Discontinuation of M365 Business Premium Grant Deeply Disappointing,Harmful to Small Nonprofits
As a Microsoft CSP partner supporting multiple nonprofit organizations, I am extremely disappointed by the decision to discontinue the Microsoft 365 Business Premium grant. This change disproportionately affects small nonprofits that rely on these tools to fulfill their missions with limited resources. The justification that this is about “alignment” or “sustainability” is disingenuous. Let’s be honest—this is a revenue-driven decision that undermines Microsoft’s long-standing commitment to empowering nonprofits. Removing access to essential tools like Office desktop apps and Intune from the grant program forces small organizations into paid plans they cannot afford, jeopardizing their operations and security. Microsoft has built goodwill in the nonprofit sector over the years. This move erodes that trust. I urge you to reconsider this decision or at least provide a longer transition period and more flexible options for small nonprofits. Please do better. The nonprofit sector deserves more than a corporate cost-cutting maneuver disguised as a strategic realignment.
I want to learn more about Nonprofit Pain Points?
My name is Erica Leverson, a data analyst/tech expert at EDL Investments. We have started to want to work with nonprofits because we want to work with organizations who is making humans, animals, the environment a better place. So, in order for me to be of service to nonprofits, I want to know what the pain points are. My goal is to learn of the struggles so I can create solutions. If you don't mind, can you please share them in the comments.
Will Microsoft’s Fundraising Template App Be Supported Long-Term?
Since Microsoft retired the Fundraising and Engagement app, they’ve introduced template apps for partners and customers to build solutions. Over the past year, we did lot of customizations on top of the Fundraising and Engagement app, and we’re now considering moving these customizations and needed functionality to the ‘Fundraising’ template app. However, we’re concerned about long-term stability. Can Microsoft confirm if there’s any risk of these templates being retired or delisted? This would help us and others plan with greater confidence.
Fundraising and Engagement without Costumer Insights?
We are a nonprofit considering Fundraising and engagement which by itself looks great. However, we are yet a small nonprofit, so we don’t have the financial means to invest in Dynamics 365 Costumer Insights at this point. We find Costumer Insights to be very expensive compared to other Microsoft nonprofit offers. Is F&E still valuable if we combine it with Mailchimp? - How do we communicate campaigns and get results? In two separate systems? - Does Mailchimp engagement journeys work together with F&E or would we maintain two separate systems? What about the leadscoring and “Likelihood to donate" in F&E? How does these perform when we don’t use Costumer Insights engagement journeys, website engagement and more? We assume the data collections lowers and thus making the leadscoring worse. Hope someone has relevant experiences to share.New partner blog - Four benefits of Fundraising and Engagement
New blog post alert! Microsoft Partner, Heller Consulting, has just published a blog where they share four key benefits to streamlining nonprofit Fundraising and Engagement. What is Fundraising and Engagement? How can nonprofits use it to their advantage? Check out their blog post to learn more and watch a live demo of the tool in action here: Four key benefits to streamlining nonprofit Fundraising and EngagementTeam Rubicon leverages technology to do good across the world
"People have seen everything they own damaged, destroyed—their lives have been changed forever. What we deliver is hope." - Noel Middleton, Field Readiness Coordinator, Team Rubicon With an increase in extreme weather events and natural disasters, Team Rubicon is working urgently to help the people and communities impacted. Learn more about Team Rubicon and how they are using tech to deliver help and hope to those in need: https://msft.it/6040iPsCgIgnite session: Empowering impact with Cloud for Nonprofit and AI
Discover two new solutions to accelerate your organization’s impact: Community Training empowers nonprofits to craft personalized learning pathways and digitally deliver vital skills and knowledge. Magic Bus will share how they’ve deployed this technology throughout India. AI powered Likelihood to Donate seamlessly integrates into Fundraising and Engagement, allowing nonprofits to effortlessly identify donors, score their propensity to give, and create impactful giving campaigns. Check it out here: Empowering impact with Cloud for Nonprofit and AI
EM+S E3 50 Seat Legacy donation - some customers being charged - why?
Hi, Bit of a niche question and probably only relates to non-profit customers who subscribed to this prior to September 2019. I know that back in September 2019 it was announced that the non-profit donation of 50-seat Microsoft 365 Enterprise Mobility + Security E3 was being discontinued for new customers, but Microsoft said then that customers who had already procured these donated subscriptions could keep them in perpetuity as a legacy donation. A couple of our clients have received renewal invoices for this product but with the non-profit staff pricing rather than the donation pricing. Of customers who have had a renewal recently, only 2 have been charged with others still receiving the donation. These are all Direct Bill customers. I know that the Office365 E2 Grant is being discontinued from October renewals but have not seen anything similar for the EM+S E3 donation. Have I missed something? Has anyone else experienced similar? I have reached out with a service request but the suggested explanation was way off the mark, saying that it was due to changing from monthly to annual billing, which wasn't the case, as shown by the previous year's zero annual invoice. Appreciate your input. Thanks, ColinDonation Import table's Organization Name requirement in Fundraising & Engagement
We're trying to leverage the Donation Import table to send data from our third-party service (https://www.soapboxengage.com) into Fundraising and Engagement for donors that are making personal donations (i.e. not on behalf of an organization and without a company associated with them). It seems that the msnfp_organizationname field on the Donation Import table is required, and is stopping the processing of the Donation Import record due to the field being null for these very common donations. Is this expected behavior? What should one put into the msnfp_organizationname field if no organization is associated with the donation? We swear that this wasn't the case just a few releases ago, maybe this is a recent change?
