Keep Your Donor Information With Your Organization
Chronicle is built for small Canadian nonprofits. It helps keep donor information and the history behind your relationships with your organization, even when roles change.
Many small nonprofits use spreadsheets, documents, or informal methods to track donors and often rely on dedicated staff or volunteers who carry years of knowledge and donor connections. When a key person moves on, donor data is often at risk because they may be the only one who understands how the spreadsheets work, how the formulas were set up, or how donor details were entered. When that person leaves, the information can become difficult for others to find, interpret, or update. It is not just donor data that becomes hard to replace. It is the context behind those relationships, including who your donors are, how they are connected to your work, and what conversations have happened over time.
Chronicle gives your team one simple place to track donors, gifts, notes, and key details so this knowledge stays with the organization and not just with one person. If someone on your team moves on to a new role, new staff or volunteers can continue the work without having to start over and without losing important details about the people who support your work. And instead of relying on one person’s memory or a mix of spreadsheets, documents, and emails, Chronicle helps your team stay organized and keep the information it depends on in one place.
It is especially helpful if your team:
Uses spreadsheets or informal methods to track donors.
Has limited staff, volunteers, or part time support.
Fundraises a few times a year or runs seasonal campaigns.
Wants to reduce the risk of losing donor information when roles change.
Everyday Fundraising Tasks Chronicle Supports
Chronicle focuses on the everyday tasks that are important to fundraising:
See Which Supporters Need a Thank You. Quickly see your most recent gifts so you can make sure a thank you is sent.
See which donors haven’t given in a while. View lapsed donors based on the timeframe that makes sense for your team, so you can reconnect with past supporters.
Track Volunteer Contributions. Record volunteer hours so you can recognize contributions, understand the full impact of your team’s work.
Keep Donor Details in One Place. Store contact information, giving history, notes, and key details so anyone on your team can get the information they need to understand your supporters.
See Simple Patterns Over Time. View basic reports that show giving trends and activity so you can plan with more confidence and work with your board on your fundraising priorities.
Chronicle is built to stay simple. It is about making sure the right information is easy to find when you need it.
“Chronicle has been a key part of building and carrying out our fundraising strategy. It’s helped us stay organized and focused—and we’ve been proud to work with Story Point over the past few years.”
— Chronicle user, small Canadian nonprofit
How Chronicle Works
Chronicle is designed to be simple to start, and to keep using. It supports your team’s work by giving you one place to track donors, gifts, and key details over time.
Getting Started With Your Data
You can bring your donor information into Chronicle by exporting your existing spreadsheet as a CSV file and uploading it. Chronicle accepts contacts, gifts, and other basic donor details. If your data needs cleanup, we can review your file and highlight duplicates or formatting issues to help you get organized. This service is available if you would like support getting your data ready.
Built to Support Your Daily Work
Once your data is uploaded, your dashboard and reports populate automatically based on your fiscal year. You’ll see your year‑to‑date giving, your most recent gifts, and a simple breakdown of where your revenue is coming from. You can also look up donors, record gifts, track volunteer hours, check who needs a thank you, and continue entering new contacts or importing updated CSVs as your work continues.
Pricing
Chronicle is offered as an annual subscription designed to be accessible for small nonprofits, with an annual cost of under CA$400 per year. If you are just getting started or have only a few donors, Chronicle can still be a good fit because having your donor information in one place early makes it easier to grow and maintain relationships over time.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do we need a lot of donors to use Chronicle? No. Chronicle works well even if you are starting with a small number of donors. It helps you stay organized as you grow.
What if our donor data is spread across multiple spreadsheets? That is common. You can start with what you have. If you would like support, we can review your CSV file and highlight issues like duplicates or formatting problems to make your upload easier.
Do we need technical experience to use Chronicle? No. Chronicle is designed for small teams new to donor data. Most people can start using it comfortably on day one.
Is Chronicle secure? Yes. Chronicle includes user permissions so staff and volunteers can access what they need, while donor information remains protected. Chronicle stores all data in secure Canadian data centres.
Can multiple people use Chronicle? Yes. Chronicle supports multiple users so staff and volunteers can access what they need.
We only fundraise a few times a year. Does Chronicle still make sense? Yes. Even with occasional campaigns, having one place to keep donor information and history makes it easier to follow up, show appreciation, and build stronger relationships over time.
Explore Chronicle
If you would like to see how Chronicle works or have any questions, you can book a short 20 – 30 minute Zoom call where we will walk through Chronicle together and see how it might fit your team.