Ascend vs. NewOrg

Ascend is a powerful, intuitive CRM platform designed specifically for higher education, healthcare, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. This comprehensive solution aims to enhance fundraising operations by providing tools that enable teams to process gifts more efficiently, manage donor relationships seamlessly, and ultimately scale their impact. By addressing the unique challenges faced by these sectors, Ascend serves as a vital resource for organizations looking to optimize their fundraising efforts.

NewOrg is a cloud-based case management and data management platform that helps small to mid-sized nonprofits, human services organizations, and government programs manage services, people, reporting, and workflows across one or multiple programs. The platform includes CRM-style tools for tracking donors, volunteers, clients, partners, communications, and engagement history, while also supporting case notes, service delivery, documents, portals, grants, outcomes, and configurable reporting. Many organizations rely on separate tools to manage programs, people, documentation, and reporting.