Salesforce Commons Sprint: Nonprofit Cloud

What Is a Salesforce Commons Sprint?

A Salesforce Open Commons Sprint is a community-driven, hands-on event where Trailblazers work together to solve real challenges facing nonprofits. Managed by Salesforce Commons, these sprints take place three to four times per year and focus on building open-source resources that support organizations using Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud (NPC), NPSP, Marketing Cloud, and other Salesforce products.

Unlike traditional conferences, sprints are:

Action oriented and collaborative
Designed so teams immediately begin building, testing, and documenting
Focused on real outcomes nonprofits can use right away
Community owned and open to everyone

By design, they create space for genuine problem solving and community-built innovation.

Key Projects from This Sprint

This sprint featured a wide range of initiatives aimed at improving Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud usability, accessibility, configurability, and data best practices. Teams focused on:

Salesforce Indicators
Nonprofit Entry Point (NPEP) / Reinventing the Wheel
Unsubscribe Link Enhancements
NPC Best Practices: Grantmaking
NPC Best Practices: Assessments
Accessible Documentation for Screen Readers
Page Layouts vs. LRPs with Dynamic Forms
Education Cloud Trailblazer Collaboration
Report and Report Type Audits in Private Folders

Each project made meaningful progress, whether through prototypes, documentation, or scalable patterns that nonprofits can begin adopting quickly. As always, the most valuable outcomes came from nonprofits and partners sharing real-world experiences and working side by side.

The Great Migration: A Major Theme of the Sprint

Across nearly every workstream, one topic surfaced repeatedly: the transition from NPSP to Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud. Many organizations are evaluating the shift and asking similar questions, including:

What should we migrate from NPSP to NPC?
When is the right time to move?
How does Salesforce’s roadmap influence timing?
What training will our teams need?
How do we prepare our data for AI and Agentforce?

For a deeper look at how Nonprofit Cloud supports scalability, data alignment, and long-term growth, explore our guide on scaling impact with Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud.

If your organization is beginning to explore the move, The Great Migration: NPSP to Nonprofit Cloud is a helpful starting point for a practical look at timelines, readiness, and best practices for planning a successful transition.

Why Prolocity Participates in Salesforce Commons Sprints

As conversations around NPC continue to accelerate, community collaboration becomes even more important. This is one reason Prolocity prioritizes participation in Salesforce Commons sprints.

At Prolocity, we believe the best technology solutions come from staying closely connected to the nonprofit community. Being part of these sprints allows us to:

Stay ahead of new Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud capabilities
Contribute to open-source tools and best practices that benefit the entire sector
Share our nonprofit expertise in a meaningful, community-centered way
Learn from real program, donor, and data challenges shared directly by nonprofits
Strengthen our role as a Salesforce Summit Partner dedicated to measurable nonprofit impact

Contributing to Commons is one of the most tangible ways we support not only our clients but the broader Trailblazer community.

How to Get Involved in Future Sprints

If you're inspired by this kind of community-driven work, the Salesforce Nonprofit Community Hub is the best place to start exploring upcoming sprints, project repositories, working groups, and open collaboration opportunities.