Top Nonprofit Conferences for 2025: Where Innovative Leaders Go to Scale Impact with Tech

Nonprofit leaders have no shortage of conferences to attend—but let’s be real, not all of them are worth your time. If you’re here to swap business cards and listen to the same recycled fundraising tips, this list isn’t for you.

But if you’re serious about leveraging best-in-class technology to scale impact, raise more money, and future-proof your nonprofit, then keep reading. These are the must-attend conferences of 2025 for organizations that refuse to stay stuck in the past.

Top Nonprofit Conferences for 2025:

1. Donor Experience Summit
   • Date: February 24–26, 2025
   • Location: Brooklyn, NY
   • Why nonprofits should attend: If you believe donor experience isn’t just a buzzword but the key to retention and lifetime value, this summit is where top nonprofit leaders go to turn that belief into action.
2. Nonprofit HubSpot Summit
   • Date: March 18–20, 2025
   • Location: Portland, OR
   • Why nonprofits should attend: The only event designed specifically to help nonprofits master HubSpot, streamline donor engagement, and turn marketing automation into real fundraising growth.
3. Nonprofit Technology Conference (NTC)
   • Date: April 16–18, 2025
   • Location: Baltimore, Maryland, and Virtual
   • Why nonprofits should attend: If you want to future-proof your nonprofit with cutting-edge tech and data strategies, NTC is your one-stop shop for learning, networking, and innovation.
4. AFP ICON 2025
   • Date: April 27–29, 2025
   • Location: Seattle, Washington
   • Why nonprofits should attend: The world’s largest fundraising conference, where nonprofit leaders get hands-on with AI, CRMs, and donor data to power smarter, tech-driven philanthropy.
5. Good Tech Fest
   • Date: April 28–May 1, 2025
   • Location: Sundance, Utah, and Virtual
   • Why nonprofits should attend: More than just a conference—it’s a movement for nonprofits using data science, AI, and digital tools to create measurable social impact.
6. Twilio SIGNAL 2025
   • Date: May 14–15, 2025
   • Location: San Francisco, California
   • Why nonprofits should attend: The event for nonprofits that know texting, chatbots, and AI-powered messaging aren’t just conveniences—they’re the future of donor and supporter engagement.
7. Social Innovation Summit 2025
   • Date: June 3–4, 2025
   • Location: Hyatt Regency San Francisco, California
   • Why nonprofits should attend: Where nonprofit leaders, impact investors, and tech giants collide to build the next generation of tech-powered solutions for social change.
8. AI for Good Global Summit 2025
   • Date: July 8–11, 2025
   • Location: Geneva, Switzerland
   • Why nonprofits should attend: If you’re serious about AI’s role in advancing philanthropy and solving global challenges, this is the only summit where the UN, tech leaders, and nonprofits align.
9. Dreamforce 2025
   • Date: October 14–16, 2025
   • Location: San Francisco, California, and Virtual
   • Why nonprofits should attend: The ultimate event for nonprofits using Salesforce to power donor relationships, automate impact reporting, and scale fundraising like never before.

Top Nonprofit Conferences for 2025: How to Connect with CauseMic 

Thirteen years ago, flying home from Dreamforce, I read an article about how Chewy.com used Salesforce to build deep, authentic relationships with their customers. Meanwhile, Team Rubicon volunteers were mucking out homes in the Rockaways after Hurricane Sandy, and I was personally calling donors and handwriting thank-you notes. Those who gave five or ten bucks were the most blown away by a simple, genuine acknowledgment. That’s when it hit me: how do we leverage technology to scale personalized engagement—without losing the human touch?

A year later, I was on stage at Dreamforce delivering the Sales Cloud keynote, sharing how we used Salesforce to grow revenue from $3.2M to $7M in just twelve months. That moment cemented my commitment to learning from the fastest-growing for-profits and applying their strategies for good—a philosophy that still drives me and our work at CauseMic today.

That’s why we’ll be presenting and attending many of these top conferences in 2025—continuing to share what works, challenge outdated approaches, and help nonprofits adopt best-in-class technology to scale their revenue and impact. If you want to connect while we’re on the road, reach out to Brack at brack@causemic.com—he’ll get you the details. Let’s chat about how to make technology work for your mission, not against it.