Skip to main content

Email Marketing for Nonprofits

MonkeyPod includes nonprofit email marketing that is built directly into its donor CRM — not connected via a third-party integration. That means you can segment your list by giving history, volunteer activity, event attendance, or any custom contact field, then send campaigns and view engagement results alongside each donor's record.

Unlike standalone email tools, there's no import/export cycle, no syncing errors, and no separate monthly subscription. Email marketing is included in MonkeyPod's standard pricing.

See what's included
Violinist performing at Mineral Point Opera House
Photo courtesy of
Mineral Point Opera House

Powerful and easy-to-use email marketing software

Unlimited email marketing for nonprofits

  • Unlimited email lists
  • Unlimited subscribers
  • Unlimited campaigns
  • Unlimited templates
  • Unlimited automations / drip campaigns
  • Unlimited email subscription forms
Free Demo

Integrated with your nonprofit CRM

  • Manage one source of truth for your constituents — no more duplicate records or importing/exporting between systems.
  • Easily add subscribers to an email list with one click.
  • Build email lists by searching all of your organizational data — financial, interactions, custom data, and more.
  • Track email sends, opens, and clicks directly in CRM records.
Email lists in MonkeyPod
Automated drip campaign

Intelligent, time-saving automations

  • Automatically send email campaigns based on predefined rules and triggers.
  • Automatically subscribe constituents to email lists.
  • Built-in waiting periods between automated emails to avoid overwhelming your constituents.

Professional designs, easy-to-use tools

  • Free professionally designed templates for newsletters, donor solicitations, event invitations, and more.
  • Add pictures, videos, donation buttons, and more to your campaigns with an intuitive drag-and-drop editor.
  • Personalize emails with constituent names, donation amounts, membership details, and more.
  • All emails are mobile-compatible and automatically adjust for screen size.
Email templates
Email performance analytics

Improve your communication with email marketing analytics

  • Track opens, clicks, bounces and more for all your email communication.
  • Monitor email subscriber growth as your network grows.
  • Make data-driven decisions to improve your donor communication.

Email that knows your donors

Most nonprofits manage two separate contact lists: one in their donor database and one in their email tool. Every time someone gives, volunteers, or updates their address, that change has to be synchronized between systems — and it's never perfectly in sync. MonkeyPod eliminates the problem by making email a native feature of the donor CRM. Your email list isn't imported from your database. It is your database. That means segmentation based on giving history is instant, engagement data appears directly on donor records, and there's no monthly bill for a tool you use to email people you're already tracking.

Frequently Asked Questions

Nonprofit email marketing software helps organizations communicate with donors, volunteers, and supporters through targeted email campaigns. Purpose-built nonprofit tools differ from general email platforms in that they connect email engagement data — opens, clicks, unsubscribes — directly to donor records, so fundraisers can see the full picture of a supporter's relationship with the organization in one place rather than across separate systems.

MonkeyPod's email marketing is built into the same database as your donor CRM. You build segments using any combination of donor data — giving history, lapsed status, event participation, custom tags — then compose and send campaigns directly from MonkeyPod. Open rates, click rates, and unsubscribes are recorded on each contact's record automatically, so your development team always has current engagement context when they reach out to donors.

For many nonprofits, yes. If your primary reason for using Mailchimp is sending donor newsletters and fundraising appeals, MonkeyPod handles that natively — with the added advantage that your email list is always in sync with your donor database because they're the same system. If you run complex multi-audience email programs with heavy A/B testing and advanced automation, you may want to keep a dedicated email platform; MonkeyPod is designed for the majority of nonprofits whose email needs are straightforward.

Mailchimp and Constant Contact are general-purpose email platforms — they work for any business and require you to import and maintain a separate contact list. MonkeyPod's email is nonprofit-native: your contact list is your donor database, so segmentation by giving level, last gift date, or program interest happens in one click rather than requiring a CSV export and re-import. You also don't pay for a separate email subscription — it's included in MonkeyPod.

Yes. Because MonkeyPod's email and donor database are the same system, you can build segments based on any donor data — total giving, last gift date, gift size, lapsed status, event attendance, volunteer activity, or custom tags. Segments update dynamically, so a "lapsed donors" list automatically includes anyone who hasn't given in 12 months without requiring a manual refresh.

Yes. Email marketing is part of MonkeyPod's all-in-one platform — there's no separate email module fee. All MonkeyPod subscribers can send campaigns, build donor segments, and track engagement without paying for an additional email tool.

MonkeyPod supports donor newsletters, fundraising appeals, event invitations, acknowledgment campaigns, year-end giving reminders, and general community updates. You can send to your full list or to targeted segments based on any combination of donor data. All emails are mobile-responsive, and deliverability is managed through MonkeyPod's sending infrastructure.

Engage your community with the only
email marketing software for nonprofits

Schedule a Free Demo