1. OPEN FOR ALL
Drupal is an open source CMS with millions of programmers contributing to each new module and release. The Drupal Community is a pool of talent, all you need is to just dive in and you are bound to come out with an excellent Drupal website for your NPO. The talented programmers of the community will give you all the assistance in web designing and development needs.
2. ITS FREE – THIS DROP DOESN’T COST A PENNY!
Even water may cost you money but getting this drop won’t cost you a penny. Drupal is all free for you to download and use. However, you may require developers to customize your drupal website with your unique requirements, write and use contributed modules, maintain your Drupal website to keep it free from bugs. All this may cost you money but Drupal is free! It has no licensing fees and results in significant savings when compared to equally equipped proprietary CMS.
3. YOU DON’T NEED TO BE A CODER TO USE IT!
Drupal is very easy to use. You don’t need to write codes to develop your website on Drupal. It is free from coding as long as you don’t want complex and customized features for your website. Drupal solutions allow a single individual to point and click through highly intuitive menus. This makes Drupal easy to maintain and update.
4. SECURITY WILL NEVER BE AN ISSUE
With Drupal, NPO’s can manage and organize their own data without ever worrying about security issues. Drupal even allows you to solicit feedback from users offering newsletter sign-ups, analyzing visitor traffic, by generating online surveys,etc.
5. GOES WELL WITH SEARCH ENGINES
Drupal is out of the box search engine friendly and you can do a lot more with Drupal’s SEO modules. It is always a challenge for the NPOs to be found online. With Drupal and its modules you get the complete SEO that assures you will be indexed in search engines.
6. PROVIDES EASY INTEGRATION WITH SOCIAL MEDIA
You want to reach mass audience then you need to build a massive presence on social media – be it pinning on pinterest, tweeting about your latest upcoming, spreading the word on Facebook or reaching out with Google Plus, Drupal has core suits of tool to meet all your needs. Drupal has contributed modules for all major social media sites that allows your non-profit website to have all the social media interactive platform.
7. HELPS YOU IN REACHING YOUR SMARTPHONE USERS.
Knowing the fact that almost 40% of the users browse internet from their mobile phones, having mobile presence is a must for your not for profit website. Drupal is smart phone friendly right out of the box, giving your website immediate compatibility with the latest mobile devices.
8. SCALE YOUR WEBSITE WITH YOUR NPO’S GROWTH
Scaling is never an issue with Drupal. As you grow your NPO Drupal helps in growing your website.
9. EXTEND WITH YOUR NPO’S EXAPNASION
With an array of modules available for Drupal, you can always extend your website to incorporate new features as your organization’s expansion may demand.
10. RELIABLE!
Given that some of the largest non profit use Drupal. It is a reliable CMS for your not for profit website.
Non Profit organizations using Drupal:
https://tweentribune.com
https://www.entrepreneurshipinstitute.ch
https://www.vicaids.asn.au
https://www.growingambitions.tes.co.uk
https://www.nten.org/