Building a Power App with SharePoint: A Series for Nonprofits

Introduction to the Series

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Welcome to our step-by-step series on building a functional Power App connected to a SharePoint List — designed specifically with nonprofits in mind. Whether you're a nonprofit staff member looking to simplify your internal workflows or a tech-savvy volunteer eager to streamline operations, this series is for you.

We’ll walk you through creating a simple yet powerful app that helps track records, use filters, and guide users through intuitive navigation — all using low-code Power Platform tools. This app can serve as a foundational template for many nonprofit scenarios like volunteer intake, service tracking, or resource request forms.

Each blog post in this series will build on the last, using a SharePoint List as our backend and Power Apps as the frontend.

What We’ll Cover in This Series

Here’s what you can expect across the series:

• Blog 1: Why Power Apps + SharePoint? A Nonprofit-Friendly Overview
  We’ll explain what SharePoint is, why it’s a powerful tool for storing data, and how it works seamlessly with Power Apps to create simple, low-code solutions for your organization.

• Blog 2: Building a Power App with SharePoint — Setting Up Your SharePoint List
  Before jumping into Power Apps, you’ll need a SharePoint List to hold your data. This post walks through how to create a list, configure the right columns, and prepare it to integrate with your app.
• Blog 3: Creating the Power App — Screens, Forms, and Filters
  In this final part, we’ll walk you through connecting your list to Power Apps, building the form screen, adding a view screen with filters, and setting up basic navigation to create a clean user experience.

Who This Is For

This guide is tailored for nonprofit professionals, accidental techies, or small teams trying to make the most of Microsoft 365 tools they already have. You don’t need a development background — just curiosity and a desire to build something helpful!

Before You Begin

To follow along, you’ll need:

• Access to Power Apps
• A SharePoint List you can connect to
• Basic familiarity with how Microsoft 365 works

By the end of this series, you’ll have a working Power App that can be used as-is or adapted to suit your nonprofit’s needs. Let’s get started!

📚 Explore the Series
Series Introduction

An Overview of the SharePoint/PowerApps Combination

Setting Up Your SharePoint List

Building Your Power App