CauseStack for Nonprofits

Salesforce should power your mission, not drain your budget.

CauseStack includes segmentation, deduplication, forms, imports, doc merge, mass email and portals — at no cost. Stack on add‑ons as you grow.

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Nonprofit organizations and Salesforce professionals.

What is Salesforce really costing you?

You invested in Salesforce expecting a powerful platform for your mission. But the tools you need, the work to keep everything running, and the pressure to migrate can add up to far more than you planned.

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Your org · next 3 years

Deduplication app$1,200 × 3 yrs$3,600
Forms tool$900 × 3 yrs$2,700
Document merge$1,500 × 3 yrs$4,500
Outside help$6,000 × 3 yrs$18,000
NPSP migrationOne-time rebuild$40,000
Every year$9,600
One-time$40,000
3-year total$68,800

…on top of the years you’ve already invested

CauseStack

Start with CauseStack. Stack on what you need.

CauseStack includes segmentation, deduplication, forms, imports, doc merge, mass email and portals, at no cost for nonprofits. Stack on additional capabilities through add-ons.

Essential tools for every nonprofit — no cost

  • SegmentationSaved segments and tags, so the right people are easy to find.
  • DeduplicationFind and merge duplicates, with a health view by object.
  • FormsDonation, event and intake forms that land in your records.
  • ImportsMap a CSV, catch duplicates first, and see what failed.
  • Doc MergeLetters, receipts and PDFs from your own templates.
  • Mass EmailEmail segments, campaigns or individuals with merge templates.
  • PortalsPublic pages for registrations, sign-ups and purchases.

Stack on

NPSP’s future is uncertain. Your org doesn’t have to be.

Many teams are being told to migrate to Nonprofit Cloud, to another CRM, or to a new package. Doing nothing keeps the costs and the risk. Every other option means rebuilding what already works.

CauseStack runs in the org you have today and gives you a gradual path beyond NPSP, without a costly migration.

See how it works

Current options

  • Do nothingKeep paying the same costs, and risk further deprecation of NPSP.Rising risk
  • Migrate to a new platformRebuild data, automations, reports and integrations from scratch.Costly rebuild
  • Switch to another CRMLeave Salesforce and years of institutional knowledge behind.Start over

The CauseStack way

Keep your org. Modernize at your pace.Install alongside NPSP, keep everything you’ve built, and move beyond it one piece at a time.Keep what you’ve built

From the founders

Built by people who’ve spent years inside nonprofit Salesforce orgs.

Nine years ago, I asked one question: how can we help nonprofits maximize their investment in Salesforce? CauseStack is our answer.
Sean RamseySean RamseyFounder / CEO, Cause3
For years I billed nonprofits for things that should’ve just worked. CauseStack is my penance, and my answer. Nonprofits deserve the same tech as for-profits, at prices they can actually afford.
Matt SouzaMatt SouzaFounder / CTO, Cause3

How CauseStack is funded

No cost for CauseStack. Clear about the rest.

CauseStack and its free add-ons are a community offering at no cost. Here’s how Cause3 sustains them, and what you might still pay for.

  1. No cost

    Community offering

    CauseStack: segmentation, deduplication, forms, imports, doc merge, mass email and portals, plus free add-ons like Nonprofit Validator, for every nonprofit that installs it.

  2. Optional

    Paid add-ons

    Alfred AI, Advanced Forms, Advanced Portals, QSyncly and Sign are priced separately. Add only what you need.

    See pricing →
  3. If you work with a partner

    Partner and reseller fees

    Some nonprofits get CauseStack through a Salesforce partner or reseller. Cause3 earns a fee through those relationships.

  4. If you hire us

    Service fees

    Hands-on help from the Cause3 team is a paid service. Outside help is always your choice.

Our promiseCauseStack, free forever.Not a trial. Not a teaser tier.