HalTech Consulting’s Helping Hands Software (www.haltechinc.com ) is a complete constituent management and fundraising solution for any size of nonprofit organization. This software allows the user to track donations and donors plus a whole lot more. It has the capabilities to track vendors, deposits, events and contact information.
In Use
Helping Hands has many innovative tools to help complete tasks quickly and efficiently. The layout and design makes it easy to have all information at your fingertips. It utilizes dashboards to give you easy access to information to track and manage all donors, donations and fundraising activities.
The multiple modules make it easy to enter and retrieve crucial information for tracking and managing donors and donations. The Contact Form gives you complete access to all donor data on a single page. It supplies demographics, giving history, related contact and event attendance. The Deposit Form allows for quick entry of donations and gives you the ability to print donation acknowledgement letters directly from the screen.
Technology employed
Helping Hands is compatible with both Windows and Mac and also compatible with most mobile devices. It runs on Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 or on Mac OS x 10.5 or higher. This software can be shared through a network or hosted over the internet.
Ease of use, configuration, and deployment
Helping Hands is easy to use, configure and deploy. The staff at HalTech Inc can assistant you with the configuration and deployment of the software. It can be deployed and shared on a network in your nonprofit organization or it can be hosted over the internet. The system is user friendly with multiple built in tools and dashboards to assist you. There are many training resources available or customer support can answer all of your questions.
Recap
This software has many features and tools to handle all aspects of running a nonprofit organization. Besides being able to track donors and donations this application has a robust Communications Center and Reporting system. There are numerous built in reports to help track and manage your organization. All of the reports in this system can be made into PDF’s, printed, emailed or exported into Excel with one click of the mouse.
The pricing for a single user is $1999 and includes one license for Helping Hands and FileMaker Pro 11. It also includes a one day training class. You can also purchase additional users, and other options including importing, training and customization services. Helping Hands can also be hosted over the internet and monthly subscription options are available.
Advantages
- Dashboards
- Innovative tools and features
- User Friendly
- Complete communication and reporting system
Disadvantages
- Additional user licenses and add-ons may boost the cost of the system
My Opinion
I was super impressed with Helping Hands. This is a comprehensive robust system that has many built in features that make navigating the system quick and easy. The layout and design are superb with all information easily accessible with the click of a mouse. This is the ideal software for handling all aspects of running a nonprofit organization. I highly recommend this software.
