Sponsor A Purpose

Sponsor A Purpose is a web platform for nonprofits that want donor management alongside fundraising, grant work, and volunteer coordination. It is strongest for organizations that value a no-cost CRM base and want to expand it selectively. The trade-off is that several useful capabilities cost extra, and email has a separate usage-based bill.

Overview

The free plan combines donor records, donation processing, and a reporting dashboard, with unlimited contacts and users. That removes two common constraints for a growing team: a contact ceiling and per-user charges. But it is a foundation rather than a complete fundraising suite; forms, email campaigns, stewardship metrics, and grant tools require paid options.

Beyond fundraising, the platform connects donor journeys and volunteer workflows to the same system. That breadth can reduce the number of tools a nonprofit must coordinate. The counterweight is complexity in budgeting: email is billed separately according to mailing contacts, which are counted independently from CRM contacts.

Key features

Donor management and giving

The CRM keeps giving history, notes, tags, segments, custom fields, tasks, automations, and reports alongside contact records. That gives teams more ways to organize follow-up than a basic donor directory. Donation forms support recurring gifts, custom fields, campaign messaging, hosted campaign pages, and website embeds, making them suitable for both ongoing giving and campaign-specific appeals. Checkout includes automated receipts and carries no additional Sponsor A Purpose platform fee.

Journeys, grants, and volunteers

Donor journeys can start automated sequences based on giving, forms, email behavior, dates, or CRM data. Teams can use these triggers to connect donor activity with follow-up rather than managing every step manually. SAPu Grants adds opportunity matching, funder research, AI-assisted drafting, pipeline tracking, and deadline management; it is a distinct paid option for organizations that actively pursue grants.

Volunteer tools cover shift scheduling, background-check status, digital waivers, automated onboarding, and hours reporting. This is a meaningful extension for nonprofits coordinating volunteers as well as donors, though organizations needing only a CRM may not benefit enough to justify a wider paid bundle. Reporting includes live dashboards, fundraising and grant pipeline views, and board reports compiled and delivered by email.

Integrations and support

Embedded partners include Chariot for donor-advised-fund gifts, Double the Donation for matching gifts, and Stripe for payment processing. QuickBooks Online sync is planned for the Plus bundle at launch, with pricing to be announced then. Support offers walkthroughs and setup and workflow help; typical response time is 1–2 business days.

Pricing

The free plan costs nothing and includes unlimited contacts, unlimited users, donation processing, CRM and donor records, and a reporting dashboard. It is a strong fit for teams that need donor organization and basic reporting without seat or contact caps.

Paid tools start at $20/mo. Forms costs $20 a month and lets teams collect responses and sync submissions to the CRM. Add-ons start at $20 a month and offer optional forms, email campaigns, stewardship and giving metrics, and QuickBooks sync when it launches. The standalone Stewardship + giving metrics add-on is $49 a month, providing giving-pattern tracking and recommended asks and next actions. These options suit nonprofits that need one capability at a time, but costs can accumulate as needs broaden.

The Plus bundle costs $79 a month and includes Forms, stewardship and giving metrics, and QuickBooks sync at launch. It is the clearer choice for teams that want those tools together, but email service remains a separate charge based on mailing contacts. Grants costs $179 a month for discovery and writing, pipeline, funder research, and deadline tracking; it makes most sense for organizations with a regular grant program. No renewal terms or paid-plan seat and contact caps are given.

Platforms

Sponsor A Purpose runs on the web. Organizations seeking a listed mobile app should compare platforms before choosing it.

Who it's for

This suits nonprofits of any size that want a CRM foundation without contact or user limits and may later add donation forms, stewardship, grants, or volunteer coordination. It is less compelling for organizations that need all capabilities under one predictable charge, rely on mobile apps, or want accounting sync immediately.

Pros and cons

Pros: Unlimited contacts and users on the free plan make it practical for large databases and small teams alike.

Pros: CRM, donation workflows, grant management, reporting, and volunteer tools share one platform.

Pros: Recurring gifts, hosted campaign pages, embeds, and automated receipts cover key donation workflows without extra platform fees at checkout.

Cons: Forms, stewardship metrics, grants, and other capabilities sit behind separate paid options, so a broad setup costs more than the free starting point.

Cons: Email is billed separately by mailing contacts, and its count is distinct from CRM contacts.

Cons: QuickBooks Online sync is not immediate; it is tied to launch of the Plus bundle.

Alternatives

For a broader donation and fundraising toolkit with mobile apps, Givebutter has a free plan covering forms, pages, events, auctions, donor management, and CRM. Tithely Giving is a free-giving option for readers who prioritize unlimited donations and can accept transaction fees; its Giving + Church Management plan costs $72 a month. Donorbox starts with a free Standard plan for five team members, with platform fees of 2.95%–3.95% plus payment processing fees; choose it if that capped team plan fits better than Sponsor A Purpose's separately priced tools.

Funraise offers a free plan for organizations raising under $1 million annually, with premium plans available through sales. GiveCause has a free platform with no platform, monthly, setup, or per-user fees, while payment processing is 2.9% + 29 cents per successful transaction and bank transfer fees vary. Givelify offers a free donor app and free organization donations for American Express; it may suit readers seeking those specific donation options.

Zeffy is a free alternative with donation forms, recurring gifts, event ticketing, peer-to-peer campaigns, donor management, and email tools. For readers who need payment collection rather than a nonprofit CRM suite, MoonClerk is a paid web and API option: its plan for up to $2,000 monthly volume costs $18 a month and is month-to-month.

For a category-wide comparison, see Nonprofit Payment Processing Software.

Verdict

Sponsor A Purpose is a sound choice for nonprofits that want an uncapped, no-cost CRM base and value having donor, grant, reporting, and volunteer workflows under one roof. Its main advantage is the room to grow without per-contact or per-user charges on the free plan. Look elsewhere if you need mobile access, immediate QuickBooks sync, or a predictable all-in price that includes email.