BasicFunder 2026: Benefits, Features & Pricing

I love BasicFunder. I am the treasurer of a small non-profit organization and I would quit before I switched to another product.

When we created our first nonprofit organization six years ago, we needed a simple donor-based system that would be easy to learn and use. A friend recommended BasicFunder, highly praising it for offering everything needed at a low price. I tried it out and found that it did indeed give me everything I needed in a database. In fact, it helped me become more organized and shaped the way I corresponded with our growing group of donors. Whenever I ran into an issue that didn't offer an immediate, intuitive solution, I found the user's manuel well-written and informative, and, if that didn't help, a quick call to friendly customer service always provided my solution within the hour. If I could change anything about the system, it would be to add more flexibility to the letter writing function. There is no way (to my knowledge) to save drafts of letters, or PDFs of processed letters onto the computer. You must copy the text and paste into an email or word doc if you want to send it to someone other than the recipient. (Which sometimes comes up when you need something edited or proofread, or if you want to save a processed letter for future reference outside of the database.) The graphic designer in me would also prefer a larger selection of fonts, and the ability to insert photos into the letters. One other down side is that I am normally a Mac user, and hoped that a Mac-compatible version of BasicFunder would one day be released. But I must say that this hasn't stopped me from using the program. It is so affordable for the organization and easy to use that I have installed software on my Mac to be able to switch to the PC operating system. When we started to have people from different states using the same database, we thought we might have to switch to an expensive web-based program instead. But the Basic Data Safe feature allows us to save changes off-site so that other users can download those changes from wherever they are. This, too, is quite affordable at one cent a day. Overall I have been very satisfied with this program and would recommend it to any nonprofit with typical needs.

BasicFunder has the flexibility and built-in-intelligence to understand our development and fundraising needs. Off the shelf, it provides a robust platform for gathering and managing data and transforming that data into meaningful information. When there are questions or issues, BasicFunder staff are very quick to respond. The program is easy to use, but I would encourage new users to be sure that they understand the underlying logic of the database before entering too much information. The program comes with a sample database so you can play without damaging any data.

As a smaller United Way, we were looking for a cost effective, yet powerful tracking tool for our donations and receipts one that would move us away from the basic and cumbersome Access database system we had been using for a number of years. Basic Funder certainly fit the bill, and more! The system allows very easy tracking of donations, and the effective creation of receipts. We wanted the ability to generate a more appropriate thank you letter, to go with the receipt, and are pleased with what we are able to do. The report-generating feature also assists in generating details for our accounting software of specific donations, and other reports. This feature rich product, coupled with the outstanding support package, makes it ideal for us would not hesitate to recommend Basic Funder to other non-profit and charitable organizations.

BasicFunder is a very capable product. It offers an intuitive inferface and it's its very easy to use. Jellyware continually adds imporvements to the software and bugs are repaired as soon as they're spotted. Support has been exemplary. When you think about it, what more do you need? Consider BasicFunder.

Recommend this product for any small non-profit!

Able to enter and retrieve information very, very quickly. Reports didn't take too long to learn, the manual is a great help. IN Honor & IN MEMORY setup is much better. Not as many screens to go through to just enter name, address etc. Being a non-profit of home delivered meals we are able to quickly enter what we need.

The Basic funder program is top - notch. We have been using it for years. The Customer support is superb! There is always a quick response to questions and a friendly voice to guide me through my experience! I would highly recommend this easy to use program to anyone looking to track donors