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# Developer Platform

Welcome to your team’s developer platform

<h2 align="center">Helping nonprofits turn fundraising, reporting, and data into insight that drives revenue and impact</h2>

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Value Stream Nonprofit Solutions is a division of Value Stream Consulting, a firm with more than 20 years of experience supporting mission-driven organizations. We help nonprofits design donor and program systems that reduce reporting burden, strengthen fundraising, and support better decisions across individual and institutional giving.&#x20;
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Whether you are navigating Salesforce changes, evaluating new platforms, or trying to make better use of your data, we help you make decisions that fit your organization.

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#### What Nonprofits Are Facing

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#### Fundraising Pressure

Growing expectations from individual donors and institutional funders — with greater emphasis on outcomes, accountability, and demonstrating impact clearly.
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#### System Complexity&#x20;

Disconnected tools and fragmented processes that make it difficult to manage donors, programs, and reporting without significant manual effort.
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#### Platform Decisions

Salesforce transitions and other technology shifts forcing organizations to reconsider whether their systems still fit how they actually work.
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## How We Help Nonprofits

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#### Strengthen Fundraising Through Better Data

Structure donor and program data so you can clearly connect outcomes to the impact funders and donors care about.
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#### Reduce Reporting Burden

Capture outcomes once and reuse them across grant reports, donor communications, and board materials.
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#### Align Systems with Real Work

Design systems around how your organization actually operates— not around what a platform assumes.
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#### Support Better Decisions

Turn data into insight that informs fundraising strategy, program planning, and funder relationships.
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## The MERL Value Stream

#### A better way to connect fundraising, reporting, and learning&#x20;

Most nonprofits experience fundraising, program delivery, and reporting as separate activities.  But they are deeply connected.&#x20;

Donors and funders want to understand outcomes. Programs generate those outcomes.  Reporting explains them. Fundraising depends on how clearly that story is told.

The MERL Value Stream — Measurement, Evaluation, Research, and Learning — connects  these elements into a continuous system. When it works well, data flows from programs into  outcomes, outcomes inform learning, and learning strengthens fundraising and funder  relationships.&#x20;

This is not just a framework for reporting. It is a way of building organizations that improve over  time.&#x20;

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## What This Enables

Stronger fundraising by connecting outcomes to impact | Improved funder relationships | Reduced duplication | Data-informed decisions.

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## Choosing the Right Platform for Your Organization

Many nonprofits are being asked to make new technology decisions — especially within Salesforce, where transitions to Nonprofit Cloud are raising real questions about complexity,  cost, and long-term fit.&#x20;

We do not believe there is a single right answer. Our job is to help you evaluate your options honestly and choose the platform that fits your organization's actual needs, capacity, and goals.&#x20;

<table data-card-size="large" data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><h4>Salesforce </h4></td><td>Flexible, scalable, and capable of supporting complex donor management, program tracking, and reporting needs. Best for organizations with capacity to manage and maintain the system.</td></tr><tr><td><h4>Neon CRM</h4></td><td><p>Purpose-built for nonprofits. Simpler to  </p><p>implement and maintain. Well suited for organizations looking for a focused, sustainable solution without the overhead of a large platform.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

### We help you make the right decision for your organization — not the expected one.

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## Some of Our Current Projects

| Organization | Regional Food Network                                                                                 |
| ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Description  | Integrated donor and program tracking to reduce manual reporting and strengthen grant communications. |
| Organization | Community Health Initiative                                                                           |
| Description  | Redesigned reporting workflows to eliminate duplicated data entry across multiple funders.            |
| Organization | Youth Development Organization                                                                        |
| Description  | Supported CRM transition and data migration, with training for staff across development and programs. |

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## Part of Value Stream Consulting

Value Stream Nonprofit Solutions is a division of Value Stream Consulting, LLC — a firm with more than 20 years of experience supporting mission-driven organizations. Our work began with nonprofits and expanded over time to include grantmaking institutions. That broader perspective informs everything we do. Our colleagues in Foundation Impact Solutions work directly with foundations on strategy, grant management, and learning systems. The two divisions share a common framework and collaborate where the work connects — which means our nonprofit clients benefit from insight that spans both sides of philanthropy.

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## Let's Talk About Your Fundraising, Systems, and Reporting

If you are evaluating platforms, managing reporting complexity, or trying to make better use of your data, we can help. There is no obligation — just a conversation.

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