’s system capabilities and take advantage of Salesforce’s ongoing platform innovation. If you’re still weighing your options, check out our guide, Nonprofit Cloud: Is Your Organization Ready? for a deeper dive into what makes a good fit.
Why Consider Migrating to Nonprofit Cloud Now?
There are compelling reasons to consider migration to Nonprofit Cloud. At the heart of NPC is a robust suite of out-of-the-box use cases tailored for nonprofit operations, helping you hit the ground running with best-in-class technology. Coupled with AI-powered innovation and enhanced integration capabilities, Nonprofit Cloud offers tools that evolve, keeping your organization at the forefront of nonprofit technology.
Many organizations find themselves struggling with accumulated technical debt – outdated processes, inefficient workflows, and customizations that no longer serve their purpose. Migrating to a new system also offers a powerful bonus: a fresh start. You bring only what you need, shedding legacy baggage and aligning your system with where your organization is headed, not where it’s been.
For nonprofits planning expansion, Nonprofit Cloud provides a platform designed for comprehensive operations beyond fundraising. By migrating, you position your organization to leverage emerging advancements rather than investing further in platforms with limited future growth.
Read about our work with NPC in our recent case study with Global Fund for Children, where we supported a seamless migration to Nonprofit Cloud aligned with their mission and operational goals.
Ready to Explore the NPC Quickstart?
With our team's more than 18-year tenure in the Salesforce for nonprofits space and our consultants' specialized training in Nonprofit Cloud design and migration, we're uniquely positioned to guide your successful transition. Our deep understanding of both NPSP and Nonprofit Cloud allows us to anticipate challenges and implement solutions that maximize your return on investment and time to value.
Contact us today to discuss whether our NPC Quickstart is the right fit for your organization or if you'd benefit from a more customized approach to Nonprofit Cloud migration. Our team is ready to help you leverage the full power of Nonprofit Cloud to advance your mission.
