Network for Good vs.
Sponsor A Purpose
Discover why nonprofits choose Sponsor A Purpose
Network for Good alternatives: coaching, or published pricing
Network for Good, now part of the Bonterra family of nonprofit software brands, positions itself as an all-in-one fundraising platform for small nonprofits, combining a CRM, donation tools, and email in a single subscription. Sponsor A Purpose offers that same all-in-one idea, plus grant discovery, donor journeys, and growth consulting, without a monthly software bill. Network for Good alternatives are hard to compare on cost, because Network for Good does not publish a price. Ours is published, and so is the processing rate.
What SAPu offers
No subscription
CRM, donations, and email included free
Grant discovery built in
A daily match feed and funder database bundled with the CRM
Donor journeys included
Automated welcome, stewardship, and reengagement sequences
It replaces your whole stack, not just Network for Good
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
Network for Good sells a subscription and does not publish what it costs. Sponsor A Purpose publishes both the price and the processing rate, and the CRM, donations, forms and reporting carry no monthly fee.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Network for Good |
|---|---|---|
| Free core CRM | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: no |
| No monthly subscription on the free tier | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: no |
| Published pricing | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: no |
| Published processing rates | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: no |
Donor CRM
This is the closest match of any platform we compare against. Donor records, households and organization linking, segmentation, reporting and analytics, stewardship and ask recommendations all run on both sides. There is no meaningful gap here, and we are not going to pretend there is one.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Network for Good |
|---|---|---|
| Donor records with full giving history | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
| Household and organization linking | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
| Segmentation | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
| Reporting and analytics | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
| Donor stewardship | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
| Stewardship ask recommendations | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
Giving and payments
Employer matching gifts run on both. Network for Good has event ticketing, which we do not. DAF giving inside the donation widget is ours.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Network for Good |
|---|---|---|
| Event ticketing | Sponsor A Purpose: no | Network for Good: yes |
| Corporate matching gifts | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
| DAF giving built into the widget | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: no |
Communication and automation
Email campaigns run on both, and Network for Good goes further on channels we do not offer at all: text messaging, video messaging and direct mail tracking. Where we go further is depth, with multi-step lifecycle journeys rather than basic automated sends.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Network for Good |
|---|---|---|
| Email campaigns | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
| Text messaging to supporters | Sponsor A Purpose: no | Network for Good: yes |
| Video messaging | Sponsor A Purpose: no | Network for Good: yes |
| Direct mail tracking | Sponsor A Purpose: no | Network for Good: yes |
Grants
Both platforms cover grants, including discovery and AI-assisted writing. Ours runs discovery on IRS 990 funder filings and is priced as an add-on to a CRM that costs nothing per month.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Network for Good |
|---|---|---|
| Grant management | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
| Grant discovery | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
| AI grant writing | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
Volunteers
Both platforms track volunteers and manage them, including foster records. This is another category where the two systems are level.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Network for Good |
|---|---|---|
| Volunteer and foster records | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
| Volunteer management | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
Services and support
Both are nonprofit-only with support included. What we add is the work around the software: website design and hosting, and appointment scheduling, sold as paid services.
| Feature | Sponsor A Purpose | Network for Good |
|---|---|---|
| Fundraising coaching | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
| Appointment scheduling | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: no |
| Website design and hosting (service) | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: no |
| Nonprofit-only focus | Sponsor A Purpose: yes | Network for Good: yes |
Sponsor A Purpose vs. Network for Good: common questions
Everything an all-in-one platform promises, without the bill
Network for Good leads with coaching and does not publish a price. Sponsor A Purpose publishes both the price and the processing rate, and the CRM, donations, forms and reporting cost nothing per month.