Nonprofit Success - Executive Summary
Executive Summary
The nonprofit template provided by salesforce.com is intended to address common core needs that a nonprofit requires to efficiently run their organization. While not all nonprofits operate in the same way, the template tries to address common core functionality that is traditionally found in the nonprofit rather than commercial sector. By using the nonprofit template, which runs on Enterprise Edition licenses, nonprofit organizations can realize significant savings in customizing the application to meet their needs than they would if starting from a standard commercial version of Salesforce.
This document intends to define the customizations that are included in the nonprofit template so that our valued partners and customers have a better understanding of differences between the standard Salesforce template and the nonprofit template. As with any instance of Salesforce, you are not limited to the customizations that come with the nonprofit template. We encourage you to take full advantage of the amazing customization powers of the Force.com Platform by creating your own customizations beyond those provided in the template.
We are continually striving to improve the nonprofit template. Many of the improvements we make come from ideas posted directly by our nonprofit community to the nonprofit category on the IdeaExchange, which can be found at ideas.salesforce.com. If you have an idea for an enhancement to the template, or to the product in general, please let us know on the IdeaExchange.