TLDR
Qgiv built a strong position in fundraising forms, peer-to-peer, and event management for nonprofits. Bloomerang acquired Qgiv in 2024, and the longer-term product direction is now tied to Bloomerang's priorities. If you need a standalone donor CRM with full grant compliance, GrantPipe is a purpose-built alternative that handles both sides of nonprofit operations from $99/month.
Quick verdict
Qgiv built a strong position in fundraising forms, peer-to-peer, and event management for nonprofits. Bloomerang acquired Qgiv in 2024, and the longer-term product direction is now tied to Bloomerang's priorities. If you need a standalone donor CRM with full grant compliance, GrantPipe is a purpose-built alternative that handles both sides of nonprofit operations from $99/month.
| Feature | Qgiv | GrantPipe |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing posture | $25-$299/mo (fundraising platform; acquired by Bloomerang 2024) | $99-$499/month |
| Setup profile | Not publicly listed | No setup fee |
| Grant workflow depth | Varies | Application through post-award workflow |
| Compliance depth | Varies | Restricted-fund and reporting workflow built in |
| Best fit | General nonprofit software buyers | Mid-sized nonprofits managing donors, grants, and restricted funds in one system |
GrantPipe keeps donor CRM, grant workflow, and restricted-fund reporting in one system, while Qgiv is a better fit only if its narrower workflow matches your team exactly.
What Qgiv Is (and Is Not)
Qgiv built its reputation as a fundraising operations platform for nonprofits that need clean donation forms, peer-to-peer campaign pages, event ticketing, and auction management. It is strong in those categories. Many nonprofits adopted it specifically because its event and campaign tooling was more approachable than enterprise-tier platforms.
What Qgiv was not, and was never designed to be, is a full donor CRM or a grant management system.
Contact records in Qgiv are functional enough to track donors across transactions, but the platform does not have the relationship depth — gift officer assignments, moves management, prospect research integration, long-term giving analysis — that a full CRM provides. It especially has no features for organizations managing active grant portfolios: no award tracking beyond basic fields, no restricted fund allocation, no compliance reporting.
The 2024 Bloomerang Acquisition
Bloomerang acquired Qgiv in 2024. The acquisition gave Bloomerang enhanced peer-to-peer and event management capabilities that complement its donor retention analytics. For Qgiv customers, it means product direction is now determined by Bloomerang’s priorities.
This is not necessarily a negative — Bloomerang has invested seriously in its product. But it does mean the independent Qgiv roadmap is effectively gone. Features that Qgiv customers requested compete with Bloomerang’s own development priorities.
If you are evaluating Qgiv today, you are making a bet on the Bloomerang-integrated direction, not an independent Qgiv product.
Who Still Uses Qgiv (and When It Makes Sense)
Qgiv makes sense for nonprofits that:
- Run multiple fundraising events per year requiring ticketing and auction management
- Have robust peer-to-peer campaigns as a primary revenue channel
- Already have a full donor CRM and are looking only for a fundraising layer on top
- Are below the $200K revenue level where a separate CRM is premature
It does not make sense as a standalone system for organizations that need relationship management depth, grant compliance, or a unified view of donor and grant revenue.
What GrantPipe Covers Instead
GrantPipe was designed for mid-sized nonprofits ($500K-$10M budget) that need both sides of nonprofit financial management in one place: donor relationships and grant compliance.
On the donor side: contact management, giving history, relationship tracking, segmentation, acknowledgment workflows, and donor retention reporting.
On the grant side: application and award tracking, restricted fund allocation, expenditure tracking against grant-specific budgets, compliance reporting tied to funder requirements, and an audit trail from award to closeout.
For nonprofits that run peer-to-peer events as a major revenue channel, GrantPipe is not the right standalone tool. For nonprofits whose operational complexity comes from managing restricted funds and grant compliance alongside donor relationships, it is.
Pricing Reality
Qgiv’s pricing structure is event and form-centric: lower tiers for basic donation forms, higher tiers for advanced peer-to-peer and event features. The starting point of $25/month is accessible, but organizations that need the full feature set end up at $150-$299/month — plus a separate CRM cost if they need relationship management depth.
GrantPipe starts at $99/month for the full platform with no per-record limits. A nonprofit that outgrows the Starter tier pays more, but the price does not compound across multiple separate tools.
Migration Considerations
If Qgiv is your primary donor system: export your contact and gift records and import into GrantPipe. Most Qgiv exports are standard CSV files that map cleanly to GrantPipe’s contact and gift fields.
If Qgiv is your donation form tool layered on top of a separate CRM: GrantPipe can replace the CRM side. Your Stripe or other payment processor integration handles the donation collection, feeding records into GrantPipe directly.
Either way, the migration timeline for a mid-sized nonprofit is typically 2-4 weeks for data plus one to two weeks for team training.
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PROS & CONS
Qgiv (now Bloomerang)
Pros
- Purpose-built fundraising forms with a clean donor-facing experience
- Strong peer-to-peer event and auction tooling — one of the better options in the market
- Recurring gift management and text-to-give features at accessible price points
Cons
- Not a donor CRM — contact management and giving history are limited relative to full CRM platforms
- No grant management, restricted fund tracking, or compliance automation at any tier
- Post-acquisition, independent feature development is uncertain
- Adding a full CRM alongside Qgiv typically costs $100-$300/month more
Source: Qgiv published pricing (2024)
Source: Bloomerang press release and product announcements, 2024
Source: GrantPipe published pricing
Q&A
Who acquired Qgiv?
Bloomerang acquired Qgiv in 2024. Qgiv operates as a Bloomerang subsidiary. The longer-term product strategy is now directed by Bloomerang's leadership team.
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Is Qgiv a donor CRM?
Qgiv is primarily a fundraising platform built around donation forms, peer-to-peer events, and auctions. It has basic contact management but is not a full donor CRM. Organizations that need relationship history, grant tracking, or compliance reporting need to pair Qgiv with a separate CRM.
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What does GrantPipe do that Qgiv does not?
GrantPipe is a full donor CRM plus grant compliance platform. It covers contact management, giving history, grant lifecycle management, restricted fund tracking, and compliance reporting in one system. Qgiv handles donation collection and event management — a different category of problem.
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Can I migrate from Qgiv to GrantPipe?
If you are using Qgiv's basic contact and gift records, those can be exported and imported into GrantPipe. If Qgiv is primarily your fundraising form tool and you have a separate CRM, GrantPipe can replace the CRM side and integrate with your existing donation flows.
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What is the price difference between Qgiv and GrantPipe?
Qgiv's plans start at $25/month for basic fundraising forms and scale to $299/month for advanced features. GrantPipe starts at $99/month and covers a fundamentally different scope — full CRM plus grant compliance rather than donation form tooling.
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