Bloomerang vs.
Sponsor A Purpose
Discover why nonprofits choose Sponsor A Purpose
Bloomerang alternatives: what each one actually costs
Bloomerang is a well-regarded donor CRM built around retention reporting. But CRM, fundraising tools, and volunteer management are priced and sold as separate modules that have to be bundled together to get a full picture of your organization. Sponsor A Purpose includes the CRM, donations, forms and reporting with no monthly fee, and prices email, giving metrics and grants as add-ons you can read the cost of. If you are pricing Bloomerang alternatives, count both halves: the monthly subscription and the 3.2% to 3.95% taken from every card gift on top of it.
What SAPu offers
One price: free
CRM, donations, and volunteer management included from day one
No required bundling
Donor records, donations, forms and reporting with no monthly fee
Room to grow
Website, Google Ad Grants, and consulting available as you scale
It replaces your whole stack, not just Bloomerang
A CRM here, a donation form there, email somewhere else. Sponsor A Purpose brings all of it into one connected platform.
Cost and what you get free
Bloomerang prices on constituent count and sells the CRM, fundraising and volunteer pieces as separate modules, starting around $125 a month for the CRM alone with 3.2% to 3.95% taken per card gift on top. Sponsor A Purpose charges nothing per month for the CRM, takes 0% in platform fees, and caps neither staff users nor contacts.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bloomerang |
|---|---|---|
| Free core CRM | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: no |
| No monthly subscription on the free tier | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: no |
| 0% platform fees on donation processing | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: no |
| Unlimited staff users | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: yes |
Donor CRM
Bloomerang is a serious CRM and this is its strongest ground: records, segmentation, custom fields, custom reports and donor scoring all match ours, and their retention reporting is well regarded. On the donor record itself there is very little between the two systems.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bloomerang |
|---|---|---|
| Donor records with full giving history | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: yes |
| Segmentation and custom fields | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: yes |
| Custom reports | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: yes |
| Giving metrics and donor scoring | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: yes |
| Volunteer and donor records in one system | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: yes |
Giving and payments
Employer matching gifts run on both sides. Bloomerang has full event management, which we do not; we have DAF giving inside the donation widget, which they do not.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bloomerang |
|---|---|---|
| Event management | Sponsor A Purpose: no | Bloomerang: yes |
| Corporate matching gifts | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: yes |
| DAF giving built into the widget | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: no |
Communication and automation
Email campaigns run on both platforms. Bloomerang adds text fundraising, which we do not offer.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bloomerang |
|---|---|---|
| Email campaigns | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: yes |
| Text fundraising | Sponsor A Purpose: no | Bloomerang: yes |
Grants
Bloomerang does no grant work. Grant discovery on IRS 990 funder filings, deadline and pipeline tracking and AI-assisted writing are add-ons here.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bloomerang |
|---|---|---|
| Grant discovery on IRS 990 data | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: no |
| AI grant writing | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: no |
Volunteers
Both platforms manage volunteers. The difference is how it is sold: Bloomerang prices volunteer management as a separate module on top of the CRM subscription, where ours is a $29 a month add-on to a CRM that costs nothing per month.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bloomerang |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteer management | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: yes |
Services and support
Both are nonprofit-only with well-regarded support, and Bloomerang has a mobile app that we do not. What we add is the work around the software: website design and hosting, growth consulting and appointment scheduling, sold as paid services.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Bloomerang |
|---|---|---|
| Mobile app | Sponsor A Purpose: no | Bloomerang: yes |
| Appointment scheduling | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: no |
| Website design and hosting (service) | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: no |
| Growth consulting (service) | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: no |
| Nonprofit-only focus | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Bloomerang: yes |
Sponsor A Purpose vs. Bloomerang: common questions
One platform instead of three separate bills
The CRM, donation processing, forms and reporting cost nothing per month, and there is no cut of each gift. Bloomerang starts at $125 a month for the CRM alone, plus 3.2% to 3.95% per card donation.